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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: BattyKoda] 1
#25338317 - 07/21/18 02:48 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Last sat. I went to a concert and went to a bar with some dude I met there. 5:30am we pull into a forest preserve. There were 4 deer in the field feeding. I was all drunk taking photos. I probably took about 20.
Check out these.
 
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25339396 - 07/21/18 04:56 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Does r pretty chill,have had them hang out around me before,that area looks like heavy tick country,be careful Saw a flock of geese in formation barreling down the rapids in a river the other day
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: 5150]
#25346677 - 07/25/18 05:57 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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There really aren't a lot of ticks around me which is cool. I have only had 2 on me here my whole life. WI, CA, and AK have a ton in my experience.
There are a shit load of geese around me.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25346750 - 07/25/18 06:33 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Cute photos.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 1
#25347097 - 07/25/18 09:40 PM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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i have had some crazy things seen outside of tents camping... bears etc.. but i would have to say, the craziest experiences with wildlife is seeing what other people try to do in national parks like yellowstone. grizzles aint a dog, cant just walk up and try to pet them..
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: rackem]
#25347460 - 07/26/18 05:53 AM (5 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh man, bust out the popcorn for that encounter!
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: rackem]
#25359401 - 08/01/18 01:02 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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rackem said: i have had some crazy things seen outside of tents camping... bears etc.. but i would have to say, the craziest experiences with wildlife is seeing what other people try to do in national parks like yellowstone. grizzles aint a dog, cant just walk up and try to pet them.. 
Such a cute bear. Rips their head off.
That masse shot is awesome. I used to be able to do that but not that good. I have made a few. Those people are crazy with some of the shots they can do.
I used to be a little hustler. I was 16 at the local pool hall arcade taking money off all the older people.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25360131 - 08/01/18 12:22 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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As I run trails each morning I am fairly often less than 15 or 20 feet from deer. Lot's of other critters and birds too.
My buddy lost all his toes climbing. His feet are probably the craziest thing I have ever seen as a result of experiences in the wild, not exactly with wild life.
When I was a young man and riding moto X bikes often I once semi got chased by a bear, it's cup was up a tree and I momentarily got between them. Thank god for 6 gears and 125cc's.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25363626 - 08/03/18 05:09 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Found it amusing camping with my brother at a place called Antelope Island, on the Great Salt Lake, hence the name of my home city Salt Lake City. They thought it would be boring for tourists long ago so they flew in a lot of Bison to populate it and they did.
Buffaloes are curious animals and I love their demeanor. It is not like they are a bull and are going to charge you but if you fuck with them they will fuck with you, they are of course, very large creatures.
Anyway, we were just doing some car camping with set up sites, for comfort and luxury and laziness lol, when one wandered into the campground. It is just one isolated road with car camping, a fire pit, and a plastic umbrella for the sun with a bench and table to eat on and a flat spot to put up ones tents.
So it comes wandering in and we are just observing but for some reason it found this guy's vehicle interesting and was slowly walking towards it. He started freaking out when it reached his nice and expensive vehicle and wasn't sure what to do about it. He was scared of aggravating the buff but he didn't want his vehicle damaged as it just picked it out of all of them and came right up to the door.
This man did not know what to do and it made us laugh watching this scene unfold. So he would run up to try to scare it off and then run back but the Buff could give a shit less. It was just interested in his large vehicle.
It eventually got bored and walked back out of the camp but it was more entertaining just watching this man and animal interact for a long time. All it cared about was his vehicle, I guess humans aren't as interesting.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: Barnaby] 1
#25368073 - 08/05/18 11:32 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have two shiba inu dogs and everyone who sees them asks if they are foxes or some variation of that. It's kinda funny to guess what people are going to say. Anyway, I took my girls to portland yesterday to have one of them bred. We came home and then this morning I watched a little red fox walk through my front yard very fast like a cat and he stopped about 4 feet from my window I was looking out. I could even see the vole or mouse he had in his mouth. He has been coming up to my back door in the dog yard and leaving little fox doodles for my girls. He barks every night right across from my fence in a wetland swamp forest where my spring is. I always assumed it was a coyote but he is in the same spot every night and not as high pitched or as loud. First sighting in 5 years living here and I hear him or them every night. He was so fast that I'll have to get a primo wildlife cam to get a pic. Good Omen.
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passifloracaerulea said: I have two shiba inu dogs and everyone who sees them asks if they are foxes or some variation of that. It's kinda funny to guess what people are going to say. Anyway, I took my girls to portland yesterday to have one of them bred. We came home and then this morning I watched a little red fox walk through my front yard very fast like a cat and he stopped about 4 feet from my window I was looking out. I could even see the vole or mouse he had in his mouth. He has been coming up to my back door in the dog yard and leaving little fox doodles for my girls. He barks every night right across from my fence in a wetland swamp forest where my spring is. I always assumed it was a coyote but he is in the same spot every night and not as high pitched or as loud. First sighting in 5 years living here and I hear him or them every night. He was so fast that I'll have to get a primo wildlife cam to get a pic. Good Omen.
