



Moderator: Scott Waters
that's good to hear. enjoy seeing them when you do. i'm interested in that illinois wolf myself. folks in SW wisconsin see/hear them periodically. if they can "island hop" in illinois, who knows what will happen when they reach the appalachians. already we are seeing white cedar regenerating in wisconsin due to the wolves moving the deer around in the winter. having them is very good for the ecosystem's over-all health. the affects of them in yellowstone is mind-blowing.pete wrote:This one was an adult a good sized one at that. Fishers are relatively new to the cape, with the first confirmed one in 2005. They have spread out over the entire archipelago and have some fairly strong population centers. Most of my encounters have been with animals asleep in trees.
There is very little trapping done in this state as connibears and leg hold traps are banned. All must be done with live traps which I think is crueler in the long run. Oddly you can still buy body gripping mousetraps and glueboards. I guess even the warm an fuzzys have pest problems.![]()
Nature is resilient, we now have confirmed bobcat sightings and we even had a bear visit the sandbar for a few weeks