These new commercials for the 15th Winter X Games are some of my favorite in a long time.
Let's just say that even the mule deer know that Bobby Brown is awesome and they give mad props to Sammy Carlson. Snow owls know Shaun White is gonna kill it at the Games and that Gretchen Bleiler is gonna go huge. Oh, and even some saplings get in on the action.
Check them out:
Showing posts with label deer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deer. Show all posts
January 10, 2011
November 7, 2010
Deer stuck in basement
This happened in Chesterfield Township, Michigan. But I could totally see Brandon finding this in Polson, Montana.
December 6, 2009
Deer tree bobcat
Talk about strange news from the outdoor world. I was reading some of the many outdoor blogs that I follow, when I came across this:
Mark this down in the strange but true wildlife tales.
Ron Goade, president of SSI Technologies in Edmond, and his wife, Susie, were playing golf this month in Scottsdale, Ariz., when they witnessed three mule deer does tree a full grown male bobcat.
The Goades were walking to the 10th tee at the Desert Mountain Golf Course when three does chasing a bobcat raced in front of them.
“The bobcat flew up the tree as the deer stood guard,” said Ron Goade, who took some photographs with the camera on his cell phone.
The deer stood hissing at the bobcat in the tree.
“I don’t know what happened before that, but he didn’t want any part of the deer,” Ron Goade said. “We speculate the bobcat was trying to grab a fawn from a herd of fawns and mothers.”
The Goades watched for about 10 minutes but neither the bobat or mule deer would budge, so they decided to play on.
“It was an incredible sight,” he said. “You just never see a deer chasing a bobcat.”
That would have been the craziest thing to see. All I can say is: Herbivores 1, Carnivores 0
(Saw this over on NewsOK)
Mark this down in the strange but true wildlife tales.
Ron Goade, president of SSI Technologies in Edmond, and his wife, Susie, were playing golf this month in Scottsdale, Ariz., when they witnessed three mule deer does tree a full grown male bobcat.
The Goades were walking to the 10th tee at the Desert Mountain Golf Course when three does chasing a bobcat raced in front of them.
“The bobcat flew up the tree as the deer stood guard,” said Ron Goade, who took some photographs with the camera on his cell phone.
The deer stood hissing at the bobcat in the tree.
“I don’t know what happened before that, but he didn’t want any part of the deer,” Ron Goade said. “We speculate the bobcat was trying to grab a fawn from a herd of fawns and mothers.”
The Goades watched for about 10 minutes but neither the bobat or mule deer would budge, so they decided to play on.
“It was an incredible sight,” he said. “You just never see a deer chasing a bobcat.”
That would have been the craziest thing to see. All I can say is: Herbivores 1, Carnivores 0
(Saw this over on NewsOK)
February 16, 2009
Washington Lawmakers Consider New Hunting Law
I came across this article today off the AP.
Olympia, Wash. (AP) — Pamela Almli was less than an hour into a hike on the popular Sauk Mountain Trail in Skagit County when she was killed by a 14-year-old hunter who thought she was a bear.
The Aug. 2 accident was a rarity – Almli was the first non-hunter killed by a hunter in Washington in more than 25 years – but lawmakers are considering a handful of ways to increase outdoor safety.
One proposal would reinstate a law that hunters under 14 be accompanied by an experienced adult. The shooter in Almli’s death was hunting with his 16-year-old brother.
Now this proposal is great in my opinion, but I don't think that it is enough. I understand that hunters have the right to be in certain areas, but I do like the second proposal which states that all outdoors people in hunting areas have to wear hunters orange clothing. That includes hunters and non-hunters.
The third proposal is to make the minimum age for hunting 16.
Hikers groups, meanwhile, oppose any “hiker’s orange” requirement.
“Are you really going to require every single hiker and every tourist who visits Mt. Baker Snoqualmie Forrest to wear hunter orange?” asked Andrew Engelson, editor of Washington Trails magazine.
Now she does have a point. So now the question is, where does the problem start? And how do we prevent future, unnecessary deaths?
I think about the only way to make these events impossible is to close certain areas to hikers. That is if they don't want to wear the orange during hunting season. I know that when I would go camping in possible hunting areas I would always wear orange. It wasn't a big deal and the bright sweatshirts are under $20. Add a $5 hat to that and now I'm sure I won't get mistaken for a bear.
I also like the idea to make hunters that are minors go out with an experienced adult. I think that would help to increase the safety of the hunters themselves. A 14 and a 16 year old kids don't need to be hunting by themselves.
It's absolutely terrible what happened to Pamela Almli. I know that Just South of North gets visited by the occasional hunter and outdoors person thanks to our friends over at the Outdoor Bloggers Summit. Since you people are the ones with experience in hunting and hunting safety, what are your thoughts on this. How can law makers in Washington State prevent this type of event from occurring in the future? And what do you think should be the minimum hunting age?
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