Wildlife Pics

[sobo]

Thank you!

 

[Maligator]

outside Ridgway Colorado.

 

[Dales75]

Never showed himself in the daylight

 

[galvweld]

Javelina season opener was Friday. Out every day at daylight for three days. Come home late. Ride UTV and hike, somewhat. Lots of tracks. Sunday morning in my backyard a herd trafficked through. Wife got one picture. Can't shoot in my subdivision even with 10 acres. Well maybe with suppression. Not.

 

[Mikej]

Javelina season opener was Friday. Out every day at daylight for three days. Come home late. Ride UTV and hike, somewhat. Lots of tracks. Sunday morning in my backyard a herd trafficked through. Wife got one picture. Can't shoot in my subdivision even with 10 acres. Well maybe with suppression. Not.View attachment 1136742

Are you allowed to bait them? And are they being as destructive as the wild hogs in the south/southeast?

When I see something like that I picture it on a spit, turning slowly over mesquite coals/fire. Or being laid, wrapped in dampened burlap, into a pit filled with rocks where a fire had burned for several hours and covered with dirt for six hours.

 

[galvweld]

Are you allowed to bait them? And are they being as destructive as the wild hogs in the south/southeast?

When I see something like that I picture it on a spit, turning slowly over mesquite coals/fire. Or being laid, wrapped in dampened burlap, into a pit filled with rocks where a fire had burned for several hours and covered with dirt for six hours.

Not a feral animal, so controlled species. Baiting not allowed. At times they respond to game calls. Some are taken a really close range with bow, handgun. Others dies during rifle season. Draw tag. Can be destructive to cultivated landscaping. Can be aggressive towards dogs. Several occurrences of people getting injured while defending their pet. Some call them skunk pig from gland on backend. Properly skinned and cooked have an appearance like dark pork. Like any wild game they can be good eating and easily messed up.

 

[Mikej]

Not a feral animal, so controlled species. Baiting not allowed. At times they respond to game calls. Some are taken a really close range with bow, handgun. Others dies during rifle season. Draw tag. Can be destructive to cultivated landscaping. Can be aggressive towards dogs. Several occurrences of people getting injured while defending their pet. Some call them skunk pig from gland on backend. Properly skinned and cooked have an appearance like dark pork. Like any wild game they can be good eating and easily messed up.

I'll guess that the desert isn't fertile enough to allow them to flourish to the point of extreme nuisance.

 

[coyote223]

 

[NeoBlackdog]

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That pic should be your avatar, not that silly kitty cat!

 

[Rem700..300]

Thought I would post a few really neat animals I have seen or interacted with over the last couple of months. At least in my mind.

Albino blacktail with another blacktail. Only the second one I have ever seen.

A Barred owl that hit a window at work during graveyard shift. Nursed it back to health after it knocked itself out hitting the window. Held it for about 10 minutes keeping it warm. It would let me pet it. Very light and soft. Flew off after about an hour.

A herd of Rosevelts on the way up to clean a quarry.

The scarry house tiger not letting me have my Sportsman bag.

 

[sobo]

A Barred owl that hit a window at work during graveyard shift. Nursed it back to health after it knocked itself out hitting the window. Held it for about 10 minutes keeping it warm. It would let me pet it. Very light and soft. Flew off after about an hour.
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That owl still looks a little woozy... Good on ya for taking care of it!

 

[ilikegunspdx]

Not hunting but pretty cool. Wolverines!!!

Yellowstone tourists encounter one of park’s rarest animals

A father and daughter visiting Yellowstone National Park for the first time on Saturday enjoyed an exceedingly rare encounter with a wolverine in what their guide described as a period in which tim…

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[ilikegunspdx]

Sapsucker attacked by crows in Portland (not my photo). I wish people realized how destructive the overpopulated crows are to our native bird population and stopped feeding them. I've lost 3 nests to crows. Kiddo was so excited to see them fledge but each time crows swooped and took all babies right before they were ready to fly. I think we need a bounty system on crows like they have for squawfish.

 

[nwwoodsman]

Couple of bulls. About a week and 50 yards apart

 

[DeanMk]

Sounds like you found a game trail.
Nice pics, NWWoodsman. -b

 

[nwwoodsman]

Sounds like you found a game trail.
Nice pics, NWWoodsman. -b

Thanks. Lot of elk, deer and a few bear in that area. Had a lot more luck last year getting animals to smile for the camera. Trying some different tricks and we'll how it works out in a couple of weeks

 

[Forester]

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[DeanMk]

...great...NOW they come out....( )

 

[nwwoodsman]

Some from my most recent camera check. Would've had a lot more and better shots, but the elk screwed with all 5 cameras I had out

 

[sobo]

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This pic just screams for a caption...