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Mink Islander · 07-12-2010, 07:39 AM

Really nice picture! We have a Mink that lives around our property and is sometimes seen around the docks. We have piles of mussel shells around the dock cribs as evidence of its foraging. These guys aren't a problem on land. They eat mostly mussels and crayfish -- won't find them rooting around in your trash bin like certain masked woodland creatures I see from time to time.....

I see them most often in the winter when they use the open water around the dock for easy access to the water. I leave them a dead cusk or two when I'm out ice fishing.

I've always wondered where it has a den. Never seen more than 1 at a time -- solitary creatures for the most part.

tis · 07-12-2010, 12:23 PM

We have them around. We saw a Mom with two babies a couple of weeks ago. We have the shells too-- Tons of them in the spring.

07-12-2010, 07:39 AM	#1
Mink Islander Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 753 Thanks: 59 Thanked 271 Times in 129 Posts	Mink! Really nice picture! We have a Mink that lives around our property and is sometimes seen around the docks. We have piles of mussel shells around the dock cribs as evidence of its foraging. These guys aren't a problem on land. They eat mostly mussels and crayfish -- won't find them rooting around in your trash bin like certain masked woodland creatures I see from time to time..... I see them most often in the winter when they use the open water around the dock for easy access to the water. I leave them a dead cusk or two when I'm out ice fishing. I've always wondered where it has a den. Never seen more than 1 at a time -- solitary creatures for the most part.

07-12-2010, 12:23 PM	#2
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,760 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,462 Times in 1,018 Posts	We have them around. We saw a Mom with two babies a couple of weeks ago. We have the shells too-- Tons of them in the spring.