What animal is this?

Geewhiz

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What animal is this? My mother said the past couple days there has been something trying to dig up into the chicken coop. This morning she found this animal that the dogs had tore up. The xtratufs are a 10.5. Definately seams bigger than a weasel or a mink or a marten.

That back foot has me scratching my head. Is it a fisher?
 
Not near the black hills but if I was I would get in trouble if the dogs shredded a ferret?? 🤣
I highly doubt it lol.

In the 80s a ranch dog in Meeteetse brought a shredded Black Footed Ferret back to the ranch house. They were previously though the be extinct. This lead to the discovery of decent sized group in the area which were eventually captured and used for a captive breeding program that has been used as the catalyst for reintroduction all over the west.

Pretty cool. I drive by the ranch house every year to kill cows.
 
Looks like a weasel to me. Does it stink?
I live a few hours away and haven’t had a chance to sniff it.
Wet it out and turn the head so we can see the fur side.
I’d be interested to but I’m a few hrs away from there. Pm me your P.O. Box and I’ll have her stuff it in a flat rate and mail it to you. 🤣
 
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