Lions, Wolves, and Bears, oh my!

chadwick

eyedclaar wrote:

chadwick wrote:

you know i have only see one live and up close one time.
this dang cat was up the side of a giant tree running down it.
i saw this flash running down this tree... then a spring explosion from the tree into thin air about 12 feet off the ground hitting the fern jungle like a bullet. zoom kitty was gone as the ferns gave way to the cat's agile skills.
african lion?
one time i bit the tail off a bengel tiger while wrestling him for a freshly killed zebra :roll:
he clawed my eyes out.
but i am so badass i grew new ones, any color i wanted too.

I have never seen one in the wild. Which, is basically the inspiration for that fictional piece I included a link to. I mean, I have tracked them, smelled them, heard them, and done everything but see one. Fuckin' ninjas anyway. I did see a lynx once and it was very much like what you described. I have never seen an animal move so fast or gracefully. It did one running leap that must have carried it over twenty feet and it looked effortless.

you know, for all i know it could have been a lynx.
again, it was a blur.
i'm pretty sure it was a big cat.
and i was kind of scared to be honest.
they like to eat your throat and stomach.
soft flesh.

mbangel10

Not to ruin you're fun of wrestling the beasties of the wilderness but I recently read this article, and when I read your post it popped into my head.

http://discovermagazine.com/2010/the-br ... on-edition

Carry an air horn when you're walking around.... if you see a bear or a mountain lion, use it. The sound will hopefully scare them off.

Have fun, be safe.

Franny

eyedclaar wrote:

Slap upside the head wrote:

I hope those poor animals have plenty of eyed repellant.

Hey, all the wild animal anal probing I do is for the scientific benefit of all mankind. Steve Erwin can back me up on this... Oh wait.




















Too soon?

mmm nope. The day he died there were sms and email jokes going viral here.

•Steve wouldn’t have died if he were wearing sunscreen, it would have protected him from harmful rays.

what’s the difference between steve irwin and princess diana?
he brought his own camera crew

why did he have to die?
khakis dont come with ray bans

what’s the croc hunter’s favorite bible verse?
o, death, where is thy sting?

etc etc

Ms. Wes C.addle

I would love to see a lion! I've been told we have some near our cabin but I've never had the pleasure. It'd be so kickass to see one not in a cage.... Seen plenty of wolves during our little 'earn-a-bear' season. Savage fucks.

unlost dogs

There was a raccoon outside our window last night. It was fat and pretty slow and seemed to be enjoying itself in the neighbor's trash barrel.

I shut the window.

Thus concludes my encounter with American wildlife.

Flagg

Can I just watch Grizzly Man and get the idea?

chadwick

Flagg wrote:

Can I just watch Grizzly Man and get the idea?

um, no.
you have to be within 15 yards of bear tracks and within 10 yards of bear shit to get the idea.
i'm pretty sure that eyed would agree with me.

Dissidentman

chadwick wrote:

Flagg wrote:

Can I just watch Grizzly Man and get the idea?

um, no.
you have to be within 15 yards of bear tracks and within 10 yards of bear shit to get the idea.
i'm pretty sure that eyed would agree with me.

I love the smell of bear shit in the morning.

Claireack

Just take a broom handle and a bin lid and you'll be fine.

chadwick

Dissidentman wrote:

chadwick wrote:

Flagg wrote:

Can I just watch Grizzly Man and get the idea?

um, no.
you have to be within 15 yards of bear tracks and within 10 yards of bear shit to get the idea.
i'm pretty sure that eyed would agree with me.

I love the smell of bear shit in the morning.

aawww yes.
a campfire still going from the night before
a cast iron skillet frying up some bacon and eggs.
coffee brewing in one of those percolator jobs.
and fresh bear shit lingering quite heavily in the air.
like that?

Dissidentman

chadwick wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

chadwick wrote:

um, no.
you have to be within 15 yards of bear tracks and within 10 yards of bear shit to get the idea.
i'm pretty sure that eyed would agree with me.

I love the smell of bear shit in the morning.

aawww yes.
a campfire still going from the night before
a cast iron skillet frying up some bacon and eggs.
coffee brewing in one of those percolator jobs.
and fresh bear shit lingering quite heavily in the air.
like that?

Exactly like that, but with beer

eyedclaar

mbangel10 wrote:

Not to ruin you're fun of wrestling the beasties of the wilderness but I recently read this article, and when I read your post it popped into my head.

http://discovermagazine.com/2010/the-br ... on-edition

Carry an air horn when you're walking around.... if you see a bear or a mountain lion, use it. The sound will hopefully scare them off.

