No traps- actually, it's pretty heartening in one regard to know they are still around. We had an historic flood 2 yrs ago that wiped out or relocated most of our native wildlife (10 ft of water over the whole river corridor - 500 yr flood levels) Then, this winter, I caught a fellow illegally...
Yep -
River is up almost out of banks with all the recent rains, so I should have realized that the predators were up out of banks as well. (They don't have access to their normal clam, fish, and frog diet with river so deep.)
We've moved them into an old storage building that is so secure...
Ugh... My poor girls got hit, and hit hard last night by at least one mink. Seven totally eaten, save the wings, etc, and three walking wounded.
One - no obvious external injuries, but seems to be the worst off. Lays on side and won't move. Made it thru the day which surprised me. Have her...