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WILL HELP EACH OTHER OQT OF TRAP'S. 



One Weasel will let its mate out of a trap. I had a wire trap 

 eet for a Weasel and every time I went to see it the live bait 

 was eaten and fresh droppings of the Weasel were in the trap, 

 but no Weasel. I took another trap and set the two close to- 

 gether and the next time I came I had a very dark brown 

 Weasel in each trap. One Weasel would go in first and kill 

 the bait, the other would go half way, put his fore-foot on the 

 drop, open and put his head out in the hole and come out. 



ATTACKED THIS BUNNY IN THE REAR. 



I was after a Weasel once when the snow was on the ground 

 to find where he had killed some game, so that I could set my 

 trap for him, I found he crossed the track of a Rabbit 

 that had just come out of a stone wall, and went right 

 back again. I was surprised to see the track of the Weasel 

 going away without killing the Rabbit. I pulled away some 

 stones and found the Rabbit squeezed tight in a very small 

 opening, between two stones, and only his hind legs sticking 

 out; but he was dead, and the blood had been sucked by the 

 Weasel from his hind legs and had made only st very small 

 opening In the leg. 



THE YOUNG. 



Weasels have their young between the 15th of April and 15th i 

 of June. I have never found their nest while the young were 

 in, but I have caught them during that time, with young in, 

 them, and also after having their young, with milk in their teats.. 

 The highest number I found in any one of them was six, one 

 only had three. The young will follow the old one until Sep-- 

 tember, when they seem to scatter and go on their own hook:. 

 It Is very easy to catch them after they scatter, and these are 

 the ones that generally get after the chickens before they 

 learn how to catch game. 



A Weasel will always come back to the place where he hid 

 the game to feed off it when he cannot find any game to kill. 

 I put a trap by a hidden Rabbit once and I did not catch the 

 Weasel for six weeks, but in most cases you will be able to 

 catch them the second or third night. 



