Ever have a mink chew through chicken wire?

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We get a mink every other year it seems. They follow the Spring rain filled brook up to near our house. They are hard to shoot and unlike weasel they'll attack during the day. I've had to shoo one off the back of a breeder cock before. If you can disrupt them during the first massacre and leave any carcass where it lays it makes shooting them a lot easier. They'll come back within an hour to start pulling the carcass away. Decent .22 pellet gun, comfy chair and a thermos of coffee with some patients takes care of them. I've taken out two.

I did not know that mink hunt in the daytime. Good info.

I'm not opposed to shooting mink or weasels, but, like you said, their small size makes it a challenge. I'd be more inclined to bait a live trap with the carcass of a dead bird and try to catch the mink or weasel that way. Easier to dispose of the animal once in a trap. I no longer have rifles at home, but still have a few live traps in the shed.