Attention Mark Meredith

I was chatting on the phone with Mike S. a couple of night's ago.Mike had mentioned that you were wondering if we have any moose up here.I had told
Mike just to tell you that yes we do and infact they are in my back yard all the time.So here's a few pics that I took about a hour ago in my back yard(just a little proof...LOL)
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Rick

That is cool, wow and all I get are opossums, raccoons, and rats

Living in front of the zoo doesn't count Rick. :001_tt2: Seriously though, that is really cool. That is a huge moose too. The best we've ever had in our back yard are some deer.

That is COOOOOL!!!!!! I have plenty of dear come through my yard.

wow, how much land do you live on Rick?

I think it would be cool if rick's wife would take a picture of him standing next to the moose ;)

[QUOTE=Broilermaker;471846]I think it would be cool if rick's wife would take a picture of him standing next to the moose ;)[/QUOTE]

I don't have the balls to do that...LOL....that fence is 8 feet high,gives you a idea on how big that sucker is!!!


Anita,I have 30 acres but we only use 5 of them.The other 25 are for later in life(sell and become rich...LOL)were only 10 minutes from the city.

Wow, but really Rick when I saw the pics I knew who the real ripper is ;) stay away, even deer are dangerous

That is so cool Rick! Awesome Moose pics. How fun!

You've got Moose...I've got Turkeys. Here is a pic of the neighborhood turkeys. They are in my yard almost every day... :)

Kurt

[QUOTE=Broilermaker;47185] stay away, even deer are dangerous[/QUOTE]
Totally agree with that, a deer once chased my dog across our yard and almost into our garage. I can't imagine what kind of damage that bull moose could do.

You do realize, if I had deer, turkeys, or moose in my yard I'd have a BBQ!
I'm just saying

[QUOTE=Broilermaker;471869]You do realize, if I had deer, turkeys, or moose in my yard I'd have a BBQ!
I'm just saying[/QUOTE]

For the deer, turkeys, and moose? That'd be kinda weird wouldn't it. (Sorry, couldn't help it)

Ok Adam you got me

He's a fine specimen Rick! What are the hunting regs on Moose up in Northern Alberta? I'm guessing the season is now on?

Turkeys? We have more fricken wild turkeys around here than you can shake a stick at. Bloody things are doing a job on the cash crops. The White tails used to be the major feeders, but in the last few years the turkeys have taken over.

F.

[I]That's crazy Cool Rick. If I seen that Moose in my backyard i do not know what I would do. LOL. Thanks so much for sharing.[/I]

[I]Ray [/I]

LOL...Darn things...do they eat your trees/shrubs or anything? Darn deere here...I got fed up after everything I planted would get tore up... I now spray a catfish bait smelling junk on anything I plant. Doesn't hurt the plant but the deer don't want to mess with it either. Haven't seen them around for a bit, but its just about time for them to start running. Deer populations have went thru the roof here....they're everywhere... see one dead on the road every other day.
I got a pleasant suprise the other day when i was mowing. I have tall grass around me that I just don't mow... Its out by the property line. When I was driving by it 6 female pheasant flew out... I was hoping they would come this year... Hope they stay too and have plenty of little ones. Pheasant populations have really suffered the last 10 years. If winter is fairly mild...should be good.

Jimbo

I want to see more pics of the black dog.

Looks like they don't sell Round Up in Canada... :P

Rick is right they are Huge. I stood next to one in Maine a few years back , I 'm 6'4 and it towered over me.

Ok so it was stuffed and standing in the lobby of a restaurant but, it was Huge

Wow... I guess Moose in the backyard isn't so bad...ex wife just sent me a text and some bears made it into her back yard and knocked a wall off her chicken coop and ate all her chickens but one.

Country livin ...

[QUOTE=Johnnyredline;472334]Wow... I guess Moose in the backyard isn't so bad...ex wife just sent me a text and some bears made it into her back yard and knocked a wall off her chicken coop and ate all her chickens but one.

Country livin ...[/QUOTE]

Johnny,I would rather have the bear in my backyard then a moose.The bears don't really scare me they just come in once in a while to eat the rasberries and strawberries,I got no chickens for them to eat...LOL
We also get the odd cougar in the yard(not that kind John...LOL)they always see you before you see them,got to be really carefull around them.

Rick

Rick you ever shoot any of them? Of course I shoot alot of opossums but different ones come back

No..I don't hunt anymore,there alot nicer to look at then eat.

