Isle Of Palms Magazine Summer/Fall 2018

15 www.IsleOfPalmsMagazine.com | www.ILoveIOP.com | www.IOPmag.com [ Feature ] if she grabbed one or two and took off, and we couldn’t find them, we’d abandon it and just try another time,” stated Butfiloski. With the safely caged mink family unit, DNR boat and plastic PVC pipe in tow the for the release on Dewees Island, Butfiloski and his team set out that June day in 2004 to find people awaiting the big event on the back dock. Once everything had been set up in the water and the PVC pipe laid out in the grass, the operation was ready to begin. A team member opened the cage door, and the female took off into the marsh. While this is not uncommon behavior for a mink – a naturally high-strung animal – it Photo courtesy of Jay Butfiloski.