Weasels/Ermine

[Michiganmallard]

Does anybody have any idea about the ermine populations here in Mich, specifically down in my neck-o-the-woods (Mid-West, GR area). I really want to catch a few of them for my game room. Is it going to be worth setting for them? I live in a semi-rural area, lot's of houses going up around the farms and have plenty of coon, rats, fox, and the scavengers of course but wonder about the ermine. Any ideas or suggestions on getting me a couple to send to my taxidermist this season.

[TrapperJeff]

Ive trapped one in southern Midland county in a mink set. Thats as far south as ive been trapping.

[Thebear_78]

Me and a buddy of mine used to trap a few up in the upper peninsula using victor rat traps. He wanted a couple for acent peices on a back quiver. Wire a victor rat trap to the base of a tree or log near a brushy area or stone fense, old barn areas. Put a piece of meat on the trigger of the trap. The old victor rat trap will kill a ermine easy enough but you don't have to worry about catching a skunk in them. It might wack a skunk on the nose but no real harm done and you don't have to try to get it out of a trap. Good luck.