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Amanita86
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Registered: 09/26/12
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Loc: hades
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That's what they do!! They just sit there sizing you up.
-------------------- Orange clock, pencil "They threw me off the hay truck about noon..." *Mark 15:34 Gam zeh ya’avor...
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Zeet
Registered: 04/26/12
Posts: 932
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Amanita86]
#16997389 - 10/09/12 11:27 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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hahaha joker. I'd shit my pants if that happened to me!
Alas, it isn't my picture, here's one I took when I got to a nice SAFE distance! these cows are fine but there was two fat massive black cows that looked like they would eat me.
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bulsie
hunter
Registered: 03/02/11
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Zeet]
#16998005 - 10/09/12 12:57 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've had a few encounters with snakes and coyotes in my area managed to snap a shot of 1 coyote it followed me and my girl for about 20 min they are pretty fun to call in
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suchen
Once and Future Noob
Registered: 06/28/11
Posts: 8,841
Loc: Shangri-la
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: bulsie]
#16998710 - 10/09/12 02:49 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Coyotes are punk-ass bitches anyway. Even looking in their direction is enough to frighten them off most times
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A few years ago Cactu found a coral snake in Jalisco. He yelled for me to come see it but I was 30 seconds away. By the time I got there it was crawling into a hole. He grabbed its tail and when I arrived he passed me its tail. I was unable to pull it out and didn't want to try too hard so I let it get away.
Coral snakes are cool as hell! I have only ever seen one and I've spent a lot of time in the woods:
-------------------- Rod Tulloss said: The bulb is the bulb. The volva is the volva. They have a very long term realtionship, but they’re “just friends.”
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koods
Ribbit
Registered: 05/26/11
Posts: 106,919
Loc: Maryland/DC Burbs
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: suchen]
#17000247 - 10/09/12 06:38 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I stumbled upon two bucks with huge racks in Rock Creek Park back in July. Kinda cool because the park is in the middle of Washington DC. kinda scary when one started stomping his feet.
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homo nosce te ipsum
Registered: 08/05/12
Posts: 1,108
Loc: FL
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: koods]
#17000434 - 10/09/12 07:02 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've recently been volunteering for 5 hours every week with the Florida Park Service hunting wild boars. We didn't get any this week or last; however, my friend (Americorps park ranger) killed 3 since last tuesday....
Why do I volunteer? I was about 2 or 3 miles into this oak hammock, and I ran into an entire family- 2 or 3 huge ones (about up to my waist!) and a few little ones... Scared the shit out of me.
Working on my hunting permit atm. Buying a rifle soon.
I want them GONE.
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koods
Ribbit
Registered: 05/26/11
Posts: 106,919
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Mykes logos]
#17000462 - 10/09/12 07:06 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Shit. Forgot about the craziest wildlife encounter and it happened in my backyard. A black bear. Our neighbor called one evening and said "there's a bear climbing the fence." I only saw it running for a second before it was gone. About an hour before, someone had reported the bear a few blocks away, our neighborhood was the second sighting. This bear became huge news for weeks as it wandered around the area. Every night, there were updates on the news as to its last location. The post ran a bunch of articles. Our neighbors were interviewed on local TV.
Here is an article from the Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/06/AR2007070601888.html
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bloodworm
cube con·nois·seur
Registered: 05/22/10
Posts: 10,926
Loc: 352
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Mykes logos]
#17000464 - 10/09/12 07:07 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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FL fun guy said: I've recently been volunteering for 5 hours every week with the Florida Park Service hunting wild boars. We didn't get any this week or last; however, my friend (Americorps park ranger) killed 3 since last tuesday....
Why do I volunteer? I was about 2 or 3 miles into this oak hammock, and I ran into an entire family- 2 or 3 huge ones (about up to my waist!) and a few little ones... Scared the shit out of me.
Working on my hunting permit atm. Buying a rifle soon.
I want them GONE.
freeze the meat and send it to me!!
peace and love bloodworm
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Ieponumos
Mycophile/Phytophile
Registered: 09/02/09
Posts: 4,850
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: suchen]
#17002144 - 10/09/12 10:25 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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suchen said: And yet the most dangerous thing I have run into is a human with a gun Stared down the barrel of a deer hunter's rifle while I was walking on a public nature trail during the off-season a few weeks ago. People suck. Especially white trash poachers
Oh dear Lord, please don't remind me about THAT aspect of wildlife. Wearing brown during hunting season is never a wise decision.
Snakes can be mean, but at least their venoms have antidotes. Gunshot wounds are much harder to deal with.
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FL fun guy said: I've recently been volunteering for 5 hours every week with the Florida Park Service hunting wild boars. We didn't get any this week or last; however, my friend (Americorps park ranger) killed 3 since last tuesday....
Why do I volunteer? I was about 2 or 3 miles into this oak hammock, and I ran into an entire family- 2 or 3 huge ones (about up to my waist!) and a few little ones... Scared the shit out of me.
Working on my hunting permit atm. Buying a rifle soon.
I want them GONE.
I saw a wild boar in 2010. It was fortunately on the other side of a fence, but that thing was, I swear to God, 3-3 1/2 ft. long and it looked like it weighed at least 100 lbs. I really wish I would have had my camera then.
Edited by Ieponumos (10/09/12 10:34 PM)
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Joust
Mycotographer
Registered: 10/13/11
Posts: 13,392
Loc: WA
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Ieponumos]
#17003195 - 10/10/12 02:17 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I dont know if this counts but i was biking to one of my hunting grounds out on my property and I turned the corner and hit a deer... with my bike. Needless to say we both freaked out.
