Mink Attack

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Uncle Buck

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Has anyone had their dog attacked by a mink? I was going to bring this up earlier, but forgot until the mink photos on the camera post.
I was not there when it happened, but saw the dog the next day after getting patched up. My nephews Pudelpointer, which he got from me had several wounds, the most prominent on the side of the upper jaw. The guy who had the best view said the mink clamped down there and would not let go as the dog tried to shake and tear it off. $200 vet bill.
I know how vicious a mink can be and the dog must have cornered it to some degree. I have never had an encounter such as this tho have with most of the other critters out their including a coyote or two.
 
Never had it happen but my dog has scuffled with a yote and I think I'd much rather have him have a go with another one than with a mink or any animal including a weasle in the mink family.
 
Where were you or the dog I mean, what part of the world. Sounds like it may have been something else. I have seen my dogs catch mink and weasles and shake em like a rag doll in 2 seconds there dead. They are nasty hunters on mice and birds etc. But most dogs will make short order of them. Sure it was not a river otter? or a fisher? they are bigger and could be mistaken for one from someone who has not seen many.
 
Pound for pound the Mink, especially a large male is as vicious as can be.
However, I'm thinking some other critter?
Badger most likely, big male raccoon?
 
mnmthunting said:
Pound for pound the Mink, especially a large male is as vicious as can be.
However, I'm thinking some other critter?
Badger most likely, big male raccoon?
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The badger and mink pics were cool,but I would have neutralized them both a long time ago.If a coon attacks your dog in the daytime,definately kill it and keep the carcass,something is likely very wrong with it.
 
when my PP was only 9 months old, on his first hunting trip in Kansas, he pointed a badger........he went on point about 100 yards away and luckily both he and the badger were locked in a stare down.....when i walked up beside him i couldn't believe my eyes, fear and everything else shot through my head........the badger looked up and saw me and turned and ran off, of course i yelled at the dog with a resounding no and we got the hell out of that field, never to return. that's a fight a dog will lose every time.
 
A bit off topic, but -- A couple of years ago when I was fly fishing in a local trout stream, I wandered up the bank to see how another fisherman was doing. I spotted a mink sitting on a rock about a dozen feet from the fisherman; he (the fisherman) hadn't noticed the mink which was sitting very still. But when the guy hooked a trout and, after a short fight, began working the fish to the shore, the mink slipped into the water, grabbed the fish in its jaws and made off with it! The fisherman was flabbergasted, but I'm guessing that it wasn't the first time the mink had pulled off such a heist -- that mink knew just what it was doing.
 
I was calling coyotes years ago in snowy Montana. A Weasel in its winter finery climbed-up on my Mickey Mouse boot & looked me right in the eye. I'm glad he figured he couldn't drag me off & scampered away . . .
 
Years ago my other half worked on a mink farm. From what she told me that is what a mink will do. It will latch on to you and not let go. They can bite through a heavy leather glove. She came home from work a few times with battle scars.
 
The guy who was close described it as dark brown and about a foot and one half long. I have seen dogs kill mink a couple times. I think this dog, female 2 years old just got suprised.
My Pudelpointers have killed dozens of coons, skunks, cats and even one badger. That was a four dog tag team and only one got bit. Front foot. I do not think a single dog could whip a badger.
Location was eastern Lake County, north of Brant lake about three miles.No
otters which is just an oversized mink.
A couple years ago I had to trail a deer a ways and as I walked back down the draw to my truck an ermine---winter phase white weasel ran down the whole draw about 7-8 feet infront of me. He was not afraid of me and would stop and wait if I slowed down, or run back if he got too far out in front. This went on for about 200 yards.
 
Ringneck Redneck said:
Years ago my other half worked on a mink farm. From what she told me that is what a mink will do. It will latch on to you and not let go. They can bite through a heavy leather glove. She came home from work a few times with battle scars.
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Many years ago as a veterinarian, I was called to a mink farm, and I confess that I don't remember why at this time, but I remember the owner showing my helper and me one of his male breeders. He cautioned that we not get anything too close to his cage. The cage was about three or four feet long and the mink was in the far end. My helper, who was not nearly as smart as he was a smart aleck then stuck the earpiece of his sunglasses just barely into the mink's cage. Litterally in less than a second the mink flashed toward his hand, grabbed the earpiece, jerked the whole pair of glasses into the cage, and chewed the living stuffing out of them glass lenses and all. I'm talking littlebiddy pieces!

I told him that because he chose to disobey the owner he better pray that nothing bad happened to that mink, because he was worth about a year's pay likely and he would be paying it! Thankfully nothing happened to the mink and he did not even bloody his mouth. He was like greased lightening in his movement, and about four pounds body weight I think. I never forgot that experience.
 
bknight said:
Many years ago as a veterinarian, I was called to a mink farm, and I confess that I don't remember why at this time, but I remember the owner showing my helper and me one of his male breeders. He cautioned that we not get anything too close to his cage. The cage was about three or four feet long and the mink was in the far end. My helper, who was not nearly as smart as he was a smart aleck then stuck the earpiece of his sunglasses just barely into the mink's cage. Litterally in less than a second the mink flashed toward his hand, grabbed the earpiece, jerked the whole pair of glasses into the cage, and chewed the living stuffing out of them glass lenses and all. I'm talking littlebiddy pieces!

I told him that because he chose to disobey the owner he better pray that nothing bad happened to that mink, because he was worth about a year's pay likely and he would be paying it! Thankfully nothing happened to the mink and he did not even bloody his mouth. He was like greased lightening in his movement, and about four pounds body weight I think. I never forgot that experience.
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I used to trap in high school and one day found a muskrat trap missing and when I started looking for it found a very ill tempered male (32" nose to tip of tail). I checked it out to make sure it wasn't an otter (protected in Illinois) and beat it to death. If that mink got loose I am sure he'd have done a number on me. The owner of the pond was shocked that thing was slinking around his property. It was probably just 4 pounds or so.
 
morrismike said:
I used to trap in high school and one day found a muskrat trap missing and when I started looking for it found a very ill tempered male (32" nose to tip of tail). I checked it out to make sure it wasn't an otter (protected in Illinois) and beat it to death. If that mink got loose I am sure he'd have done a number on me. The owner of the pond was shocked that thing was slinking around his property. It was probably just 4 pounds or so.
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that's pretty funny-
in our family we trapped for a reason
 
When I was a younun trapping, a male mink was the most sought after prize. $20 bucks in those days was a heck of a lot of money for a kid. My dog had one in a tree once, you don't want to shoot it, might damage the fur. I climbed up with a good stick gave it a sound "WHACK" the mink fell and I heard the bones crack as "Jet" my dog chomped it. Got it away fast as I could.:)
 
mnmthunting said:
When I was a younun trapping, a male mink was the most sought after prize. $20 bucks in those days was a heck of a lot of money for a kid.
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there was this river that ran between 2 lakes- small duck boat- in the morning down- in the evening up- dad had it down to an art- dyeing, waxing, and not touching a trap with hands- waders to walk and to not touch or disturb anything- made wooden stretch boards- skin and stretch as soon as we got done-

fur buyer would come to town every Saturday- rent a room- guess dad was pretty sharp- big male with no white and no knife nicks would bring $58.00- female $42.00- we prefered to not try to set for females

Christmas was dependent on how the trapping went-

when us boys got old enough dad would give us 3 traps- we couldn't trap the river- it was kind of an honor when we'd catch a nice male-
 
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