Brandon
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Wildlife encounters!!!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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Cheri
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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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| 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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Cheri
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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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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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| 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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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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Brandon
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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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J'sCochins
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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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Brandon
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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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J'sCochins
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Does the person who got attacked have any injuries?
If he did he got over them long ago. That happened when I was in my 20's. I'm in my 60's now so that would make him in his 80's. I'm not sure he's even alive
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Brandon
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| J'sCochins wrote: | Does the person who got attacked have any injuries?
If he did he got over them long ago. That happened when I was in my 20's. I'm in my 60's now so that would make him in his 80's. I'm not sure he's even alive |
lol, That's true. XD
When I got home, I checked all of my books.
I went to the library, which I am at now, checked the internet, looked at some more books, and nearly every one of them confirmed what I previously thought.
A Brown Bear and a Grizzly are the same thing.
Brown Bears can be black, and Black Bears brown.
The only way to tell the difference is that the Black Bear is smaller, with no shoulder hump, and has different facial features.
The Brown Bear (or Grizzly) has a shoulder hump because it digs for alot of it's food.
If you still don't believe me, then do as I did, research.
If I am wrong, then I stand corrected.
The scientific name even matches.
I usually am not so persistant, but I am pretty sure now that I am right on this one.
I don't mean to sound rude, and if I did I am terribly sorry.
I am on this earth to learn and teach.
If you find anything that can prove me wrong, then please show me.
I hope you have a good weekend, even though it isn't here yet, lol!
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
P.S.I hope you don't mind that I stole your font style! XD
It is very cool!
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J'sCochins
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Dear Brandon. I'm not saying you are wrong and as a matter of fact I think I stated that yes grizzly or Kodiak are referred to as brown.
All I'm stating is that in the northern rockies where I grew up a when someone refers to a brown bear they are not referring to a grizzly. The are referring to the smaller species associated with the black bear. I have on my living room floor a brown bear rug which is not a grizzly. So according to what you have been reading yes you are right but according to the region I grew up in if you called a grizzly a brown bear they would not know what you were talking about. They would think you were talking about the smaller species of bear.
Which is why your statement:
Brown Bears can be black, and Black Bears brown.
is true but you will never see a black grizzly! So brown bears and black bears are the same and not necessarily grizzly's.
I think it's great that you are persistent. That's a great attribute to have but always remember to take into account all aspects of an argument.
I think it's wonderful that there are still young people like you that are so in love with our Mother earth and all it has to offer. Keep up the good work.
Jacie
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Brandon
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| J'sCochins wrote: | Dear Brandon. I'm not saying you are wrong and as a matter of fact I think I stated that yes grizzly or Kodiak are referred to as brown.
All I'm stating is that in the northern rockies where I grew up a when someone refers to a brown bear they are not referring to a grizzly. The are referring to the smaller species associated with the black bear. I have on my living room floor a brown bear rug which is not a grizzly. So according to what you have been reading yes you are right but according to the region I grew up in if you called a grizzly a brown bear they would not know what you were talking about. They would think you were talking about the smaller species of bear.
Which is why your statement:
Brown Bears can be black, and Black Bears brown.
is true but you will never see a black grizzly! So brown bears and black bears are the same and not necessarily grizzly's.
I think it's great that you are persistent. That's a great attribute to have but always remember to take into account all aspects of an argument.
I think it's wonderful that there are still young people like you that are so in love with our Mother earth and all it has to offer. Keep up the good work.
Jacie |
Oh...
lol
That's confusing. XD
I can see where you are comeing from now, and I am sorry, again, about the missunderstanding.
I think that the Grizzlies in some areas just get like a dark brown, so you can easily mistake them as black. (I may be wrong about that though.)
In your area, Brown Bears and Black Bears are the same (if that's what you said, I can't really remember now. XD) but in mine they are different, so it is a perfect example of how, even in the same country, things can be thought of so differently.
I should have seen it that way before, but I was only seeing it from my area's perspective.
Thank you very much!
I will never stop loving nature or the outdoors. I hope that I stay this way for the rest of my life!
I am sorry for not seeing it from your point.
I hope you have a good weekend!
Happy trails!
Sincerely,
Brandon.
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