wes79
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This is another Otter thread but specifically about the Mink.
I saw a Mink, what should I do about it?
Cheers and Beers
I saw a Mink, what should I do about it?
Cheers and Beers
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tincatim
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Load up the air rifle?
Seriously though, I've seen a fair few mink roaming about the rivers Don and Dearne. Apparently there were people breeding them for fur nearby a few years back and some escaped leading to more in the wild and breeding.
I honestly don't mind them, they're quite cute looking and are interesting to see. Whether they seriously damage fish stocks, I don't know.
Seriously though, I've seen a fair few mink roaming about the rivers Don and Dearne. Apparently there were people breeding them for fur nearby a few years back and some escaped leading to more in the wild and breeding.
I honestly don't mind them, they're quite cute looking and are interesting to see. Whether they seriously damage fish stocks, I don't know.
wes79
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Save me starting another thread, what is the best riffle for shooting all the Mink I lay eyes on?
I'm a bit of a riffle newb, also what size landing net should I buy to scoop them out of the water?
cheers
(hope no one is taking me seriously).
I'm a bit of a riffle newb, also what size landing net should I buy to scoop them out of the water?
cheers
(hope no one is taking me seriously).
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The bad one
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My preference would be for one of these https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=h...9omFDRzsM:&usg=__l86o9eG1OVebb2GMX399XDQwEpQ=
thecrow
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Vicious little sods, just another problem caused by do gooders who released these creatures without any thought whatsoever.
tincatim
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That should do it, you won't need to waste money on a landing net to scoop it out then.
The greedy little sods eat anything they can get at - including eggs and chicks from water fowl!
My friend had his garden pond emptied twice by them after they had burrowed in - through the pond-liner - the water drained-out pdq! The local Water Company has a problem with them 'mining' the banks of local reservoirs.
"What do you do about it?" asked the man from the council,
"Shoot the b*ggers!" replied the WC official,
"But we don't allow firearms to be discharged in Bolton!", objected the Council Officer, "Can't you trap them instead?",
"Aye - we do."
"Then what do you do with them?" asked the concerned Council Officer,
"Take 'em to t'other end of the reservoir - which is in Chorley - then we shoot the b*ggers!" replied the WC official.
"Shoot the b*ggers!" replied the WC official,
"But we don't allow firearms to be discharged in Bolton!", objected the Council Officer, "Can't you trap them instead?",
"Aye - we do."
"Then what do you do with them?" asked the concerned Council Officer,
"Take 'em to t'other end of the reservoir - which is in Chorley - then we shoot the b*ggers!" replied the WC official.
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The greedy little sods eat anything they can get at - including eggs and chicks from water fowl!
The local Water Company has a problem with them 'mining' the banks of local reservoirs."What do you do about it?" asked the man from the council,
"Shoot the b*ggers!" replied the WC official,
"But we don't allow firearms to be discharged in Bolton!", objected the Council Officer, "Can't you trap them instead?",
"Aye - we do."
"Then what do you do with them?" asked the concerned Council Officer,
"Take 'em to t'other end of the reservoir - which is in Chorley - then we shoot the b*ggers!" replied the WC official.
I think someones pulling your chain Mike, mink don't burrow at all. They're very similar to a ferret in size and habits but are excelent swimmers.
I would refer my learned friend to the following:
I guess you might suggest they don't burrow themselves - but sub-contract the heavy work to McAlpines or Murphy's!
mg:bennygesserit
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Here is a site that will frighten every angler Species alerts - GB non-native species secretariat I was looking for mink on there but Japanese carpet worm seems to be the next killer invader
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My understanding is that in Otter Vs Mink the otter wins http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/07/13/let-the-battle-commence-otters-stand-up-against-mink-invasion/
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My understanding is that in Otter Vs Mink the otter wins http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/07/13/let-the-battle-commence-otters-stand-up-against-mink-invasion/
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I would refer my learned friend to the following:
I guess you might suggest they don't burrow themselves - but sub-contract the heavy work to McAlpines or Murphy's!
Don't beleive everything you read, mink will use old burrows made by other animals, chance of one even trying to dig out it's own burrow is next to none.
Internet is full of nonsense.
wes79
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Specimen Mink Hunterz
Animal rights protesters release them to give Mink more rights and the Mink takes away all the rights to other animals including there right to live, so that didn't work out very well did it, no forward planning, it disturbed the balance books of nature, and here we are with a Mink thread.
Animal rights subject to status, Roach need not apply.
I have heard or read somewhere that Mink will kill much in the same way as a fox would if its natural prey was found in great numbers localised, not so much killing out of hunger just killing purely because it can, mad eh?
I think a stuffed Mink or two might do well on the Sunday car boot though, how much would you pay for a stuffed Mink (in relative good nick etc)?
Animal rights protesters release them to give Mink more rights and the Mink takes away all the rights to other animals including there right to live, so that didn't work out very well did it, no forward planning, it disturbed the balance books of nature, and here we are with a Mink thread.
