How to Make a Mink Snare

Minks can be found along waterways as their main diet consists of aquatic life and small mammals. Minks are lithe, quick-moving animals as they travel through water reeds and along shorelines. They will search out holes, hollow logs and follow trails among the shoreline vegetation. Minks can be snared by placing the snare in an area through which they pass. Mink snares are designed from thin, smooth cable with a locking device that allows the snare to close quickly on the fast-moving mink.

Things You'll Need

  • Locking mink snares, size 0 or 1
  • Cotton thread, black
  • Rebar wire
  • Mink scent lure
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Instructions

    • 1

      Locate the mink's trail along a waterway. Look for tracks in the mud and feces containing bits of fish or crayfish.

    • 2

      Narrow the trail by pushing reeds or sticks into the ground on both sides. Open the snare to a 3-inch loop and position it in the trail so the bottom of the loop is 1 inch above the ground. Position the loop so the lock is on the side or top.

    • 3

      Tie the snare in position using cotton thread. Tie a single strand of thread around each side of the snare attaching it to a stick or reed on each side of the trail.

    • 4

      Run a double strand of rebar wire through the swivel on the end of the snare. Wire the swivel to a tree or solid object above or to the side of the set.

    • 5

      Drape natural material such as long grass, thin sticks or reeds over the top of the snare. Make the set look natural so the mink will think it is merely pushing through vegetation and not into a snare. Place a dry stick dipped in a bottle of mink lure 1 foot up the trail from the snare and a another stick dipped in lure down the trail.