weasl box placement????????????

[lechwe]

New to trapping and wanted to build some ermine boxes and set them out. What kind of areas do you look for to set these and how do you set them up. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

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[backwoodsboy]

The most important thing to think when looking where to set out your boxes is where is the food, food means in my area mostly mice voles moles and chipmunks. So i look for old rock walls, take apart a couple of the rocks and place the box uneath them to prevent a coon from tipping it over i also wire the bait, wich should be as bloody and fresh as possible, to the back of the box and bed a #0 or #1.5 coil spring of jump trap in front of the box, also areas with hollowed out fallen trees are good, same with old barns.

good luck

-cory

[miketraps]

most weasels i catch are around brush piles and swamp grass, have caught them at rock piles and abandoned builds also

[steven49er]

If you have snow a track cant be beat.  I prefer ot set on sign. 

I like to set in culverts alot.

Here we have alot of weasels that like to run the ditches.  If there is a swamp on both sides of the road so much the better.  When the weasels come to the culverts to cross the road culverts make a good funnel narrowing down their point of travel.