More than any hunting season opener. It was the day that Chapin, of Grand Rapids, got to check pine marten and fisher traps with his trapping partner Dan Hertle. “I kind of wait for this day ...

The fisher cat, or fisher, is an elusive carnivorous mammal, which is not a cat and isn't particularly fond of fish. Populations thinned by trapping and deforestation have been bolstered in the U ...

The fisher caught in Aramini’s trap was not injured. The trap is designed to capture nuisance animals alive so they can be removed and/or relocated. “Parker said to bring the trap over (to the ...

The officer also checked beaver traps and checked for early marten and fisher trapping. CO Anthony Bermel (Babbitt) worked with CO Murray on a trapping investigation. Anglers, muzzleloader deer ...

In fact, the fisher is the only animal tough and clever enough to prey regularly on porcupines — no easy feat. Due to historical trapping, logging and development in the West Coast's mature and ...

Meanwhile, a weasel-like animal called a fisher waited nearby, making glottal noises inside a wire trap. Colegrove is a field technician with the Hoopa Valley Tribe's wildlife division.