So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

Had a rather upsetting early morning here....Found 20 of my chickens
dead in the hen house..All bite on or around the head....So My
is a damn weasle....Got 25 more chicks to replace,but it will be awhile
before we get many brown eggs again....I set a live trap with a chicken
head in it..Do you think this will work? I aint no trapper or weasle's....
And I planned on shootin some today...Maybe tomorrow.....John

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

Now that he knows where the chickens are he will be back.. Take your rat trap and bait it with the chicken liver. Put that near where you think he is coming into the coop. He might go after that first, but they are blood thirsty little devils and he might not.

I have weasels all the time around here. But since I have no chickens, they are more then welcome to eat the mice. I had one once in my house all winter. I saw him twice. I saw him in the middle of the living room though and so did the dog. The race was on. The coffee tables, end tables, couch all went flying when that Labrador was in hot pursuit. Although that was the last time I saw the white bandit in the house.... :D

When we was kids we used to take chicken liver (they love chicken live and I'd bait the trap with that if I were you) and some gut and hang that on a string about three feet off the ground. Then place the traps under the bait. The weasel jumps in the air to grab the bait, misses and falls down into the trap.

Another way and it is not a nice thing to do.. drill a one inch hole two - three inches into some wood. Trees or a post in the front of the coop. Push some chicken gut into the hole and then sharpen a long finishing nail with a file. You drive that in at a forward angle.. The weasel can get past the nail to get the bait, but when he backs out, that sharp nail catches him right behind the head. He will not let that bait go, and he will end up sticking himself on that nail. Then just go and be sure and touch his rear end with a stick before you pull out the nail. If it wiggles, drive that nail in deeper... If it don't pull the nail and then you can slide the weasel back out of the hole.

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

I would have put the head under the pan of the trap . Slightly off to the side so he has to put his head down in there and put pressure on the pan. I once caught a squirrel by the head by putting a little peanut butter on the pan:D
He never made another rest under the hood of that '71 skylark.

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

Wish I was by ya I'd help ya out. I catch 50-75 a year but use boxes and 1 1/2 long springs. Kerry

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Get a couple of those conibear traps that are usually used for muskrat den runs. Put them over any holes big enough for him to get through. Bait may not work very well. Those weasels kill just for the sake of killing and he will be back.

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

A friend in WV uses thebig glue traps (about 4"X6") He says thatthey work well. You can also take a small flexible wire, attach a fish hook and bait it with liver: Thistechnique is not approved by PETA.

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

[:@] dont feel so bad. i just got skunked by a rabbit late this evening. I had just put my finger on the set trigger of my GPR when he looked up, wheeled around and hauled (_!_) out of the area!

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

All good ideas..I will try them all and let you know which one is the best..

The trap I have out there is one of those have a heart kind..If we get his
ass I am taking him to the lake and drown his sorry ass..

Do they travel in pairs or do you think it was only one of them?

Your idea about the nail sounds good....We used to catch coons like that.
Only we drilled a hole in a hollow log and drove horse shoe nails in on a
slant..We he got his paw in there,he couldn't get it back out without the
nails stabing him...

Thought about wireing the 410 shotgun up..:D:D:DThanks for the tips...John

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

This time of year they are probably not in pairs but you never know.. is it a least weasel?

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

Have a heart trap? Why you little yuppie! Hope you didnt get your dockers and flip flops dirty while setting it up;)

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

A mink will do the same thing. Both mink and weasel are blood-thirsty killers. Get the holes in your coup sealed up against them.

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

Conibear trap was my favorite when I use to trap worked great for muskrat mink & beaver

RE: So,how do I catch a Weasle????
 

I laughed about that one Gander....I said I was gonna drownd him......I have all the holes screened up..Nothing last night..I will have to get a couple of 110 conibares from my son...Bait with liver or what ever..

I'll catch that bastage...Maybe some bloody burger with a crushed light bulb in it would do the trick..

I thought it might have come back last night,but I guess not.....Thanks again for all the ideas...John