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I think I caught a Fisher Cat on my game cam?

Started by Piston, November 18, 2013, 03:44:40 PM

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thecfarm

I really think John is right. Us members for Maine have to stick together.   :D  I did a google on both. I have never neither,but from what I saw on google I would say a marten too. Gotta love the Star Wars.
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My vote is fisher.  Although I have seen several I do not recall one with that much white on the chest.  Generally they look like a big black cat.  Looks far too big for a marten. 
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pappy19

I believe it is a Fisher even though I have never seen one in the wild, I have had some experiences with martins. My most memorable was on an elk/deer hunting trip years ago in the Idaho wilderness. An afternoon hunt and I was on a rocky ridge looking down into a small canyon. I heard a noise and out of the woods next to me a martin came out and started to look me over. He was about 25 feet away and was trying to wind me. He kept on coming closer and closer until he was about 10 feet away. At this point he cocked up his leg and *pithed like a dog on a small dead branch on the ground. He then came within 2 feet of me and I moved my foot and he ran off. That was the best wildlife experience that I have ever had, even as a forester in the woods all day for many years. Martins are fairly common in Idaho and their main diet is the red pine squirrel with an occasional grouse. Martins are a reddish-brown with lighter colors at the tips. I have a really nice martin skin hat thet I got in Alaska. The pictures that I have seen of fishers shows that their fur is dark brown and they are much larger than a martin.

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SwampDonkey

Fisher. I've seen them on occasion, mostly along the woods roads near streams. Mostly because that's where the mature woods are left along the buffers. My grandfather and his brother were fir trappers, but that certainly doesn't make me an expert by a long shot. But I have seen all kind of martens and many of them in a logging camp. Did I ever tell the tale of the marten in the lunch bag? Maybe so.  :D :D
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Dave Shepard

Did you try petting it on the head? If it bites off one finger, it's a marten, if it gets two or more, most likely a fisher. ;D
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ReggieT

We've got some super sized swamp rabbits & rather burly/mean possums in my area...kinda like to see how a fisher or martin would fare one on one against either of them!!  ;)

RynSmith

My money is on that one (the marten/fisher).  Let me know when it's time.  ;D

SwampDonkey

A fisher will kill and eat a porcupine and use the quills as a toothpick. So them rabbits would be a nice treat. :D
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Piston

According to the MA hunting abstracts, I can trap, but not hunt fishers.  Looks like I'm going to have to trap this bugger simply to settle the debate  :D :D :D 

But like John says, regardless of what it is, it's neat to see.  Plus, it gives us something to talk about  ;D
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Piston

Quote from: thecfarm on November 25, 2013, 10:16:56 AM
Trap it alive and do the finger test.  :D

I'll trap it, and bring it to you for the finger test  ;D
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thecfarm

Hey,don't bring it to me. Bring it to Dave. He's the one that came up with the finger identification idea.  ;D
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