Roger Says . . .

fisher cat

 Roger is my friend who traps.

Roger says he doubts whether the buck deer kill in North Marshfield was a cat. Meaning cougar or bobcat. Although the woman whose yard it happened in swears she heard purring at the end of the ruckus. A fisher cat screams like a cat or young child and doesn't purr.

He says the male fisher cat is larger than the female at 20 pounds. They jump up and catch the deer under the neck and then just hang on. He saved one in a trap for me once because I had never seen one. They have wicked long sharp teeth and are fast on their feet which are as big as a bears. The deer tries to throw the cat off its neck further injuring itself. Roger has seen the bloody scene twice in the snow so it does happen.

But in our neighborhood it was a band of coyote that got that deer on the bog a day or two ago.

band of coyotes

coyote on the run

He also says that it is OK to let your dog roam free and that the fishers won't bother them. Tying a pork chop around the dog's neck will ALSO discourage an attack.