RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

If you are going to cover th walls with wir I would use 1/4 incg rabbit wire they wont get throught that. Mink can get through chicken wire.

RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

Yea those box traps work great. I've caught everything from coons, possums and even a golden retriever!

RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

Golden retriever!! Thats good. Bet he dont come back a second time.

RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

I have caught alot with mine, even a few house cats....

RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

And in the middle of a winter snow storm a few years back. Haven't seen that dog since...

RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

Judging by the cages handle and assuming thats 4 inches it puts that cridder about 15 inches long a good sized chicken fed mink. Strange it is not white for this time of year. In Michigan and in the summer I see a lot of dark brown mink around the trout streams. Our little sized wesals turn white for winter and I have not yet seen a mink in winter yet. Seen a lot of Ontario pine martins but they are endangered and considered nonexsistant in the lower pennisula. Be careful if you have martins in NY.

RE: chicken killer behind bars..got him
 

If they turn white in winter those are Ermine. They are not very big. A squirrel sized one would be large.