Ermine in SE MI

[emason323]

I made some Ermine boxes for some property i hunt in Hale. Is it worth my time to make some more for the Monroe area? This is all prep. for next year which will be my first year of trapping so i have plenty of time but a buddy happened to leave a table say at my house. I would hate to hear of a good Ermine population around here and have to use a hand saw. Thank you for all who post.

[ditchrat]

I live in lenawee county and i built one ermine box and i had put it out for about 2 weeks but i never cought anything, i was also using a mouse for bait it must have not selled strong enough.
I have seen two differant sets of weasal tracks in two places that i trap so i do know that they are around here. You never know what you might catch so i would go ahead a make a few extra boxes for around here and put them out.
One of my trapper buddys that has been trapping for about 25 year said that he used to catch a fair number of weasel around rock and log piles.
So good luck and i hope you catch some.


Ditchrat

[emason323]

Ditch,
Thank you for the reply. I have been reading the forums and found my first set of boxes were made a little on the pricey side. I used 2x6 stud instead of ceder board. Now that i know i can make them cheaper and learning they are in the area. I will definately build them. What is your opinion on the milk jug and #1 longspring set up?

[RUSTY 54]

Emason

I have never seen the milk jug and #1 long spring before how dose it work. I use a weasel box and a rat trap. If you can please post a pic of it.
Oh bye the way this is DitchRat I am on my inlaws computer.

[hunt4life]

Copied these off of trapperman.com hope they help. more info in the archives on that site. As for weasels in SE michigan i used to live near Mt. Clemens and had one or two get in my chicken coups every year.
Try this ! Courtesy of the Jack Pine Savage !
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/2poor/MTA07080.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j152/2poor/MTA07081.jpg

[emason323]

well hunt4life already found a photo. i dont have 15 posts yet but there is a good weasel thread in the trapperman archives with some good stuff in it. maybe someone else could post the link.

[Wizard3686]

http://www.trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/55610#Post55610


That is the weasel thread on t-man there is also some more in the land trapping archive

Be carefull tho once you see that first one in your box it is amazing what joy that lil critter could bring.

Rob

[ditchrat]

Thanks rob for the pics and the web site.


ditchrat