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Post by trappnman on Aug 14, 2006 17:09:50 GMT -6
BK prefers using nothing but brown bean cans...so the more sets he makes, the more beans eaten.... add in chest waders...not pretty.....
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Post by coyotewhisperer on Aug 14, 2006 17:21:56 GMT -6
So the can is below water? With a #110 in front of it? Your elbow pipe is that completley submerged also?
Jeff
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Post by fishadict on Aug 14, 2006 17:23:53 GMT -6
"I'm thinking about certian underwater holes."
Those would be the ones with one above and one below - nothing needed but a 110 - trick is finding them, right?
I found a couple this year with a small upper hole and a large hole underneath the water (probably an old beaver hole). How would you set those up OM?
fa
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Post by fishadict on Aug 14, 2006 17:28:05 GMT -6
BK - High pocket with a wet run to it? I also like just sticking a 110 in a well worn muskrat run going up the bank, or for those 1.5 fans, one of those at the bottom.
fa
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Post by BK on Aug 14, 2006 17:39:06 GMT -6
I hold nothing back F.A, I tried to explain that to Steve,......... I do hate to think of my favorite method writer coming out with volume 3 with the set in it. I'll show ya,...........
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Post by fishadict on Aug 14, 2006 17:53:25 GMT -6
Well, I think I know... I thought your favorite writer only had one volume...
fa
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Post by oldmink on Aug 14, 2006 18:31:08 GMT -6
Those would be the ones with one above and one below - nothing needed but a 110 - trick is finding them, right?
Yup! When you find the above hole you can run a plumber's snake down to see where it comes out. I suggest tying a bit of bright flagging on the end.
How would you set those up OM?
I would narrow the underwater hole down using rocks ... if I could. Think of a skinny little mink shooting out the bottom like a little brown streak. There is no way you are going to catch him if you don't narrow that bottom hole down.
Irregardless of the type of hole, the action will be on the bottom. In fact in many states it is illegal to set the upper dry land hole. Mink run on the high bank and enter from the top. In fact a lot of different animals will use the upper hole. The mink knows this and will always enter in search of a meal. Most times he will emerge out the bottom underwater hole and that's where you get him. Your trap and your catch is underwater and out of sight of prying eyes and scavangers.
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Post by thebeav2 on Aug 14, 2006 19:33:35 GMT -6
If at all possible I will set the high hole and the bottom hole. If there is a trench at the top you can place a 110 or 120 (I prefer the120 for dry land trapping) Then use some natural material to roof over the trench.
I have had doubles a few times. Never two mink but two rats and a few times I have had a rat and a mink The nice part about this set Is that high water won't put you out of business. In fact sometimes It works to your advantage. I have tried to make these tunnel sets but have found It's just to time consuming.
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Post by fishadict on Aug 14, 2006 20:34:57 GMT -6
"There is no way you are going to catch him if you don't narrow that bottom hole down." - which is why I did not set it up last year. I caught them up and downstream, coming or going. If they followed the high bank, I missed them - that time. I'll look at narrowing the bottom this year also.
There is no trench on the top, so no good way to set a square BG - a round one, maybe.
fa
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Post by thebeav2 on Aug 14, 2006 20:43:16 GMT -6
Dig the trench so a 120 or110 will fit. The digging won't spook the mink.
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Post by fishadict on Aug 14, 2006 21:10:00 GMT -6
An angled trench to intersect the hole, cover original hole and part of trench with shingle or board, and the approach is determined - I like it.
One could even use a slightly larger foothold to body grip the mink. Sorta like another set I recall.....
fa
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