Have fun, be safe.

I appreciate the concern. However, this is far from my first rodeo. I spend a lot of time out there amongst the fanged ones. I have a plastic water jug with a big sockeye salmon sticker on it that has bear teeth marks on it. I think the bear actually thought he found a fish that night.

eyedclaar

ms. wes c.addle wrote:

I would love to see a lion! I've been told we have some near our cabin but I've never had the pleasure. It'd be so kickass to see one not in a cage.... Seen plenty of wolves during our little 'earn-a-bear' season. Savage fucks.

Not sure I want to know what an earn-a-bear season is, but don't be calling wolves names up in my thread. You can insult my mom if you have to, but not the wolves.

eyedclaar

Claireack wrote:

Just take a broom handle and a bin lid and you'll be fine.

That's the spirit.

unlost dogs

...and if you need any help with obese urban raccoons, you just IM me. I'm here for you.

pandora

unlost dogs wrote:

...and if you need any help with obese urban raccoons, you just IM me. I'm here for you.

Lots of fun raccoon stories camping, what characters are they? Can get a bit scary if you have a pack hanging out fighting amongst themselves in the pitch black, they make some scary noises :shock:
One time we had one get into the cooler at night. His cute little hand was able to slide the lock and we peeked out of the tent with the flashlight, he was eating a raw egg, broke in half lapping it up. Very cute.I will never forget the look on that little bandits face, then he scurried off. Come the next am I went to get my homemade pumpkin bread out of the cooler and it was gone. Raccoon must have first dragged it off, no easy feat, its heavy!, then come back to enjoy an egg.
Another time we left our strawberry redkin soap out on the picnic table. Next am, little muddy raccoon footprints on a trail across the table with little spitty out piles of soap, must have smelled better than it tasted!

eyedclaar

Yeah, we get raccoons around our house as well. The babies are so freakin' adorable I just want to eat their faces off. This morning, we had a young buck mule deer in our front yard, which is kind of odd. One of my cats was freaked out all puffed up while the deer was curious and kept getting closer to her. Meanwhile, my 20 pound monster cat kept stalking it through the grass. He really looked like he thought he was a mountain lion or something. It was entertaining.

Dissidentman

eyedclaar wrote:

Yeah, we get raccoons around our house as well. The babies are so freakin' adorable I just want to eat their faces off. This morning, we had a young buck mule deer in our front yard, which is kind of odd. One of my cats was freaked out all puffed up while the deer was curious and kept getting closer to her. Meanwhile, my 20 pound monster cat kept stalking it through the grass. He really looked like he thought he was a mountain lion or something. It was entertaining.

Geez...you need a TV or something, now that's entertaining.

eyedclaar

Dissidentman wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Yeah, we get raccoons around our house as well. The babies are so freakin' adorable I just want to eat their faces off. This morning, we had a young buck mule deer in our front yard, which is kind of odd. One of my cats was freaked out all puffed up while the deer was curious and kept getting closer to her. Meanwhile, my 20 pound monster cat kept stalking it through the grass. He really looked like he thought he was a mountain lion or something. It was entertaining.

Geez...you need a TV or something, now that's entertaining.

Na, TV is for people who don't have anything going on in their real life, so they have to watch other people pretend to be interesting.

unlost dogs

eyedclaar wrote:

Dissidentman wrote:

eyedclaar wrote:

Yeah, we get raccoons around our house as well. The babies are so freakin' adorable I just want to eat their faces off. This morning, we had a young buck mule deer in our front yard, which is kind of odd. One of my cats was freaked out all puffed up while the deer was curious and kept getting closer to her. Meanwhile, my 20 pound monster cat kept stalking it through the grass. He really looked like he thought he was a mountain lion or something. It was entertaining.

Geez...you need a TV or something, now that's entertaining.

Na, TV is for people who don't have anything going on in their real life, so they have to watch other people pretend to be interesting.

Wait a second, I thought that's why we have the board? :?

eyedclaar

unlost dogs wrote:

Wait a second, I thought that's why we have the board? :?

It is. Dis and I pretend to be interesting all the time.

Dissidentman

eyedclaar wrote:

unlost dogs wrote:

Wait a second, I thought that's why we have the board? :?

It is. Dis and I pretend to be interesting all the time.

Who's pretending?

I have 30 people right now watching, waiting for me to get up and get coffee so they can snap pictures and write about it and stuff...