Need varmit ID

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

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I'm in the lower Appalachians. I'm in the corner of NW NC. Less than 50 mi. from TN. and VA.

By looking at pics was not a weasel unless there is one with a very bushy tail.The bushy tail throws me off.

I think when I checked the wolverines are not in this range.

I looked at fisher cats, not them.
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[GA_in_GA]

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I'm in the lower Appalachians. I'm in the corner of NW NC. Less than 50 mi. from TN. and VA.

By looking at pics was not a weasel unless there is one with a very bushy tail.The bushy tail throws me off.

I think when I checked the wolverines are not in this range.

I looked at fisher cats, not them.
I

I used to spend my summers up that way, roaming the mountains - extraordinarily beautiful area! Never saw anything like you're describing except for foxes. What was the gait like? More dog-like or cat-like or neither?

 

[Kudzu]

mink ?

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Could have been a dark gene fox. Red fox can mutate to be darker than normal, and they are a dayuniall predator.

 

[bobbi-j]

My guess would be badger.

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

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I'm in the lower Appalachians. I'm in the corner of NW NC. Less than 50 mi. from TN. and VA.

By looking at pics was not a weasel unless there is one with a very bushy tail.The bushy tail throws me off.

I think when I checked the wolverines are not in this range.

I looked at fisher cats, not them.
I

I used to spend my summers up that way, roaming the mountains - extraordinarily beautiful area! Never saw anything like you're describing except for foxes. What was the gait like? More dog-like or cat-like or neither?

Yes this place is quite beautiful to a lot of ppl.

The animal was level backed and low to the ground.. It was not really galloping but it was moving fast. But as I said it paused a few times to look over it's shoulder. This was no more than a mile from downtown.

Now,back to my statement that it was not a fisher,I may be totally wrong on that.

The pictures and info I had found on the net were not what I saw. Further investigation ,different pics. from NH , many more pictures and some videos as well I do think it was a fisher.

I have certainly never heard of them in this region but that doesn't mean they are not here. There were no coyotes here 10 yrs. ago that I know either. I was at Walmart in Dec. a couple of yrs. ago. It was about 3:00 AM when something caught my ears. As I listened I knew they were coyotes.

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

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We have red and grey/silver foxes here. Is the grey silver the same as a red fox mutation?

BTW I 've seen a lot of foxes here but they were either red or as we call them silver. I've seen at least 20 or more dead ones at one time to be sold for fur.

 

[thekid]

fox

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

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Now ''kid'' I've seen you post on BYC many times. You're cute as a button but trust me when I say it was not a fox.

BTW I do like your posts and lucky for you I'm old.

 

[GA_in_GA]

I looked at some videos for fisher cats, and saw a few with bushy tails. Hope the fisher stays far from your chickens!