Interesting.....I have no problem poisoning animals....the US gov't does it all the time....Prairie dogs are controlled by poisoning and by gov't controls.

Drowning is far more humane than poisoning.

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KG, you are way, way, out of line.

Ann, good for you.

I would have done the same thing.

That's for sure. Drowning is among the most humane methods of dispatching a wild animal known. It's been proven time and again. It seems wild animals are not afraid of the water as humans are.

Good grief, I hope that the best we've got as far as defenders of hunting are a trifle more convincing than you, pal!

This animal was most definately used and utilized as demonstrated by the $20 Ann received for it. An intact ermine has value. A bloody ermine with a crushed skull or a hole in it has little or no value. You did good, Ann.

I've been told to get $20 for it was quite spectacular. I keep all of my mink since they seem more abundant. I will make a scarf from them someday.

Save them collect 100 and make a full lenght coat

I would have kept it and had it mounted. Weasels are like mini chainsaws with teeth and bad attitudes.

I trapped their big brothers (Pine Martin) when I was young to make date money. Would lean a pole against a tree, cut out a knotch, lay the foot trap on it, attach bait to tree trunk above pole. They walk right up it to get to the bait, step in the trap & and hang there, staying nice and clean.



Being so small, most freeze to death over night. I'm thinking that drowning would have been preferred if they could have chosen, but I'll never know... nor will I judge someone else for a relatively quick kill.

This being Alaska we always like to have a trap big enough to do the job!

Neato! I hate to say it but that little dude in the trap looks 'mounted' already!

I like the martin trap idea! I bet that would work for fisher cats too.

I'm not having any ermine issues this winter so far.

crap i dont think that traps big enuff maybe a sleep creek number 5 wolf/lion trap with teeth lol jk for those little guys i make little wesel boxes with conibear 110's in side them smallest foot hold i have is some sleepy creek numbers 4's wolf/cat traps do you prefer coil spring to long spring foot holds?

Ann,

I'm headed to AK to club baby seals.
Want to tag along?
Wouldn't want them to drown...

Here is a huge male seal that my wife took about a week ago. Lake Ilaimna has a huntable (for natives) population of fresh water seals that thrive on the millions of salmon smolt and trout.

Awesome! Shame they aren't allowed to be hunted by the rest of us, same with walrus.

We need to get enough sportsmen together to sue the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service on acount of racism.