pond digger 007 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 26 inch nose to tail and 4lb in weight. taken with 22lr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Blimey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 wouldnt want a nip off that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airarmsandy Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 well done they really are born killers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 looks a nasty thing...well shot!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoggysreels Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Well done ... the more the merrier !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlagUp Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Imagine the damage he could do in a pheasant pen, duck pond, on the river bank ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 That would make a nice hat....... or a really warm pair of pants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 He's a beaut!!Thanks for sharing those pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted December 7, 2013 Report Share Posted December 7, 2013 Wow, big boy he could devastate the wildlife in your area,well done for getting him .You could make a pair of slippers out of him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fieldwanderer Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Do you shoot many? I haven't even seen one since I was about 12 (nearly 19 years ago)! Not that I've got a problem with it at all, just curious as I thought they'd kinda disappeared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 That would make a nice hat....... or a really warm pair of pants! At 26 ins I could fold it in half and it would make me a great willy warmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Did well to take him out....used to make me laugh when those ignorant animal rights activists used to break into the fur farms and release them... A healthy adult mink can travel up to 6 miles down a river bank in a day and will kill everything it comes across.... I lost a good terrier to a mink in the early 80's.... it drowned the poor devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linny Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 At 26 ins I could fold it in half and it would make me a great willy warmer. so that will be a hat then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pond digger 007 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Do you shoot many? I haven't even seen one since I was about 12 (nearly 19 years ago)! Not that I've got a problem with it at all, just curious as I thought they'd kinda disappeared I have about 4ac of fishing ponds and this beast was shot on one of them. A year or two back I saw a family of them, island hopping on the same pond and was able to row to the island and shoot three of them. Other than that I shot two on nearby main watercourses, and an emaciated specimen wandering down the road to the farm. I also got one in a Fenn trap set for rats in the farm shed. My fishing customers see them regularly on local canals but in order to shoot them, you need to be in the right place at the right time. According to Wickepedia a male mink should weigh 1-3lb but a web search led me to an American trapper forum where a chap was claiming to have caught one weighing 7lb! Others had had them at 5lb and 32 inches nose to tail. What struck me about my monster is the size of its neck at 2.5 inches in width and solid muscle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Was it a male? They tend to be solitary. Looks like there is plenty of grub about where he came from. Good shot. I have used a 17hmr on them, by baiting a raft with liquidised cat food for a few days, so that they have to lick it off. Sitting under a bush on the other bank, early morning just at day break. Certainly don't want to get your hands near those knashers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pond digger 007 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Was it a male? They tend to be solitary. Looks like there is plenty of grub about where he came from. Good shot. I have used a 17hmr on them, by baiting a raft with liquidised cat food for a few days, so that they have to lick it off. Sitting under a bush on the other bank, early morning just at day break. Certainly don't want to get your hands near those knashers. Yes he's a male. He was lamped: good eye shine! The 17 should sort em out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thats a nice trophy there! Get it off to a Taxidermist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thats a nice trophy there! Get it off to a Taxidermist Yeah I would, have a look at some of the fantastic work in the craft section Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pond digger 007 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thats a nice trophy there! Get it off to a Taxidermist Yeah I would, have a look at some of the fantastic work in the craft section Yes I was thinking it might be an idea. Such a shame to chuck him in a hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob58 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 thats a nice mink well worth you getting him mounted i did this one last year he measured 23" from nose to base of tail big animal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Used to love hunting them with my small terrier pack, still see the odd one. last one was at parklodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pond digger 007 Posted December 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 thats a nice mink well worth you getting him mounted i did this one last year he measured 23" from nose to base of tail big animal. Very nice. Did you weigh him by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thats a nice trophy there! Get it off to a Taxidermist ...or a seamstress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob58 Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Hi pd yes I did he went a tad over 3 1/2 pounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.