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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 5:13:19 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2014 11:25:44 GMT
Gosh those tracks look mighty deep Deyana! Not a two-legged moose.... Ha. maybe a bear who likes to walk on just his hind legs? I'm confooosed! Kimby help! Tod, I really don't who or what those tracks belong to, I've never seen any like this before. I just hope there is no weird two legged half man, half beast living out there in those yonder woods..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2014 11:29:31 GMT
Kerouac, you know the bears all know me around these parts by now. They are just being a bit too shy, I know they want to invite to a picnic just like that one. The menu might be an interesting one.... Well, if I don't see one this summer, I may not see one for a while, as I'm moving to a much larger city for the next three years at the end of this summer. Fingers crossed I'll *bump* into one before then.
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Post by mossie on Jun 6, 2014 13:57:11 GMT
The menu might be an interesting one.... Fingers crossed I'll *bump* into one before then. Just don't bump him too hard, you look like quite a tasty morsel.
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Post by tod2 on Jun 6, 2014 14:52:29 GMT
I looked at those deep impressions again and don't think its an animal. Could it possibly be a human walking with a particular type of walking stick or ski pole? The space between the indentations looks about two lengths of a human stride, which fits in with a person swinging a stick forward after two steps. Just a theory....
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2014 15:46:25 GMT
mossie, you're so funny lol tod, your guess is as good as mine. It's a mystery.
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Post by deyana on Sept 19, 2015 18:41:18 GMT
I'm still on the bear trail. But the only bears I have seen have been dead ones sadly While driving home one day, my son told me he found out where they place all the 'road-kill' or animals that are run over. I did take photos of bears and deer and moose and coyotes just to name some. But I won't post them up, they might upset some people. I have come across various footprints while out walking my dog locally. And a close up: i187.photobucket.com/albums/x12/Jenvie/Jenvie015/DSCN1093_zpskfmkna3e.jpgI'm not completely sure what kind of animal these prints belong to. But they were huge. Found some flattened grass to one side too. Indicating that it could have been a bear passing through. Kimby might know better? Taken on another walk and on another day: A close up: I'm quite sure that the two above are deer footprints.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 19, 2015 23:22:35 GMT
I was gonna say moose or elk till I saw the close up.
Now I'm inclined to say Bigfoot?
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Post by deyana on Sept 20, 2015 14:35:48 GMT
haha... and it's not the first time I have seen Bigfoot's prints. I am beginning to wonder what or who the heck they can belong to....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2015 16:34:31 GMT
I love this thread, except that it is Kimby who finds bears from time to time and Deyana who only finds poop and footprints. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that your luck will change some day, Deyana, although you might not want to come face to face with Bigfoot.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 23, 2015 20:18:42 GMT
Kerouac, you are a good luck charm!
Yesterday a beautiful young (2 yo?) brown-colored Black Bear strolled through our yard while the sprinklers were running. He walked around 3 sides of our house before disappearing into the 15 acre bottom lands behind us.
I got several nice photos, but since ImageShack dumped me, I haven't an alternate way to upload them to AnyPort...
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Post by htmb on Sept 23, 2015 20:23:32 GMT
I'd be happy to post a couple of photos via my Flickr account for you if you would like to email them to me, Kimby. Let me know and I'll send you my email address.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 23, 2015 21:56:56 GMT
Thanks, htmb. If this free site I just found (postimage.org) doesn't work, I may take you up on it. (We should exchange emails anyway for a possible Florida meet up!)
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Post by Kimby on Sept 23, 2015 21:57:27 GMT
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Post by htmb on Sept 23, 2015 21:58:08 GMT
There you go!
That sure does look like a young bear.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 23, 2015 22:06:28 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Sept 23, 2015 22:13:53 GMT
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Post by deyana on Sept 25, 2015 11:57:16 GMT
Nice pics! I saw them on Facebook too.
He does look young. Do be careful around them though Kimby.
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Post by deyana on Sept 25, 2015 11:59:54 GMT
I have been seeing a lot more animal tracks lately then ever before. It makes me wary about where I take my dog walking. Really don't want to get too close to any wild animals if I can help it.
The bears must be getting ready for hibernation?
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Post by Kimby on Sept 25, 2015 15:23:41 GMT
Be careful walking your dog, Deyana. Bears and dogs are traditional enemies, and an unleashed dog that encounters a bear will often turn tail and run to safety at its master's side, with the bear in hot pursuit!
