Minkenry 1,044 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Here's a video of our latest rat hunt with my buddy's dog and mink. Here's a picture of the end of the hunt Edited January 12, 2015 by Minkenry 5 Quote Link to post
Nobby8126 96 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nice vid mate. Do mink stink as much as ferrets? Quote Link to post
Minkenry 1,044 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Nice vid mate. Do mink stink as much as ferrets? Nope, they have less body odor than a dog or cat. The only time they smell is if you scare or hurt them. This will cause them to emit a musky odor that may last anywhere from a couple minutes, to a couple hours, depending on how much musk they emitted. Oh and they do have a bit of a musky odor to them as small kits, but they grow out of that by around 7 weeks old. Edited January 12, 2015 by Minkenry Quote Link to post
Nobby8126 96 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 They look a handy tool mate I wish I could train my ferts to that standard. If you manage to crack it you'd make a killing. Quote Link to post
General lee 979 Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Interesting little creatures are you the only one that works them like that mate? Quote Link to post
Minkenry 1,044 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) Nope, there are a others who do it too. In the picture above, I'm the guy on the far right in the brown sweat shirt, and they guy in the gray jacket holding the black mink is Cade. He actually owns the mink and dog in this video. He has been my apprentice for a few years now, and this is the third mink he's trained. I actually didn't do any hunting with my own mink in this video because there has been a sickness going around among my mink, and I didn't want to risk exposing Cade's mink. I have a different friend here in Utah who I also helped start in Minkenry, who works his mink with his Goshawk while hunting rabbits. I also have a friend in Kentucky who I sent some mink to, and he started hunting his mink with his Harris Hawk when he is hunting for Eastern Grey Squirrels. I don't remember if he uses his mink for rabbits too, or just while hunting tree squirrels. There are a bunch of others who I've sold mink to, but I've never heard back from them, so I don't know how successful they've been. There are a few Europeans who have done a bit of hunting with mink as well. Some catch rats, others hunt rabbits with their mink. There is a guy in Germany who plans on hunting muskrats with his mink, but I don't think he's actually caught anything yet. Edited January 12, 2015 by Minkenry Quote Link to post
Moe 108 Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Love to have a go with one. 1 Quote Link to post
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