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Post by bearpaws on Oct 31, 2014 18:52:34 GMT -5
Put some sets in and was wondering about distance between sets. Used conis on leaning pole with beaver meat and lure. This mountain has many ridges top to bottom. Woulda set on every ridge be a waste?
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Post by mvernelson on Oct 31, 2014 20:40:33 GMT -5
Fishers Prime up very late, I wouldn't target them at all yet, Plus right now they are more interested in Fruit and mast than meat. If you do insist on catching one now, ridges aren't necessarily something you should target unless they contain the elements that fishers look for when traveling/hunting such as dense cover that hold red squirrels and provide good ambush/chase scenarios. Blowdowns, dense new growth pine thickets and edges bordering cedar swamps are a few good places to start. At least in my areas the fishers tend to be more in low areas than ridges. Again I'd wait a bit longer. Mustelids prefer fresh bloody meat and a piece of Beaver in these temps will sour in a couple days in these temps. When it gets colder throw a good size dollop of beaver castor on top of the beaver meat and a HEAVY skunk call up as high as you can reach. A good flag that wreaks havoc in the wind is the first thing that will cause them to hunt towards your set. Fishers like mink are far ranging animals so my suggestion is wait till the time is right then set hard. Their reproductive rate is slow so my rule of thumb is to pull all sets in a general area after 2 catches are made. If you over trap an area it can easily be 3 years before you may catch another fisher there. Good luck!
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Post by bearpaws on Oct 31, 2014 21:40:54 GMT -5
ok thanks will wait little longer but still wondering in general how close is too close for sets . Would 2 sets per 100 acres be good or do you set whatever looks good 2 you?
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Post by mvernelson on Oct 31, 2014 22:19:26 GMT -5
I look at it more like miles that I drive than acreage. I'll find a hot looking area within a semi short walking distance from the road make 2 or 3 sets within usually 50 yards of each other to try and make sure I don't miss fisher when they come through. Then drive several miles looking again and within 5 miles of the last sets try to find the next hot looking location. If the locations have everything going for them then its only a matter of time before a catch is made. Catching fisher is not the amount of sets in smaller areas but rather recognizing the hot locations and putting miles between them and covering lots of hwy to have a daily catch in the short amount of time that they are primed up during the season. Cats and Fisher don't generally prime up well until December so the last 3 weeks at the most of the season is best and also when they are easiest to trap. Vermont has their season better set up for cats and I believe possibly fisher too. Its been awhile since I checked but I believe its just 3 weeks during Dec. Perfect!!! In a hundred acres I wouldn't set more than 1 or 2 hot locations with more than 2 sets per location. After that I believe your wasting time, but again I go by miles.
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Post by bearpaws on Nov 1, 2014 7:00:21 GMT -5
That sounds good thanks for the help.
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