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Post by CoonDuke on Feb 24, 2005 20:13:21 GMT -6
---\ ----\..... -----\A ------\ -------\ --------]B --------] --------] --------] E --------] --------] --------]C -------/ ------/ -----/D..... ----/ ---/
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The diagram is supposed to be a top view of a bridge wall. Point A is the upstream side of the wing wall where it meets the land. Point B is where the upstream wing wall meets the wall/abutment to form a corner. C and D are the same type of spots but on the downstream side of the bridge wall. E is in the middle of the abutment.
Which point would you choose for a blind mink set and why?
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Post by dj88ryr on Feb 24, 2005 20:21:02 GMT -6
How deep is the water, and are we looking for BE sets too?
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Post by k9 on Feb 24, 2005 20:37:48 GMT -6
I am not a mink trapper, but the coyote trapper in me screams at me to set "B" and "C" and get him as he rounds the corner, assuming the water flow is to the right of your diagram. I also feel in my gut that animals that may be swimming out in the creek, will still come over and hit those points or corners.
I would pick B over C in case the current takes the mink past C.
How'd this ole coyote trapper do?
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Post by CoonDuke on Feb 24, 2005 20:39:24 GMT -6
Water depth?
Lets make 2 scenarios. One, the water is less than 3 inches. Two, the water is over a foot.
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Post by CoonDuke on Feb 24, 2005 20:43:01 GMT -6
K9, I once was checking coon and fox sets with a friend, and he had a coon cubby made under a bridge. I saw mink tracks at a spot exactly like location B. He only had canine traps in the truck, so we set it up with a #2 Monty. He caught 2 mink at that set.
But, as we all know, it doesn't take a J. Curtis Grigg to find blind sets where there is fresh tracks...LOL.
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Post by dj88ryr on Feb 24, 2005 20:43:27 GMT -6
For the shallow scenario with footholds, I would do A, C and D, for BE sets with the deep water, each spot would get a 110.
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Post by John Porter on Feb 24, 2005 21:09:43 GMT -6
in shallow water, I would set a,e,and d. this would cover most mink that was hugging the bank and e would cover the swimmer that wants to hug the gridge abutment. deep water, I would set b,e,and c. The swimming mink would be down on the bottom and hugging the wall if current is there. Slack water and only a foot--I would set the same but build the bottom up to connect with a foothold on any that was swimming the surface.
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Post by Edge on Feb 24, 2005 21:14:43 GMT -6
In shallow water,B,E,C with footholds,outside jaw guard,tight to the concrete.B and C will see the most action,E is just in case the other two miss.
In water a foot deep,B and C BE sets,E would be a chunk of imported sod with a foothold and outside jaw guard;nice place for a mink to sit in a foot of water.
Edge
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Post by walkercoonhunter(Aaron L.) on Feb 25, 2005 6:39:43 GMT -6
a&d with footholds and c&b with comis..no matter what the water depth........
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Post by trappnman on Feb 25, 2005 7:03:09 GMT -6
E- none of the above.
I find bridges to be very low % producers for me.
I much, much prefer going up or going down- and finding a definitive location(and no, I don't wander all over looking for such sets, they "jump" out at me) and making a set.
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Post by Zagman on Feb 25, 2005 7:06:33 GMT -6
I'd drive over this bridge and go set some coyote traps....
But, I'd like to see what everyone does.....
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Post by Edge on Feb 25, 2005 7:27:19 GMT -6
**I'd drive over this bridge and go set some coyote traps....**
COME ON,Man......this is hypothetical..........educational....a growing experience...........there are no *wrong* answers......well,except maybe mine........
Edge
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Post by Zagman on Feb 25, 2005 7:33:54 GMT -6
Then I'd set the points, deep or shallow water....I'd build up the bottom on the deep water...
I would set one trap on one side at a point and one on the other side, not shown in this diagram.....
MZ
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Post by trappnman on Feb 25, 2005 8:14:30 GMT -6
I made ONE set at a bridge abutment this season with a 110- as a token to BK... I set it a B....zero action.
did catch 2 nice males about 25 feet from the bridge and a couple of rats....
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Post by Edge on Feb 25, 2005 8:53:18 GMT -6
**Then I'd set the points, deep or shallow water....**
Yep,right along with the rest of the canine trappers...............points, points,points..............
You can run my BE line with me this winter;an intellectual nap,but the country is nice.........
Edge
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Post by trappnman on Feb 25, 2005 9:21:37 GMT -6
Pinch points for mink trapping are highly overrated in my book.
in fact, comparisons between canine locations are, again in my humble opinion, not comparable to the best mink locations.
using typo maps, looking for travel area pinch points- might work for some, but doesn't figure into my methods at all.
think like a coyote for coyotes and think like a mink for mink.
going back to the bridge. I personally feel, after years of setting up such spots vs setting up other types of locations- that bridges are about as poor a location as you can find- too many opitions.
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Post by bblwi2 on Feb 25, 2005 9:34:13 GMT -6
I am typically not a bridge trapper nor am I a speciic mink trapper, so I would set this situation as follows. I would choose A (especially if there is a trail ) I want my trap to be set where the animal has not yet made the choice of going over or under the bridge. For that reason I would set A and E and maybe opposite side A and E. if I were a pure mink trapper here in WI I then may set one of the points as the other sets would probably take the coon and rats that are running. If it were 1-2 foot deep I would do the BE and let it set all season.
Bryce
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Post by dj88ryr on Feb 25, 2005 9:44:05 GMT -6
My reasons for A, C, and D for footholds are as follows. A, because even if the mink decides to go over instead of under the bridge, I think he will at least go to the waters edge to make that determination, same thing for location D and add to either one that if they are in the water, they will most likely leave it at these points. I picked location C over B because of the direction of flow, I believe you will get a lot less trap fouling from floating garbage, at location C rather than B.
I really want to see where the Lion comes in on this. Ninny?
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Post by BK on Feb 25, 2005 12:11:29 GMT -6
There you have it Boys and Girls,.......... disregard my answere, on second thought I'll trash it myself. He!! disregard everything me or anyone else has tried to share about that silly BE set...................
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Post by trappnman on Feb 25, 2005 12:29:19 GMT -6
wah wah wah- you think that the only mink set out their is the BE set and if anyone possibly thinks that footholds work as well you get offended.
its been a common thread over past 3 years in your posts.
Get over it.
You can only catch the same mink once. I have no need for BE sets so don't use them.
and just for the record- where did anyone trash YOU or YOUR post in this thread?
Answer: nowhere! Each ot their own.
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