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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Sept 11, 2014 15:33:50 GMT -5
no not trappers assoc. OR DEMOCRATS, real weasels. we been seeing them here and there on the farm and sure that was what we were seeing but always happens so fast I think baby mink, piney, chippy? well today we know for sure we have weasels as the cat killed a grown longtail weasel. smaller than a female mink and yellow chest AND BELLY AND FEW-EEE. I should kill the cat as I havn`t seen a for real weasel in 25 years. LOOKED LIKE A 2 TONE FURRY HOT DOG .
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Post by doyleflory on Sept 11, 2014 15:59:16 GMT -5
We have a few here but of coarse not many ,I get one about every 2 or 3 years.They are a neat little critter.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Sept 11, 2014 16:34:14 GMT -5
EVERY FOX DEN i TRAP IN WYOMING HAD DEAD WEASELS ON THE DEN MOUND. NOT EATEN, JUST A PLAY TOY BIT TILL LIKE BEAN BAG. EVEN FOUND A DEAD BABY BADGER BIG AS YOUR HAND ON ONE DEN. HAD VISIONS OF DADDY FOX DRAW MA BADGER OFF THE BABY BADGER AND WHEN SHE CHARGES HIM MA FOX GRABS THE BADGER BABY AND OFF THE 2 ADULT FOX RUN LAUGHING AT THE FAT BADGER. THAT`S HOW RK GOT THE IDEA FOR HIS LURE LIL` WEASEL. IT`S THE BOMB ON RED FOX.USE TO FIND LOTS OF SNAKES, DUCK AND P RAIRIE CHICKEN WINGS ON DENS. LAMBS HEADS AND 13 LINED SQUIRRELS AND LOTS OF MICE AND RABBBIT FUR. THE LAMB HEADS IS WHY THE RANCHERS LOVED ME AND HATED RED FOX. THEIR RED FOX ARE HALF AGAIN AS BIG AS OURS HERE, WELL WHEN WE USED TO HAVE THEM.....
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Post by scottkimball on Sept 11, 2014 16:57:44 GMT -5
We have a few here in new york....Word out is....One "professional Coyote Trapper" is looking into pursuing them once he gets done(sick Of ) chasing coyotes.LOL
Scott
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Sept 11, 2014 17:55:56 GMT -5
REDS ARE FUN BUT SURE NO CHALLENGE. i ENVY ANYONE THAT HAS ANY NUMBERS LEFT TO TRAP. i HAD 10 YEARS IN A ROW OF OVER 1,000 HEAD A YEAR AND TOP OF 1,365. NEVER GOT TIRED OF THEM. NOW THE SAME AREA i DON`T KNOW OF A SINGLE RED FOX LEFT ALIVE. ALL PUSHED OUT OR KILLED BY COYOTES. i FEEL LUCKY TO HAVE LIVED IN THE GOLDEN TIME OF THE RED FOX. BARRING SOME COYOTE AIDS DISEASE i CAN`T SEE THEM EVER BEING THAT POPULATED AGAIN, AT LEAST NOT IN KS., WYOMING, OR INDIANA. DAGGONE COYOTES. WHEN i WAS CATCHING SO MANY i FELT GUILTY. LOOKING BACK i THINK WELL NOW i`M GLAD i CAUGHT THEM AS IF i WAS NEVER BORN THEY`D STILL ALL BE DEAD TODAY. AS IT WAS THEY BOUGHT ME MY FARM AND HOME AND RAISED KIDS. SO i OWE A LOT TO RED FOXES. THEY MIGHT BE GONE BUT BY GOLLY i`LL NEVER FORGET HOW GOOD THEY WERE TO ME.
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Post by doyleflory on Sept 11, 2014 18:28:32 GMT -5
a red is a sight to see that is for sure.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Sept 11, 2014 18:47:45 GMT -5
i CAUGHT 3 IN INDIANA LAST YEAR AND 5 IN KS. AND 5 IN WYOMING THAT WAS IT, 13 TOTAL. 7 i TURNED LOOSE, 3 i SOLD ALIVE AND 3 i SKINNED. i`D HAVE TURNED THEM ALL LOOSE IF i THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE HELPED THE POPULATION. MY DREAM IS THEY COME BACK IN MY LIFE TIME SO i CAN CATCH A BUNCH JUST ONE MORE TIME. BUT i THINK IT`S JUST A DREAM.
