Right place right time ....

[sussex 5,776]

Had a pal ring to say he’s seen a mink around his fishing lake , it’s only a  small place and he keeps it beautiful only half a dozen swims really secluded and mainly for friends and family . He had a problem a few years ago with mink and they caused him a lot of problems , killed the ducks on the ponds , all his fancy chicken and we’re going through the fish at a rate of knots , his wife was anti kill them until she lost her chicken by which time they had become a prop nuisance..This time it was get at them ASAP , so I went round mainly to drop of some cage traps , two cups of coffee and a natter I was just leaving when his wife come down and said it’s on the landing stage ...55m from the bedroom window with the rim fire ..

Edited to say it’s in the freezer incase Rob58 has need of one ..

[Deker 3,450]

Trapped a few but I can't remember ever shooting one!

[shovel leaner 7,648]

When I was a lad I used to go match fishing , I used to get dropped off and picked up by my mates dad or my mum . We used to carry on fishing after the match . One day a mink came along and I threw him a dead bleak floating in my keep net . It snaffled it up and came back a few minutes later and I repeated the process. I thought if it comes back again I’ll have him . I set up my pike gear with snap tackle and sure enough it came back and I cast another bleak then , wham I struck into it , my pal came over and knocked it on the head . It was a Birmingham anglers stretch of the Severn and a bailiff came along to check our permits , he asked us what we’d caught and I said “oh a few skimmer bream , some roach a couple of eels .....a mink !!! His jaw dropped open  

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

Well done, they’ll cause a lot of damage. I’ve shot a few and trapped many more. I wouldn’t think that one would be alone

[Gav 1,708]

Indeed, normally where there's one there'll be a few. Good shot though, they're nippy little buggers, only ever had them in baited traps myself. 

[Baldcoot 2,352]

Orrible things ,back in the day when the animal wrongs loons released 1000,s from a farm in Staffordshire it devastated our fishing areas for years .Bleddy idiots killed so much wildlife by their stupidity 

[shovel leaner 7,648]

I was talking to someone recently and they reckon because otters are making a comeback they have moved the mink off . The guy used to go out with mink hounds and kill half a dozen every meet . So few around now that they’ve packed up . 

[Underdog 2,337]

2 hours ago, Baldcoot said:

Orrible things ,back in the day when the animal wrongs loons released 1000,s from a farm in Staffordshire it devastated our fishing areas for years .Bleddy idiots killed so much wildlife by their stupidity 

That was right by me ! Ijits.