Animal rights subject to status, Roach need not apply.
I have heard or read somewhere that Mink will kill much in the same way as a fox would if its natural prey was found in great numbers localised, not so much killing out of hunger just killing purely because it can, mad eh?
I think a stuffed Mink or two might do well on the Sunday car boot though, how much would you pay for a stuffed Mink (in relative good nick etc)?
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robertroach
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I have seen them on the Hants Avon, Dorset Stour and one or two nearby gravel pits, but only rarely.
There has been a lot of talk about all the harm they can do but I think it is exaggerated. Our Winters are too cold for them to thrive even though they always wear a fur coat.
There has been a lot of talk about all the harm they can do but I think it is exaggerated. Our Winters are too cold for them to thrive even though they always wear a fur coat.
Fearless predator that will take on nearly anything. They are responsible for the demise of the water vole. Will decimate water side wildlife. Classed as vermin to be shot or trapped.
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Our winters arn't too cold for them at all ! They thrive in our climate.
Unless people know how to set traps correctly so as to only catch the mink they shouldn't bother, they'll kill more creatures than the mink do. Best for most people (if they're adamant to try and bump mink off) to use live catchers (cage traps) but check them at least once a day, preferably more !
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I was once trapped by a mink along a flood bank where it met the waters edge on the River Soar near Kegworth and where it was too sheer to climb up to escape, this was back in the mid-nineties and despite my waving of my landing net pole and banging the end of it on the ground right in front of it there was no scaring the silky damn thing and it casually strolled off of its own accord.
More recently my sister has had them on her narrowboat on summer evenings when they've gone to bed with the cabin doors open as have other boaters where they are moored in Staffordshire.
Only the other week when Sam Vimes and I were fishing in Nottinghamshire a mink fairly casually swam across the river right in front of us, probably no more than thirty yards or so downriver.
The damn things are very wide spread and not shy with it.
More recently my sister has had them on her narrowboat on summer evenings when they've gone to bed with the cabin doors open as have other boaters where they are moored in Staffordshire.
Only the other week when Sam Vimes and I were fishing in Nottinghamshire a mink fairly casually swam across the river right in front of us, probably no more than thirty yards or so downriver.
The damn things are very wide spread and not shy with it.
The mink thank the moles and voles personally for their tunnelling efforts - by killing & eating the poor little blighters! mg:I have read and noted your Internet-sent opinions on the burrowing abilities of the mink!
mg::whCheers Tigger :thumbs:
No idea, but my (then) wife's full length coat back in the early 90's cost over five grand . . . . . . so many around a few hundred quid for a stuffed version?
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theartist
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I had a mink drop in by my feet whilst dangling them in the water as a lad (they been round here for as long as I could remember) came out with a signal cray. Ten minutes later did the same thing so I walked round to block it's exit as it battled through a nettlebed like a dog with a stick. It just dropped it at my feet and stood there looking at me. Wouldn't back off.
It's good that they take Signals but the Water Vole and Water Rail soon dissapeared from there which is sad.
On that recent documentary in Ireland the narrator said all the ground breeding birds had been wiped out by them and there's also an amazing film of two Kingfisher fighting in the water that gets ended oh so abruptly by a mink. Another mess up by the do gooders
It's good that they take Signals but the Water Vole and Water Rail soon dissapeared from there which is sad.
On that recent documentary in Ireland the narrator said all the ground breeding birds had been wiped out by them and there's also an amazing film of two Kingfisher fighting in the water that gets ended oh so abruptly by a mink. Another mess up by the do gooders
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Had one walk across my feet as I sat looking at the water one evening. I jumped like a little girl but it didn't even break stride, even though my jump sent him in the air.
I used to see a lot of mink as a kid fishing the Severn but I've only seen a handful in the last 10 -15 years. There seems to be less of them nowadays to me.
There's a lot more otters around though and I've seen the damage they can do to pike stocks.. they kill pike for fun/practice as they dive on them when they're laying on the bottom. In the last couple of years they've ruined a lovely stretch of the Kennett I (used to) fish.
A mate of mine down Salisbury way has had his local lake decimated by a pair of otters, and he says they swim right up to you in broad daylight!.. Not sure if otter biologists/animal behaviourists (is that a word?) and supporters of re-introduction even considered that would happen.
I used to see a lot of mink as a kid fishing the Severn but I've only seen a handful in the last 10 -15 years. There seems to be less of them nowadays to me.
There's a lot more otters around though and I've seen the damage they can do to pike stocks.. they kill pike for fun/practice as they dive on them when they're laying on the bottom. In the last couple of years they've ruined a lovely stretch of the Kennett I (used to) fish.
A mate of mine down Salisbury way has had his local lake decimated by a pair of otters, and he says they swim right up to you in broad daylight!.. Not sure if otter biologists/animal behaviourists (is that a word?) and supporters of re-introduction even considered that would happen.