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SethGreene531 · M
SethGreene531 · M
@Pitchblue Absolutely! He was like a bulldozer on stilts.
I was watching him eat tree leaves, from what I thought was a "safe" distance. As a youth, we thought they were like docile cows.
He whirled his head around to reach higher; I thought he was charging.
It's not an emotion I could put into words.
I was watching him eat tree leaves, from what I thought was a "safe" distance. As a youth, we thought they were like docile cows.
He whirled his head around to reach higher; I thought he was charging.
It's not an emotion I could put into words.
@SethGreene531 Big animal that's for sure. Ive been very close but inside the car. Have been hiking when a Moma bear and cubs crossed the path. She was smart, looked into my eyes. Don't fuck with me. So I stood still and let them pass. Mother and cubs can be a dangerous situation.
SethGreene531 · M
@Pitchblue Yeah those are signals to heed, with very clear intent. Not something you want to encounter with cubs. A car is your best bet if you've got one handy.
I've never seen one in the wild though.
They say a moose in mating season is more dangerous apparently. Both I highly respect.
The moose I watched eat; but the bear I could hear but not see.
The bear was during a school excursion where 8 middle schoolers shared a picnic table for cooking ---you can imagine the mess: a bear banquet.
At 2 AM I heard what resembled an idling diesel locomotive next to the tent, snooping around. My mates wouldn't wake.
Then a lot of snarling and fighting, bottles tumbling.
We're getting a lot of coyote here. Seen those regularly, and it's a busy city. One ran up our street.
Wolves and mtn. lion give me the creeps though, I'd almost rather a bear.
I've never seen one in the wild though.
They say a moose in mating season is more dangerous apparently. Both I highly respect.
The moose I watched eat; but the bear I could hear but not see.
The bear was during a school excursion where 8 middle schoolers shared a picnic table for cooking ---you can imagine the mess: a bear banquet.
At 2 AM I heard what resembled an idling diesel locomotive next to the tent, snooping around. My mates wouldn't wake.
Then a lot of snarling and fighting, bottles tumbling.
We're getting a lot of coyote here. Seen those regularly, and it's a busy city. One ran up our street.
Wolves and mtn. lion give me the creeps though, I'd almost rather a bear.
SethGreene531 · M
@Pitchblue Exactly, they're a relentless and cunning predator like the wolf. Not easly discouraged.
They've been sighted in our area. Friend of mine found a cat track a cereal bowl diameter in his yard one morning.
Friends of ours managed a summer camp. The wife cross country skied the trails there regularly.
One evening she past a clearing with 7 snow covered mounds. She thought nothing of it, skied on.
On her return leg past the clearing, all 7 mounds had vanished.
A wolfpack, hunkering down till night fall.
Any time I was up there, I stayed close to the lodge. Watching stars alone at 3 AM, the dinner bell rope would flap and scare the heck out of me. I was within 10 ft of the door, but still it was a reminder to stay sharp.
The woods beyond, at the end of the road, blacker than night.
They've been sighted in our area. Friend of mine found a cat track a cereal bowl diameter in his yard one morning.
Friends of ours managed a summer camp. The wife cross country skied the trails there regularly.
One evening she past a clearing with 7 snow covered mounds. She thought nothing of it, skied on.
On her return leg past the clearing, all 7 mounds had vanished.
A wolfpack, hunkering down till night fall.
Any time I was up there, I stayed close to the lodge. Watching stars alone at 3 AM, the dinner bell rope would flap and scare the heck out of me. I was within 10 ft of the door, but still it was a reminder to stay sharp.
The woods beyond, at the end of the road, blacker than night.
Ynotisay · M
@SethGreene531 That moose was HUGE. Awesome. But nothing to worry about with coyotes. I'm around them a lot and trust them way more than a large stray dog as far as an attack goes. For sure. Coyotes are very predictable. And as far leaving food out, bears will be bears. They WILL find food. :)
SethGreene531 · M
@Ynotisay Yeah the moose was the biggest I've seen. A truly beautiful experience, one that I won't soon forget.
He'd wandered into a vacant campsite, I took a service road behind the site to see it. Meanwhile a large crowd had gathered on the front side, including small children who were tossing pebbles at him.
Coyotes do have their patterns, but they're hunter-predators at the end if the day. With the cross breeding with wolves now, they are a little more unpredictable.
I've not had any issues out walking when seen, and always prepared.
In all seen about 6 during my travels in the city.
Bears will be bears, lol, everything is an easy meal. But thankfully they're nowhere around here.
He'd wandered into a vacant campsite, I took a service road behind the site to see it. Meanwhile a large crowd had gathered on the front side, including small children who were tossing pebbles at him.
Coyotes do have their patterns, but they're hunter-predators at the end if the day. With the cross breeding with wolves now, they are a little more unpredictable.
I've not had any issues out walking when seen, and always prepared.
In all seen about 6 during my travels in the city.
Bears will be bears, lol, everything is an easy meal. But thankfully they're nowhere around here.