Thanks Snowy, and Ctraps . I always give all credit to the amazing photos provided for reference. Such as, also those perfect close ups of those feetzies that Bushmaster took. Just love those details.

And bobcats,
Has to be global warming

Some great photos.
Been trying to photograph a weasel for several years with no luck so far, we have a fairly low density in my area.
I did learn trapping them if you set in tracks catches come fairly quickly. This is a weasel Hwy I found a few days ago.

The dog took me and the shotgun for a walk. On the way out we checked this weasel box across the road from the house, I had set on the end of the caragana. It was empty and still set. We walk out to the first slough and I shot a limit of roosters and headed back toward the house. When we were 76 to 80 yards from the box the dog took off running toward the box. I called him back and he came almost to me then headed back to the box. Here is a picture of what we had once I got to the box. I dispatched the long tail and took him out of the trap. I reset the trap and closed the box and looked down where I had laid the weasel and he was gone. My first thought was he ran off. I looked around and the dog was just across the road heading for the house with the weasel. I had told him t leave it alone, but he thought it was his since hew found it.

Cute little guy

You can't help but admire those little buggers. They have an attitude that you just can't ignore.

Catching these little buggers are just as exciting as catching coyotes.

Hillbilly biology

Very nice. So lifelike.

yukonjeff -

If I ran across those snow tracks rolling the egg, I assume I'd be curious and stumped for quite awhile. That's some of the neatest tracks I've ever seen. Ecellent photo! Thanks!

Thanks, If I didnt see him rolling the egg away I would of been stumped too.

This fall I had one get into the chicken coop and dig into a nest of eggs that were in the process of hatching, I saw it in the nest cracking the eggs before I could swat at it he took off. Only one egg hatched. Normally they dont bother the chickens or eggs.

Yeah Jeff -

I have many tracks of long-tails around all winter. Some tracks of short-tails. I've never had them bother the chickens, that I know of. Have had minor troubles with striped skunks, red foxes, marten, and raccoons; never with weasels.

Jack

Wonderful thread ! Thanks for the pictures.Wished I could find and post the part of David Thompson's story about the ermine bringing down David's gull eggs from the upper room with steps ,he would go back up for another egg and Thompson would steal the one previously brought down .The ermine would really get mad and noisy trying to figure it out .

All I see is a whole bunch of fleas, and about 5 hours of preparing them as specimens.
Because of their going everywhere they are great collectors of fleas.
I can see at least 10 on the outside and probably another 10 under the hair. What is interesting is once you skin the weasel on the skin side you can see the hiding fleas in the hair.
Due to the arrangements that I have those 20 fleas would be $ 340.00 in tax receipts for my records.

If you also look at the ear, there was probably a tick embedded on it. Probably Ixodes texanus or [i]Ixodes gregsoni[/i] of which there has not been a male of the species described