On Sunday, as I was cruising along in my Dodge truck with my Miata up on the utility trailer, headed for the autocross in South Bend at the tire rack test track I was on a pretty small, obscure country road near Flora Indiana and Logansport while taking a detour, profiled by the rising sun, I noted a noble beast crossing the road in front of me.

The profile was clearly silouetted by the rising sun. I noted the slender nose, the four swiftly moving legs and the outstreched tail. I was unable to determine the exact color and so was a little unsure of the species of the beast....

I was unsure whether it was a Shrew or a Mouse.

No kidding.

But it was a glorious day, the autocross course was to my liking and to my car's liking and I took home the plastic.

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This year has been good to me for spotting rare creatures.

Early winter-Bobcat crossing the road in Kent CT. Its one of those moments where your staring at it and thinking its a cat but can't help but notice that something is off and then you realize what it really is.

Couple of weeks ago-Black bear crossing the road in Cornwall CT. (Parents saw this one)

Constantly-Deer....always deer. A few years ago when I had a girlfriend she was in the car with me and completely freaked out because there was a dear crossing the road a good 500 feet in front of us....it was uphill in the SDL....I think I was alright

Just the other week-Caught in a trap in our backyard. I'd NEVER seen anything like this before and neither had a 95 year old farmer who lives just up the street from us.

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Fisher cat?

Wolverine. (Right?)

A very rare creature for sure. The largest member of the weasel family if I am not mistaken. Very very powerful and viscious for its size. The only way to get that out of the trap safely would be to tranquilize, I imagine.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I see skunks and deer all the time, live near a state park. The deer are awfully stupid and aren't scared of cars at all.

It is kind of creepy sometimes when I take a late night walk and see racoons and muskrats (vicious little bastards) crawling out of the storm drains.

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Oh come on now what is wrong with the muskrats??? I really like them especially when they have an attachment

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Fisher. Real common up in Northern New England but becoming increasingly more so down here. Real eerie call, almost like a baby crying. They are pretty aggressive, too. Good for clearing the area of stray cats and the like.

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I live in a semi-rural area. Couple of years ago ON THANKSGIVING, I am leaving my neighborhood about dawn to meet some friends for a run. My path is blocked by a rafter* of turkeys who are taking their time strutting across the road. It cracked me up to see them strutting like Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in that prison movie Stir Crazy.


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[QUOTE=t walgamuth;2303791]The profile was clearly silouetted by the rising sun. I noted the slender nose, the four swiftly moving legs and the outstreched tail. I was unable to determine the exact color and so was a little unsure of the species of the beast....[QUOTE]

We call them squirrels where I live. Seriously, last autumn I spotted a opossum, raccoon, fox, and deer in my yard in one day.

I enjoyed this topic, Thanks!

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I just call them targets.

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Wow, those Fishers are creepy looking!

Around here we commonly see: Deer, coyotes, skunks, squirrels, woodchucks, moles, shrews, garden snakes, toads, mice, turkeys, geese, ducks, gulls, falcons, etc.....lots of wildlife around here!

I have nearly hit several deer, and very nearly hit a coyote! The only thing I've ever actually hit/killed was a male (red) cardinal that flew across my car while I was doing 60mph, and hit the A-pillar real hard. Dead on impact most likely. Blood all over the car/windows.

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If I'm not mistaken, the Fisher Cat was reintroduced into CT by the DEP, back in the late '80's

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I would like to introduce a Fisher Cat to my area to make ****** cat owners keep their cats inside or be eaten, the coyotes have been very ineffective this summer.

x2. My neighbor, a lovely lady in many ways, feeds about four feral cats who like to hang around my place and try to get the drop on birds and chipmunks.

Grrrrrr!

I just googled it. I don't recall every hearing of a fisher cat before. I see they are a lot smaller than the wolverine. the above picture made it look a lot larger to me.

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.