Weasel (Ermine) Trapping Part 1 Making a Weasel Box

[@Yeshuaschosen]

Great video!

[@TheYamahahunter]

@bigtimebowfishing thanks im gonna try it baited with peanut butter and corn squirrel seem to like those to things around my place

[@amkatana567]

Nice simple easy trap. I saw a weasel in my yard yesterday and we have 6 backyard chickens. I'm gonna build a few traps like yours and get rid of it before it finds a way into our coup. Thanks for sharing.

[@SamWoodOutdoors]

+Angela Rahn good idea they will kill all your chickens

[@SamWoodOutdoors]

@16bigbass we are suppose to get some snow here in the next couple days so I will get the boxes out and see what I can do..

[@Caleb1995trapman]

Thanks a ton for makeing that video, that is going to save me lots of money.

[@Rodneygd]

It don’t get more Wisconsin than that!

[@angeladavis5735]

Thanks! I just had an ermine take out a chick and caught it in the act of trying to kill a duckling. It’s ass is grass!!! Thank you from Alaska

[@claytonjohnpeak]

Real helpful 👍

[@turkled12]

Wow. Love the video. No nonsense. Great how to!

[@charlesmurray1220]

How do you attach the trap to the box?

[@ThuBigHunter]

if you bend the trigger wires right

[@SamWoodOutdoors]

@TheYamahahunter I don't really know. If it was me trying it I would put a 2 in whole in it for a squirrel

[@brysonhunter959]

Hey man thanks a lot for all the info and tips on catching weasels I made a weasel box today, put it out today and I'll check it tomarro but thanks again

[@ThuBigHunter]

you can choose, both works as long as it smells

[@flamedrag18]

wouldn't a mink try getting in there too if you make a larger hole? wouldn't the rat trap be good enough to kill or at least keep it there?

[@Kayceesoutdoorliving]

SirLobsterman if a mink got in there the rat trap isn't gonna hold or kill him. I've had trouble killing bigger grey squirrels with a rat trap and a mink is far tougher. The skull on a mink is probably 3 or 4 times thicker not to mention a mink is way stronger than a squirrel.

[@vincentprice8622]

can you use a coni bear in it

[@ThuBigHunter]

yes

[@TheYamahahunter]

would this trap work on a squirrel if you found a way to mount it in a tree?

[@widgeonslayer]

I'm oldschool. Just a #1 or 1 1/2 LS under some bait.

[@Bubsnhearth-Dalaran]

Easy Peasy, I love it.

[@Caleb1995trapman]

so you use 1x6x6? or what is right one? thank

[@SuperTrapper101]

will weasel get caught in a 110?

[@jjkostal]

i havent heard of anyone ever seeing a weasel around here i live in south east south dakota would you tink there would be any around here

[@Kayceesoutdoorliving]

jjkostal you don't see them. They are there believe me. I've lived in NWPA my whole life and I've personally only ever remember seeing 3 weasels in the wild one of which I killed and had freeze dried and it now sits on my bookshelf. This past winter I set out 5 or 6 boxes and I connected with 2 short tailed weasels and 1 long tailed weasel in a week.

[@wreckandraceify]

I build boxes that are almost exactly like this. A couple inches longer and instead of wire I drill 4 holes at an angle through the top board into the sides and use a nail in the holes to hold it shut. About any similar design works well for weasels.

[@SuperTrapper101]

how do you make them smell?

[@16bigbass]

when are you going to make a part two for this and could you do a how to skin a weasel?

[@SuperTrapper101]

where do you get you lure at?

[@BM3Productions]

i have that same hat. its awesome. lol

[@MittenStateOutside]

sam, do you use wood strerchers or wire? or both and do you see your fur prices affected because of one or the other?

[@SamWoodOutdoors]

wood. It will give hide a fuller look and i think it helps value

[@pvf1799]

Damn weasels killed 25 free-range turkeys in one night. They will be trapped using your design. Thanks for sharing.

[@porcupine1996]

why dont you make any new videos?

[@SamWoodOutdoors]

@BombMastre just waiting on some snow to see their tracks and it will be game on

[@superjg4567OUTDOORS]

do you know if there are any ermine in northern Ohio?

[@Kayceesoutdoorliving]

I live in north west PA and we have weasels about 20 miles from the PA/OH line so I can imagine you guys got them too.

[@ThuBigHunter]

lure, also the weasels have a much more sensitive nose than us

[@SuperTrapper101]

your bait is froze right?

[@michaelhanke7732]

where are you from in Wisconsin?

[@TheLandlord365]

Great video. I like alot of your trapping vids, i would like to get into Weasel trapping. I live in pa so is just creeks pines and the general stuff. Any pointers? I don't know much about their area

[@MNTrapperNate]

sam, me and behrant just put a video up last weekend on making weasel boxes out of dog eared fence boards check it out! Its on his channel (thenorthernoutdoors)

[@shelleyskrepnek5398]

Horrible

[@turkled12]

Wow. Love the video. No nonsense. Great how to!