I hate porcupines

We see them in North Dakota while bird hunting. I was surprised to see them out there as there really isn’t any pine forests anywhere. My drahthaar grabbed ahold of one and killed it which resulted in a long drive to Dickinson to find a vet on a Sunday. Luckily, one of our hunting group is a vet in Ontario and helped with the quills that continued to emerge for several days after the incident. My old wirehair got swiped by one out there a couple years before but it was buried too deep in brush for him to get hold of. I am very cautious in any cover now where porcupines may call home. I have been told that with the German breeds, they don’t avoid them after getting quilled, they seek them out with an appetite for destruction.

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Originally Posted by dilly

We see them in North Dakota while bird hunting. I was surprised to see them out there as there really isn’t any pine forests anywhere. My drahthaar grabbed ahold of one and killed it which resulted in a long drive to Dickinson to find a vet on a Sunday. Luckily, one of our hunting group is a vet in Ontario and helped with the quills that continued to emerge for several days after the incident. My old wirehair got swiped by one out there a couple years before but it was buried too deep in brush for him to get hold of. I am very cautious in any cover now where porcupines may call home. I have been told that with the German breeds, they don’t avoid them after getting quilled, they seek them out with an appetite for destruction.

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Most dog breeds do not learn anything from the experience. Its not just the German ones.

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Originally Posted by Sam Menard

When I moved to the Thunder Bay Area in 1990, there were porcupines everywhere. Now there are hardly any around, in fact I haven’t seen one in years. It’s like they caught a disease or something and died off.

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How is your fisher cat population? If it's significantly large it might explain why the porcupine numbers are down? They are one of the porcupine's natural predators.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

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Originally Posted by Sam Menard

When I moved to the Thunder Bay Area in 1990, there were porcupines everywhere. Now there are hardly any around, in fact I haven’t seen one in years. It’s like they caught a disease or something and died off.

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How is your fisher cat population? If it's significantly large it might explain why the porcupine numbers are down? They are one of the porcupine's natural predators.

You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut

went turkey hunting the other day and took 2 of them out for the land owner. he appreciated it, said they've been making a mess recently