DJC
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Tony for 440.00 any thing is possible lol
Wanted white live stoat
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I started catching a few while keep wrong up in Perthshire it intrigued me so I done some snooping the growth of winter fur is indeed caused by the decrease of light in the day but the ermine process is triggered by cold conditions for the coat to turn the temp needs to be below a certain temp consistently I can't remember the temp sorry. There was also reasearch that an ermine was also hereditary as some mustelids would not produce white fur while others of the same species would in the same conditions. I think where both wrong and right that if you stuck one in a shoe box it would not turn white and if you stuck one in the fridge it would also probably not turn white I think it's a combination of all of the above with a bit of good old fashion adapt to the enviroment or starve
Well. Every day is a school day. Thanks.
But if I put one in a shoe box in the fridge... :idea:
gr1ffer I'll buy you a pint out of my £440!
sorry for being so long been stuck in traffic for the past two hours anyway the answer to your questions. As the gentleman below pointed out yes i am a wild life photographer not professional. in all sports people set there selfs challenges like most of you gentlemen who stalk some pay a pretty penny and more for a perfect stalk. you want that gold medal roe sitting in the high seat for a few hours freezing ye ass of or that 16 point beast you have spent the last four hour stalking up and down the glen for your shot. so you can have your prize mounted well my challenge is a white stoat ermine . i have spent the last three months and the best part of nealy five times the asking price of the ermine. setting up my setup in the middle of nowhere so i can keep it living in it natural setting but so it cant escape. you all mite think i am barking mad my wife thinks so but that being said this is my aim .i think i have done the easy bit so far that is why i have asked for your help i do no that not all stoats do change there colour and that temperature and genetics play a part in this .Thats why i was thinking the highlands .There has got to be someone who knows some body out there with the skill to catch a live ermine.And all this to take some pictures i must be of my rocker any help would be very great full
Cal maybe the real prize would be to get a photo in its natrual enviroment not impossible my friend December onwards I think may be the best time to photo one up north set up along a dry stone wall I would say you would need to be patient and quick they will not hang around for long as a bonus you will have the chance to photo various other wildlife the highlands is a bounty for photographers
been in the highlands many times in the winter months and december is not a very good time the days are short and the weather can be very unpredictable at the best feburary a better month but you have no control they are very fast and as soon as they come they are goon again thats why i have done a set up i can place food a certain places it gives you a much better chance haveing spent all this time with doing the set up there are still no guarantees and i will still have to spend many a hour waiting for the stoat as i have quite a big area to cover and some under ground chambers that have been put in for it i have tried baiting them in the past but as soon as the magpies see the food its a runing battle with them
Come come a weasel is weasely recognised while a stoat is stoately different.
been my wish to photograph ermine for years i think if you wont to photograph them in the wild you have to travel to finland nobody does them over here it cost a small fortune as well thats why i done a setup for one not many top professionals have done them in this country if you manage to find one you cant stay with it they are impossible
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