Fisher

[moog5050]

First pic at this property in the 8 years I have hunted it.   They really are expanding their range.   Kinda neat. 

[grampy]

They are a cool critter! Pretty common now around these parts, and see them quite often. 

[moog5050]

1 minute ago, grampy said:

They are a cool critter! Pretty common now around these parts, and see them quite often. 

are they timid or do you see them from the stand/ground when hunting

[grampy]

They are very reclusive. Very seldom will we see them while out walking. Mostly see them while hunting, and being still. My buddies daughter was sitting one of my ground blinds last week, and got a great video of a fisher. I'll have her send it to me and I'll try to post it. Really cool!

[Culvercreek hunt club]

16 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

are they timid or do you see them from the stand/ground when hunting

I've had them come right up and almost challenge me up north a couple times. Sit up on hind legs and kind of a hiss growl.  I've seen them hunting in the brush during daylight up there too. 

[sbuff]

You will see the porcupine population decline very fast.  

[moog5050]

22 minutes ago, sbuff said:

You will see the porcupine population decline very fast.  

Never seen a porcupine here either.  May be a very hungry fisher with virtually no turkey or porcupine.  lol

Edited December 16, 2020 by moog5050

[Culvercreek hunt club]

2 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

Never seen a porcupine here either.  Maybe a very hungry fisher with virtually no turkey or porcupine.  lol

but plenty of gut piles if it can compete with the fox. 

[Jeremy K]

I had one go under my stand a few years back right after I climbed up , I wasnt even situated yet , we almost met .

[First-light]

We have 1 in 8P that is making his home on my property. Beautiful black coat. I watched it walk 10 feet from a doe and fawn they could care less.I know all the critters have to eat and Fisher like turkeys. Our turkey population sucks he wont help being around! Thats mother nature though...

[Robhuntandfish]

1 hour ago, moog5050 said:

are they timid or do you see them from the stand/ground when hunting

I have had them walk within 15-30 yards of me multiple times in a tree and on the ground. Very cool.  Usually going across a trail out of thick brush and swampy areas.  They didn't seem to pay much attention to me.  One peeked its head out of brush and head bobbed looking at me a couple times but then went about his business

Edited December 16, 2020 by Robhuntandfish

[gbj]

I was videoing him till he climbed up my tree ,they climb fast . He chewed on my pull up rope he got within a few feet .

[BizCT]

Fisher's are awesome. It makes zero sense why you can trap them, but not shoot them.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

1 minute ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

Fisher's are awesome. It makes zero sense why you can trap them, but not shoot them.

I guess the same reason that some furbearers can't be hunted. (no idea what that is...lol)

[BizCT]

Just now, Culvercreek hunt club said:

I guess the same reason that some furbearers can't be hunted. (no idea what that is...lol)

which ones besides a fisher though? otter/beaver?

[The_Real_TCIII]

13 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

which ones besides a fisher though? otter/beaver?

Can we trap otters??

[BizCT]

3 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

Can we trap otters??

SENY, yes. But I just checked and you can't in WNY.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30513.html

Fun Fact - I missed an otter with a rifle on a frozen lake in British Columbia. I had the mount all picked out in my head, the otter half under ice half above. But i missed lol

[mowin]

Buddy showed me a video the other day where a fox was chasing a Fisher. Fisher looked like it was toying with the fox. Video was almost 10 minutes long.  He said it was posted on a CNY hunting FB page. 

 

Edited December 16, 2020 by mowin

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Just now, mowin said:

Buddy showed me a video the other day where a fix was chasing a Fisher. Fisher looked like it was toying with the fox. Video was almost 10 minutes long. 

 

saw that one too. Pretty cool

[Culvercreek hunt club]

27 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

which ones besides a fisher though? otter/beaver?

Pretty much. Marten as well

 

https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/45559.html

[BizCT]

1 minute ago, Culvercreek hunt club said:

Pretty much. Marten as well

 

https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/45559.html

yea it never made sense to me. you can shoot them in a trap but not outside a trap?

[The_Real_TCIII]

15 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

SENY, yes. But I just checked and you can't in WNY.

https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/30513.html

Fun Fact - I missed an otter with a rifle on a frozen lake in British Columbia. I had the mount all picked out in my head, the otter half under ice half above. But i missed lol

I watched an otter run across a lawn in Clarence Center a few years ago. I thought I was losing my mind until I read they released them all over niagara county, not far away

[BizCT]

3 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

I watched an otter run across a lawn in Clarence Center a few years ago. I thought I was losing my mind until I read they released them all over niagara county, not far away

some of them get Yooooge

[The_Real_TCIII]

2 minutes ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

some of them get Yooooge

My first thought was Kimodo dragon 

[moog5050]

4 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

My first thought was Kimodo dragon 

I used to have a white throat monitor as a pet when I was younger.  It was about 5' long.  One day it escaped and I didn't realize it until my father's neighbors called and said a giant lizard ran into our front bushes.  I suspect they also thought they were losing their minds.   lol

And for the record, they really are not great pets.  

Edited December 16, 2020 by moog5050