WEASEL !!!!!
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10/06/19 04:53 PM
10/06/19 04:53 PM
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NebrCatMan
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I am 62 years old... almost 63 and have been a outdoors man all my life... literally. I have been trapping since my dad and I made some old wooden rabbit traps on the farmhouse porch during a snow storm when I was about 5 or 6. I have seen just about all the furbearers we have here in SE Nebr.... from moles and gophers... rats and mice... to all that we trap as trappers. BUT I have never seen a weasel. Never. Till today. I was mowing my grader ditch and was on the last strip of grass about 8" wide. Grass was fairly tall.... probably about 10" or so. With just a foot or less..... maybe just inches... left to mow..... out pops a brown weasel and takes off over the cut grass for the cover of taller uncut grass. I was a hollering with joy!!!! Finally seen one. Seen Tracks in the snow before. And have been trying to catch one most all my trapping life. I have had farmers and others give me dead ones their cat killed or what the farmers killed when moving wood or rock piles. Maybe my luck is changing and this will be the year to catch one!! I can only hope!!
Last edited by NebrCatMan; 10/06/19 04:54 PM.
Remember "Forbidden Fruit makes many Jams"
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Re: WEASEL !!!!!
[Re: NebrCatMan]
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10/06/19 05:04 PM
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Law Dog
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They are around more then a guy might think but they are a ghost most days.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: WEASEL !!!!!
[Re: NebrCatMan]
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10/06/19 06:32 PM
10/06/19 06:32 PM
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jabNE
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Very cool! There is hope! I'm getting the boxes out this year!
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: WEASEL !!!!!
[Re: Law Dog]
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10/06/19 06:37 PM
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They are around more then a guy might think but they are a ghost most days. Yep! I had one run through the blind last year and just about had a heart attack. Little SOB's are fast brother! LOL Good luck my friend I hope your dream comes true.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: WEASEL !!!!!
[Re: NebrCatMan]
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10/06/19 08:28 PM
10/06/19 08:28 PM
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Sharon
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They are cool to see. They are fast ! Ive seen an ermine in full white phase three times , twice in N Idaho, once here. Two of those times it was late fall with no snow on the valley floor. The one sighting a few yards away reminded me of a white sock as it leaped along the ground The other time I was riding a very hyped Arab/Morgan horse up a mountain trail and saw it above my head, peering down at me from rocks above the trail. It followed me for several yards as I rode , popping out in full sun to watch me as it jumped from boulder to boulder. It shone white in the sun, easy to see with no snow . Nice experience for you indeed . Great shot, mole !
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Re: WEASEL !!!!!
[Re: Bushmaster]
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10/06/19 09:23 PM
10/06/19 09:23 PM
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I t Do your weasels turn white in winter that far south? Haven't seen one in a while but won't be long before they are white here. I talked to Sam Wilson (G & P furbearer biologist) a couple years back. He said southern Nebraska probably does not have as good as population as the northern half the state. He also said those that are here probably do not turn totally white like the northern ones do. Hope I find out. If only I could catch a weasel or two, I could die a happy man!!
Remember "Forbidden Fruit makes many Jams"
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Re: WEASEL !!!!!
[Re: Bushmaster]
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10/06/19 10:24 PM
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Here's one who was in my backyard about 15 years ago.... AWESOME MOUNT !!!!
Remember "Forbidden Fruit makes many Jams"
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