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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: WapitiTalk1 on May 12, 2016, 09:00:30 AM

Title: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on May 12, 2016, 09:00:30 AM: You certainly may run into one or more of these fine critters while in the elk woods this fall. Can you name them all?
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: Jonathan_S on May 12, 2016, 09:25:11 AM: Mink, weasel, pine marten, wolverine, fisher, badger, otter, weasel again
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 12, 2016, 09:26:41 AM: Mink
Weasel
Marten
Wolverine
Fisher
Badger
Otter
Ermine????
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: jackelope on May 12, 2016, 09:33:23 AM: Mink
Brown Ermine?
Marten
Wolverine
Fisher
Badger
Otter
White Ermine?
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: luvmystang67 on May 12, 2016, 09:34:46 AM: Mink
Weasel
Pine Marten
Wolverine
Fisher
Badger
River Otter
Ermine
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on May 12, 2016, 09:39:01 AM: Quote from: luvmystang67 on May 12, 2016, 09:34:46 AM
Mink
Weasel
Pine Marten
Wolverine
Fisher
Badger
River Otter
Ermine

You guys know your weasel family ;). From what I've studied, Ermines are merely weasels in their winter phase (pics two and eight). If I'm wrong in my assumption, let me know.
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: Jonathan_S on May 12, 2016, 09:50:32 AM: Weasels (short tailed or long tailed) both have yellow bellies and brown backs in summer. Then they go completely white except for the tail tip which remains black. I have caught them in most areas of the state. Rare to see but they are almost everywhere.
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: luvmystang67 on May 12, 2016, 09:51:39 AM: Quote from: Phantom16 on May 12, 2016, 09:39:01 AM
Quote from: luvmystang67 on May 12, 2016, 09:34:46 AM
Mink
Weasel
Pine Marten
Wolverine
Fisher
Badger
River Otter
Ermine

You guys know your weasel family ;). From what I've studied, Ermines are merely weasels in their winter phase (pics two and eight). If I'm wrong in my assumption, let me know.

That is my understanding as well.
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 12, 2016, 10:51:03 AM: Sanders
Clinton
Trump
Cruz
Reid
Feinstein
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: Jonathan_S on May 12, 2016, 11:08:03 AM: Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on May 12, 2016, 10:51:03 AM
Sanders
Clinton
Trump
Cruz
Reid
Feinstein

Hey man, you're the expert :chuckle: I won't argue
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: pianoman9701 on May 12, 2016, 11:14:55 AM: Quote from: Jonathan_S on May 12, 2016, 11:08:03 AM
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on May 12, 2016, 10:51:03 AM
Sanders
Clinton
Trump
Cruz
Reid
Feinstein

Hey man, you're the expert :chuckle: I won't argue

You forgot to label the last two - Pelosi and Obama!
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 13, 2016, 04:43:48 PM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on May 12, 2016, 11:14:55 AM
Quote from: Jonathan_S on May 12, 2016, 11:08:03 AM
Quote from: DOUBLELUNG on May 12, 2016, 10:51:03 AM
Sanders
Clinton
Trump
Cruz
Reid
Feinstein

Hey man, you're the expert :chuckle: I won't argue

You forgot to label the last two - Pelosi and Obama!
My bad!
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: ejwright on May 13, 2016, 05:04:13 PM: What about stoats also hyenas are more of a weasel then a cat or dog I have heard
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: ejwright on May 13, 2016, 05:06:34 PM: Also are mongoose in the family too?
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on May 13, 2016, 05:18:43 PM: Yes, I'm sure there may be other members of this handsome (weasel) family but I'm pretty sure they are not very common in the elk woods ;)
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: jasnt on May 13, 2016, 05:21:30 PM: Mink
Long tailed weasel
Martian
Wolverine
Fisher
Badger
Otter
Short tailed weasel
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 14, 2016, 04:28:40 PM: Quote from: ejwright on May 13, 2016, 05:04:13 PM
What about stoats also hyenas are more of a weasel then a cat or dog I have heard
Stoats are in the weasel family (Mustelidae), hyenas are the only members of their family Hyaenidae (three species of hyena plus aardwolf), mongoose are civets, Herpestidae, which are analogs of the Mustelidae in Africa and tropical Asia (if you believe in niche theory and convergent evolution ;) )
Title: Re: Weasel Family ID, just for fun......
Post by: ejwright on May 14, 2016, 04:33:46 PM: Quote from: Phantom16 on May 13, 2016, 05:18:43 PM
Yes, I'm sure there may be other members of this handsome (weasel) family but I'm pretty sure they are not very common in the elk woods ;)

Hahaha I don't know why but I laughed so hard at myself when I read this!