mikee Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 While out this morning driving to the woods to take the dog for a walk i could see 4 rooks sitting in the lane about 400m ahead of me when one of the birds started flapping and rolling about in the road, as i got closer i could see a stoat had grabbed it by the leg or somewhere underneath and was trying to drag it to the hedge, the rook managed to right its self and took off with the stoat still attached it got 10-12 feet of the ground before the stoat let go and dropped to the grass verge, ive never seen anything like it before. Have any other forum members witnessed strange animal behavior before while out in the country?? mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancashireunter Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Was it defo a rook not a crow? Maybe it had caught the stoat not the other way round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POW! Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Nasture ! Feirce in tooth and claw!! , The older I get the more I realise there is yet more to learn , I cannot recall a similar incident , but , little suprises me , ONE reason why reconasanse , days are never wasted , . A lot more can be learned by not having a shot , But, like a boy scout... Be prepared ! . POW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted December 26, 2008 Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Possibly it has done it's little dance and fixtated them on one spot? FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabs Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 I had a Stoat rag a bunny which was still twitching a few seconds after a shot to the bonce. Amazng predators, the bunny must have been twice its weight and it was like watching a terrier with a rat. Stoat must have been stalking the bunny whilst my crosshairs where on it. Goes to show when your numbers up! Tabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 they were definitely rooks, and he was hanging from its upper leg or belly mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikee Posted December 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 having done a bit of research on the net I think the offending stoat was actually a weasel, it was only about 6" long and only about 3/4" in diameter, the rook would never have taken off with a full grown stoat attached mikee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wack Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Wow! Anyone else remember the old rhyme? A stoat can be easily told from a weasel By the simple fact that his tail is blacked and his figure is slightly the bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Guys... Everyone knows that a stoat is stoatally different and a weasel is weasely recognisable. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Guys... Everyone knows that a stoat is stoatally different and a weasel is weasely recognisable. FM *groan* LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Well it killed the topic if nothing else. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theAdviserMe Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 a video would sure help to document such unusual sightings!!!! then share with all of us here please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) A couple of years ago I was making a program with Channel 4 about Barn owls. Me and the cameraman were at a barn known to have a pair in when I saw a white flash by the barn. Went to see what it was and a rabbit ran out closely followed by a stoat. They ran across the field and through a hedge and we thought we had lost them when they suddenly popped back through the hedge and the stoat caught the rabbit no more than 5-6 ft from us. We must have been downwind and watched the kill with fascination. Then the wind must have changed as the stoats head popped up and he was off. Unfortunately we had packed up for the day and Andre the cameraman hadn't grabbed any equipment so it is undocumented. Was an amazing sight and he was kicking himself as he said 'I could have filmed that stoat for 6 months and not got a shot like that' Edited January 29, 2009 by 955i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 This little monkey was trying to take a pigeon that was dead in my pattern! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scout Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I had a Stoat rag a bunny which was still twitching a few seconds after a shot to the bonce. Amazng predators, the bunny must have been twice its weight and it was like watching a terrier with a rat. Stoat must have been stalking the bunny whilst my crosshairs where on it. Goes to show when your numbers up! Tabs Had exact the same happen when I was out this summer, amazing to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pennywise Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) What`s the difference between a stoat and a weasel? One is weasily recognised and the other is stoatally different! Ha ha and yes i have just noticed someone did this joke earlier doh! Edited January 29, 2009 by pennywise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 This little monkey was trying to take a pigeon that was dead in my pattern! I't a monkey .... see it, believe it .... who needs these old wives rhmes anyaway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapwing Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 We had a stoat took a flying rook last year. The rooks had been mobbing it for a few minutes when it suddenly jumped up a good 2 foot and grabbed one. It looked as if it was a deliberate set up by the stoat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilstoat Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 This little monkey was trying to take a pigeon that was dead in my pattern! I didn't realise these were a protected species in Ireland...but not in the UK weird eh...lovely creatures though, i would of let the Stoat take the Pigeon out of principle as it was so balsy to come get it, with you shooting in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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