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Horrible Monster
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Here's an even deadlier fisher
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Here's one I shot in the Adirondacks while grouse hunting. They are fairly common in my part of the state and I've never heard of anyone being attacked!
Like most members of the weasel family, they are tough and fearless critters. They are very agile and skilled hunters that will eat almost anything from squirrels to fawns. Impressive, really. I regretted shooting this one after I did some reading on them...
Stay sharp,
desmobob
Like most members of the weasel family, they are tough and fearless critters. They are very agile and skilled hunters that will eat almost anything from squirrels to fawns. Impressive, really. I regretted shooting this one after I did some reading on them...
Stay sharp,
desmobob
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Another sad tale in which a creature has his habitat destroyed, makes a comeback and is labeled a "varmint". Domesticated pets are food, just like sheeple.
I'm sure a fisher could tear the crap out of you if it wanted to. But why would it unless it had rabies?
Only thing I don't want to run into are mountain lions.
I'm sure a fisher could tear the crap out of you if it wanted to. But why would it unless it had rabies?
Only thing I don't want to run into are mountain lions.
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Here's one I shot in the Adirondacks while grouse hunting. They are fairly common in my part of the state and I've never heard of anyone being attacked!
Like most members of the weasel family, they are tough and fearless critters. They are very agile and skilled hunters that will eat almost anything from squirrels to fawns. Impressive, really. I regretted shooting this one after I did some reading on them...
Stay sharp,
desmobob
Nice shooting. I guess I should mention that I don't think fishers are out there attacking humans. Its just the fact of sitting on the ground with this bugger running right up to you, because he couldn't wind me or see me. The little shit was making a bee-line for me. I was sitting on a hunting seat on the ground. Having never seen one in the woods while hunting, I was not prepared for such an animal being in such close contact. Doing Yahoo search, I found recent incidents of fisher attacks on animals and people with animals. These took place in August 2007 in Greenwich RI. I am not scared of fishers. I just have a respect for the fiesty beasts, thats all.
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Funnily enough, ferrets, which are part of the same family, are popular pets in the UK.
And were also used in past times for hunting, particularly when the game was rabbit or rat.
Yeah, rats! I have some books by a really interesting character called Brian D. Plummer who used to hunt rats (and foxes and badgers) with terriers and ferrets.
The ferrets were used to flush the prey out of their burrows, at which point the terriers would finish them off.
If you can find a copy of Plummer's book called Tales of a Rat-hunting Man, I highly recommend it. It is both fascinating and funny as hell. Some of the places he ended up when seeking good hunting grounds were straight out of a Stephen King novel./
Mark
And were also used in past times for hunting, particularly when the game was rabbit or rat.
Yeah, rats! I have some books by a really interesting character called Brian D. Plummer who used to hunt rats (and foxes and badgers) with terriers and ferrets.
The ferrets were used to flush the prey out of their burrows, at which point the terriers would finish them off.
If you can find a copy of Plummer's book called Tales of a Rat-hunting Man, I highly recommend it. It is both fascinating and funny as hell. Some of the places he ended up when seeking good hunting grounds were straight out of a Stephen King novel./
Mark
Thats what we call them in Canada as well.
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Thats about how I feel about it. We have Badgers in this part of the country dang near as big as a coyote and mean as a wolverine. I never have any problems with them.
Please tell me this is a joke. Horrible...dangerous..brazen? You have got to be kidding me.
In Wisconsin fishers were re-introduced in the 1960's to help control the population of porcupines which had exploded after fishers were wiped out here in the early 1900's. Fishers are specially adapted to attack & kill porkies by outflanking them with their quick reflexes and biting their unprotected face. Like beavers, uncontrolled populations of porcupines can do tremendous damage to forests. Fishers seem to be doing well here - trappers have no trouble filling their tags every year.
As an avid hunter, I've never understood the desire to rid the woods of animals like fishers. Whenever my friends see one they always think they need to shoot it for some reason - wtf? Anyone that is afraid of a 15 pound fisher should probably just stay out of the woods.
In Wisconsin fishers were re-introduced in the 1960's to help control the population of porcupines which had exploded after fishers were wiped out here in the early 1900's. Fishers are specially adapted to attack & kill porkies by outflanking them with their quick reflexes and biting their unprotected face. Like beavers, uncontrolled populations of porcupines can do tremendous damage to forests. Fishers seem to be doing well here - trappers have no trouble filling their tags every year.
As an avid hunter, I've never understood the desire to rid the woods of animals like fishers. Whenever my friends see one they always think they need to shoot it for some reason - wtf? Anyone that is afraid of a 15 pound fisher should probably just stay out of the woods.
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I have an idea...
I would wear BMX armor over level 3 soft armor, a Kevlar helmet, and maybe I would get a riot shield. Add a company of infantry for backup and Maybe then I could feel safe outside again!
But guess what, The fisher bites in the face. The Kevlar would do no good. If he bit you on the leg in the femural artery, that armor would also be ineffective. A good knife would hurt him real bad though.
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Mountain lions are quite fierce. I nearly got between a mother and her cubs on a Utah mesa. Thankfully I was slow and the cubs passed the trail 50 yards ahead of me. That mom looked pissed when she saw me. I hopped in my car and she went off down the canyon.... sighs of relief....
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Come on, is this for real? When I read the original post I thought it was a joke...
I very much doubt this guy would attack a human. Most animals would never take on something that was bigger than them, unless they were cornered or otherwise threatened. Apart from that, animals have learned the hard way to avoid humans at all costs./
Are there ANY occurrences on record of Martens or Fishers attacking people?
I'm mean, this is hardly a grizzly bear we're talking about!
No joke. I was sitting on the ground, on a hunting cushion type seat. The SOB was making a bee-line for me. I was down-wind and he didn't see me or wind me. He would have run right onto me. I saw him jump 5 feet in the air onto a large oak tree 12 feet from me. The only reason he did this was that I moved to get my shotgun in line with his approach. These animals live near humans. They eat well around here. Cats are their main course. We have posters up all around the neighborhood from time to time, announcing that a cat is lost. These fishers are most likely the culprit. I will be hunting them, come december 1st. If I were in Grizzly country, I would carry a .450 marlin rifle and a .454 Cassal revolver, and a bowie knife. Be prepared, thats what I say, but the smallest things are the ones that get you.
I'm not scared, I'm not afraid, why should I be afraid, only babies are afraid, I'm not a baby.---Jerome "Curly" Howard
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Believe me, I am not afraid. I was in a a shitty position. I was sitting on the ground on a hunters cushion seat, on the side of a hill. I was not in a good position with a fisher running at me. He didn't see me or wind me. He would have run right onto my sitting position. The fucker could have bit me, or scratched me very easily. I couldn't even draw my knife in time, he was so fast in his approach. I will butcher the next one I see.
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Seems to be a beautiful and efficient predator out looking for supper same as you. Really seems a shame to "butcher" the next one you see unless they are overpopulated or to sell some fur. Chris
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I heard fishers are trying to overthrow the govenment by putting one in the next presidential election....They must be stopped before it's too late...I got charged by a stray rottweiller while hiking once... scared the bejezzus out of mebut I don't hunt dogs now...part of why some...Maybe most of us spend time in the woods is becaus of this untamed aspect the fact that you have to be a beat quicker sometimes than you would in normal life...and sometimes when there you can aford to be a beat slower as well. I'm sure on if we started a thread we've all had some close scrapes in the woods that make great stories to tell when tipping back a pint...and in the end that's at least part of what keeps (me at least ) going back..