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Post by DaveM on Sept 12, 2014 4:31:59 GMT -5
There is a few weasels here. After a big snow has been on the ground for a while it is easy to find their dens.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Sept 12, 2014 5:04:43 GMT -5
WE SEE AND HAVE LOTS OF PINEY SQUIRRELS AND FIGURED IT WOULD BE HARD TO TELL THEM FROM WEASEL TRACKS IN THE SNOW. WE ARE GOING TO PAY MORE ATTENTION THIS WINTER AND TRY TO SEE HOW MANY WE HAVE. NOT TO TRAP, JUST TO KNOW. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THEIR TRACKS, i GUESS IN STAGGERED 2`S LIKE A MINK BUT SMALLER? i`VE ONLY CAUGHT MAYBE 1/2 DOZEN IN MY LIFE AND THEM IN ALL WEIRD CONTEXT, ONE IN A 1 AND 1/2 AROUND THE BODY. HAD SET 2 TRAPS SIDE BY SIDE IN 1" DEEP WATER IN FRONT OF A FLOWING RED TILE OUT OF A FIELD INTO A CREEK. ONE TRAP HAD A SPARROW IN IT AROUND THE BODY AND THE OTHER THE WEASEL. i FIGURED IT WAS POUNCING ON THE BIRD WHEN IT GOT CAUGHT. THE OTHERS ALL TYPE OF OTHER WEIRD WAYS, NONE ON PURPOSE.i LIVED IN MICHIGAN AS A KID AND WE HAD LOTS OF WEASELS THERE. CAUGHT THEM IN RABBIT TRAILS IN DEEP SNOW SETTING #1 EXPOSED FOR RABBITS. YA i KNOW ILLEGAL TO TRAP RABBITS, THAT WAS 55 YEARS AGO. i REMEMBER ANOTHER CAUGHT IN A HOLLOW ROTTON TREE IN A TRAP SET IN THE ROTTON WOOD DUST AND A BAIT IN THE HOLLOW, LIKE A CUBBY.
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Post by DaveM on Sept 12, 2014 7:55:30 GMT -5
Yea like little mink tracks that disappear into a hole in the snow.
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Post by mjkluesener on Sept 12, 2014 9:10:56 GMT -5
I still have a few reds around the house. As far as I'm concerned they will die of old age. Never seen any weasel about, need to look a after a snow this winter.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Sept 12, 2014 9:14:10 GMT -5
ARE THEIR TRAILS SO BEAT YOU CAN`T SEE A TRACK? PINEYS DO THAT TOO. TRAIL USED A GAZILLION TIMES AND DOWN INTO A HOLE IN THE SNOW. FORGOT A WEASEL i CAUGHT ,IN A 220 OF ALL THINGS, IN A COON TRAIL. i COULD SEE IT DIDN`T LOOK RIGHT BUT THE "x" SUPPORT STICKS WERE STILL UP. IT WAS HANGING OFF THE TOP BARS LIKE A LITTLE LIMP HOT DOG. NO IDEA HOW HE EVEN SET IT OFF. THE BARS WERE LOOSE ENOUGH HE JUST FELL OUT OF THE TRAP WHEN i PICKED IT UP TO RE-SET IT. i GUESS THE WHAM WHEN IT WENT OFF IS WHAT KILLED HIM AS THE BARS WOULDN`T HAVE BEEN TIGHT ENOUGH TO HOLD HIM IF HE WIGGLED AT ALL.
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Post by mjkluesener on Sept 12, 2014 9:34:11 GMT -5
Scared it to death? Funny how somethings stick in your mind, and you can't remember something from two days ago. It's what's important to ya I guess.
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Post by DaveM on Sept 12, 2014 12:16:30 GMT -5
Weasel trails arent beat down, just sets of tracks going in all different directions.
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Post by RK's Predator Plus on Sept 14, 2014 20:09:24 GMT -5
There are still a couple dz. reds here to be caught by any guy that wants to catch 'em. Meaning..a guy can still do 2 dz. or so here in a month if he wants. That aint much, but compared to where there isn't any I guess it is.
The BeastMaster
Professor Emeritus- North American Trapper University
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