Weasels provide a good opportunity to get started in trapping

My first encounter with a weasel was fox trapping as a teenager in the 1970s. I caught one in a No. 1½ coil-spring trap at a dirt-hole set for fox. I admit I set my pan tension pretty light in those days, but that little half-pound long-tailed weasel must have been dancing on the pan to spring the trap.
Since then, I have caught my share of weasels. Weasels are fascinating animals. There are three species in the U.S.: long-tailed, short-tailed and least (in order from largest to smallest).