Photos A Walk in Nature

CelloDan said:
I missed out on the new Remington Big daddy Barlow, I heard it can handle big Grizzly bears 🤪

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I did once take on a horde of Sasquatches by myself armed only with my trusty ebony lambsfoot.
They never tried that again:thumbsup::cool:
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So cool Tom :thumbsup:.
Tell us more about it :)
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In This case, I agree with the horse!
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Jack Black said:
The ornery old bulls and farm dogs I encounter here are bad enough, (some wild boar in some places here too), but I often think about you folks likely to encounter more dangerous adversaries :thumbsup:
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I don’t know - I think I would rank ornery bulls and wild boars right up there with mountain lions on the list of critters I wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley…
 
Rsmith_77 said:
Not even close
I'd rather fight a bull than an irate bobcat much less a cougar (the feline kind, the lady kind is an entirely different conversation)
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Good point. I’ve helped my wife deal with feral cats. They can go to a level you aren’t ready for.
I’ll never forget the first and only time I heard a cougar hiss. (not in the wild) It was powerful. No thanks!
 
GmpaJim said:
Good point. I’ve helped my wife deal with feral cats. They can go to a level you aren’t ready for.
I’ll never forget the first and only time I heard a cougar hiss. (not in the wild) It was powerful. No thanks!
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There's a nearby wildlife museum that has a life-sized display of a mountain lion and other assorted local fauna. One of the features were buttons that you could press, and would play vocalizations of the different animals -- turkey, owl, raccoon, rattlesnake. But when I pushed the button for the mountain lion and heard its scream; let's just say it elicited an instant, primal response.
 
DKIN said:
Thanks, Jack! I appreciate the nod.
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My pleasure David :) :thumbsup:
Just Tom. said:
I don’t know - I think I would rank ornery bulls and wild boars right up there with mountain lions on the list of critters I wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley…
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Lot of rural walls and fences here, so encountering livestock can be dangerous. About 8 people are killed here a year by cows, with nearly 50 serious injuries, and other lesser injuries. By comparison, around 10 people are killed - globally - each year by sharks :eek:
 
Jack Black said:
My pleasure David :) :thumbsup:

Lot of rural walls and fences here, so encountering livestock can be dangerous. About 8 people are killed here a year by cows, with nearly 50 serious injuries, and other lesser injuries. By comparison, around 10 people are killed - globally - each year by sharks :eek:
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If I recall correctly, there was some sort of public right of way on footpaths which crossed though privately-owned fields all around my grandmother’s village in Hampshire, and there was a sort of step-over arrangement at all the fences. I visited there 2 or 3 times as a young man and walked for miles and miles - thankfully without encountering any enraged livestock 🤣.
 
Just Tom. said:
If I recall correctly, there was some sort of public right of way on footpaths which crossed though privately-owned fields all around my grandmother’s village in Hampshire, and there was a sort of step-over arrangement at all the fences. I visited there 2 or 3 times as a young man and walked for miles and miles - thankfully without encountering any enraged livestock 🤣.
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Yes, all land is owned here, with no right to roam, but with public footpaths ('rights of way') going across private land, usually dating back hundreds of years. If you're walking in a farming/livestock area there's often no choice, but to go through a herd of cattle :thumbsup:

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Both the sign, and the bull are illegal :( He was a lot bigger than he looks there - I made sure I was a long way off! :eek: :D
 
Gene, raised on a farm, and I, raised in metro Detroit, were investigating a site one time. We were out on an earthen pond dam when I turned around and saw a bull standing at the end of the dam staring at us. "Gene", I say, "its a bull." Gene glances up and says, "Its ok. That's a good bull." 😲

On another old mine site we had a bison follow us around like a dog. Bison are big!

I had a pic of me with the bison, but I can't seem to find it. I fear it is lost :( I did come across these and thought I'd post a couple of them. Hope I haven't posted them before. Me in the Yukon in 1992.
Somewhere around Haines Junction:
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Near Teslin:
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kamagong said:
There's a nearby wildlife museum that has a life-sized display of a mountain lion and other assorted local fauna. One of the features were buttons that you could press, and would play vocalizations of the different animals -- turkey, owl, raccoon, rattlesnake. But when I pushed the button for the mountain lion and heard its scream; let's just say it elicited an instant, primal response.
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Growing up in the northwest panhandle of and working in south Florida, I had heard a couple wild Florida panthers scream. It is a sounds that commands and demands your undivided attention and respect.
 
mbkr said:
Gene, raised on a farm, and I, raised in metro Detroit, were investigating a site one time. We were out on an earthen pond dam when I turned around and saw a bull standing at the end of the dam staring at us. "Gene", I say, "its a bull." Gene glances up and says, "Its ok. That's a good bull." 😲

On another old mine site we had a bison follow us around like a dog. Bison are big!

I had a pic of me with the bison, but I can't seem to find it. I fear it is lost :( I did come across these and thought I'd post a couple of them. Hope I haven't posted them before. Me in the Yukon in 1992.
Somewhere around Haines Junction:
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Near Teslin:
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Fireweed:
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Great tales and pics Mike :) :thumbsup:

I was once setting off on a hike near Sheffield, with a friend, years ago, about 6.30am. We heard a 'bark' behind us, and there were 3 German Shepherds running towards us. My mate dived straight over the nearest drystone wall, and left me to it! :D
 
Jack Black said:
I was once setting off on a hike near Sheffield, with a friend, years ago, about 6.30am. We heard a 'bark' behind us, and there were 3 German Shepherds running towards us. My mate dived straight over the nearest drystone wall, and left me to it! :D
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Your friend has impeccable instincts. I watched an Animal Planet special once that listed the top predators and their hunting success. There were the usual suspects -- lions, hyenas, crocodiles, and such. #1 on the list by far, with a 90% kill rate, were wild dogs.

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kamagong said:
Your friend has impeccable instincts. I watched an Animal Planet special once that listed the top predators and their hunting success. There were the usual suspects -- lions, hyenas, crocodiles, among the other usual suspects. #1 on the list by far, with a 90% kill rate, were wild dogs.

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I'm glad I didn't know that at the time Christian! :eek: Fortunately, I managed to send them packing with a lunge, and the Yorkshire version of Tarzan's 'Ungowa!" cry - "Gerrahtnit!" - Which has saved from a great many scrapes 🤣 Not sure it'd work against bears though! :eek:

More than thirty years ago, I was once forced to walk a very long way between the French towns of Calais and Boulogne, through the night, in the rain :( As I turned off the autoroute, at a place called Wimereux, on the outskirts of Boulogne, I passed a scrap-yard, and heard the sound of several snarling mutts heading in my direction :eek: I pulled out my Mauser Officers Knife, and prepared to defend myself as best I could, and then heard the sound of the dogs reaching the end of their chains -ching! - I was considerably relieved! :oops:😧:D:thumbsup:
 
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