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Post by bill1958 on Jun 20, 2011 4:39:33 GMT -5
i saw a topic this morning at walmart in a fur fish and game mag that was about mink fencing and woundered how many of you have use it for mink right before i hit the floor the subject was good but not the fall lol.i broke in to a heavy sweat and passed out.
over all i am fine and nothing hurt but my pride but i still have my coursity going on the fencing .
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Post by mac on Jun 20, 2011 5:50:35 GMT -5
I saw the article when my magazine came but have not read it. The first thoughts that came to mind were 1. this guy does not know mink 2. I felt bad that any kid or beginner reading this thought one had to go to all this labor to catch a mink 3.How long of a line could be run if one spent time like this monkeying around building fences?
Like I said, I did not read this article and perhaps the writer explained this was a unusual set but most good mink men that I learned from move fast and take their tracks with them.
Mac
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Post by ewoktrapper on Jun 20, 2011 5:55:28 GMT -5
Bill
It seemed like it would work.The guy made two pinch points for blind sets.I just don't have that type of time when I do get the chance to trap to play with sets like that.The time that it takes to make the set I could have 4 blind sets in and back in the truck going to the next spot.............Just my 2 cents worth
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Post by mark572 on Jun 20, 2011 9:26:35 GMT -5
If you run that set here in Maine your traps would be gone in a few hours! Now it did raise a good question for me! that would be a awesome way to make a pen set for beaver on your larger streams
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Post by Law Dog on Jun 20, 2011 12:19:51 GMT -5
Seems like a lot of time and cost to build/maintain them and like Mark said the high profile would attract unwanted attention to the area. Seems like a little brush/rocks moved around would do the same and draw less attention to the sets!! Mink are edge runners anyway so it the "great wall" really needed or just good story to read? IMO
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Post by walkercoonhunter on Jun 20, 2011 13:02:27 GMT -5
i guess it all depends on what is considered "fencing"...is a few rocks,stick,brick,tie plate,considered fencing if that is yes then i fence alot.....if not then i guess i just guide alot...
how about cutting a trail in the side of a steep bank..is this considered "fencing"? after all your are making the animal go where you want him to....
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Post by bill1958 on Jun 20, 2011 15:41:54 GMT -5
walker very good point and i agree
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Post by barrynl on Jun 20, 2011 17:23:53 GMT -5
I do not think you can fence a mink. That is a blind setting concept.
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Post by walkercoonhunter on Jun 20, 2011 17:32:28 GMT -5
I do not think you can fence a mink. That is a blind setting concept. what is the definition of fencing for trapping..... i say "fencing" should only be used in the trapping industry in the ADC trade...you fence armidillos,skunks,squirrels,etc....long fence or barracade on both sides to force the animal into the trap.... for the fur side of things i think the word fencing should be better decribed as "guiding" fencing i guess could be used when trapping muskrats with colony traps...
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Post by barrynl on Jun 20, 2011 18:02:25 GMT -5
I think that fencing can work . Will you get mink like this yes you will. We have to think about how animals think ( I do not think that animals think the same way we do but they are not wandering around in a daze) .
At the same time They are not stupid.
This would make theme think. The last thing you want them doing.
to much fencing can make mink or fox or otter go around, what does every one else think.
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Post by ewoktrapper on Jun 20, 2011 18:35:47 GMT -5
Walker has a good point.Guiding maybe a better term.
I guide alot of mink over traps LOL...It my only be a small rock per-say,but still a fence/guide.I think most mink trapper are suddle in their guiding even at blind sets.
This article the guy built the great wall of china.I just can't see anyone taking the time to make such a set.To each his own I guess...
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Post by barrynl on Jun 20, 2011 18:59:01 GMT -5
I am thinking do even have a right to say something here.
I think there are a lot of better mink trapper's then me.
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Post by walkercoonhunter on Jun 20, 2011 19:15:16 GMT -5
This article the guy built the great wall of china.I just can't see anyone taking the time to make such a set.To each his own I guess... i have many many times taken a good steep bank and shaved it to get that wall...on the same set i have also cut a path into the high lip of that shave job to create a path....i have done equally well doing both these things and it only takes a min or 2 to complete this set up....my mind is if the mink wants in the water it has a "wall" to hug or if he wants to go high and dry he will run this cut in path...either way he will be over a trap in either way he goes....this isnt something for every spot but when i get a high dirt bank with very few rocks this set really shines....
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Post by ewoktrapper on Jun 20, 2011 20:24:57 GMT -5
Walker
I do the same thing.Also take a slight under cut bank and shave strait.Take the shaved part and put into the water.Make a open tunnel of soarts.Place trap between shaved bank the Fencing,added jump stick and all set.With a tile spade the whole set takes a minute to make.If you do that set in the middle of the under cut bank it's a killer.
Barry ...heck everyones welcome...Say what you will...If I learn 1 thing form anyone on here I'm that much more ahead.Just when you think you got the mink figured out,it will teach you a new trick..LOL...I like to trap mink.I think mink all year long..Everything else is 2nd...I'm far from the best.I don't want and need to prove anything.I don't even want noticed.I just love the game......
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Post by bill1958 on Jun 20, 2011 21:50:49 GMT -5
here is my thought take a conibear and place it next to a bank then you use sticks to brace the trap and another one at the side and one over the trap step back and look. it looks like a fence lol.i have caught a lot of mink with this set up in wyo.
barry you are right it's a blind set but what it will do is funnel the mink over or threw the trap. the thing about that construction fence is this it would work BUT if you target mink only ,it would also catch coon so it's not really a 100% mink set and it would attract thieves as well and thats the reason for this post
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Post by happersilderness on Jun 21, 2011 15:24:48 GMT -5
I don't see why do this when you could just put out more simple sets and get more fur
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Post by bill1958 on Jun 21, 2011 18:57:37 GMT -5
hap i agree by the time you build and lug it in you could have a dz sets in but under the right conditions it will work but just like barry said it's a blind set
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Post by ewoktrapper on Jun 21, 2011 19:53:01 GMT -5
hap i agree by the time you build and lug it in you could have a dz sets in but under the right conditions it will work but just like barry said it's a blind set You guys are just no fun.....
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Post by mark572 on Jun 21, 2011 22:07:25 GMT -5
IMO! the best place for a setup like this is penning of a brook or stream for beaver set 2 330's in a opening and your done!
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