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Post by Kimby on Sept 25, 2015 15:31:36 GMT
The bears must be getting ready for hibernation? It's called "hyperphagia" and this time of year bears eat about 20 hours per day, increasing their body fat by 40% for their long winter's nap. When the wild berry crops fail (due to late frost or summer drought), they move into inhabited areas looking for fruit trees, garbage cans, bee hives, bird-feeders, dog dishes on porches, chicken coops, compost heaps, etc. If humans aren't careful to avoid giving these bears a "food reward", the marauding animals are often trapped by wildlife officials and relocated to a new area. Bears have good memories and often return to the scene of their (our) crimes, which usually gets them euthanized. "A fed bear is a dead bear." We who live in animal habitat have a duty to "run a clean ship". Around here that means no feeding birds from Spring Equinox till Thanksgiving, and keeping trash cans in the garage till the day of refuse collection, among other precautions including use of electric fencing around orchards, bee hives and chicken coops. The bears prepare a den ahead of time, but wait for the first big snowstorm to retire, letting the falling snow cover their tracks so they can sleep unmolested.
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Post by deyana on Sept 26, 2015 15:56:41 GMT
Be careful walking your dog, Deyana. Bears and dogs are traditional enemies, and an unleashed dog that encounters a bear will often turn tail and run to safety at its master's side, with the bear in hot pursuit! I can just see my dog doing that. I am being as careful as I can, Kimby. But fact is I live an area that is right in the middle of the habitat of these animals. They are even in my garden at times! I rely on luck more than anything else and just hope that I won't encounter any. I have thought about carrying some kind of spray, maybe I should look into that a bit more...
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Post by deyana on Sept 26, 2015 16:01:37 GMT
The bears must be getting ready for hibernation? It's called "hyperphagia" and this time of year bears eat about 20 hours per day, increasing their body fat by 40% for their long winter's nap. When the wild berry crops fail (due to late frost or summer drought), they move into inhabited areas looking for fruit trees, garbage cans, bee hives, bird-feeders, dog dishes on porches, chicken coops, compost heaps, etc. If humans aren't careful to avoid giving these bears a "food reward", the marauding animals are often trapped by wildlife officials and relocated to a new area. Bears have good memories and often return to the scene of their (our) crimes, which usually gets them euthanized. "A fed bear is a dead bear." We who live in animal habitat have a duty to "run a clean ship". Around here that means no feeding birds from Spring Equinox till Thanksgiving, and keeping trash cans in the garage till the day of refuse collection, among other precautions including use of electric fencing around orchards, bee hives and chicken coops. The bears prepare a den ahead of time, but wait for the first big snowstorm to retire, letting the falling snow cover their tracks so they can sleep unmolested. I never knew that bears prepare their den before hand. Interesting. Good advice there, Kimby. Thanks for your thoughts.
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Post by Kimby on Sept 28, 2015 3:50:08 GMT
If you carry spray, make sure it's "bear spray"
Pepper spray for muggers doesn't make a big enough cloud of pepper spray to stop a charging bear, though a shot in the face may deter a rapist.
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Post by lugg on Oct 7, 2015 17:37:22 GMT
Great photos Kimby
I read a report somewhere recently about a hunter who scared a bear by mistake, subsequently it attacked him - he managed to fend it off by pushing his arm down its throat , causing it to gag and retreat.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 8, 2015 1:19:49 GMT
I heard that too, lugg! Something to keep in mind when I forget to bring bear spray on my hikes.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 8, 2015 1:29:15 GMT
Can't post the photo cuz it's on my camera and I'm without a computer for a few days, but when we went out to meet the airport taxi at 0'dark thirty the other morning, there were fresh wet bear tracks across our driveway that weren't there 15 minutes earlier when Mr. Kimby took our packs out and set them down only 5 feet away!
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Post by deyana on Oct 25, 2015 18:04:46 GMT
I've taken note of the bear spray, Kimby.
Wow lugg, it was lucky that the guy knew what to do when he was attacked by the bear.
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Post by deyana on Oct 25, 2015 18:05:17 GMT
I finally saw a bear! Just when I had almost given up and wasn't expecting to. I was driving home last night, was about 15 mins from home on the local Highway. I had my high-beam lights on (thankfully) and there he/she was crossing the road right in front of me! I had to swerve my car to the other side of the road to avoid hitting it. I am so thankful that I didn't hit it, I was very close to doing so, I would have felt really bad if I had hurt it. It was dark brown, seemed to have silky fur and was on all fours running over the road. No photos Hard to take when you driving at 100 km per hour!
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Post by Kimby on Oct 25, 2015 21:56:35 GMT
Yay! Lucky you. (Luckier bear!)
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