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  1. Minkenry
    Here's a new video of my mink Washushe on a muskrat. He was over confident at first, then was bitten by a muskrat because of his over confidence, and now in this video you see him slowly gaining his confidence back again. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/7pXEtTqW4N8
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    Here is the Newest video of Washushe. He is still learning to hunt muskrats, and this is one of his first. https://youtu.be/wbpYFwThQKc Here's a couple of cool still shots taken from the video above. And here's a picture of us relaxing after all the action.
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    I got some flack for posting each of my videos in a different Post, so from now on I will post all of Washushe's videos and updates here. I am going to start out by placing each of his older videos here in order, then I'll post his new video and a quick update after that. Me picking out Washushe at the farm. I'm still amazed at how crazy aggressive and bold he was! https://youtu.be/hoEN355PhmY Training a CRAZY mink Part 1 https://youtu.be/RZMZxlYag0Q Training a CRAZY mink Part 2 https://youtu.be/iic1dYRT2HY Training a CRAZY mink Part 3 https://youtu.be/nBqb
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    Does anyone know why my video is showing up as a link, instead of a full video like it normally does?
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    Here's one of the videos from the hunt we went on last weekend. I'll be posting the video of my mink Washushe working a muskrat after I finish editing it. https://youtu.be/5WIUoGZ3LkM
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    I recently organized my YouTube videos into Playlists! Even if you have watched my videos before, I strongly recommend you check out my newly organized playlist, so you can quickly and easily see if there is a useful video you have missed! They are organized into 5 different categories. The first category is "Minkenry Hunting Videos" and consists of various videos of me hunting with my mink. The second category is "Mink Training Videos" which shows me demonstrating various training methods with various mink over the years. If you compare some of my older videos to some of my newer one
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    Yep, that's pretty important. I would be using it on Jack Rabbits which have no protection what so ever in my state.
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    I've seen you guys using what I believe is termed a "long net" while ferreting. I've read lots about your purse nets, but I'm having a little trouble finding much about your long nets. Where would I buy one (I'm in the U.S. so it will most likely need to be online), what material is best, and what other considerations should I know about before purchasing a long net?
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    Oh yeah! And he's pretty dang proud of him too! I'm hoping to get a lurcher pup by him. If we can find us a really good working greyhound bitch to breed him to, I think that mix has a good shot at being a great hunting dog!
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    Yeah, it was his first time being free around the dog. He'll get bored of chasing the dog, once he has some more success with real game. Don't think he'll get board of chasing the dog as he didn't get board of ragging your glove ha ha. Once again minky you have done a great job keep it up Actually, it's funny that you should say that. Washushe has been on 2 more hunts since we filmed this video, and during the hunt today he completely ignored the dog, and focused on killing the rabbits like we wanted him to! I knew he would figure it out eventually, but I really didn't expect him to
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    No, he doesn't. His caching training wasn't really going anywhere, and since I'll be training a mink kit to cache this spring, I didn't really feel like putting the 2 to 4 months of training into him to try to get him to cache. I decided to just start hunting with him, and save my efforts for my new kit this spring. So we just hunt him in areas where we can easily dig to his kill after he makes one. My hope is that Washushe will produce a litter so that my new kit will be one of his sons or daughters
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    Yeah, it was his first time being free around the dog. He'll get bored of chasing the dog, once he has some more success with real game. Don't think he'll get board of chasing the dog as he didn't get board of ragging your glove ha ha. Once again minky you have done a great job keep it up Actually, it's funny that you should say that. Washushe has been on 2 more hunts since we filmed this video, and during the hunt today he completely ignored the dog, and focused on killing the rabbits like we wanted him to! I knew he would figure it out eventually, but I really didn't expect him to
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    Yeah, the wild ones can be trained too. Sometimes they are actually easier to train, since they know the value of food. It just depends on the mink you happen to be working with.
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    Yeah, it was his first time being free around the dog. He'll get bored of chasing the dog, once he has some more success with real game.
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    Yeah, Carl's use to that crap. When he's not hunting with our mink, my buddy uses Carl to hunt raccoons and wild cat. So getting bit is just a normal part of life for him. A 22 lbs raccoon does a lot more damage than a little 3 lbs mink! This is my buddy Cade with his dog Carl and a 22.5 lb raccoon he killed without the help of any other dogs.
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    Yeah, I'll be working with him on that one. Attacking dogs when you only weigh 3 lbs is NOT a good habit to have!
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    My crazy mink Washushe's first hunt!
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    oooooohhh, por eso escibes como un Mexicano ja ja ja ja
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    ja ja ja ja ja lo siento amigo. Cuando empense con estos videos, no sabia que iba a hacer muchos videos asi. Si quieres, puedo juntar los en el mismo thread vale amigo y muy bien espanol Gracias. Estube en Centro America por dos meses y medio y mi esposa es Salvadorena. De donde eres? Escribes como un Mexicano, pero tu profile dice que vives en Espana.
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    ja ja ja ja ja lo siento amigo. Cuando empense con estos videos, no sabia que iba a hacer muchos videos asi. Si quieres, puedo juntar los en el mismo thread
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    Yes, much like in falconry, weight control is a VERY useful tool when training mink. When I first started training mink I didn't bother to use any weight control, but as my training methods progressed I eventually began using weight control with my mink, just as I had done with my falconry hawks and falcons. If a mink is too thin, they become TOO obsessed with food, and they don't have very good endurance. If they are too fat, then the mink's drive is greatly reduced, and it is more difficult to get them to respond to training. At just the right weight a mink will respond to the food call
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    I'm one step ahead of you actually My plan this coming spring is to raise a kit (hopefully one by this buck) and show the kits life and training from birth, step by step until its first few hunts.
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    Whenever I train a wild animal, it is my goal to find a way to shape their natural instincts to fit my goals. I rarely attempt to get them to do something unnatural, and prefer to find a way to guide their instincts, rather than fight them. The caching instinct, as you mentioned, already exists in every mink. However, it exists in different degrees in different mink. Some mink have a very high drive to cache, and will obsessively cache every object they find interesting. Others only cache high value items like food. Some mink are so easy to train to cache, that it feels more like I'm work
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