Porcupine

[BHC]

[SoxFan]

Such a cool animal

[hunterbob1]

Pretty cool pretty rare. I remember seeing my first one back in circa 1972 off old mine road, slow as a possum.

[Recurve hntr]

I didn’t know we have them in nj. 

[OldMenRule]

That is great. Outside of a zoo I have never seen one. Nature is such a freak show and that's not even including humans. 

[archer36]

I had a Porcupine approach me when I hunted the Newark Watershed. They are huge because the quills are so long. Scared the hell out of me. Had no idea what it was at the time. 

[not on the rug]

Very cool

[Bucksnbows]

Northwest NJ has always had porkies. It’s part of the reason fishers are on the increase here. That’s their primary food source. 

[hunterbob1]

4 minutes ago, Bucksnbows said:

Northwest NJ has always had porkies. It’s part of the reason fishers are on the increase here. That’s their primary food source. 

How does a fisher kill he doesn't get quilled

[Bucksnbows]

15 minutes ago, hunterbob1 said:

How does a fisher kill he doesn't get quilled

Sometimes, but they seem immune to their effects.  Fishers get in close and flip the porcupines on their backs to expose their bellies where they don't have quills and kill them by tearing into their undersides.  

[Buck154]

Cool. That's something I never got on camera. There are fair amount in the northern top of the state.

[hunterbob1]

1 minute ago, Buck154 said:

Cool. That's something I never got on camera. There are fair amount in the northern top of the state.

Tooo far for them to waddle to Pork Roll country

[electricstart]

I have never seen one in NJ . I have seen many in PA . 

[BHC]

The first one I saw was 20 plus years ago walking to my stand before daylight, the second one was while sitting in my treestand a few years ago in the pre-dawn darkness I heard something clawing a tree next to me, it was climbing up

[Bucndoe]

1 hour ago, hunterbob1 said:

How does a fisher kill he doesn't get quilled

They get quilled. Every fisher I have ever caught and skinned had numerous quills in their pelt. Especially their face