Critters that visit a deer carcass at night

[morch]

Brilliant post Oblio, cheers mate

Dave

 

[dwolfhunter]

Fishers are related to Martens...so yeah, good sized (say about the size of a small dog) weasel. The cat is most likely a Bobcat. Nice to see that the Porcupines are alive and well in the North country as well. Great pics.

 

[Tilia]

brilliant, nothing less

 

[blacktimberwolf]

The fisher is a largish martin ( AKA fishing martin: martes pennanti) completely unknown in the UK, they average around 5 kilos but can go up to around 8.....they are one species that will readily hunt porcupines & have in some areas been (re)introduced in some states to control the porc-u-pine populations......they will also attack cats & small dogs....for the brits, just imagine a dark brown ferret 5x bigger.

 

[Oblio13]

The snow is so deep now that almost nothing is moving in the woods.

 

[Oblio13]

Put out a pile of fish guts for bait a couple days ago. Something ate the fish, and someone stole the camera. Followed the footprints to a road. Think I'll put out something attractive to thieves, aim a new camera at it, and a second camera watching the first. Any clever ideas?

 

[lannyman8]

Put out a pile of fish guts for bait a couple days ago. Something ate the fish, and someone stole the camera. Followed the footprints to a road. Think I'll put out something attractive to thieves, aim a new camera at it, and a second camera watching the first. Any clever ideas?

link a wire cable to a sawn of 12g loaded with rock salt, that should sort out the ribbin gits........

 

[Oblio13]

Got some new cameras. Here are the latest:

 

[British Red]

Stunning stuff.....

 

[HHazeldean]

Really amazing stuff there, I love the eagle.

 

[Galemys]

Red-tailed hawk, coyote and fisher?

Cheers,

Tom

 

[Oblio13]

Red-tailed hawk, coyote and fisher?

Yep.

 

[GordonM]

Great pics Oblio13! Last two:

Gray fox and crotchety old new england surveyor! Any size info on the coyote. From the looks of it, it is a young one. Y'all get some big boys up there approaching 100+ lbs. Most taken, and then studied, from your region have "hybrid" gray wolf genetics. Great stuff! Would love a PM of any coyote pics you might have, if you don't mind.

 

[Oblio13]

That's the one and only coyote pic I've gotten so far, which surprises me because we have a lot of them.

 

[Chris the Cat]

This has made my day, more please!
My best.
Chris.

 

[morch]

Great to see the photos back up again

Cheers Oblio

Dave

 

[Oblio13]

Not sure if this is a raven or a crow. It's got a chipmunk.

 

[retired member need4wilderness]

Excellent pic`s those fisher`s sure are huge !

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Great pics Oblio13! Last two:

Gray fox and crotchety old new england surveyor! Any size info on the coyote. From the looks of it, it is a young one. Y'all get some big boys up there approaching 100+ lbs. Most taken, and then studied, from your region have "hybrid" gray wolf genetics. Great stuff! Would love a PM of any coyote pics you might have, if you don't mind.

Gorden, I may have mis-understood your post, if I have I'm sorry, but it looks to me as though you were stating that there are 100 lbs+ coyotes walking about, ........a slight exaggeration, don't you think ?..Fact & fantasy often merge where certain wild animals are concerned.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Fantastic thread Oblio! thank you.