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FUR FACTS 



is lodged along the way, affording hiding places for the animals and 

 therefore good places for setting traps, both in and out of the water. 

 If there is a bluff on one side of the stream and it is low on the other, 

 the low side is recommended as the best for setting mink traps. 

 Wherever there are plenty of fish is usually a good trapping range 

 for mink. Whenever it is possible, sets should be made in water. 

 Select a place where the indications for mink are favorable. If 

 possible, place some old drift or logs so as to make a guideway. 

 Place the trap about the middle of the guideway and on the far side 

 of the trap drop a half dozen drops of Funsten Mink Bait. The 

 bait should be placed so as to make the animal cross the trap to get 

 to the bait. Never put the bait on the trap itself. 



MINK 



Find a hollow log along the edge of a stream. Use some muskrat 

 flesh or trout well scented with Funsten Mink Bait, then put the 

 bait well into the log. Set a trap at each end of the Jog. 



Another method is to secure a medium size tile and wedge a stick 

 into it crosswise. On the stick place a few drops of Funsten Mink 

 Bait. Place the tile in shallow water so that the water just covers 



