Weasel bait question
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12/27/20 11:37 PM
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slydogx
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Ordered some Victor rat traps today and will be making boxes to try to get my first weasel. But, I have a problem... I don't have any fresh rat or beaver meat available for bait. Is there something from the grocery store that will work?
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Re: Weasel bait question
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12/27/20 11:41 PM
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See if the butcher will give you some beef scraps.Beef scraps are primo bait for mustelids.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: Weasel bait question
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12/28/20 08:58 AM
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slydogx
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Providence Farm, the weasel box thread is over in the Strictly Trapping forum
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Re: Weasel bait question
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12/28/20 10:00 AM
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I use Chicken liver also. I add Sodium Benzoate and salt to keep fresh and thawed to some degree. I use a Anise/Petroleum Jelly mixture on a Q-Tip and/or Lenon's Super All Call Weasel lure on a Q-tip. I set up all my weasel boxes ahead, I put bait and lure it all in a tuna can. I store my boxes outside, in a dry area. I put some dry grass and bird seed in them and let mice move in, they add some au naturel ambiance...
Let's go Brandon!
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Re: Weasel bait question
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12/28/20 12:19 PM
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Lance Squires
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I use beef liver since I'm not supposed to eat it due to high cholesterol. When I order 1/2 a beef, I still take the liver for this purpose.
57 years trapping. It's who I am. Every day is still as exciting as it was when I was a kid but a little more work.
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Re: Weasel bait question
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12/28/20 01:01 PM
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Years ago, we had a chicken processing plant in our town. I used to get discarded chicken heads which worked well for bait.
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