First fisher
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11/23/19 08:27 PM
11/23/19 08:27 PM
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Joined: May 2013
Posts: 3,162 Green Bay, Wisconsin
tlguy
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Green Bay, Wisconsin
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Drew my 2nd fisher tag this year and decided to give it a real go. So I bought some Duke 160s this summer and built some crude cubbies Thursday morning before heading to deer camp. Got my 6 sets in Thursday, 4 near waterways and 2 along swamp edges. Bait included muskrat pieces and beaver chunks I got from a friend of mine. The set that connected had a beaver head and lured with Gusto along a swamp edge among some big pines. I had planned to put a camera over the set, but all the trees were too big for the camera strap. The fisher I caught is a big male. Now I've got to decide if I have it tanned to hang proudly on the wall or get a hat made like the one the Jimmer wears in Escanaba in da Moonlight. If I remember right, the guy who made that hat is a user here. Thanks to all who posted advice on here. I only get to trap fisher ever few years, and this was the first time I was successful. I'm sure that's because of what I learned on that site. Also some luck I'm sure. I've got a better picture of me with the fisher, but don't have enough of a signal to get it to load.
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Re: First fisher
[Re: tlguy]
#6673796
11/23/19 08:32 PM
11/23/19 08:32 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 9,294 Northern MN
Osky
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Northern MN
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Congratulations. Looks like a well furred animal, sharp.
Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: First fisher
[Re: tlguy]
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11/23/19 08:54 PM
11/23/19 08:54 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 549 WV
redsnow
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WV
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Re: First fisher
[Re: tlguy]
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11/23/19 09:03 PM
11/23/19 09:03 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,480 New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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You never forget your first.
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: First fisher
[Re: tlguy]
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11/23/19 09:06 PM
11/23/19 09:06 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 23,480 New Hampshire
Nessmuck
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If it’s a good size male ... Make a Mountain man hat. One pelt will get it done. I have one for ice fishing....love it
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
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Re: First fisher
[Re: Wanna Be]
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11/23/19 09:13 PM
11/23/19 09:13 PM
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Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 9,294 Northern MN
Osky
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Being from the South I have no idea what that is, can you compare the size to say a coon or bobcat, or something we have down here? He looks like a bad dude and would make a great mount or tanned hide. Congrats on a sweet catch! They are terrific and fearless killers. Coon size maybe but in much slimmer shape. Osky
"A womans heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth, and I can find no sign on it" Jabless in Minnesota www.SureDockusa.com
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Re: First fisher
[Re: tlguy]
#6673872
11/23/19 09:20 PM
11/23/19 09:20 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,261 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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Looks like a big one. Skin it for taxi,get it tanned,hang it on the wall for a year or so,then when you get tired of looking at it,get it made into a nice hat with the face,feet and tail on it.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: First fisher
[Re: tlguy]
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11/23/19 09:35 PM
11/23/19 09:35 PM
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 45,261 james bay frontierOnt.
Boco
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When skinning leave the bones in the feet till later.The back of the earskin only need to be separated from the cartilage,it doesn't need to be removed altogether.They will dry fine turned like that. You can skin out the feet before boarding.Easier to skin out a fishers foot than a fox-the skin is a lot tougher.
Last edited by Boco; 11/23/19 09:36 PM.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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