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Title: ermine?
Post by: deaner on November 29, 2013, 11:07:28 AM

do people trap ermine?  curious if theyre ever targeted, and if their furs are worth money despite their small size?

Title: Re: ermine?
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on November 29, 2013, 11:53:42 AM

don't know if the pelts are in demand today, but in days of old, all the paintings of Kings and Nobles showed them wearing those capes of Ermine skins with all those little black-tipped tails hanging.  :dunno:

Title: Re: ermine?
Post by: Carp Commander on November 29, 2013, 03:23:06 PM

I chase them in late winter just because they are a lot of fun to trap. I averaged less than $2 last year so double up on other furbearers to help pay for gas.

Most places I find them are also good mink and sometimes muskrat areas. I always go into it with every tool I have.

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Post by: Beartrap on December 06, 2013, 06:31:00 PM

I trap ermine because they help cut costs. 1 ermine every 15 miles makes that gal. of gas 2$ less. They are easy to catch. 1 ermine every day of the season = 300$

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Post by: Turner89 on December 27, 2013, 10:37:19 PM

Is ther any ermine on the west side? I've never saw one :dunno:

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Post by: TeacherMan on December 27, 2013, 11:02:35 PM

I love catching them seems like I always get them in my cat sets coming in stealing beaver meat. Kind of funny wacking them with a #4DL ;)

Title: Re: ermine?
Post by: one more on December 30, 2013, 03:45:35 PM

Hi,
I have a few traps on my property and in Scatter Creek that aren't doing too well.  One on land was about 7 x 7 x 24, baited with half a skinned small muskrat set near the creek for mink.  Found a weasel in the trap yesterday.  Nice sized, almost as big as a female mink, but brown with a cream colored tummy and black tip on the tail.  No "ermine" on that guy.  I released him where there are a lot of gopher/mole hills.  Wish he'd eat those.

Ermine fur hides, white with a black tip tail are worth a few bucks but the brown ones aren't and we're better off with them eating rodents.  Unless you have chickens ...
Diane

Title: Re: ermine?
Post by: jackmaster on December 30, 2013, 03:51:03 PM

i have seen a few ermine on the westside, its always been abouve 1500 ft and have always been around beaver ponds in the darker timber that is always just a pine needle floor  :dunno: i hope that helps, i know there are a ton of weaseles around my place, i live in graham on a private lake at the end of a mile long dirt road, i often see them zip across the dirt road to, along with seeing them down by the lake