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Post by marty on Sept 28, 2004 20:00:42 GMT -6
I dicovered an untapped mink population last weekend. Now I need to learn how to catch them by november. Which book, or video do you guys recommend the most?
Any other insights will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks alot guys
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Post by Foxman308 on Sept 28, 2004 20:09:40 GMT -6
Check out this book,it taught me how to trap mink but I don't do much water trapping so they just wander into my sets sometimes.The name and author of the book is:
On Target Mink Trapping
By: Brent Bonecutter
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Post by marty on Sept 28, 2004 22:10:52 GMT -6
thank you, sir I shall give it a look.
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Post by wannacatchmink on Sept 28, 2004 23:59:14 GMT -6
Try Mink, muskrat, and raccoon trapping on streams by Charles L. Dobbins. Its a good one.
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Post by Hern on Sept 29, 2004 4:14:00 GMT -6
"Mink Mainia'
by Phil Presjak
"The Most Successful Methods of Trapping Wild Mink"
by La Verne Israelson
"The Mink Trappers Guide"
by Rich Faler
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Post by trappnman on Sept 29, 2004 6:09:45 GMT -6
While some nit pick minor points- I am of the opinion that the Mink Trappers Guide by Faler falls into the same catagory with mink as O'Gormans Hoofbeats does with coyotes.
THE definitive work...
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Post by JLDakota on Sept 29, 2004 6:42:38 GMT -6
If you are looking for one book then I agree on Rich Faler's Mink Trappers Guide. A study book that covers it all. JL
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Post by BK on Sept 29, 2004 6:50:01 GMT -6
I liked the part about the Mr. Twisters and the wishbone triggers.
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Post by trappnman on Sept 29, 2004 6:56:55 GMT -6
yes, he does mention it on one page..as another class of sight attractor....so about .002% of the book was on this subject.
For a beginner or intermediate mink trapper- no other book that I have read- covers mink more throughly in all aspects- from habitat, from habits, to sets, management, etc.
Its a comprehensive 195 page mink manual-
covers far more and contains more truths and less BS than any other Mink book out there.
If yo ubuy ONE mink book...buy this one.
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Post by BK on Sept 29, 2004 7:04:25 GMT -6
;D
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Post by Ridgerunner on Sept 29, 2004 7:26:49 GMT -6
marty,just a quick tip here: Do not box yourself in by looking at your area as "an untapped" population. Also, do not worry about overtrapping that area, with the exception of trapping them at the tail end of the season, as they are getting "springy" (fur quality deterioating) at that time.
If the environment and habitat is there, the mink will be there year in and year out.
Also, watch for even more activity in that area right after your first good snow.
"Ridge"
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Post by bobwendt on Sept 29, 2004 8:10:58 GMT -6
I don`t know where you are from, but if the northern iowa /southern mn. area , I would think gerald scmidts book and video would be most helpful. Gerald did over 700 mink one fall right in that area.
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Post by trappnman on Sept 29, 2004 8:43:07 GMT -6
Bob- Geralds video is excellent- but it concentrates more on setting techniques- with much emphasis on pockets.
Gerald lives in the "Maryland" of mink area.... that year, in 7 weeks of trapping he and another trapper working the same geographical area took over1500 mink! (not partners, but both in the area).
In fact, Geralds video is the only mink video I own.
Richs book puts lots of time into line management, habits, theroies....
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Post by bobwendt on Sept 29, 2004 11:13:19 GMT -6
I imagine 1,500 exceeds several states total takes, and I don`t mean in the desert either!
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Post by marty on Sept 29, 2004 16:06:17 GMT -6
Hi my name is Marty and I'm a trapaholic. I don't go to Trappers Anonymous because T. A. is for people who want to get better.
Thanks for all the great suggestions guys, just what I was looking for.
i never envisioned myself as a water trapper, but I found all these mink tracks while looking for raccoon sign, so I better learn how catch them. Hell I better learn how to catch everything.
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Post by PAskinner on Sept 29, 2004 17:33:01 GMT -6
Best video: Thorpe's( if you're in the east)
Best book is tougher-Mink Mania is good,(east)
Shmitt's if you've got the terrain for pocket sets.
Ken smythe's bottom edge sets book is worth buying.
But the best book is a good tracking snow.
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Post by mattduncan on Sept 29, 2004 18:17:36 GMT -6
half to agree about the snow it's amazing the diffrent places a mink will go and far from water too
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Post by Missourian on Oct 2, 2004 17:54:54 GMT -6
Has anyone ever read Jim Spencers mink trapping book? I've always enjoyed his articles in magazines, and have been considering purchasing his book. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks a bunch, Adam
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Post by NittanyLion on Oct 2, 2004 22:28:02 GMT -6
Spencer's book is excellent, as is Faler's, in fact, there are many good mink trapping method books on the market, every book mentioned on this thread is good.
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Post by Kyle on Oct 6, 2004 14:50:49 GMT -6
My favorite mink movie is by Mclellen.
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