Rick

I agree about the looking than tasting especially when it comes to opossums ;) I would love to see that wildlife, last time I went to my cousins house, I saw frogs, bats and an owl! He does get bobcats coming through trying to eat his dogs, and many rattlesnakes

Hey Rick......Man, Thats just crazy..Your lawn looks very nice and well kept;
What happens when that Big 'ol sucker Drops One?...........Yowza!!

[QUOTE=Johnnyredline;472334]Wow... I guess Moose in the backyard isn't so bad...ex wife just sent me a text and some bears made it into her back yard and knocked a wall off her chicken coop and ate all her chickens but one.

Country livin ...[/QUOTE]

All but one, which she had for dinner,,,,,,,,,,,

[QUOTE=huntkeh;472341]Johnny,I would rather have the bear in my backyard then a moose.The bears don't really scare me they just come in once in a while to eat the rasberries and strawberries,I got no chickens for them to eat...LOL
[B][COLOR=black]We also get the odd cougar in the yard[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=red](not that kind John...LOL)[/COLOR]they always see you before you see them,got to be really carefull around them.

Rick[/QUOTE]


Hey Rick,

I stay away from those types of Cougars LOL!

I guess the ex wife is very traumatized about the bears.

In the last month one of her border collies died...than last week her favorite horse collucked and died and now the bear attack on the chickens.

Looks like I will be taking care of the surviving chick for about two weeks.

Fish and game said if the bears don't come back in that time frame they probably won't come back any time soon.


I agree with you I would rather look at animals than shoot them...in fact I went hunting once and shot at a quail and it ended up being a sprinkler head. :001_unsure:

[QUOTE=DREW;472437]Hey Rick......Man, Thats just crazy..Your lawn looks very nice and well kept;
What happens when that Big 'ol sucker Drops One?...........Yowza!![/QUOTE]

[I]That was funny Drew. Thanks for the laugh.[/I]

[I]Ray[ATTACH=CONFIG]46737[/ATTACH]
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I agree with you I would rather look at animals than shoot them...in fact I went hunting once and shot at a quail and it ended up being a sprinkler head. :001_unsure:[/QUOTE]

Johnny you should use your glasses when shooting :)

It's wierd do you think mark even looked at this thread?

[QUOTE=Broilermaker;472598]I agree with you I would rather look at animals than shoot them...in fact I went hunting once and shot at a quail and it ended up being a sprinkler head. :001_unsure:[/QUOTE]

Johnny you should use your glasses when shooting :)

It's wierd do you think mark even looked at this thread?[/QUOTE]


Hey Robert,

That was twenty years ago when I didn't wear glasses LOL!

I will never live that one down.

<tt>A Møøse once bit my sister...</tt>

Here is an update on the bears that ate my ex wife's chickens:

[COLOR=blue]LOOMIS, CA - A mother bear and three cubs who've lost their fear of humans will be trapped and killed, the California Department of Fish and Game confirmed.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]The black bear sow and three yearlings have killed nearly two dozen chickens in separate raids in the Loomis basin and are believed to be the same bears that broke into a house in Auburn last month.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]DFG Warden Patrick Foy confirmed a depredation permit was issued this week and culvert traps have been set by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Foy said the trapper would kill the bears if they are caught.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Multiple Loomis residents described encounters with the bears, who they said appeared unconcerned when confronted.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]One man, Patrick Balfour, shot video of the bears sitting on his driveway eating a chicken they had just taken from his hen house.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Gail White said she caught one of the cubs trying to open a cage on her back deck to get a pet cockatoo.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]"I think he thought it was another chicken," White said. She said the mother bear simply stared at her when she started screaming.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Foy said that once bears lose their fear of people, the encounters can only get worse, and possibly dangerous.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]"These bears have already broken into a home," he pointed out.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Some residents have asked why the bears cannot simply be relocated to a less urban area.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=blue]Foy said DFG policy prohibits bear relocations because with a habitat range of 100 square miles, the bears will almost certainly come into contact with humans wherever they are placed.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#0000ff]Source: News 10 [/COLOR]
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[COLOR=black]even though they ate my exwife's chickens I am sad that the mother bear and her three cubs are going to be killed.[/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Johnnyredline;475422][COLOR=black]even though they ate my exwife's chickens I am sad that the mother bear and her three cubs are going to be killed.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

I agree, it is sad that they will be killed. What the article says about the bears becoming more dangerous is true though, and it is especially true now that the bears have broken into a home. If the bears continue to break into houses and someone is in them who knows what could happen.

On a lighter note, we have lots of deer in my area. We also have a lot of cats, and one cat in particular used to like to stalk and chase the deer. It was hilarious to watch the cat on the prowl, and the deer, being good prey animals would always respond by running away -- chased by an ambitious house cat.

I miss that cat, hope it didn't get trampled.