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Post by smsmith on Feb 13, 2021 19:15:29 GMT -6
If that's a marten, it's either the biggest G*damn marten alive or it's camera angle trick. I agree the markings look martenish.
Red foxes can be anywhere from almost white to almost black and anywhere in between.
I believe it was our second winter in the house that my wife and I watched a creature walk/lope down the berm that forms the edge of the swamp to our west. It was nearly the size of our golden retriever. We both guessed a minimum of 50 lbs. The only critter that fit the description at all was a wolverine. Of course, according to the MN DNR and the interwebs that was an impossibility.
The pic above is definitely not a wolverine
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Post by chummer16 on Feb 13, 2021 19:23:55 GMT -6
Now we are getting somewhere, not a Wolverine or a Marten. It is a red fox or a red fisher.
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Post by biglakebass on Feb 13, 2021 19:37:32 GMT -6
There arent wolverines in mn are there??? Badgers ya. I thought pine marten too as my first thought but need my puter screen.
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Post by kooch on Feb 13, 2021 19:40:54 GMT -6
There arent wolverines in mn are there??? Badgers ya. I thought pine marten too as my first thought but need my puter screen. The DNR says any wolverines in MN are likely "visiting from Canada". I seriously doubt it's one of those.
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Post by smsmith on Feb 13, 2021 19:50:34 GMT -6
There arent wolverines in mn are there??? Badgers ya. I thought pine marten too as my first thought but need my puter screen. No wolverines in MN according to the DNR. I don't know what my wife and I saw a few years ago, but if it wasn't a wolverine I guess it must have been some alien animal. There is no other North American mammal that fit the description. I see badgers every year. Cool critters, but very small compared to the critter we saw.
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Post by biglakebass on Feb 13, 2021 19:53:36 GMT -6
Chupacabra more than likely
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Post by kooch on Feb 13, 2021 19:54:31 GMT -6
Chupacabra more than likely Shit. Why didn't I think of that? Case closed.
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Post by terrifictom on Feb 13, 2021 20:00:00 GMT -6
With the coloration I would say pine marten. If not marten than a fisher.
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Post by benmnwi on Feb 13, 2021 20:13:47 GMT -6
Looks like a red fox to me. Fishers are darker colored based on the ones I've seen. The head looks more like a fox than a fisher as well.
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