A few years ago, we were mowing around our biggest pond (17+ acres) and saw four different mink. I also consider them my best aide in keeping muskrats in check so that was the last time we mowed that close to water's edge. After that, we always try to leave some tall cover around waters edge to help protect the mink from hawks and owls. It also seems to help discourage the geese. I'll gladly trade a few fish for the control on muskrats.

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