Scotia Hunter: I read about that in the Schenectady Gazoo. I know something about Fishers and they do not attack humans unless they are rabid. The Fishers I have encountered do their best to avoid humans.
This tells me we still ahve Rabies in the area. I had thought it may have died out a few years ago - remember the one epidemic we had in the early 90s that swept from Washington D.C. to Montreal - took out about 80% of the Racoon population and a number of whitetail as well. We saw a drop in the number of hunting licenses issued during those years. Then about 10 years later we had another bout with Rabies - I shot 6 or seven rabid Racoons in my yard that year. I have not seen a live racoon in a couple of years and thought their numbers may have been significantly reduced and possibly so but, to have a case of Rabies in a Fisher is pretty rare and indicates that Rabies is still prevalent in this area.
Be careful out there. Mikey.
