Mink In Strange Places

[Robbusher 1,560]

Went for a walk around outside of large landfill site with the two terriers this morning always get a rat or two knocking about young bitch gave a good mark under a large sheet of plywood whistled old bitch over and lifted sheet boy did I get a shock young one straight under and as soon as she shot under a very large dog mink came out attached to her nose it didn't last long with pair of them. I just wondered if any found them away from water in strange places as closest stretch of water is over a mile away

[socks 32,253]

A mile isn't far for a mink to travel for food .......

[foxdropper 17,092]

Bet that fired your young un up .Haven't seen any around us for ages but had a few in the past ,accidental of course .

[Themole 323]

Robbusher seen one the other morning about two miles away from a river on the only problem was another mile up that road we have our pheasant pens must of been looking for a lift that way ? I'm sure I'll see him in our traps during the week not our pens

[fatlad 250]

i saw one about five years ago in my sisters garden the neighbers had all been kicking off about the carp in there ponds going missing for a few months

she lives in the middle of the town and a good few mile from the nearest stream or river

[Robbusher 1,560]

They had a couple on aire and wharfe in last year or so young bitch two and half now it loves anything that gives a nip back my worst thought is there's quite a few otters about now and if she finds one laid up somewhere she has no reverse gear and I can imagine what state she would end up in and once she up to it I know she wouldn't come out unless it firmly in her mouth

[keepdiggin 9,299]

Good find for the youngster

[trapliner 92]

Talking to huntsman of mink hound pack says they only ever find one in three meets just not as numerous as they were twenty years ago he blames rise in otter population too much competition between them he believes

[rippem 455]

There is a guy on here that hunts with the mink. He goes under the name minkery and has some good youtube videos of his hunt. There a smart tough little animal. Better then a ferret.

[trapliner 92]

Yes mate north yorks when first started keepering nearly thirty years ago I caught twenty one mink under a bridge on a small stream and every single one was a bitch mink amazingly there was a mink farm in the seventies not far away weather that had a factor not shure have only seen one dead on the road in the last couple of years but plenty of otters run over has to be the reason for the decline of the mink in this area anyway

[rippem 455]

Better than a ferret at what? Is a collie better than a pit bull?

better then a ferret at hunting, and is a collie better then a pitbull? Well i guess it all depends on the job at hand.

[jackthelad 1,860]

You do a lot of ferreting rippem?

[rippem 455]

No i don't. Not a big thing over here. But i watch alot of youtube vids on it. Because it intrest me. But i can see the difference between the 2 and the way they hunt. I been thinking about getting a mink to start hunting muskrat's with the kid. We have alot of them we're from. The minkery guy has vids on his minks catching fish, muskrats, even big birds. There super smart and a tough killing machine.

[socks 32,253]

But no clips of them hunting rabbits which the ferret is bred for so how can you compare them ......

[foxdropper 17,092]

The mink is much faster than even the sleekest ferret ,will dart about like a stoat . I reared one with ferrets in a large aviary once and the difference was there to be seen .As for use as a hunting aid it failed miserably ,not for lack of killing as that's all it did so had to be dug wherever I put it whereas the ferrets bolted most .It wouldnt entertain rats though but did catch a duck when trying her for rats along a stream .The whole lot was let free from my set up by some scrote who cut the wire .Ferrets stayed local but mink was never seen again .I got the mink when out with the Ytene mink hounds on the Avon near us when they dug a spot and found a litter about a week old .I took two kits and went straight home to see if a Jill would rear them and she took to one but not the other after I rolled them about in the bedding .It would race up the wire and down the other side in the blink of an eye and could run up your cloths to sit on your shoulder .Always ate alone .