Anyone get many snapped and empty rat traps in weasel boxes? When they get a trap snapped in their face, how trap shy do they get?

They dont, put rat trap back approx 4 inches

Put a pan trigger on the rat trap and set it up at front of the box and place bait at the back. They step on the pan when entering the box, with never a miss.

I seem to nail a lot of mice with my rat traps with expanded trigger

Yep, maybe one here and there gets a little smart, but they’re usually numerous enough, ballsy enough, or get hungry enough they throw caution to the wind. As Lee said, change it up just a tad and you should get em the next time if anything. Happy trapping! ScottW

You will end up with a lot more nice, but also a lot more perfectly caught white devils!! Happy trapping! ScottW

I only use 1.5 longs in my weasel boxes, sometimes a 1,but try not to because the 1.5 grabs em like a BG and d.o.a. Set that bugger on hair trigger and right under the entrance hole and you won't miss a weasel and the mice won't trip em. Weasel lure on top rim of hole and bloody bait in the back off the bottom of the box. Love trapping those little guys

#1 LS work as a killer trap too.

That is not just any #1 ls that is a B & l the strongest little trap there is!!!!........jk

Yes, that is a B&L…even though they are noted as a strong trap, it’s more about the jaw spread on a weasel trap. Victor #1 LS have the same results. However, I do prefer a # 1 1/2.

How much do put up weasels sell for?

Keith

What about a "0" longspring?

Last year I heard they where bringing a dollar. I don't put mine up but sell them whole to taxidermist for alit more for less work.

A #0 not so much…a #1 is the limit.

$25 each,retail,and $22.50 wholesale,and I cant meet the demand.
Often other sellers will buy me out and then re sell at a mark up.I am OK with that.

Will making fresh boxes with the fresh scent of cut plywood/treated wood hinder my chances or do they not seem to care about secondhand smells like that?

smells of fresh plywood doesnt phase weasels at all . Start production and get those weasel boxes set out...... post pictures on your catches .. Good luck.

I assume Boco is talking about tanned pelts.

FHA has some raw ermine, small size, I-II you can buy for 40 cents. Plus fees.

I use mine all year round for mice, moles and chipmunks. I think the smell of rodents as well as bait will entice them to enter looking for an easy meal.

Good tip