Two species of martens live on Russian territory: stone and forest. The pine marten has a small size, a slender flexible body, short legs, a fluffy tail, a short wide muzzle. Coloring is dark brown and brownish-fawn. The stone marten is lighter and has a white spot on its throat. These animals are valuable because of their fur. Hunting for marten is described in many sources in sufficient detail.
Unlike sable, the marten's lifestyle is semi-wood. On the trees, she eats, confuses the track on a daytime bed, makes reserves and more. In autumn, on the paths and forest clearings, you can often see marten litter, it is several times larger than squirrel, often painted in different colors, depending on what the predator eats.
The main favorite habitats of pine martens are dark cluttered spruce forests, where there is an admixture of pine. Unlike other predators, the marten is an inhabitant of the upper tier of the forest; it prefers to live in the crowns of trees, and hunt in the same place. However, it moves freely on the ground, where it runs from one tree to another. The marten is a nimble and agile animal, and her body penetrates into the crevices between the trees, into the narrow holes of the hollows without any problems. The animal has perfectly developed all the senses, so hunting for the marten can be of some difficulty.
In winter, the marten has a brownish-smoky fur color, while the back is noticeably darker than the abdomen. In summer and early autumn, the fur of the animal is much darker, while it is shorter and less fluffy than in winter. In size, the males are noticeably larger than the females, while the females have a little softer and softer fur.
Marten Hunt
Among amateur hunters in the last decade, the use of huskies for hunting has become increasingly popular. The pine marten has now become the object of not only commercial hunting, but also sports. The success of hunting with a husky depends on the ability of the dog. Only dogs with experience are capable of this. If a husky attacks a fresh morning trail, then she independently finds the animal's mink and barks it before the hunter arrives. The dog can be used effectively for hunting in lean years, when the marten hunts before dawn. At this time, there is a much higher probability of meeting a fresh track, and you can even catch a small animal during feeding.
The pine marten climbs into the squirrel guyo for a day in the first half of winter, when the snow has not yet become rougher, it can rest in the hollow of a tree, or simply in the crown. The hunter's task is to drive her out of the shelter. This can be done in many ways, including using a long rod or other device.
Often, the marten hides so tightly in the hollow that it cannot be driven out of there. In this case, the hunter must cut the tree. It is necessary to pre-plug the entrance to the hollow with the help of the top of the pole or thin branches. When the snow coarsens, in the second half of winter, the animals arrange a refuge on the ground. They hide under an eversion, in voids under crowns, under a windbreak hidden under snow, in the hollows of fallen trees, under heaps of brushwood. At this time, the marten hunting traps is relevant . They can be placed at a certain distance from the proposed resting places of animals.
Most often, martens have to be driven out of the blockage. In this case, the hunter throws snow around the rubble so that the beast does not go unnoticed. It often happens that for a short winter day, the husky never succeeds in catching up the animal. The hunters noticed that in the case when the marten moves away from its habitat, it returns to its lands during the night. The next day, it’s worth looking for a marten not in places where there is a trace of it, but where the animal was first discovered.
Now you have some idea of how marten hunting is carried out.