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Brandon
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 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:47 am Post subject: Wildlife encounters!!! |
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In this thread we will share stories of up close and personal experiences with wildlife.
I'll start.
One time I was walking through the woods near my father's.
Usually we don't see alot of bigger mammals there, like deer, but I was walking through the woods quicker than normal because I only had about ten minutes to get through the whole thing! XP
In my rush I heard a noise, but I ignored it...
Next thing I know I am standing two feet from this Doe, looking her right in the eyes!
I don't know who got more of a jump-start from it all; me, or her.
Luckly she ran off the opposite way of where I was standing, so I didn't get trampled.
That's only one experience I have had with deer!
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:16 am Post subject: |
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I will share my kids stories since they don't post here.
My grandmother was in the hospital and my kids had to take care of her dog. This dog didn't like my boys too much because they treated her like a dog and not a princess like my dad does. She ran off into the woods across the street and they chased her for about a mile. She stopped suddenly and ran at them, they didn't know what happened. They looked back at where she was running from and two wolves came through the trees. Needless to say they didn't wait around!
One day we were driving down the street when my daughter yelled BOB! We were like what?? She saw the most beautiful bobcat at the side of the road. He stayed there as we passed. I rolled down my window and said here kitty kitty and he just looked at me.
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Brandon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheri wrote: | I will share my kids stories since they don't post here.
My grandmother was in the hospital and my kids had to take care of her dog. This dog didn't like my boys too much because they treated her like a dog and not a princess like my dad does. She ran off into the woods across the street and they chased her for about a mile. She stopped suddenly and ran at them, they didn't know what happened. They looked back at where she was running from and two wolves came through the trees. Needless to say they didn't wait around!
One day we were driving down the street when my daughter yelled BOB! We were like what?? She saw the most beautiful bobcat at the side of the road. He stayed there as we passed. I rolled down my window and said here kitty kitty and he just looked at me. |
Wow, those stories are trully amazing!!!
Bobcats and wolves are trully beautiful creatures.
You are very lucky I think. XP
I have never seen a Bobcat...and I think I have only seen a wild wolf once, if any.
Did the people stick around to figure out what kind of wolves it was?
Thank you for sharing those trully amazing stories!
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
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Nope. Personally I think they are coyotes. I love to sit on the porch and hear them howl. We also have wild boar out here.
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J'sCochins
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| Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Hi Brandon.
The best way for me to share stories with you is through pictures. And there are hundreds of stories that go along with them so I'll not bore you with the book of my life!
But in this first picture I am the last rider. It was my job to keep the horses and tenderfoots (visitors) in line. We were taking them up to the thorofare for a spring bear hunt. On the next trip I had stopped to get a stone out of my horses hoof and when I got back on there was a black bear in the trail. A young one but still a black bear. My little mare was green broke and spooky so of course she was not pleased to see a bear in front of her. She bucked. The cinch came loose and I slide under neath her. Well all the noise finally spooked the bear and it left. Which is a good thing because the cliff drops off about 1000 feet in to a creek. Would have be a nasty fall!! 
Oh and the picture was taken by a photographer that did our catalog each year. He was standing on a cliff ahead of us.
The second picture you can only see my leg on the last horse. We were up on top the thorofare for an elk hunt.
Oh and of course there is the time when I woke up with a bear in my tent. He wanted the bag of horse candy that I was using as a pillow. And then the time a mama moose chased me down a mountain because I got to close to her baby. But that's all in the life of growing up in the wilderness.
So that was my life growing up oh so many years ago!!.
Jacie 
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Brandon
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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| J'sCochins wrote: | Hi Brandon.
The best way for me to share stories with you is through pictures. And there are hundreds of stories that go along with them so I'll not bore you with the book of my life!
But in this first picture I am the last rider. It was my job to keep the horses and tenderfoots (visitors) in line. We were taking them up to the thorofare for a spring bear hunt. On the next trip I had stopped to get a stone out of my horses hoof and when I got back on there was a black bear in the trail. A young one but still a black bear. My little mare was green broke and spooky so of course she was not pleased to see a bear in front of her. She bucked. The cinch came loose and I slide under neath her. Well all the noise finally spooked the bear and it left. Which is a good thing because the cliff drops off about 1000 feet in to a creek. Would have be a nasty fall!!
Oh and the picture was taken by a photographer that did our catalog each year. He was standing on a cliff ahead of us.
The second picture you can only see my leg on the last horse. We were up on top the thorofare for an elk hunt.
