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Post by Possum on Nov 26, 2012 6:18:05 GMT -6
Funny coincidence. In a post just a couple days ago in response to musher catching a mouse, I mentioned catching a weasel in a 220 and figured it had been swinging on the trigger wires. Yesterday, a different story. This weasel was caught in a 220 but I figure he hit the wire with the mouse he'd caught and was carrying down the trail.  |
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Post by blackhammer on Nov 26, 2012 6:19:45 GMT -6
I have caught three weasels in 220s over the years and everyone was carrying a mouse.
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Post by musher on Nov 26, 2012 19:03:55 GMT -6
Cool catch. I'm guessing that your weasels do not change colour?
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Post by Possum on Nov 27, 2012 6:44:16 GMT -6
According to "Mammels of Indiana" written my one of my college profs, only about 5% of our weasels turn into ermines. Perhaps that's more in the Lake Michigan lake-snow belt. This is the only the second one I've caught and perhaps the 3rd or 4th wild specimen I've seen. The other I caught was much smaller so I'm assuming they have gender-size differences as do mink.
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Post by trappnman on Nov 27, 2012 8:48:15 GMT -6
never had a weasel in a 220 with a mouse, but did have a mink once with a shrew
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Post by thebeav2 on Nov 27, 2012 11:12:49 GMT -6
Caught several weasels In 220s and a few In 160s. Caught a bob cat In a 330 with a hen mallard still clamped In It's jaws. ( Not In WI)
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Post by 9wire on Nov 27, 2012 20:20:15 GMT -6
Have caught grey fox and bobcats that were carrying rabbits when they hit the snare. Caught 1 grey that was toting a rabbit hindquarter and the bottom off the loop ran must have ran up the hindquarter because he was caught in the mouth and behind the ears. Also had a coyote tote a dried up deer hide into a snare. Caught the hide but he was able to wiggle his head out and escape because the hide was too big. Quite a sight...
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Post by musher on Nov 28, 2012 18:14:17 GMT -6
Our weasels run from much smaller than a red squirrel to the size of a female mink. I picked up three today and two of them were female mink board size. No photos.
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Post by thefurtrapper on Jan 25, 2013 9:11:56 GMT -6
Have caught weasels in everything from a 110 to 330 excluding 280's because I don't use them
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Post by KristenD on Jan 29, 2013 21:44:20 GMT -6
That's very neat! I have never caught a weasel. Ours don't turn here either, may be similar to your 5% that change into ermine. But all the ones that I have seen in the wild have been the same color as yours! I've never had a predator and prey...but I did have a beaver with a chew stick! Haha Definitely not as cool as your catch!  Nom nom nom |
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Post by freepop on Jan 30, 2013 6:17:52 GMT -6
never had a weasel in a 220 with a mouse, but did have a mink once with a shrew Got that combination yesterday. The female mink was evicerated and the hind quarters were gone  |
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Post by Possum on Jan 30, 2013 10:54:09 GMT -6
I once caught a raccoon carrying an ear of corn. Another time I caught a coyote and there was a dead rabbit laying nearby. I deduced the greedy 'yote dropped the rabbit to see what was in my dirt hole.
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Post by musher on Jan 30, 2013 18:03:42 GMT -6
Weasels with flying squirrels. Not a rare thing around here. Sometimes it's because the squirrel was in the box and the weasel showed up. Other times it's because a squirrel was caught and was thrown in the box as bait.   |
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