FISHER!!

[Lawdwaz]

I've had quite a "trail cam" season since last fall.  I got my first real bear video, multiple (including another today) bobcat videos and today...............my first fisher video.  I took a screen shot with my phone for upload here since uploading video is painful with my DSL.  If I get time later, maybe I'll load the video.

 

Here's what you get now..........

 

[wooly]

Ferret...

[Lawdwaz]

Naaaa is it?

 

I'll post the video in a bit.......

[stoneam2006]

I've been seeing them quite frequently they are one of my favorite animals to see in the woods as they go from 0 to 100 in no time flat...Quick Lil critters

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[wooly]

Naaaa is it?

 

I'll post the video in a bit.......

 

I've never seen a fisher so I have no clue.

I thought they were bigger than that though.

That almost looks like a mink to me.

B+W pics suckazz!

[Lawdwaz]

OK, click this...........Good Fisher.AVI

[Pygmy]

Dat be a fisher, alright !

 

They can vary in size a LOT...A female may not be much bigger than a large mink, but a big male might weigh over ten pounds... The tail on that critter is much too full and heavy for a mink.

 

Nice shot, Larry....Next time you'll be posting a picture of a MOOSE !

 

Speaking of moose, I applied for my NB moose tag today, have you done yours yet ?

[ny hunter]

I love the fisher.........I had 1 on our property a couple years back....

[Lawdwaz]

 

Speaking of moose, I applied for my NB moose tag today, have you done yours yet ?

 

Not yet but I will.

[grampy]

I see fishers quite often on our hunting properties. Very cool animals! Haven't gotten one on a cam yet. I'll have to work on that!

[airedale]

They are a favorite of mine, any animal that does in Porcupines and eats them is a friend of myself and my dogs. I wish there were a lot more of them around.

 

Al

Edited March 21, 2016 by airedale

[Pygmy]

They are a favorite of mine, any animal that does in Porcupines and eats them is a friend of myself and my dogs. I wish there were a lot more of them around.

 

Al

Al, as a veteran of MANY quill pulling sessions, I would heartily agree with that.. Mostly it involved coon hounds, but we had an Airedale who was a family pet and she always had to try to KILL the damn things..

[stoneam2006]

They are a favorite of mine, any animal that does in Porcupines and eats them is a friend of myself and my dogs. I wish there were a lot more of them around.

Al

I did not know that cool info...we have alot of porcupines around makes sense....is it also true they are havoc on small game and turkeys? Our turkey pop is going down drastically here.

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[airedale]

Dan you and I have a lot in common, like you been there and done that more times than I care to remember. There is nothing that will ruin your day worse than when your hunting dogs tangle with a porky.

 

Hail to the Fisher!

 

Al

Edited March 21, 2016 by airedale

[airedale]

I believe their diet consists of mostly various rodents like mice, chipmunks and squirrels also rabbits-hare and probably any small birds they can catch. I don't think they mess with Turkeys.

 

Al

[mlammerhirt]

I have heard they mess with the nests....and eggs.

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[Pygmy]

I have heard they mess with the nests....and eggs.

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I'm sure they do, Lammer...

However, so do skunks, possums, coons, foxes, coyotes, bears, domestic dogs, crows, ravens, bluejays and a bunch of other critters which are ALL much more numerous than fishers .. Even in areas where fisher populations are RELATIVELY high, there really aren't that many of them.. I doubt that fishers have a significant effect on turkey populations..

[Zag]

Well heck thats what got a pic of to then, wasnt sure but looks similar to yours

[Lawdwaz]

Well heck thats what got a pic of to then, wasnt sure but looks similar to yours

 

Cool!  Was that at your father's place?

[Zag]

it was, i seem to be finding everything but a shed up there

[hunterman7956]

https://www.dropbox....tw/033.MP4?dl=0

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                  THIS IS FROM LAST YEAR SAW HIM OR HER A FEW TIMES

Edited March 21, 2016 by hunterman7956

[Curmudgeon]

Great to see some fisher enthusiasm. Here are a couple of shots of 2 different animals from the bone yard. The distance from the camera may exaggerate the size different but one seems almost obese while the other is slender.  This is northern Otsego County. I added one more photo from the same spot that is not a fisher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[hunterman7956]

https://www.dropbox....ft 053.MP4?dl=0

 

 

ANOTHER PIC UP NEAR NEW BERLIN

[Rebel Darling]

Ahhh...  Yesterday I deleted a fisher cat photo from my trail cam behind the house here in Sand Lake.  Wish I kept it to share...  The camera snapped the photo about 2:30 a.m. 

 

If I get another, I'll be sure to save and post.

[Chris B]

I believe their diet consists of mostly various rodents like mice, chipmunks and squirrels also rabbits-hare and probably any small birds they can catch. I don't think they mess with Turkeys.

 

Al

 

Al, I'm pretty sure they eat turkeys as well. I don't have any official sources or video proof but I was told by one of my hunting buddies that has a ton of knowledge and does a lot of research, as well as spend lots and lots of time in the woods that they have been known to pick turkeys off their roost. I believed him at his word as we trade a lot of knowledge back and forth but I think I'm going to do some research on it myself and see what I can dig up to share.