Racing Heart...something came too close for comfort...UPDATE Pg 2**

[Cetawin]

They are not huntable but nuisance animals can be dispatched. This one will be for sure. I mean my little ferocious taco bell beast would run at it to chase it and get killed, the cats nor chickens are safe with that thing around.

Thankfully they are solitary animals so I do not have to worry about a mate or a whole troop of them around. geez

 

[bluey]

Good Luck!!! Those things look nasty. Thank god we don't have them here in PA.

 

[laughingllama75]

Well, I am glad you found out.......now to get rid of it. We have them around here, but for some strange reason it never dawned on me thats what you might have. Yes, be really carefull with your dogs and cats......

 

[keystonepaul]

We do have fishers in Pennsylvania. Thier range right now is over the upper third of the state and down through the middle of the state on a leftword slant forming a "loose interpretation of a T" or hammer with a fat elongated head and a handle slanting down to the left. Their estimated range is through all or part of 15 counties from Erie to Pike counties (lake erie anyway if Erie is not a county) We had a road killed fisher right near Lake Scranton in Lackawanna county and also see tracks of one regularly where we hunt in another area of Lackawanna county and even had a hunter sight one while out with the hounds. Other hound hunters have seen them in various Northeast and Northcentral counties. So they are here folks. They were extirpated in the 1920's and reintroduced in three North Central counties in the mid 90's I believe. There has never been an unsuccessful Fisher reintroduction in History. They're neat, but deadly efficeint predators that can climb trees. Think mink on Human Growth Hormone, Steroids, and Vitamins. Keystonepaul

 

[Farmer Kitty]

We have them here in WI too. We haven't seen them out in the fields but, they have been seen in the woods-thankfully our house is surrounded by fields!

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Oh man, that sound is FREAKY. I would have peed my pants if I heard something like that so close by.

Is your coop really strong? I bet those things can climb, gnaw and dig really well. I guess they like garbage, too, so if you keep your cans outside or your garage open at night, it might make a nasty mess.

I hope you can get rid of it! Good luck!

(Edited to say: Oh man, I just found out we have them in Michigan... Now I am going to freak out when I hear a blue jay or crow, thinking it's one of those thing... Ha ha!)

"The fisher belongs to the mustelid family, which includes weasels, otters and wolverines. It has the aggressive, carnivorous temperament of a wolverine and can climb trees like a marten. Like weasels, a fisher will kill multiple animals at a time in a confined space. Fishers are nocturnal and not easily spotted."

Electric fence?

 

[chickenma]

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[Miltonchix]

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There are lots of porcupines in Oregon, Washington, ......pretty much everywhere. They're very timid and reclusive. Why they'd want to introduce fishercats of all things to control them is a mystery. That'd be like turning a fox loose in your hen house to control the flies.
The so-called "experts" at it AGAIN!
Are they going to introduce Siberian Tigers to control the Fisher Cats when THEY get out of control??

 

[SpottedCrow]

Darnit, Keystone Paul, That's what I was gonna say...hmmph...

We're getting them coming up from Rhode Island, but my son's friend who lives in the next town over said that they saw one...

 

[LV426]

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There are lots of porcupines in Oregon, Washington, ......pretty much everywhere. They're very timid and reclusive. Why they'd want to introduce fishercats of all things to control them is a mystery. That'd be like turning a fox loose in your hen house to control the flies.
The so-called "experts" at it AGAIN!
Are they going to introduce Siberian Tigers to control the Fisher Cats when THEY get out of control??

It's not an introduction of species but a reintroduction of a native species that was hunted or driven out of their territory by humans. Excessive porcupines can lead to extreme tree loss because they eat the bark and inner bark of trees which can kill smaller trees as well as damage and sicken adult trees. With no natural predators there is no way to prevent porcupine destruction. Releasing fisher cats was a natural way to control porcupine populations.