Weasels in washington

[Skyvalhunter]

Last weasel I saw was while I was watching some beaver  and I cant believe I just said that.

Now that's just plain funny there!!!

[horsehunter509]

Found this one this hunting season

[GrampasGuns]

I got one in duvall while trying to trap rats. Let the little guy go as I don't have a trapping lisc.

[KenPCPilot]

Highest concentration of weasels is the greater Olympia area.

Rats out number them there.  I live just out of lacey.  I saw a common fawn and white one hunting around a storm runoff retention pond.  Lots of small fish and frogs.  I was fishing at Lake St. Cair in Thurston county and saw a very small jet black hunting along the shoreline.  I was curious how common black is.  I have seen them alot in Wyoming and Idaho they were the typical white and fawn color and usually a lot bigger than ones I have seen in Washington. 

[nwwanderer]

Black one was probably a mink

[7mmfan]

Over in the Rimrock 2 years ago had a small weasel being chased by a big mean squirrel on the hillside I was sitting on. Dang weasel hauled butt right down and under the back of my hunter orange!    He hid in there for about a minute while the squirrel yelled at him from outside. Finally the squirrel took off and the little guy came out from under my vest, looked at me, and continuted on his way. Very cool little encounter.

[Jonathan_S]

I've seen a few in the wild but the best way to answer your question "where are the most weasels..." it is where you find them.  Sagebrush, ponderosa forests, deep timber.  They can be anywhere.

Look for mice habitat (tall grass, thickets, rock outcroppings, lumber piles etc.)

Their tracks look like this in the snow:

8        8            8           8                  8                8  with about 10-18" between

[barracuda163]

I've had half dozen or so encounters with vermin, have always wondered if they were weasels or mink. Most of the time they were black, but once I saw both a black and a brown together, so that threw out my mink hypothesis.

[Jonathan_S]

I've had half dozen or so encounters with vermin, have always wondered if they were weasels or mink. Most of the time they were black, but once I saw both a black and a brown together, so that threw out my mink hypothesis.

That's what color mink are

[T Pearce]

5 years ago, raising chickens and the wife spotting a Weasel on our patio caused me to get a Parson Terrier.
I don't know if the dog canceled a weasels ticket but I have enjoyed having the terriers weasels or not.
1/2 mile away my cousin lost all of her turkeys. They are the devil.
Patio security duty...

[Elkrunner]

Pretty cool pics.  Not sure if I have ever seen a weasel in WA

[boneaddict]

THey don't tend to hold still long, but their curiousity is amazing.   They don't tend to show fear, just zip from here to there.  Talk about killing machines.   I am very thankful bear don't have their metabolism .....

[jackmaster]

They seem to really like river banks or lake edges, you can find them pretty much anywhere, do a Google  search on the little devils, there is alot of info on them, it tells you their favorite foods, habitat everything... good luck, post up some pics when you start catchn some

[Bill W]

Every once in a while there's an explosion in weasel populations.

[pianoman9701]

The state record weasel.