What is this ???

[Mtn Laurel]

How do I trap it ??

Where are you located specifically? What county? I grew up in the Blue Ridge and have never seen whatever this is. Some portions of the Blue Ridge have minks but I never saw one where I lived, which was the more northern portion.

 

[critters]

I live in Patrick county close to the Carrol county line. Two miles off parkway and about ten miles from Mt Airy NC

 

[KGreene]

Looks to be a mink...I've trapped a lot of them here in central Va. in past years.

 

[Huntered]

It looks like a mink ,its not big enough for a Fisher

 

[matt44644]

Looks like my sister's old ferret.

 

[RonP]

I'd bet on mink also.

If you do trap it, please let us know.

 

[123RedBeard]

Guessing that the siding on the building in the background is "T1-11" ... The lines are about 8" apart ... So too small for badger or fischer ... The bumped back is throwing it off, mink have very flexible bodies and more than likely that is what it is!

Trap it in a "mink box trap" ... Before it kills your chickens!

 

[aart]

It looks like a mink ,its not big enough for a Fisher

Hard to tell size without something for scale reference in pic.

They're all in the weasel family....mink, fisher, weasels of several different sizes....not to mention possibility of a juvenile.

What ever it is, I hope they trap it, and all it's brethren before they eat any of their chooks!

 

[WthrLady]

Mink

Man oh man I love Mt Airy and Pilot Mtn area! stunning!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

That's a male mink and a large one. No Fishers in Virginia for a long long time. Google how to build a mink box for a 220 Conibear trap. There are also many videos showing how to catch mink in steel traps. While he is on the loose your chickens are in danger. You may nab him in a cage trap but the odds are against you doing that. Mink, especially male mink control large hunting territories and will return often to the area were the photo was taken. You'll have better luck by setting 5 - 6 traps over as wide an area as you can so that you get a fresh bite at the apple almost every day.

That also means that the mink must be lucky every day to avoid becoming a fur collar, but you only need to get lucky once.