I have only got a quick glimpse of a fox once. They are elusive.
Barnaby I will be in Utah in Sep. Going to Arches, Bryce Canyon and Zion. Where is a good place to see buffalo? I have driven through a few times and it is beautiful. Can't wait.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25376410 - 08/09/18 03:10 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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So last week my sister was in the hospital and her kids were alone. I went to MO to watch them. I took them to this park with hiking trails by the Mississippi River. Pulling in there were 2 coyote pups in this clearing right off the road. I pulled over and took a bunch of photos. Very rare to see pups.
Last Sat. back home I went on an 8 mile hike by me that I have done many times. I really don't see much wildlife there compared to other trails in the area. It was around noon, very hot and tons of people use this trail on the weekends. It is very popular for runners and mountain bikers. I wasn't expecting to see anything but I always bring my camera.
Around 7 miles I see this fawn about 20 feet off the trail. I stop and take some photos. There was also a bigger deer pretty close to it. This woman and some dude come up behind me. The fawn started to walk right up to me. Got like 10 feet from me and the woman reaches for her phone to take some video and scares it. I got a short vid of it just as it was fleeing. I will upload it on youtube and post it. The photos are in the random outdoor pictures thread if you want to check them out. I go t some really good ones lately.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: Andromea]
#25390051 - 08/15/18 11:51 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Andromea said: I'm not sure how "crazy" these are, but nevermind. 
Then talks about rescuing a fucking hawk and getting off a bull's horns.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: Viccsd]
#25390306 - 08/15/18 02:18 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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I seen a big hawk in a tree right off the trail on my hike today. It was far down the trail. I turned my camera on and took the lens cap off but before I got close enough it flew away.
I could have swore I posted the video and some photos the other day but they are not on here. What?
Here is the vid.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442] 2
#25395669 - 08/18/18 04:51 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yesterday I pull into the forest preserves with my dog. There was a coyote laying out in the open. Unusual. I stop and it gets up and limps into the trees. My first thought is to call. I think it's a coyote they won't do anything.
I see it 4 more times. It kept coming out from the trees and looking around and came pretty close to my car a few times. It seemed like it wanted help. I would love to tie it up and feed it till it healed. It could still move pretty good but is putting no weight on it's front paw.
I decide to go home and call. I am a trail watch volunteer by the way.
I call the forest preserve wildlife division and get no answer. They were probably gone for the day. I called the forest preserve police and told them. They said they would send a unit.
I went back and a police truck was there. They left. I seen the coyote a few more times. One time it was eating something it picked up off the ground. I was talking to a few people that live right there. One guy said not to call because they will kill it. I see people leave food around the forest preserves all the time. One lady said there is a feeding station there. She said people leave turkey carcasses and things. Maybe it will make it.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25396014 - 08/18/18 10:08 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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It was a few years ago I was driving into succor creek at about 4am, and was trying to get to camp before I passed out. I had driven straight through from colorado. I had to drive through miles of sage brush where there were thousands of rabbits darting everywhere. I was going pretty fast with all the rabbits darting out of the road when a little coyote runs into the road and I hit it. I cursed at myself and backed up to see it breathing it's last. I picked it up and put it off the road and covered it with sagebrush. The coyote looked exactly like my shiba inu who was in the passenger seat. Thankfully she didn't see what happened. I'm still pretty emotional about it 3 years later. I've massacred at least a dozen deer, skunks, raccoons etc and never felt sad beyond when it happened. Something about hitting a dog or cat gets to me, even if they are wild animals. Coyote was basically a trickster god in ancient oregon and was at the center of the ancient stories.
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I hit 2 deer before and didn't feel bad. If I hit a coyote I probably would. I really like them but I have a dog too. I see 1 almost everyday.
I just heard yesterday that a mountain biker was killed by a mountain lion in Washington. They said it was 40 lbs underweight. I hid the guy under a log. He was with a friend and that dude ran. Pussy. They killed it. I feel bad for it. It was starving and needed to eat. They said it was the first attack in the state for 20 years.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: ds442]
#25397472 - 08/18/18 10:48 PM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Crazy.
Just Monday night, visited Rep in Central Oregon. Night fall came and i heard my first coyotes. Never heard them so close before. Sounded like laughing hyenas. Trippy stuff.
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Re: Any crazy experiences with wildlife? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#25398039 - 08/19/18 09:17 AM (5 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wow you never heard coyotes? I live in town and hear them almost every night, and I get to hear a fox and others out in the wetland meadow adjacent to my property.
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They are not common in my area/city
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