This article certainly highlights the meticulous detail and vast knowledge Bob had regarding mink trapping, and his enthusiasm for it certainly comes across. While he acknowledges some of the profit that mink trapping can bring in, the focus of the article is really on mink behavior and his observations of the animal translated into trapping techniques. By showing his keen knowledge of “mink psychology”, he illustrates how he enjoyed trapping for mink before their pelts became fashionable, and his motives were the pleasure he got out of “studying his clever ways”.