An elk this time. Love the badass way he stands there and stares everyone down after the charge. Too bad you can't see the impact.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WKoXUI...DFVoApwbd8-LZw
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An elk this time. Love the badass way he stands there and stares everyone down after the charge. Too bad you can't see the impact.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WKoXUI...DFVoApwbd8-LZw
In fact I can't see shit.
"I'm sure it won't". Haha!
It's a piece of self parody performance art... you're not supposed to click the link...Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
get it....Quote:
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i thought this was going to be a TR and got excited.
Me and the boy were hiking to a waterfall in YNP, rounded a corner and I about shit myself, saw this guy about 20 feet off the trail, froze and waited. He seemed more concerned about eating, we went by very slowly keeping an eye on him. He was still there on the way back, but was a lot farther away.
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Damn. That would have hurt.
Nah, you just stand between two trees close together.Quote:
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Rounded a corner on the Middle Fork Popo Agie (pa-PO-zha) in the Winds and found myself face to face with a bull. Not a bull elk. A bull bull. I yielded right of way (see thread in Outdoors)
my father was gored by a moose ( kind of)and it made a nasty hole in his leg that took a long time to heal, he just kept putting BFD powder on it
they shot 2 moose which they were hoisting up on a tree to dress, Duno if they had started drinking beer yet, back in those days I would think so, they were hoisting the 1st one up with a cheap block & tackle and the rope broke
when it broke pa fell backwards on the other dead moose which was lying right there on the ground, nasty wound which always made me wonder what kind of hole a charging unglet would make?
actualy they can run thru a forest at top speed that you can't walk thru, it better be BIG trees cuz whatever they can't deek thru they will mow over
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Dude is vegan. Just saying.
Moose run fast. Dad was drunk. Never use cheap rope for anything.Quote:
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Junk rope pisses me off.
I guess it's time for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEhM2Byk7w
they can mf'ing HAUL (you can skip to 1 min in for the best action)
that moose was not just resting it was dead ... it was an ex-moose
tasted good
Norwegian Blue, was it?Quote:
Originally Posted by XXX-er
Pretty sure it was just resting.
which scares ya most moose, bear or toss up?
mountain lionQuote:
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Strong as new rope has always been a favorite expression of mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by iceman
I've seen so much crazy stuff in Yellowstone, I would t know where to start.
Crazy stuff.
Like a moose that's crazy.
Without starting anything to hot for conversation, a moose would be a pretty crazy sight.
Depending on who you talk to, some say the wolves ate all the moose, while others say the moose all left the park for more civilized areas- where the wolves won't go.
Either way, they're hard to find these days- at least in Yellowstone.
You run into lots of moose and bar up narth eh, one almost came thru the windshield at 100kph, almost punched my ticket, still it caused a lot of damage, after that I drove in the middle of the road to allow extra reaction time, scanned the ditches as well as the road, got driving lights, watched the reflectors in the ditch for interruptions when something walks in front of them
I had one pass me running downhill on Teton Pass this winter. I was doing 25-30ish. I was blown away.Quote:
Originally Posted by baby bear
after paw finished goring himself on the moose they took some picts of the Kill zone, so with a 30-06 slug in him that 800lb moose quit dodging the trees and just knocked to the ground what looked to be 4" diameter willows
We see quite a few moose outside YNP on the Idaho side of the Centennials. We have one that winters not far from here in a stand of quakies and in a crater. The other day I learned that bear spray will work on a charging moose too. I worry more about mountain lions, moose, then bear.
How is it that no skiers have been charged at the base of JHMR? I'm always amazed at the number of folks that will stop just a few feet away from a cow and her calves at the base to take pictures.
Many years ago in Banff, a Japanese Tourist got a little too close to one of the town's bull elk while getting that perfect shot. Shortly after, the bull was gamboling around town with a dead Japanese tourist in his rack, camera dangling.
after paw finished goring himself on the moose (as opposed to BEING gored by the moose) they took some picts of the Kill zone, so with a 30-06 slug in him that 800lb moose quit dodging the trees and just knocked to the ground what looked to be 4" diameter willows
Anybody get a picture?Quote:
Originally Posted by TBS
Fernie use to have a moose that would bed down not far from a chair lift... it just kicked it there, not paying anyone any mind. this was in the 90's though.
I wasn't too worried about his biteQuote:
Originally Posted by iceman
Saw lots around Bozeman, bear canyon, goose creek, and in ennis.
In the early 90s we were having coffee at the Vuarnet/Shades before the lifts opened. As the tram came down, it scared a moose below and the moose came charging over the bridge into that little disk in front of the Alpenhof/Tram bldg/Shades,/Gros Ventre buildings. We drew back close to the café door on the deck while the thing wheeled around that perimeter looking for an out. There was some wild weird in it's eye way too close for my comfort. It got tired and started staggering around just as the tram started back up which fortunately chased the thing back up over the bridge.
I spilled some coffee that morning.
I have also stood, raving mad, within 20 feet of a 200 lb cougar with a 4' section of 2x4 in hand.
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Bronies.Quote:
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Which ski area is that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Buster Highmen
I think a bear might think twice whereas a moose is just gona charge
Living in the narth if I see a wild animal I think "ya I hit one of those, ran over one of those almost got killed by one of those" and so I don't feel the need to take bad pictures so I just leave the poor fucking things alone
But them furren tourists in jasper or banff or any national park want to get close as they can, actualy they are more likley to get run over/cause an accident in the traffic jam around a roadside attraction/ animal siteing than getting eaten or charged
Thinking back to when the folks took us to Calgary Stampede and we took a side trip to Wood Buffalo National Park. Friend of Dad's saw a couple of bulls laying down about 50 yards off the road. He grabs camera and started walking towards them. Got about 10 yards away, picked up a tree limb and tossed it at the lounging critters. They all stood up, and dads buddy made it back to his car in about 6 strides. No photo.
I been to the Calgary stampede and I would rather take my chances with a herd of charging buffalo
Always fun to slow down to watch the tourists, within what they seem to think is a safe escape distance to their rented motorhome, snapping pics of the bear grazing just off the pavement. And always one, usually young presumably alpha male, breaking from the pack to get that real close-up. Surprised there aren't more deadly incidents - seems bruin has more patience and regard than I would in its place.
As for adrenaline rating upon chance encounter, for me it's bull moose in early rut, then any female protecting its young that's welterweight class or larger, forcefully relocated griz on its march home, and last is immature black bear a month or 2 after mom kicks em out to have a romp with the boyfriend. Only kitty issues have been feeling the hair raised on the back of my neck in prime terrain but couldn't see the feline devil. Bison are impressive when coming over the roll XC skiing and encountering a small group resting, seeing the steam bursts quicken from their nostrils, but they've never put me up a tree for an afternoon like that fuckin bull moose that figured I was messin with his mojo. 4 times I thought the coast was clear, and 3 times he put me back up that perch. I love my job.
Ya'lls wildlife is a trip. On a big day I'll see a possum. maybe a deer.
Pretty funny...and his costar is HAWT.Quote:
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