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I was standing on a woods road on a friend's property this morning at daylight, listening to a turkey gobble, and I saw something dark moving toward me..It looked nearly black, and my first thought was bear, but as it came into better view I saw it was the biggest fisher I had ever seen..It crossed the road within 30 yards of me, so I got a real good broadside look at it...I couldn't believe the size..I'm sure this is an exaggeration, but I swear it looked four feet long from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail..It had to weigh at least 20 pounds..Impressive creature for sure, and they are getting more numerous here around Dogpatch...I talked to a fellow I know who lives up near Cameron, and he said he'd been losing his guinea hens to them..The guinea fowl roost in trees at night, but the fishers can easily climb the trees and pluck them off the limbs..

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I was standing on a woods road on a friend's property this morning at daylight, listening to a turkey gobble, and I saw something dark moving toward me..It looked nearly black, and my first thought wa

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Killing machines!!  I smile every time I get one on the trail camera.........actually get a video last week of one with a bum wheel.  Seems the left front (drivers side) was being held up from some injury.  I'll see if I can upload a couple videos later; my work load is mounting at home.  :)

 

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  On 4/29/2020 at 4:31 PM, Water Rat said:

Hey Pygmy..... any chance of you trapping for them this year ?  They are cool looking critters and they do get big. 

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I thought about that  this morning...I'd have to read up on it..I know that I could get permission to trap the property I was on this morning..I have seen several fishers there and also several bobcats while I was hunting deer nd turkeys..

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  On 4/29/2020 at 4:35 PM, Pygmy said:

I thought about that  this morning...I'd have to read up on it..I know that I could get permission to trap the property I was on this morning..I have seen several fishers there and also several bobcats while I was hunting deer nd turkeys..

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Very nice.... good luck. Their fun to trap. I like making leaning pole sets. There’s no kneeling down on the ground to make them. 

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I think it was 2006 a friend showed up at work w a roadkill one in the trunk of his car. Spring 2010 I saw one in the woods scouting birds, thick pines, came slinking along. Very close and watched it for a minute or two. They're big from ground level! Absolutely silent on their feet. 

Last week i left the car in the darkness on a walk for turks.  I hear this damn screaming, again and again, and I'm thinking what in the holy heck is that? Fisher! Very distinctive wail. My friend who owns the property asked if I'd heard em. Yep!

Very cool creatures. Getting more common? Just stay away from my poults!

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They were numerous here until the bobcats moved in . Then they dissapeared, asked dec biologists and they were going to be a bobcat study and see what relationships were. I'd like to trap them but season is super short and. Work gets in the way. They get big!

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  On 4/29/2020 at 5:52 PM, G-Man said:

They were numerous here until the bobcats moved in . Then they dissapeared, asked dec biologists and they were going to be a bobcat study and see what relationships were. I'd like to trap them but season is super short and. Work gets in the way. They get big!

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Yeah, we only get 5 days here...Perhaps with them becoming more numerous they will extend the season..

A couple of local boys caught 30 last season...Pretty good for a 5 day season...However, they have a lot of prime acreage to trap and also have the resources to obtain equipment, etc...They were selling their tanned pelts for $150 each, but when you consider  the cost of catching them and having them tanned,  they probably didn't make all that much $$$ on them...

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  On 4/29/2020 at 5:52 PM, G-Man said:

They were numerous here until the bobcats moved in . Then they dissapeared, asked dec biologists and they were going to be a bobcat study and see what relationships were. I'd like to trap them but season is super short and. Work gets in the way. They get big!

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That’s the opposite of what I’ve seen in Ontario County.  Seems that they both arrived on my cameras at the same time, maybe 5-6 years ago??

I figure I’ve been using cameras for about 11 years??

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  On 4/29/2020 at 4:10 PM, Pygmy said:

I was standing on a woods road on a friend's property this morning at daylight, listening to a turkey gobble, and I saw something dark moving toward me..It looked nearly black, and my first thought was bear, but as it came into better view I saw it was the biggest fisher I had ever seen..It crossed the road within 30 yards of me, so I got a real good broadside look at it...I couldn't believe the size..I'm sure this is an exaggeration, but I swear it looked four feet long from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tail..It had to weigh at least 20 pounds..Impressive creature for sure, and they are getting more numerous here around Dogpatch...I talked to a fellow I know who lives up near Cameron, and he said he'd been losing his guinea hens to them..The guinea fowl roost in trees at night, but the fishers can easily climb the trees and pluck them off the limbs..

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I am gonna ask a stupid question.....well....becasue I am stupid sometimes...lol. Dan, sure it wasn't an otter? 4' is one big ass Fischer. 

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