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There are critters out there...

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Rode this weekend in the snow in an area i ride frequently. We saw tons of critter tracks. I sometimes see a deer or two but the snow relieved there are semi large bear, big cats, and lots of smaller cats and deer. The bear prints followed the trail for a good half mile. I had no idea.
 
It's amazing, ain't it? Around the age of 12\13, I'm up in the major boonies of the great white north, working for a guy, blazing his property lines.
We cross a lake & get to a trail. I see track's.
I ask what are those?
Bear tracks!
I ask what are those?
Moose tracks!
I ask what are those?
Wolf tracks!

I ask WTF are we going in the same direction as all those wild animal tracks?
He say's don't worry, they'll hear you & be long gone well before you ever see them.
I learned a lot about wild life & wilderness survival those two summers :thumbsup:
 
Ruffus;66913 said:
It's amazing, ain't it? I learned a lot about wild life & wilderness survival those two summers :thumbsup:
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I have always been told, It is better to have "Wild Tracks" in front of you then behind you.:D
 
I was walking my dog a few days ago and not more than 50 yards from my house was a good size set of Mountian lion tracks, I keep walking and about a mile from home a coyote starts yelling at me. So when I was heading home I noticed a deer track that came into our campgrond and followed the creek right by my house....too cool.:thumbsup:
 
Rockchucker22;66954 said:
not more than 50 yards from my house was a good size set of Mountian lion tracks, the creek right by my
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"pug marks":D

A few mornings ago, before the sun came up I noticed the cat looking out the bedroom window at something. I asked her what she saw and went over for a look. Two large coyotes were walking around in my backyard. Curious to see how they got in, I watched as they meandered over to the fence. Then one by one, they paused, vaulted up and touched the top of the chain link fence to propel themselves over the top. Peewee and I looked at each other and I said "No way you are ever going to be an outdoors cat!":eek:
 
Bear and Cat populations have been on the rise in many states after the passage of legislation outlawing hunting with dogs and baiting.

Two weeks ago I got a call from a neighbor about a mile up the road to tell me to watch my dogs because a Cougar jumped the fence behind their house and got into it with their four dogs. Their Lab got the worst of it and will be making his rounds on three legs now.
 
Saw a bobcat in my front yard for the first time ever just yesterday. Only time I've ever seen them before was deep in the woods riding. My dog going nuts at the door alerted me to his presence..LOL. I see deer daily in my yard. I HEAR the coyotes pretty much every night, sometimes they REALLY make a racket, still haven't seen any of them yet. My neighbors have said they see them though. Had a bear around for awhile. He even came up and pressed his nose up against my front door, which is all glass one evening while I was watching TV. Another critter I ONLY see when I'm in the woods riding is porqupines. They're pretty neat up close.
 

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Summer before last I came face to face with a 500-600 pound lone grizzly bear. I was in the process of crapping my pants when he took off down hill through down fall and crap so fast if made my jaw get stuck in my chest protector. It was an amazing display of agility and speed. :eek: We are talking 40 mph through 3' high down fall. He and I were about 30' apart when I came blitzing around the corner of a ridge and then he was in the next county. If it was a sow with cubs I was dead. Scared me so bad I was shaking for a half hour while the adrenalin subsided.

Walt
 
loud pipes save lives (just kidding) great moto riding wildlife stories,,,,seen lots of coyotes, seen lots of deer seen some goats (bighorn sheep), seen lots of rattle snakes, one puma,,,,bobcats,,,but nothing like a friggan GRIZZLY bear!!! Man if the helmet cam was strapped on!! that would have been something to see!!
 
I saw a show on tv a year or so back .. dude on a mtb was blitzing a forest service road, came down around a corner and met mama griz and two cubs ... it did not end well ... he lived through it though. No grizz to worry about in my neck of the woods ...
 
With this last storm I went and looked at deer, not more than a few miles from my house I saw 14 bucks and about 60 does and fawns. One real nice 4x5 that is a bruiser....I took some pics I will see if they turned out and post them.
 
If I had a helmet cam of that incident, the video would be required viewing on the net. Not just for the OH SH*T in the recording, but it was so impressive watching it go. Myron and a friend saw the same grizz from about 400-500 yds in a later ride and they hi tailed it out of there. I mean we aren't talking about a 1000 lb bear but it was still bigger than any black bear you will ever see by far. Probably a 2 or 3 year old male.

Walt

PS, I was in total fmf TC2 2 smoke stealth mode.
 
Two friends of mine came across some tracks on a trail. The KTM rider declared they were Moose tracks, the Honda rider insisted they were bear tracks.

They we still arguing when the train hit em.

:D
 
Wetdog;67220 said:
Two friends of mine came across some tracks on a trail. The KTM rider declared they were Moose tracks, the Honda rider insisted they were bear tracks.

They we still arguing when the train hit em.

:D
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I miss your frequent and funny posts. :thumbsup:

Wally is picking up the slack for you though, good stuff. :cheers:
 
I was racing a harescramble one time in Florida, I came down a straight away and saw a bull coming towards me. I thought what the h-ll! I guess it got out of one of the fields. I know I hit my brakes and went to the left, way the heck behind him. Good Stories!

Typpyt
 
Wetdog;67220 said:
Two friends of mine came across some tracks on a trail. The KTM rider declared they were Moose tracks, the Honda rider insisted they were bear tracks.

They we still arguing when the train hit em.



:D
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LMAO, good one :lol:
 
Oh Wet Dog, :lol:

I just spit beer all over my screen.:applause:

If there wasn't a case of a train in West glacier hitting a drunk grizzly that went about 1000 lb's it wouldn't have been quite as funny. Funny but that really hit me. Occasionally they will have a grain train derail and when the grain rots it ferments. Bunch of drunk bears and not a good place to be on foot.

Walt
 
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