Dead Weasel: any ideas?

[Neal 1,915]

I wasn't quite sure where abouts to put this thread but here seemed as good a place as any.

While walking through the woods this morning I came upon a fresh single holed (as far as I could see) rabbit bury. Several flecks of rabbit hair were dotted around the entrance and about three feet away lay a dead weasel. The only injuries were a slight rip to its right ear and a tear on the right hand side of its abdomen from which was hanging some of its entrails.

The only explanation I could think of was that maybe it had been raked with a kick by a doe defending her young. Does anybody have any other ideas? Thanks in advance.

[snareman 3]

I wasn't quite sure where abouts to put this thread but here seemed as good a place as any.

While walking through the woods this morning I came upon a fresh single holed (as far as I could see) rabbit bury. Several flecks of rabbit hair were dotted around the entrance and about three feet away lay a dead weasel. The only injuries were a slight rip to its right ear and a tear on the right hand side of its abdomen from which was hanging some of its entrails.

The only explanation I could think of was that maybe it had been raked with a kick by a doe defending her young. Does anybody have any other ideas? Thanks in advance.

what you say is true i have actually , witnessed 3 old doe rabbits attacking a big stoat that was after a small rabbit that sqealed they were very fast and jumped round kicking the stoat with their hind feet , it was not long in departing from the scene , sometimes the fox will kill them and leave them lying , watched a buzzard catching a stoat one day while i was snaring rabbits , it just did not grip it riight and the stoat was squirming trying to get around for a bite at the biird , and the buzzard flew to a great height and dropped it , then dived after it ,

[DUCKWING 302]

WELL LADS ,

 

I ALSO HAVE SEEN TWO OF MY HENS KILL STOATS ATTACKING THEIR YOUNG ....... AS WELL AS A KESTRAL AND A SPARROW HAWK ....... DETERMINED MOTHERS WHO WOULD GIVE SOME OF THE YOUNG MOTHERS AROUND HERE A LESSON IN PARENTHOOD

 

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[whin 463]

when out rabbiting along the scottish borders saw doe rabbs and probaly bucks chase and kick out these mini ferrets not just wild stoats , ferrets go in banging about, then mini ferret comes out put a strong warrior in rabbit starts sqealing games done,when a rabbit gets his dander up he would turn a weasel or stoat there were plenty occasions along the sutra hillls saw winter coated pure white stoats working stone walls and the rabbit haveing enough fighting back ,rabbits back feet can sickeing ferrets easy, stoat no diffrent , but usaly they fret and get nailed all the best away checking some box traps

[Neal 1,915]

Thanks for all the replies.