Muggins. Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I had a wander around a nature reserve local to me when this Mink came out in front of me. He was gone again in seconds so no real time to focus the camera but it was a chance in a million to see it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks a big one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bi9johnny Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks like a meerkat where is mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Looks a hard sod,surprised he didn't mug you :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 Only ever seen a mink once. It struck me just how fearless they are, certainly wasn't afraid of me! Nice pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reece Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 I've never seen a mink. But I would think a nature reserve would take measures to exterminate them, for the terrible damage they do to water voles and other species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpkiller Posted December 21, 2012 Report Share Posted December 21, 2012 ive seen plenty of mink when i lived in S-O-T around fishing ponds and rivers and they can grow BIG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moor man Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 True story..... I was mackerel fishing on the S Devon coast and things were getting hectic. As I was spinning, the caught mackerel were being dropped quickly in a small rockpool behind me so I could carry on fishing. Things had been deadly slow for a couple of hours so I wanted to make the most of the shoal. Soon enough they disappeared, chasing their prey to the next bay, time to kill and clean my fish. Only problem was two out of four had vanished, I looked around thinking they may have flipped themselves away but no sign?? It was then I noticed a movement in the rocks, crouching I froze and within seconds a snakey mink started after the other fish. Hed been stashing them in a crevice in the rock! I shouted at him as he scarpered back to his cave with the third fish. On closer inspection all I could see in the shadows were his devilish eyes glowering back at me. I managed to rout him from his lair in the rocks with the rod tip. He shot out and was away in a flash. I left him two of the fish as a mark of respect, after all he was only being opportunist. I was fishing for fun, he was trying to survive. I must admit I have a sneaking respect for mink, bold and fearless, true hunters....nice photo by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redtailhawk1 Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Very nice photo. Very nice looking animal, its a shame they do so much damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Lovely pic of a beautiful but vicious animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 In the year 2000 I climbed a willow tree alongside a brook near Cirencester to see what fish I could spy. At the bottom of the pollarded branches in the treee a mallard duck was sitting on eggs. She showed no fear of me - she wouldn't as she was stone dead with a single bite mark behind her head. When I got down the tree I looked inside some of the holes in the gnarled trunk and I could see a stock dove upside down. I reached in as far as my arm would go and was suddenly bitten. I pulled my arm out as quickly as I could and was soon face to face with a mink with it's teeth still in my finger. The creature did soon let go thankfully and I was left with a very torn and bloody finger. I am looking at the scar as I write this. Cirencester hospital was only a few minutes away and I went there for a tetanus jab which proved to be almost as painful as the bite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Seen two this year, killed one. The other one managed to avoid my semi-auto. It was lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 I see lots of eyes on the other bank when fishing the Warwickshire Avon for barbel at night in my head torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Nothing finer in the summer then hunting them along the river banks. Nice picture as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodlittlebitch Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I've seen one once while walking along the sewerage works which goes in to a beck my terrier found it and it soon turned out to be a full on fight with it. Hard little ******** ill give them that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan gun Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 there vicious all right as one was after my mates chickens until the jack russel seen it and quickly dispatched it.lucky the dog didnt get bit but it sprayed him but it was too late for the mink to try to get away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Yes, if you can find the reserve manager they will probably want rid. I have baited a raft with cat food and oil, then retired to the other side of the Lake with a 17hmr to shoot it off the raft. Got to be out early or have a good nv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Most I've ever seen was a family of 9 on the side of the river Welland in Stamford. They were marching in the direction of a load of rabbit burrows on a banking. Shame I didn't have my gun because I'd have shot the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiebald Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Once while pike fishing the leeds liverpool canal I had a 5 pounder I got on my front to chin the pike from the canal as it was a 3 foot drop from the towpath to the waters surface I leaned down and chinned the pike and I looked forwards at the embankment and a mink was face to face with me (bout 6 inch away) looking me straight in the eye out of a hole in the embankment I sharted myself lol. Edited January 7, 2013 by archiebald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 i dont see many but i do love them i love all that family of little hard fury things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karpman Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 See a few around the brooks and lakes around here. When I used to fish a lake for carp we new the mink had moved in the rats had moved out. Seen them Chase squizzers up the trees too. Destroy on sight, horrible creatures that have no place in out countryside. Karpman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Knew they were a pest but have never seen one, some of my permission runs allong a riverside but so does a public footpath so unfortunately they are safe from my quarry list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster George Posted January 9, 2013 Report Share Posted January 9, 2013 Friend of mine had 30 birds in one night killed by a mink not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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