Thanks for sharing, I learned a great deal from that video. I will be sharing it with others thanks for the great info!

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you've gotten something out of it. Me too, cheers!

I really missed these old docu films I used to watch 7AM and 9PM in the evening.

@minktrappingpaddy

Ай бұрын

Yes me too. There was some great programs on tv back in the day

wonderful video thanks for sharing. Same faith Newfoundland suffered with the farm mink...

@minktrappingpaddy

Жыл бұрын

Cheers buddy👍

Brilliant, I love Mink!

Great upload mate.

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, I thought it would be a good idea to upload it. The video tape was on its last legs, and thought id lose it for good

Interesting film Eddie, all the mink I have seen here are a dark chocolate brown color with a white throat patch. I see the toad got a pass 😂

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I've noticed that most over there are brown. Think maybe Canada or Alaska have mostly black. If we were to get a light brown one here, we'd probably get it mounted

Great vid eddie, ope your all.well Rgds steve

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Steve. Taking it easy at the mo. Hope all well with you?

@sautoter411

2 жыл бұрын

@@minktrappingpaddy alls good eddie thanks, a new spine would help!! Rgds steve

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@sautoter411 I know that feeling. Nothing as bad Steve

Hey buddy this is a cool movie I enjoyed all 23 minutes dropped ya a like also👍

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers my friend. I taped it on VHS many moons ago.

Enjoyed that 🙂 cheers mate👍 makes me wanna put the traps out but I'll wait for the better weather lol. Atb muddy 😀👍

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, lits of rain here. Only caught two myself this year

cool facts about mink .

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, probably a bit outdated, but most of it makes sense 👍

Great video, thanks for uploading it

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks lad. I recorded it on VHS before there was DVD's lol

Great video Eddie, enjoyed watching!

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers man. Only got two mink this year, on two rivers. Gonna give them a rest for a few years. Maybe try some other rivers, but would have to travel further

@hollowpoint8800

2 жыл бұрын

@@minktrappingpaddy 2 more than I have got Eddie. Been so busy with other things as you know and work getting busier again, will be heading away overseas again in May so I won't get trapping this year by the looks of it.

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@hollowpoint8800 Be plenty there for ya, whenever you do get back at it. Stay safe buddy👍

Nice video! Your Voice in the video?

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

No not my voice lol. The video is narrated by a British man. Very different accent, than the Irish accent

An interesting show Eddie. I never saw a mink to climb. I don't think the presenter ever had his poultry wiped out by a mink though 🤔🤔

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

No, that's for sure Vinnie. Think he used to narate several wildlife programs at that time. I remember seeing the next episode about stoats which was very good. Didn't record it unfortunately.

I just put a few sets for minks

@minktrappingpaddy

5 ай бұрын

Where are you located Jack? I've done nothing yet. Probably be January again i get some traps out.

My mink is a great pet! I raised it from a baby…Not for all!

Invasive American mink in the UK during the 1980s was around 110,000, but now that our river otters (now protected) are starting to reclaim the British waterways once again, it seems that they are now displacing the invasive American mink from our rivers. Recent figures estimate that mink numbers could now be as low as 40,000.

@minktrappingpaddy

2 ай бұрын

Here is a strange one. Here in Ireland, the otter population was always healthy. At the same time, mink numbers were high. Now all of a sudden, mink numbers have dropped significantly. Maybe the huge increase in pine marten numbers the last few years? Maybe some other factor?

@PortmanRd

2 ай бұрын

It's just nice to see the otter starting to reclaim its old habitats in the U.K. again.

@minktrappingpaddy

2 ай бұрын

@@PortmanRd Yes, an amazing animal to see. Something magical about them

@PortmanRd

2 ай бұрын

@@minktrappingpaddyMaybe the otter like the grey squirrel carries a virus lethal to the mink? Just a thought.

Do you sell the mink furs

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

No market for mink here James. Most of our winters are very mild, and fur doesn't prime very well. We have had some good cold winters though, and I've had some good coats on mink those winters.

@jamesoutdoors6380

2 жыл бұрын

I just caught a mink yesterday but it bent the wire on the trap and got out

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesoutdoors6380 Where abouts are you James? Yes, you need a cage with good strong mesh in it. Mink are strong for their size.

@jamesoutdoors6380

2 жыл бұрын

It was a bought trap from pest stop

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesoutdoors6380 Yes, I have those. They work well, but very light. I've had stuff bend the doors open in the past. I much prefer these ones www.maceoinltd.com/vermin-control-traps-snares/mink-trap-single-entry-mink-cage-trap-gun-club-vermin-control-nargc-countryside-alliance-mink-trapping-snaring-hunting-ireland-uk-dingle/

Why were they deliberately released?

@minktrappingpaddy

10 ай бұрын

Some escaped, and others deliberately released by people who viewed farming of mink to be a cruel practice.

@thesuperiorman8342

10 ай бұрын

@@minktrappingpaddy Foolish people. Did it not occur to them the cruelty of releasing these foreign minks and the impact it would have on local wildlife

@minktrappingpaddy

10 ай бұрын

@@thesuperiorman8342 Yes, I don't think they ever thought about the damage it would have caused for Centuries to come

Ahh the endangered species of Ireland

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 I'm gonna start a new charity. SAVE THE IRISH AMERICAN MINK FOUNDATION.

@vk_6915

2 жыл бұрын

@@minktrappingpaddy 😂😂Mink Conservation Project, up there with the grey partridge 😂😂

@minktrappingpaddy

2 жыл бұрын

@@vk_6915 🤣🤣👍