What type of Critter does this?

  • Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10642
    December 30, 2019 at 9:34 am #1901624

    It dug a hole thru 8″ of ice, left me a little present and now lives under my boathouse.

    FWIW – The ice fishing conditions were perfect for pulling the sled out. A little snow on top of 8″ of clear ice. Amazing how that can change in 24 hours. 4″ of crusty snow on top of 2″ of slush. mad

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    2. Gift.jpg

    3. Thru-the-ice.jpg

    glenn57
    cold spring mn
    Posts: 12094
    December 30, 2019 at 10:30 am #1901637

    bigfoot????????????????????

    jime
    Posts: 144
    December 30, 2019 at 11:13 am #1901649

    My guess is a mink. We have had them in the house
    a couple of times.

    sticker
    StillwaterMN/Ottertail county
    Posts: 4418
    December 30, 2019 at 11:23 am #1901654

    From the size of the hole I would say mink or Ermine, but I wouldn’t rule out muskrat.

    jeff_huberty
    Inactive
    Posts: 4941
    December 30, 2019 at 11:25 am #1901655

    Vampire…Stay out of the house during Full moon cycles coffee

    sji
    Posts: 421
    December 30, 2019 at 2:38 pm #1901724

    Land shark

    Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10642
    December 30, 2019 at 3:09 pm #1901739

    How the Heck do they get thru the ice? top down or bottom up?

    Also, first time I’ve seen Turkeys walking on the lake.

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    glenn57
    cold spring mn
    Posts: 12094
    December 30, 2019 at 3:22 pm #1901751

    well i’ve seen enough of them up there in that area lately on 6.

    blank
    Posts: 1786
    December 30, 2019 at 3:56 pm #1901762

    EPG, don’t you have a big enough hole around the permanent dock with those de-icers for those critters?

    Tom Sawvell
    Inactive
    Posts: 9559
    December 30, 2019 at 4:07 pm #1901773

    Mink.

    Dutchboy
    Central Mn.
    Posts: 16788
    December 30, 2019 at 6:37 pm #1901824

    A soon to be dead one.

    chuck100
    Platteville,Wi.
    Posts: 2668
    December 30, 2019 at 6:50 pm #1901834

    Beaver, the other kind.

    DaveB
    Inver Grove Heights MN
    Posts: 4497
    December 31, 2019 at 7:01 am #1901916

    Green sunfish

    super_do
    St Michael, MN
    Posts: 1091
    December 31, 2019 at 4:34 pm #1902147

    Could be an otter.

    Matt Moen
    South Minneapolis
    Posts: 4394
    December 31, 2019 at 6:02 pm #1902162

    Classic jackelope signs.

    Troy Hoernemann
    Nevis mn
    Posts: 163
    December 31, 2019 at 6:55 pm #1902179

    blush Sorry had they $hit$ and after I was done took snow next to boat house to cover it up and if it couldn’t have got any worse no TP so had to drag my @$$ through the snow and when all done chopped hole in the ice to wash my hands

    Butt remember you had to ask redface

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