Edit, a bycicle btw
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Edited by Joust (10/10/12 04:09 AM)
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gullhole
buuuuuds
Registered: 03/10/12
Posts: 1,171
Loc: WA
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Joust]
#17003348 - 10/10/12 04:04 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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i hit a kangaroo going 120km, cost 3grand damage on my car
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psylosymonreturns
aka Gym Sporrison
Registered: 10/16/09
Posts: 13,948
Loc: Mos Eisley,
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: gullhole]
#17003420 - 10/10/12 04:42 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Fuck I'm glad I live where I live. Just a few pussy black bears and coyotes. Been chased by cows before too!
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gullhole
buuuuuds
Registered: 03/10/12
Posts: 1,171
Loc: WA
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im sure if i hit a cow going that fast id be dead
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Amanita86
OTD Keymaster
Registered: 09/26/12
Posts: 89,464
Loc: hades
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: bulsie]
#17005060 - 10/10/12 12:35 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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I almost hit a cow once, on a blind curve at about 2 am. He was just standing there all nonchalant, couldn't be bothered. I've also been hit by 2 deer kamakazis.
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bulsie said: I've had a few encounters with snakes and coyotes in my area managed to snap a shot of 1 coyote it followed me and my girl for about 20 min they are pretty fun to call in
That pic is awesome! It's like one of those ghost pictures where you're like what am I supposed to be seeing and then boom. I'd put that on my wall.
-------------------- Orange clock, pencil "They threw me off the hay truck about noon..." *Mark 15:34 Gam zeh ya’avor...
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Ran-D
Registered: 12/19/10
Posts: 16,323
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: gullhole]
#17005712 - 10/10/12 02:49 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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gullhole said: i hit a kangaroo going 120km, cost 3grand damage on my car
Damn!
Was with some people who ran over a mountain lion and somehow had 0 damage to their car.
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gullhole
buuuuuds
Registered: 03/10/12
Posts: 1,171
Loc: WA
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Ran-D]
#17006428 - 10/10/12 04:57 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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herve
Stranger
Registered: 07/24/11
Posts: 34
Loc: France
Last seen: 11 years, 5 months
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Mymajyma]
#17010350 - 10/11/12 07:54 AM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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As far as dangerous wildlife is concerned, last I meet was 2 cops in a field, they did not attack me but sent me to the court to see another predator, i think his name was called a judge...
-------------------- Because I can swim in the immense Because I can swim in all forms Because I am the launch woman Because I am the sacred opposum Because I am the Lord opposum I am a shepherdess and I come with my shepherd, says Because everything has its origin And I come going from place to place from the origin. María Sabina
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koods
Ribbit
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Posts: 106,919
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: herve]
#17013196 - 10/11/12 04:11 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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Why do people call mountain lions cougars? They found one in Connecticut last year.
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Wimy
weiliiinmyyard
Registered: 08/25/09
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Loc: SE USA
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: koods]
#17013394 - 10/11/12 04:41 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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In Georgia, during mushroom hunting season, It's best to be home before dark. My experience with snakes is that they run away from you. I had some buddies that were out after dark, heard some coyotes, and one guy makes a coyote call back. The story is that they all had to climb a tree because a pack of coyotes approached them.
IME, the worst thing for me as far as wildlife goes are insects. Huge swamp mosquitoes, fleas that carry tapeworm, spiders and such, and the worst- seed ticks. These are very small, very young ticks that have not molted yet. Some people call them the devil's spawn, they wait for you in tall grass, sometimes in the thousands. They can go right through your socks and the bites are painless at first- until you are covered in them. Then they turn into blisters that itch so bad that without some hydrocortisone or prescription steroid cream you will scratch your skin off. I've had some really nasty encounters this season, and both my feet and ankles are scarred from past experiences. The bites also last for weeks, sometimes months. The trick is to carry wide tape. as soon as you feel something, check, you'll see what looks like a swarm of dirt crawling up your leg. They are no larger individually than the period at the end of this sentence. You throw the tape down and rip it off, sometimes I've had wall to wall ticks covering the whole surface of the tape. when its really bad you'll get about a thousand on you, and if you go to scratch or anything they get all over your hand, then they are quickly moving up your leg and arm. Before you know it, they are all over you. In cases like this I have had to run home, wait for flea shampoo to be delivered, and cover my whole body in it. No choice but to suffer for weeks after this!
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Alan Rockefeller
Mycologist
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Re: Dangerous Wildlife Encounters [Re: Wimy]
#17013466 - 10/11/12 04:52 PM (11 years, 6 months ago) |
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weiliiinmyyard said: I had some buddies that were out after dark, heard some coyotes, and one guy makes a coyote call back. The story is that they all had to climb a tree because a pack of coyotes approached them.
I am not sure if I believe that, but coyotes did kill some singer chick in Canada last year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33509516/ns/world_news-americas/t/coyotes-kill-woman-hike-canadian-park/#.UHdMIU3A_aY
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fleas that carry tapeworm
I guess you have to eat the flea.
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and the worst- seed ticks. These are very small, very young ticks that have not molted yet. Some people call them the devil's spawn, they wait for you in tall grass, sometimes in the thousands. They can go right through your socks and the bites are painless at first- until you are covered in them. Then they turn into blisters that itch so bad that without some hydrocortisone or prescription steroid cream you will scratch your skin off.
Those aren't ticks, they are chiggers.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070919201137AAhPJa4
You can keep them away with lots of DEET. You don't apply the DEET like you normally do for mosquitoes, you put it around your shoes, legs, socks, waist and neck, any opening in the clothing.
They like low elevation areas. In Mexico they disappear above 1400 meters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombiculidae
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