Got Spooked by a Fisher Cat while out digging

[relic rescuer]

A friend I was hunting with nearly got attacked by one. I loaned him a .22 Mag pistol, but it wasn't clocked right so he didn't get a good shot but he said it was limping away. I could tell by the look on his face that it really freaked him out. He must have gotten close to it's nest, because he said it came up behind him and was growling and hissing, and coming towards him.