Comments on: Beware the Fisher Cat

By: Travis Blumenberg

Travis Blumenberg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:58:45 +0000

well I live in 8beach lane cuddebackville and i’m in my living room and its 12:58 and I heard a cat it sounded like a kitten but I have 5 cats one is a kitten but i’m holding her and the other cats but then I heard a meow from a kitten and I heard it twice after PLEASE let me know if you know what that was

By: sean

sean — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:12:59 +0000

Colleen, in your ignorance you forgot to mention the biggest threat to native wildlife. Domestic cats. If your cat is missing it’s automatically a fisher, if you see a couple less turkeys, it’s a fisher. How many fisher kills have you witnessed? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Are you really that stupid to think nature works that way. When was the last species to go extinct naturally? Do you think white man got here just in time to save all the animals. Coyotes were gonna wipe out the Ct. deer herd, how’s that going so far? Maybe if you learned how to read instead of listening to Red-neck Joe who’s anti-predator to start with you might learn something!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Pinney Colton

Pinney Colton — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:07:40 +0000

2/9/12 Living in Somers,Ct. for many years I have seen abundant wildlife.Have had bear destroy birdfeeders because I didn’t bring them in like i should.I have pictures of one hoping to get to my feeder but i guess i scared him taking his picture. Had a fisher come thru the yard this morning.I am convinced that storm alfred has really screwed up the wildlife.Would enjoy any e-mail anyone would like to send.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:44:07 +0000

Re #82 – Jim
If the Fisher’s on your property you can kill it any time you wish – you’re protecting your territory. Don’t know what you’re “live trapping” – don’t want to know.
The Fisher was reintroduced to Ct. by the DEP a number of years ago – to aid trappers. If the trappers want fur – they should raise the damned things in cages! To introduce an animal with no other natural enemy besides man and the auto is insanity at it’s best!
They Do kill anything they get their paws on climbing trees at night to do in turkeys and squirrels… and they love the domestic cat – as does the coyote…

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By: I Hunt to live

I Hunt to live — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:55:51 +0000

Jim, Not in RI they are a “fur bearer” and they are harvested in a regulated season normally december. CT is similar i’m sure. call your wildlife dept to be sure.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:16 +0000

I caught a fisher in a live trap a few months ago. It was probably around 38 inches… Does anybody know if you can shoot a fisher in February? Thanks.

By: I Hunt to live

I Hunt to live — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:20:49 +0000

All things in moderation. Have a BLT sandwich once a week no problem, eat a pound of bacon every morning and your family will buy your coffin suit at the super-size store.
I hunt, I fish, I live, I coexist with be beasties of the animal world that have yet to develop thumbs and walk on their hinds. It is a glorious place at the top of the food chain.
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Sorry to those of you who have lost your animals and pets that you keep in captivity as I know it is difficult to lose a fury family member. Fishers are doing there job, they are surviving. While I have some loathing for them because they eat rabbits, and I love rabbit stew I respect them for their abilities, but only in Moderation. Here in RI we trap them. Usually in box traps, but we have used kill traps for certain areas. The season is regulated by the RI DEM.
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The season for your house cat however is unregulated except by you. Coyotes and foxes harvest more domestic animals and barn yard poultry than Fishers ever will due to their higher population and expansive habitat. Fisher adapt well but prefer older growth forests with heavy cover. While they may live in an hollowed tree, they are fantastic ground hunters.
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If you are going to let your cat out to do his business, I would tie a small bell around its neck. We can tell the difference between Coyote, Fox and Fisher dung, so we will be able to tell which one ate Fluffy. It will be the turd with the bell in it.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:58:44 +0000

Last year I was riding my HD Road King along Birch Mtn Rd In Glastonbury when it was attacked by a Fisher cat ( just like the stuffed one in Cabelas). Cat came out of the woods and attempted to swat the front tire. Bent the front fender trim out 90 degrees. The rear wheel ran over the extended paw. Luckly I didn’t swerve and didn’t fall. I estimate the animal to be 30-36″ long probably weighed 20-40lbs. I didn’t stop but returned in the afternoon and did not find a body.

By: mary beth

mary beth — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:53:42 +0000

Regarding the comments on fishers and the recent decline of turkeys in CT: Turkeys are still considered “abundant” in CT despite the recent decline. The decline is thought to be most likely related to cool, wet spring weather of recent years, which leads to reduced survival of young. If we want to blame someone for that, we’d do best to point the finger at ourselves. Unusual and more severe storm and weather patterns are part of climate change (“global warming”), which is due to the human induced increase in greenhouse gases. The fisher is native to New England, and its return is, in and of itself, a return to more balanced conditions.

About a year ago, I did an extensive lit search on the fisher’s diet. As of that point in time, not one studied showed turkeys to be a significant prey item, and in some studies, no birds of any kind were taken. From southern New England down to MD and West Virginia, common menu items were gray squirrels and deer carrion, the latter probably road kill and/or remains left in the woods by human hunters.