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Post by doyleflory on Nov 17, 2016 22:01:35 GMT -5
Indiana weasel no fur value but a good catch in a 220.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Nov 18, 2016 4:10:16 GMT -5
pretty cool. there is a guy on taxi wanting a brown summer weasel in the wanted forum, but he is a notorious cheapee. wrap it good and freeze whole and probably worth $25 to the right buyer. or just one of those things a guy keeps for himself.
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Post by doyleflory on Nov 18, 2016 7:09:22 GMT -5
Over the years I get one about every 3 years. Have found some one that wanted one evert time. I have always wonder if you really went after them hard how many would you catch.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Nov 18, 2016 8:26:56 GMT -5
about one every 3 years, I`ve caught maybe 1/2 a dozen in my lif, here in insiane. our cat killed one and laid it on the porch once also. I had a 220 in a coon trail once and look and the sticks ("X" sticks) are still up but the trap is flipped and looks like a hot dog hanging in it. it was a weasel smaller than the jaws closed and he fell out when I grabbed the trap. I guess the initial wham killed it. buddy jeff fry as a kid caught a least weasel about 3" long. being only 10 or 12 years old he thought it was a mink and took it to the fur buyer. was a big line of trappers there and he pulled it out of his shirt pocket and says look I caught a mink. I guess everyone busted out laughing and falling on the floor etc. said he hasn`t been right since and that was 40 years ago. so never laugh at a kid is the morel of the story. you can laugh at the democrats now however. BWAHAHAHAHA!
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Post by doyleflory on Nov 18, 2016 13:11:25 GMT -5
I have never caught a least weasel but my grandpa was killed by a weasel----he didn't hear the weasel and a train hit him.
Your right never laugh at a kid just tell them the truth.
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dewey
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Post by dewey on Nov 18, 2016 18:02:41 GMT -5
Cool catch Doyle.
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Nov 18, 2016 18:29:37 GMT -5
TODD CAUGHT 2 LEAST WEASELS A COUPLE YEARS AGO ON A CHIPMUNK ADC JOB. HE HAD A BOX WITH A REGULAR VICTOR RAT TRAP IN IT WITH A 1 " HOLE IN EACH END. IT HAD A LID HE COULD OPEN AND HE WOULD PUT GRAIN IN IT. THAT WAY HE COULD TRAP CHIPPYS AND NO WORRIES ABOUT CATS ETC IN TOWN FOLKS YARD. 2 DAYS IN A ROW WAS A DEAD LEAST WEASEL IN THE RAT TRAP THET ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CHIPMUNK BUT SKINNIER.
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Post by doyleflory on Nov 18, 2016 20:40:20 GMT -5
I found one hit on the road down from the house there are small if you got a dollar for one then a coon should bring a 1000$
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Post by DaveM on Nov 19, 2016 5:50:50 GMT -5
I catch one every 4 or 5 years. One summer I saw a Momma weasel and about 4 young ones in a little half acre brushy briar patch woods. I made a couple weasel boxes and went after them hard that winter. Caught nothing but mice. LOL
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Nov 19, 2016 6:45:09 GMT -5
WE HAD A PET WEASEL ONE YEAR. THIS WAS WAY BACK BEFORE WE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT NEEDING PERMITS AND SUCH. WE SEE A WEASEL DRAGGING SOMETHING ACROSS A WOODS LANE, LIKE IT`S A MUUSE OR BABY RABBIT, WE RAN DOWN AND SHE DROPPED IT AND IT WAS A BABY WEASEL MAYBE BARELY WEANED. OF COURSE WE BROUGHT IT HOME AND KEPT IT IN A BOX FOR ACOUPLE WEEKS AD FED IT MEAT AND MICE. THEN TURNED IT LOOSE AND IT DIDN`T LEAVE BUT TOOK UP IN THE WOOD PILE. WE WOULD GO OUT DAILY AND CALL WEEZY WEEZY AND IT WOULD COME OUT AND EAT OUT OF YOUR HAND ALL SUMMER AND GET HANDLED ETC. WE HAD A BIG OLD EASY GR SHEP AT THE TIME AND THOSE 2 WOULD PLAY TOGATHER. THE WEASEL WOULD LATCH ONTO THE DOGS LIPS OR EAR AND HANG ON FOR DEAR LIFE WHILE THE DOG SPUN IN CIRCLES YELPING. FNMALLY THE WEASEL WOULD LET GO AND THEY`S DO IT AGAIN. THE DOG WOULD TRY TO HOLD THE WEASEL DOWN WITH HIS FRONT PAW BUT NEVER WAS FAST ENOUGH. IT WAS LIKE TRYING TO SWAT A FLY WITH A FLY SWATTER WITH A BIGHOLE IN IT. IF YOU GAVE WEASEL A PIECE OF MEAT IT WOULDN`T LET GO AND YOU COULD LIFT IT OFF THE GROUND AND IT STILL WOULDN`T LET GO. THAT FALL IT FINALLY DISAPEARED BACK TO THE WILD FOR GOOD. HIGGINS TOLD ME HE HEARD HIS CHICKENS CARRYING ON ONCE AND WENT OUT AND WEASEL IS TRYING TO DRAG A CHICKEN OFF BY THE NECK AND THE CHICKEN IS FLAPPING TO BEAT HEACK. HE PICKED UP THE CHICKEN BY THE FEET AND LIFTED IT UP AND THE WEASEL STILL WOULDN`T LET GO TILL HE KICKED IT. i WISH WE HAD LOTS MORE OF THEM. SUPER COOL ANIMAL.
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Post by Brad Collings on Nov 24, 2016 20:07:48 GMT -5
in all the years ive never caught one. seen a few live and dead. johnny caught 2 a few years ago in 220s one still had a mouse in its mouth
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Post by doyleflory on Nov 24, 2016 21:15:09 GMT -5
I caught one with a mouse in its mouth in a 110.Then a red fox on snow, when I back tracked it he had a weasel and dropped it to work my set. To day I caught a beaver by the tail in a 330?
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Post by Brad Collings on Nov 24, 2016 21:46:04 GMT -5
you better buy a lottery ticket.lol
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Post by tired of scraping coyotes on Nov 25, 2016 5:20:18 GMT -5
IN WYOMING EVERY RED FOX DEN i FIND HAS A DEAD WEASEL ON IT, CHEW TOYS i GUESS. ALL ANAL GLAND STINKY. i TOLD RK ABOUT IT AND THAT`S WHEN HE STARTED MAKING HIS "LIL WEASEL" RED FOX LURE. DYNOMITE STUFF BUT RK IS NO LONGER IN BIZ.
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Post by jeff1911 on Nov 28, 2016 19:28:52 GMT -5
you guys bring up weasels and this weekend I look down at the dogs latest chewtoy and can still ckearly tell its a little brown weasel blacktip tail and all....too mangled to keep ..... ive never seen one till now
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