Oh and of course there is the time when I woke up with a bear in my tent. He wanted the bag of horse candy that I was using as a pillow. And then the time a mama moose chased me down a mountain because I got to close to her baby. But that's all in the life of growing up in the wilderness.
So that was my life growing up oh so many years ago!!.
Jacie |
Wow, those stories are amazing and thrilling! o_o The pictures are absolutely beautiful!
That must have been fun!
The worst possible thing is to get between a mother bear and her cub.
You got lucky. XP
How did you get out of the bear in the tent situation?
Another thing is that Black Bears are thought to be more aggressive than Brown Bears (or Grizzlies).
If you are charged by a moose, unlike other members of the same family, you never want to stand your ground.
A moose, especially one in the breeding season, will not bluff.
Best thing to do in that case is run. lol
Thank you for sharing those amazing stories!
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
P.S. I should be posting another one of my wildlife stories soon.
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J'sCochins
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| Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Brandon. The bear in the tent took off. He was as startled as me.
As to aggression. First of all a brown and a black are the same bear. Just different color variation.
A grizzly is a whole different breed and very aggressive. Browns/blacks are not that aggressive unless they are protecting cubs.
And about the moose. There is nothing more aggressive that a cow moose with a baby!
Glad you like the pictures.
Jacie
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| J'sCochins wrote: | Hi Brandon. The bear in the tent took off. He was as startled as me.
As to aggression. First of all a brown and a black are the same bear. Just different color variation.
A grizzly is a whole different breed and very aggressive. Browns/blacks are not that aggressive unless they are protecting cubs.
And about the moose. There is nothing more aggressive that a cow moose with a baby!
Glad you like the pictures.
Jacie |
Actually, here we call Brown Bears and Grizzlies the same thing.
Grizzlies (or Brown Bears) have a hump on their back because they have to dig for most of their food.
Brown bears can be black and Black bears brown, so the only way to tell is by body features.
Plus, I THINK Black Bears are smaller, I may be wrong about that one though. XP
As you know, all bears are much more aggressive when protecting cubs.
The thing is is that usually, if it is a Grizzly (or Brown Bear), and you run into it in the woods, chances are it's just territorial, and you should be able to back away slowly. Black Bears however, if you run into them chances are it isn't.
You can try to back away, but hope that it doesn't attack.
Beleive me, I know my stuff.
I may be young but I have studied animals for years.
You were lucky it ran out.
I would have been scared too! lol
You are right about the moose thing though!
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
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Hi Brandon. I'm sure you know your stuff. And I've been around for a long long time so I kinda know my stuff also. Mostly from 1st hand experience.
In the western states including Alaska there are the Kodiak or Alaskan Brown bear (which also has the hump) and the grizzly is a subspecies of this bear.
People where I grew up in Wyoming only refer to the brown bear as a coloring for the black bear which is much smaller than a grizzly.
The Grizzly is the most dangerous of all bears. Grizzlies can outrun humans, and can climb trees. If charged by a Grizzly, stand your ground; if attacked, lie flat on your stomach and play dead.
One of our guides was attacked by one and they only thing that save him was he jammed his binocculars down his throat!!!! Then he hightailed it back to camp. He was really ticked about losing those field glasses!! 
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| J'sCochins wrote: | Hi Brandon. I'm sure you know your stuff. And I've been around for a long long time so I kinda know my stuff also. Mostly from 1st hand experience.
In the western states including Alaska there are the Kodiak or Alaskan Brown bear (which also has the hump) and the grizzly is a subspecies of this bear.
People where I grew up in Wyoming only refer to the brown bear as a coloring for the black bear which is much smaller than a grizzly.
The Grizzly is the most dangerous of all bears. Grizzlies can outrun humans, and can climb trees. If charged by a Grizzly, stand your ground; if attacked, lie flat on your stomach and play dead.
One of our guides was attacked by one and they only thing that save him was he jammed his binocculars down his throat!!!! Then he hightailed it back to camp. He was really ticked about losing those field glasses!! |
Sorry for the missunderstanding. Here we call Brown Bears Grizzlies. lol
I know. Any bear can climb, maybe not as well as the Grizzly, but, yeah... The Grizzly is more powerful, but I'm talking about in forms of aggression. The Black Bear is "thought", to be more aggressive. If ever faced with one, and the back away slowly doesn't work, then what you said is right. It is the best thing to do.
Does the person who got attacked have any injuries?
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
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