Thread: Hunters and outdoors men take a guess ??

My guess is Opossum.

Thanks Nessmuck
that was fun
Mike

Had to live'n up the place..LOL. And that pelt fetched a cool 165.00... We can only trap them in the month of Dec ...so you got 31 days to get your limit of (5). The NH Fish& Game keep a close eye on the fisher and otter and adjust the take, according to population estimates.

It was fun trying to piece together the clues from the skull and fur. Thanks for the game, nessmuck.

Originally Posted by nessmuck

Another hint.....it's the fastest animal in the trees..in North America.

how about a raccoon

not really up on American animals...

A Fisher? I honestly have never heard of one. Mean-looking skull!

For those that voted "ex-wife"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU

Originally Posted by nessmuck

...(hint)......it's in the weasel family.

Harry Reid

I'm in the Pro camp when it comes to hunting so may I ask why would you want to kill such a lovely animal purely for it's pelt and such a useful native animal? I can understand wanting to take out a Moose a great piece of meat or some Ducks Geese or most other things for the table, but I can't imagine why you would want to kill a Fisher. We have a similar animal in the UK a Pine Marten. European pine marten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

I'm in the Pro camp when it comes to hunting so may I ask why would you want to kill such a lovely animal purely for it's pelt and such a useful native animal? I can understand wanting to take out a Moose a great piece of meat or some Ducks Geese or most other things for the table, but I can't imagine why you would want to kill a Fisher. We have a similar animal in the UK a Pine Marten. European pine marten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Trapping ( for those of you that dont understand )...Wildlife,including furbearers,are an annually renewable resource.Most species produce more young in a year that can survive,and good management plans allow for the HARVEST of EXCESS numbers of furbearers.
Entire populations of furbearers are threatened every time furbearing species are not controlled within the support level of the habitat.Virtually every animal is territorial during parts of the year,which means that the animal stays,feeds and lives within a certain area .As populations increase,territories decrease in size,and even overlap.These dense populations cause competition for the available food as well as denning sites,and fighting becomes common as the amimals become stressed. Malnourishment also occuresas more and more of the same species compete for the available food supply,and these stresses combine to make all of the affected animals very vulnerable to sickness ,exposure and death.Most die a slow death after suffering from internal disorders,fever,pain,and even blindness.
Trapping remains today in America as a valuable management tool in the management and control of our many furbearing species. Harvesting is essential to the best interests of all abundant species.