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Post by steeliekingfisher on Jul 22, 2007 17:27:25 GMT -6
I'm wondering if you have caught mink in cages before. If that works, I would definitely try it on dry land or close to water. I know that they will go into a baited cubby along the river. I'm not sure if they will go on a float. HP Yes, I didn't chase them alot last year but did manage to get a few. I actually got my first one in a cage while trying to get a coon, used a sardine as bait. The little bugger squeezed between the bars in the door when it closed, its not a mink cage. I saw his tracks in and out of the cage. This year I plan on chasing them pretty hard. Their tracks are along every stretch of river bank around here. No ones trapping them, so I figure why not. Mind you, I am one of the only trappers in my area that actually traps. Most guys quit around my neck of the woods when we went to cages. I like it, I have not seen or ran into another cage or trapper in the past 5 years. More critters for me, now I just have to learn to catch them all ;D |
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Post by HappyPlumber on Jul 22, 2007 21:30:17 GMT -6
I think I have some of the cages that you refer to with one door that were designed for coon. Slide washers on each side of the door that slide down when the pan is tripped. I was using them for squirrels when they kept getting out through the gap along side of the washers. I welded a 1/2 spacer on each side leaving just enough room for the washer to slide down. After I did that I caught 29 squirrels and 7 rabbits in my back yard in one month. I think the mink would go in those to with the right bait. HP
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Post by trappnman on Jul 22, 2007 22:41:01 GMT -6
what advantage do you get making them float sets rather than just setting them on the bank>
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Post by steeliekingfisher on Jul 22, 2007 23:49:51 GMT -6
well, for me its all about water levels. When fur is prime here, so are the constant rains. The river is in constant flucuation in water level, traps under water one day and above the next. I plan on using them in back eddies and at the mouths of feeder creeks. This is where I am finding the most sign so far. Here the water can go up overnight without having time to pull the set. With a float, it gives me the chance to keep the line out without worries. Just my thoughts so far, we will se how it works. They will be set close if not at the bank. This way when water goes up, so does my set and chances of a catch ;D
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Post by trappnman on Jul 23, 2007 8:42:11 GMT -6
makes sense to me. Luckily, our fur season is also not a rainy period- and my water levels stay constant.
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