Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/15/22 07:16 PM
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Do you notice in areas with good population of fishers that your population of coons is lower? Fisher are fairly new to PA and in areas where they are increasing it seems the coon numbers are down. I know both animals compete for denning sites & a fisher will win out every time if it wants that site. Could this be it? or just coincidence ?
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/15/22 07:54 PM
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I don't know if it's coincidence or not in your case. I do know that I have never seen any lower Coon population that I attribute to just to Fishers. The price of raccoon pelts and disease affect populations more than anything else I also know that raccoons can be a problem in December trying to trap Fisher when you have a warm spell.
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/16/22 09:47 AM
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We've got plenty of fishers. We've got a bunch of raccoons, too. I honestly haven't noticed ANY difference in the coon population since fishers showed up here 25+ years ago. The one thing the fishers definitely AREN'T putting ANY hurt on is the porcupines. That was SUPPOSED to be their one (and in my opinion ONLY) redeeming quality............
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/16/22 12:52 PM
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We've got plenty of fishers. We've got a bunch of raccoons, too. I honestly haven't noticed ANY difference in the coon population since fishers showed up here 25+ years ago. The one thing the fishers definitely AREN'T putting ANY hurt on is the porcupines. That was SUPPOSED to be their one (and in my opinion ONLY) redeeming quality............ I think thats what our game commission was hoping too. For fishers to target the porcupines. Seems our fishers like our squirrels better. This comes from a few reports of trappers checking stomach contents
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/16/22 05:53 PM
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We've got plenty of fishers. We've got a bunch of raccoons, too. I honestly haven't noticed ANY difference in the coon population since fishers showed up here 25+ years ago. The one thing the fishers definitely AREN'T putting ANY hurt on is the porcupines. That was SUPPOSED to be their one (and in my opinion ONLY) redeeming quality............ Almost every fisher I skin here has quills in its body, makes skinning interesting.
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/16/22 11:10 PM
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Almost every fisher I skin here has quills in its body, makes skinning interesting.[/quote]
That's interesting Bass1. Will bring that up at the next trapping get together. Personally i haven't encountered that yet. But we're only allowed one fisher a year so far
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/17/22 05:54 AM
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We've got plenty of fishers. We've got a bunch of raccoons, too. I honestly haven't noticed ANY difference in the coon population since fishers showed up here 25+ years ago. The one thing the fishers definitely AREN'T putting ANY hurt on is the porcupines. That was SUPPOSED to be their one (and in my opinion ONLY) redeeming quality............ I think thats what our game commission was hoping too. For fishers to target the porcupines. Seems our fishers like our squirrels better. This comes from a few reports of trappers checking stomach contents I was hoping for that too. I've had our two dogs to the vet for quill removal TWICE since the first of July !!!!!! It actually seems like the porcupines got here at the same time as the fishers (fishers followed them in ??) and the porcupines multiplied as fast as the fishers. We never had porcupines here until about 20-25 years ago.
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Re: Question for states that have a lot of Fishers
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09/17/22 07:11 AM
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We have a lot of Fisher and a lot of Raccoons, also a fair amount of porkeys, I have skinned quite a few Fisher with quills in them . As far as Fisher feeding on Raccoons, On my cams I see both Fisher & coons feeding, but never at the same time.
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