The cubs are SO focused on the PB
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OT: Animals I love that aren't domesticated
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There is a Saguaro in my area that a pair of Owls come to every spring to lay the eggs and have their babies
They are back now and Mom is on the eggs.
Here's a pick from a prior year with the babies which get big really fast
I drove by this AM because of this thread and there were 10 people there looking
Very cool pics!!
Not sure when it happened but since moving to MN I've noticed a huge spike in the bald eagle population. I see them almost daily now but I still get awestruck. There are a few massive nests along the highway I take to and from work and its really common to see a few adults in the nest.
Loons are also incredible. Almost mammal-like
Loons are also incredible. Almost mammal-like
I generally kill most snakes I see, but bull snakes. They eat the rodents and also will kill rattlesnakes.
I dont mind many others, but I hate opossums. Nasty little things. Looks like a rat and a cat fucked and that's what came out.
I dont mind many others, but I hate opossums. Nasty little things. Looks like a rat and a cat fucked and that's what came out.
I used to feel that way about the possums, but my granddaughter and my wife changed my attitude on them. They are really a friend of your yard, they eat grubs like there is nothing else in the world, and also damaging bugs. they are an omnivore, and they will also eat rodents. Overall if it is a tug of war between raccoons and possums take the side of the possums every day and twice on Sundays. I don't like raccoons at all, and they are nasty for getting various diseases into your biosphere.
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My wife had a similar experience with a murder kitty. She was going up the trail and he was going down. They both looked at each other for a minute and then he wandered off the trail. That was the end of her hiking for the day.
Folks around here have to be careful with their pets. The mountain lions will come down and grab them from their backyards that back up to mountain.
Couple of bad pictures of our local bears last year -
This one loves to try and get our trash. The bear proof trash can has had to go the distance a few times -
This one decided to come out in the daytime last summer. Beautiful weekend day, everyone out doing things, kids playing, etc... Luckily I was just coming home at the time and escorted him out of ours and next doors neighborhood with the ol' 4Runner -
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Not sure, but I wouldn't be that patient haha. Had one jump out of a tree near Harlan County Reservoir while muzzleloader deer hunting. Luckily it ran straight the other direction, but I walked about halfway to the truck backwards after that.
This is my biggest fears deer hunting where we do in Pine Ridge I'm out there 3-4 times in fall/winter. I carry a 17+1 sidearm with extra 17 round mag. I'm using all 35 rounds.
There is a known female and two 2ish year old cubs that run the creeks we hunt. She has been in the area for several years now and cubs the last 2 falls. We wanted to hunt her this mountain lion season, but she's collared with 2 cubs and next to government land with a lot of trail cams. Hopefully she sticks around after they leave her.
My son was field dressing a deer and I found these about 10 yards from where he was. We got snow overnight so they were just a few hours old.
Came across the cub tracks a few hours later in a different creek.
I lived in SoCal in the late 90s and at that time the Greenies had decided that Mountain Lions were going extinct, so that stopped all the hunts, and made it illegal for virtually any reason to kill one. Naturally the lion population exploded. There were vids of an elementary school in San Bernardino County with Mountain Lions lounging on the roof of the school ......
Horses and hikers being attacked. Lions jumping into yards to steal Fluffy the Dog as a Lunchable. Finally the state reinstated the hunting season on lions .....
The truth about them however is that lions will rarely attack human adults, unless they are running. Or they are children. Lions make smart calculations about prey; how much in energy will this kill cost me, is the juice worth the squeeze.
Cats as a rule have a kill technique that is their favorite; hit the prey from the back with the jaws on the cervical spine so that a quick snap kills the prey from their powerful jaws and shoulder muscles.
Even your little cute kitty at home uses this technique to kill mice and other prey. It is very fast and efficient, but as you can guess it is much harder to do if the prey weighs as much or more than the lion/cat and is strong itself.
FYI one of my favorite videos to watch is domesticated cats in India killing King Cobras .......
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We have one bout 2 miles from our house right now in Butler County. It's been caught a few times on a trail cam (I'll try and download the pictures). It is about 200 yards from where my deer stand was last season. They are having a biologist come in and try and trap it so they can collar it and track where it's going.
If it sticks around through fawning season, your deer population will be decimated for the next few years, if not already.
It's uncollared so SSS method. Shoot, shovel, and shut-up.
Yeah, I was REALLY hoping more for a relocation rather than just a collaring. My 11 year old is scared to go outside now. That is also where we do all of our 4 wheeling and exploring, so that puts a damper in that. I had an encounter with a mountain lion in Colorado about 15 years ago and I don't want to see one again. Even though it just walked past me (probably 30 feet away), it was enough to give me nightmares about lions for the next month LOL.
Anything that eats rodents, owls, hawks, possums, snakes. I’ve been battling with voles (field mice) since I moved in 5 years ago. Nothing fucking works. When I first moved in it took me about 6 months to figure out why hawks were constantly posted up on the power lines behind my house. I was able to get rid of them, all the hawks left, and now those fuckers are back.
Cats almost never attack (for predation purposes) animals/humans that exceed 50% of their own body weight/size. Only a protective mother with cubs or a sick/starving cat will attempt to attack a human of similar size. Under normal circumstances they are extremely cautious and skittish animals.