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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2009, 05:22:09 PM »
 Grin  YEAH I USED TO FERRET THEM BUNNNYS Grin  NOW  I JUST SHOOT THEM LONG EARS Grin Wink
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« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2009, 05:24:48 PM »
I COULD NEVER KILL AN BUNNY , THEY ARE SO NEAT  Grin Grin , SO THATS WHY I BLAST THE crapT OUT OF EM WHEN IT IS DARK , DONT SEE THEM THAN , YUP ONLY WHERE TO SHOOT DA HEAD AND EYES GREAT AMING POINT  Grin
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« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2009, 05:27:11 PM »
 Grin YEAH MAN, GOTTA  LUV LAMPING RABBITS Cool  BETTER WHEN FOXY SHOWS UP Wink
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« Reply #18 on: November 21, 2009, 05:27:50 PM »
Quote from: monarch on November 21, 2009, 01:14:57 PM
Hi, nice looking mount but looks like a Mink to me. Face markings are wrong for a Polecat....

Have you ever seen a European Polecat?  For that matter, have you ever seen a Mink?
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No resemblance.  Mink, while "related" are different in appearance from Ferret and Polecat, in that the mink has a shorter muzzle, and wider head.

Now a Ferret?  

Yeah ... very similar if not the same! Wink

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« Reply #19 on: November 21, 2009, 05:29:23 PM »
YUP AND THEY BOOTH STINK LIKE HELL , GOOD JOB HENKIE
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« Reply #20 on: November 21, 2009, 07:16:44 PM »
Lord rusty, UK mink can come in many colours and patterns. All wild mink in the UK originated from captive bred stock and come in loads of guises. From silvers to chocolates and blacks, and loads in between, with various amounts of white.  I have shot mink that looked like Henks young polecat. As for ferrets, most that look like polecats originate from polecat crosses , much like the one in your photo, but I have seen some in the UK that look remarkably like "pure" polecats.
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« Reply #21 on: November 21, 2009, 07:48:05 PM »
I could be mistaken, but if I recall correctly, Ferrets and Polecats are essentially the same animal ... the Ferret being the "domesticated" version. 

All in all, Mink have a face and head very distinctive from the Polecat and Ferret.  Shorter muzzle with smaller nose, and a wider head overall.  When viewed from above the Minks' head is a very "squat" triangular shape.  The colors of the animal is useless to me ... I look at the structure.  And that, more than anything else, is what makes my determination as to which is which. Wink

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« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2009, 06:10:41 PM »
Yup them rabbits make good targets, and good eatin to them orange eyes can't do nothing to escape that 22. Wink
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« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2009, 07:34:46 AM »
and a nice rock too, henk Wink
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« Reply #24 on: December 08, 2009, 03:47:27 PM »
Quote from: LordRusty on November 21, 2009, 05:27:50 PM
Quote from: monarch on November 21, 2009, 01:14:57 PM
Hi, nice looking mount but looks like a Mink to me. Face markings are wrong for a Polecat....

Have you ever seen a European Polecat?  For that matter, have you ever seen a Mink?    "Yes to both - I have kept and worked polecats for approx 30 years. Shot dozens of Mink in my career as a gamekeeper.  Mink in the UK come in lots of colours and markings.  Most of our Polecats are lighter phase than the one in the picture (which is a beauty by the way) and they have been crossed with the ferret large scale..." William.
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No resemblance.  Mink, while "related" are different in appearance from Ferret and Polecat, in that the mink has a shorter muzzle, and wider head.

Now a Ferret?  

Yeah ... very similar if not the same! Wink

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« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2009, 07:43:34 AM »
Great eye, nose reference on that mink, thanks John.
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« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2009, 11:05:27 AM »
This is what we call a polecat.

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« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2009, 02:06:26 PM »
Sure like to mount such a polecat but the are extremely protected around here
what a shame
greetings Henk
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