"Invasive Acres" My little hill top micro plot.

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We have a lot of Fisher. I guess because we have a lot of porcupine.
Why do we have a lot of porcupine? Can't be because there's no predators, there's a lot of Fisher. In my lifetime they're both pretty new for the area, but have really exploded in recent years. They're neat to see, but I'd rather we had neither. Porcupines do some damage to the cabin, shed. Fisher, I'd assume they're a terror on just about all small game. I've had them come in to calls while turkey hunting.

 

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We have a lot of Fisher. I guess because we have a lot of porcupine.
Why do we have a lot of porcupine? Can't be because there's no predators, there's a lot of Fisher. In my lifetime they're both pretty new for the area, but have really exploded in recent years. They're neat to see, but I'd rather we had neither. Porcupines do some damage to the cabin, shed. Fisher, I'd assume they're a terror on just about all small game. I've had them come in to calls while turkey hunting.

We has problems with porcupines chewing on plywood and OSB. You can put up wire mesh to keep them off the cabin while you are away. You can also make a salt stump a hundred yards away to keep them focused on that for their salt needs.

I would start trapping fishers. Nice pelts.

 

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You can also make a salt stump a hundred yards away to keep them focused on that for their salt needs.

I was thinking about doing that for a couple reasons. One I was thinking of making "bait" with saturated saltwood. Leaving stuff in a wired open HVH trap when I'm not around, but setting it when I am. Then I thought "Could I use the porcupines to kill a tree?" Put salt all over a tree trunk to let the girdle and kill it? Granted that would be the slowest, least efficient way to kill a tree, but it was more as a "I wonder if it would work?" :)

Fisher trapping season is only 5 days. It would never work out for me. But I have thought about reaching out and giving access to a local trapper looking for a good spot.