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Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? #18982118 12/03/23
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OP johna1 Campfire Member Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 378	I've never seen a Fisher in person but after some internet sleuthing, I think have identified this animal on my trail cam as one. Initially, I thought it was a young fox, but the walk and gait is wrong for that.

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Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982130 12/03/23
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 122 Arizona M MapleHill Campfire Member
MapleHill Campfire Member M Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 122 Arizona	Looks like a gray fox to me.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982137 12/03/23
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Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982175 12/03/23
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OP johna1 Campfire Member Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 378	While we do have some fox up there, this critter in the video above seems different to me. The hump in its' back, the way it carries itself. Just seems different.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982177 12/03/23
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,704 S.E.Indiana J JimH Campfire Regular
JimH Campfire Regular J Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,704 S.E.Indiana	Honest answer,I'd say gray fox walking funny cause he's looking for a place to poop.

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Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982217 12/03/23
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bowmanh Campfire Tracker B Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,005 NW Oregon	It's possible. Where are you located? Are fishers supposed to live in that area?

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? JimH #18982218 12/03/23
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T_O_M Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 8,457 Likes: 2 State of Jefferson	Originally Posted by JimH Honest answer,I'd say gray fox walking funny cause he's looking for a place to poop. My guess is similar .. I think it is interested in SOMETHING so its walk is not a traveling walk, it is .. investigating. Yep, a place to "drop a deuce" might be what it is investigating. We have fishers not far away and I run into them in a couple spots. They're big weasels more or less. This thing in the video doesn't seem any closer to a fisher than it does to a fox based on this particular bit of footage. Tom Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip. Here be dragons ...

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? bowmanh #18982230 12/03/23
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OP johna1 Campfire Member Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 378	Originally Posted by bowmanh It's possible. Where are you located? Are fishers supposed to live in that area? No, they're not supposed to live here. Then again, neither were bears and wolves or mountain lions either. But, nothing surprises me anymore. Since so many of you think it's a fox, I'll concede that it may well be.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982270 12/03/23
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Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,144 Likes: 11 Banana Belt, Montana	I live in a fisher area and have seen a few. That ain't a fisher.... “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? Mule Deer #18982312 12/03/23
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OP johna1 Campfire Member Joined: Sep 2022 Posts: 378	Originally Posted by Mule Deer I live in a fisher area and have seen a few. That ain't a fisher.... Thank you.

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Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18982811 12/03/23
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,808 The Palmetto State C cra1948 Campfire Outfitter
cra1948 Campfire Outfitter C Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 10,808 The Palmetto State	I have seen a number of fisher in the woods and around the house when I lived up north. Have also put the steel on more than a few. Same with grey foxes. I think it is much more likely that it's a grey fox. It's got too much leg under it to be a fisher. Mathew 22: 37-39

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18983355 12/04/23
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bluefish Campfire Tracker B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,685 Maine	Saw a fischer this fall cross a camp road. Neat critter. The way life should be.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18983518 12/04/23
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stxhunter Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 47,157 Likes: 1 south texas-Corpus Christi	looks like a gray. Last edited by stxhunter; 12/04/23. God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18984371 12/04/23
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sqweeler Campfire Tracker S Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 4,059 Likes: 1 L.I. N.Y.	BIL has a lot on his property here in N.Y.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18984654 12/04/23
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Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,092 Likes: 1	Pics borrowed from our Canadian friend. Originally Posted by New_2_99s a Fisher too.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18984674 12/04/23
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana
New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario	This is a male fisher ! Hard to tell from your video ! Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? Whttail_in_MT #18984682 12/04/23
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana
New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario	Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? New_2_99s #18984692 12/04/23
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,092 Likes: 1 Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter
Whttail_in_MT Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 10,092 Likes: 1	Originally Posted by New_2_99s Yeah, no fair poaching your pics that I poached from you.

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? johna1 #18984693 12/04/23
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana
New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario	Another 1, from last winter ! Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

Re: Does this animal look like a Fisher to you? Whttail_in_MT #18984697 12/04/23
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana
New_2_99s Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 42,013 Likes: 4 Huntn/Fishn Heaven-NW Ontario	Was just scrolling threads, & Fisher caught my eye ! I hardly ever spent time, in the Gurus' forum !!! Paul. "Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"

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