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Made me think of a funny story.Years ago when I was first trapping. I think I was probably twelve. I had some old weak 1 1/2 jumps and I would set them for civets when they were raiding my cat sets. Now at the time I wasn't exactly piling up the fur so I put up every thing that I caught regardless of value. That year I had caught 5 brown weasels in those 1 1/2s and had put them up just like they were a prized mink. Of course the furbuyer (Fred Hjort in Raymond) wouldn't buy them. There was no market and still is no market for brown weasels.So I put all five in a business envelope and shipped them off to F C Taylor Fur company. You old timers will remember the name.About a week later I received a check for $1.25 and a note to please not send them anymore weasels.
HA! I can't believe your weasel was trying to get away from a squirrel. Pound for pound they are about the toughest predator out there and would take on anything up to and including rabbits. I doubt a squirrel would slow one down.I have seen three varieties of weasels in W WA but you are likely to only see long tailed and short tailed. Size is the best way to tell the difference. Long tails are as big as a small mink. Short tails are maybe half the size of a long tail.Both pretty common but I see the Short tails most often. The short tails have a while belly and the long tails have a lemon colored belly on the west side.Pretty cool if you see a mother with her flock. They follow all in a line like skunks do but at high speed.
Yes, Least Weasels, If you look them up they are supposedly not in WA but many years ago I caught some. It really has to be somewhat of a fluke to catch one because they are tiny. Practically impossible for them to set a trap off but I had them really weak 1 1/2s back 45 years ago.They are completely brown even on the belly and have a stub tail. Length is 4 or 5 inches. Body is about the size of your thumb in girth.
