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Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: Machias on November 27, 2011, 06:38:58 PM

Title: Weasels
Post by: Machias on November 27, 2011, 06:38:58 PM: Made some weasel boxes today. Got two out tonight.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2FWeaselbox.JPG&hash=c96a7c3cb5639c798aa7be2a0bfa0ecf376b40e1)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2Fweaselbox2.JPG&hash=fa3699a0bf7fcc1db598ec4769c98b550eafc973)

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hunt101.com%2Fdata%2F500%2Fmedium%2Fweaselbox3.JPG&hash=7dc92a03e5cb1691013a22448e6c1b71b831dcf2)
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Kain on November 27, 2011, 07:24:04 PM: Those are great. Did you make that bigger pan for the trap or buy it like that? I tried to make some for my traps and didnt have good results.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Machias on November 27, 2011, 07:26:48 PM: I made them out of an old plastic lid.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Kain on November 27, 2011, 07:31:01 PM: Very cool. I will have to give it a try again. Good luck with these and let us know how it goes.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: lokidog on November 27, 2011, 08:10:00 PM: Fred, what do you use for bait in there? Wouldn't that be considered a body gripping trap?
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 27, 2011, 08:15:36 PM: Machias what do you do with them?
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Bigshooter on November 27, 2011, 08:26:24 PM: Quote from: lokidog on November 27, 2011, 08:10:00 PM
Fred, what do you use for bait in there? Wouldn't that be considered a body gripping trap?

Mice and rat traps are not considered body gripping traps. I heard raw bloody liver is a good weasel bait.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Machias on November 27, 2011, 08:45:53 PM: I use chicken livers and anise extract. A good weasel lure helps as well. I'll skin, flesh and stretch them and then either sell them or have them tanned. Probably tan a few and sell a few depending on how many I end up with.

Lokidog the rat traps do not fall in the banned trap list.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: lokidog on November 28, 2011, 08:23:17 AM: Wish they made rat traps big enough for mink....

We are being overrun by mink out here and our rabbit population is crashing. Will mink hit bait? I have not had any luck except by putting a trap in front of the hole where they got into the chicken coop a few years back.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Machias on November 28, 2011, 11:25:16 AM: Mink will definetly do bait, lots of mink are taken with baited 110 conibears......where legal.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on November 28, 2011, 01:36:10 PM: I have heard of guys using a spray bottle with blood to make a mess of it around the box entrance...ermine seemed to like that?

Keep us posted on your success!
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: boneaddict on November 28, 2011, 01:42:54 PM: Thats awesome.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Kain on November 28, 2011, 03:26:08 PM: Trap weasel to improve small game numbers. :tup:
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Humptulips on November 28, 2011, 04:12:02 PM: Quote from: lokidog on November 28, 2011, 08:23:17 AM
Wish they made rat traps big enough for mink....

We are being overrun by mink out here and our rabbit population is crashing. Will mink hit bait? I have not had any luck except by putting a trap in front of the hole where they got into the chicken coop a few years back.

Friend of mine in GH County has had good luck catching mink in baited cage traps.
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: jager on November 28, 2011, 05:03:23 PM: That 3rd video is great!
Stinky little guys but very cool!
Title: Re: Weasels
Post by: Feanix on November 30, 2011, 10:42:42 PM: think i'm gonna have to make some of those this week.