Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... were ferreted whether known to be occupied or not. Such being the case only a well trained ferret should be used as numerous dens were tried in which, of course, there was nothing. A well trained ferret will come out, as soon as the den is examined, if containing no game. One ferret will not, as a rule, drive out a mink. Those who have been most successful have used two large ones at least a year old. Mink are usually an easy animal to rout. Many instances are known Avhere dogs having located a mink it left the den by stamping or pounding on the ground over where it was supposed to be. This, more especially, is the case where the den is a shallow one. While a ferret or even two would probably not be a match for an old male mink yet their nature is such that they dodge from den to den, so that chances are that a mink would seek safety in flight rather than fight. If cornered a mink will put up a desperate fight for an animal its size. If the mink is a female it will be apt to run out, at once, LARGE OLD FERRET. unless during mating season when such probably will not be the case. While ferrets and mink do not cross, or breed, yet being in the same family (mustelidae) may be congenial and not inclined to fight. A party who has "ferreted" a good deal for mink says: "They are used with fair success to drive or run mink from holes. Use a large male ferret and if there is a mink in the hole you will hear them fighting. Keep back a rod or so and the mink may run out, as they often do. Now shoot or let the dog loose, if you have one. During February and March, which is the mink running season, if a male ferret goes in where there is a female mink they will not fight and the ferret is apt to stay. Nature of the skunk is much...
