Ridgewalker
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A friend sent these my way, from a game cam in North East Missouri near Edina.
CAUTION! Some gore...deer carcase
CAUTION! Some gore...deer carcase
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Things we see on our land
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EddieWalker
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Truly some amazing pictures!!!!!
Since there are three of them, and by the size of them, I'm thinking Mom and two cubs. Except for mating season, they are solitary and guard their territory viciously.
I've only seen one in my life. It was in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I was watching some does and small bucks with a buddy of mine. All of a sudden, the deer all dissapeared. We both remarked on this.
All of a sudden, it walked out, and across the hill we'd been watching the deer on. It was liquid smooth, almost like a snake the way it walked across the rough terrain. The tail was bigger then I'd expected.
Total viewing time was about two minutes at about three hundred yards. It was several weeks before deer season and we didn't have any weapons. We wondered about the wisdom of that after seeing the lion. LOL
Thanks for sharing,
Eddie
Since there are three of them, and by the size of them, I'm thinking Mom and two cubs. Except for mating season, they are solitary and guard their territory viciously.
I've only seen one in my life. It was in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. I was watching some does and small bucks with a buddy of mine. All of a sudden, the deer all dissapeared. We both remarked on this.
All of a sudden, it walked out, and across the hill we'd been watching the deer on. It was liquid smooth, almost like a snake the way it walked across the rough terrain. The tail was bigger then I'd expected.
Total viewing time was about two minutes at about three hundred yards. It was several weeks before deer season and we didn't have any weapons. We wondered about the wisdom of that after seeing the lion. LOL
Thanks for sharing,
Eddie
CurlyDave
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I got a shot at one on my property about two weeks go.
He was lying in the woods watching/stalking me & my two labs about 100 yards from my front door. (My land backs up to several square miles of BLM land, which is heavily wooded.)
Might have been a miss, he took off and I never found any blood, hair or other sign of a hit. But, a wounded one died on someone's front porch a few miles away about 3 days later.
Not very comforting to have a big cat stalking me & my dogs.
He was lying in the woods watching/stalking me & my two labs about 100 yards from my front door. (My land backs up to several square miles of BLM land, which is heavily wooded.)
Might have been a miss, he took off and I never found any blood, hair or other sign of a hit. But, a wounded one died on someone's front porch a few miles away about 3 days later.
Not very comforting to have a big cat stalking me & my dogs.
JB4310
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Looks like a scene from the Serengeti, not Missouri, those are big cats and alot of them.
Flatheadyoungin
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i'll bet they are extra friendly around all of that raw meat and blood!
dang, you'd better be packing around those parts...
dang, you'd better be packing around those parts...
Ridgewalker
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I don't know if this counts but I am posting it...
I found a road! My place had been logged over many years ago and logging roads were cut in to get into the bottom of the draws, others ran along the tops of the ridges, etc. During deer season I was walking the woods and noticed a corridor of small trees running up from the bottom to the top coming out just behind my field. Once I looked a bit it became obvious that I had found an old logging road that was slowly growing back in. The old tire ruts were great clues!
I have been trying to figure out how I was going to get my tractor down to the bottom and this find made it easy. I spent yesterday taking down all the
growth that was filling in the corridor and I now have a new 30' wide 1/4 mile long road running from the top of my field down to the bottom of one of my bigger draws. I am thrilled and wish I would have thought to take before and after pix.
I will be back next week end and will try to take a pix of the after then.
As a bonus I now have a lot of camp wood seasoning in stacks along my new road. I also had to clear 2 big downed black oaks and I netted a cord of wood for my suburban fireplace out of that. It was a great day!
I found a road! My place had been logged over many years ago and logging roads were cut in to get into the bottom of the draws, others ran along the tops of the ridges, etc. During deer season I was walking the woods and noticed a corridor of small trees running up from the bottom to the top coming out just behind my field. Once I looked a bit it became obvious that I had found an old logging road that was slowly growing back in. The old tire ruts were great clues!
I have been trying to figure out how I was going to get my tractor down to the bottom and this find made it easy. I spent yesterday taking down all the
growth that was filling in the corridor and I now have a new 30' wide 1/4 mile long road running from the top of my field down to the bottom of one of my bigger draws. I am thrilled and wish I would have thought to take before and after pix.
I will be back next week end and will try to take a pix of the after then.
As a bonus I now have a lot of camp wood seasoning in stacks along my new road. I also had to clear 2 big downed black oaks and I netted a cord of wood for my suburban fireplace out of that. It was a great day!
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EddieWalker
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Ridgewalker,
Congrats, I know the exact same feeling. I was walking around on my land before I actually bought it, trying to figure it out and what I was going to do, and where I was going to do it, when I found an old road. My land used to be part of Camp Fannin, a World War II, Army replacement training facility. While on that road, I discovered what turned out to be Rifle Range Number 4 was on my land!! That road and the rifle range became the basis for my layout and where I first started to clear land. That road is over 60 years old, and still nice an smooth with just a packed clay finish!!!
Here is a picture of the end of part of the rifle range after I'd cleared it a little.
Eddie
Congrats, I know the exact same feeling. I was walking around on my land before I actually bought it, trying to figure it out and what I was going to do, and where I was going to do it, when I found an old road. My land used to be part of Camp Fannin, a World War II, Army replacement training facility. While on that road, I discovered what turned out to be Rifle Range Number 4 was on my land!! That road and the rifle range became the basis for my layout and where I first started to clear land. That road is over 60 years old, and still nice an smooth with just a packed clay finish!!!
Here is a picture of the end of part of the rifle range after I'd cleared it a little.
Eddie
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I kid, I kid....!!! that was the Dolomites in the Italian Alps shot from a hut at ~ 8000'.
Here's a real one. I love it out there. Every morning I wake up, and every day I come home from work, I love it. It's got a long way to go, but it's the journey right???
The other pic is Tanya and I deciding how in H we're going to get down!!
-Jer.
Here's a real one. I love it out there. Every morning I wake up, and every day I come home from work, I love it. It's got a long way to go, but it's the journey right???
The other pic is Tanya and I deciding how in H we're going to get down!!
-Jer.
