Is it common to call in fisher? Last night on my first stand (the 4th one ever), about 4:30pm, I called in a fisher with a rabbit in distress call. I spotted him about 300 yards+ down a river bottom and he just kept comming right to the call. I guess fishers like to eat distressed rabbits. Anyway,I thougt is was cool. Still have never called in a fox though.
Called in fisher.....
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I have called in a couple different fishers. One scared the crap out of me since it jumped over a log right behind me and I caught the movement out of the corner of my eye. We have a trapping season. With a small gun you might be able to shoot one and save the pelt. I would not recommend taking one out of season. I have also called in otters and owls. Probaly they were just looking at what the heck is all the ruckus. I also seen weasels. But they are just messing around. Me and my bro have called in foxes at different times. A double once even. But they are impossible to hit... I swear bullets zip on thru their red fur. After you shoot they turn into a red streak with a vapor trail of snow behind them.
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Never actually called in a fisher or marten, but I have called in a few owls and the odd hawk. Our Marten/Fisher trapping season is only two weeks long up here and a trapping acquaintance of mine said he blows on a rabbit distress call every time he checks his sets. He runs about sixty sets so thats a heckuva lot of calling. I started doing it as well a couple seasons ago but I can't say for sure if it upped my catch, but probably didn't hurt.
Wow... I'm jealous.That's one humongous mustelid. I'd really like to call one of these guys and know what a thrill that musta been. I'm interested in hearing how quickly it moved, etc. so please provide more detail.
Managed to call a Pine Marten up in Sequoia NP a dozen years ago... that was a hoot! On my first trip there to the General Sherman Tree and Congress Grove I saw one bounding through the woods with a chipmunk in his mouth, followed him until he disappeared into a big shattered sequoia slash pile. Came back a couple of weeks later and lipsqueaked him out for some photos. Without a doubt, that was one of the fastest whirling dervishes I've ever experienced. He kept bouncing around up and down some small saplings all around me for a good fifteen minutes.
LionHo
Managed to call a Pine Marten up in Sequoia NP a dozen years ago... that was a hoot! On my first trip there to the General Sherman Tree and Congress Grove I saw one bounding through the woods with a chipmunk in his mouth, followed him until he disappeared into a big shattered sequoia slash pile. Came back a couple of weeks later and lipsqueaked him out for some photos. Without a doubt, that was one of the fastest whirling dervishes I've ever experienced. He kept bouncing around up and down some small saplings all around me for a good fifteen minutes.
LionHo