The hair on the back of your neck...
- Thread starter Buckmastr
- Start date
We've got Grizzlies out on the prairies again.
Grizzly and cougars bury it where it lays. A grizzly will drag it, if it is light enough to hide it in a bushy area. Then they bury it.
A pack of wolves will almost consume the whole animal before moving on. A full grown timber wolf can eat 20 - 25 lbs in a day. A grizzly can eat 90 lbs of meat in a day. A cougar can eat 20 or 30 lbs of meat in a meal.
A pack of wolves will almost consume the whole animal before moving on. A full grown timber wolf can eat 20 - 25 lbs in a day. A grizzly can eat 90 lbs of meat in a day. A cougar can eat 20 or 30 lbs of meat in a meal.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
If you are asking, seriously, if the elk died - perhaps of "old age" - not likely - do not think that happens much in the wild - when an animal gets a tiny bit past its prime, a predator will likely take it. When predators get hunger - like a 15 or 20 member pack of wolves - I don't know of many prey animals that can withstand them - no matter how fit they are.
Then, as mentioned, so-called "hunters" in a 6 point zone shoot a 5 point, discover their mistake and walk away. It happens, every year... Also, most game species have been shot at, hit, but "hunter" not skilled enough to follow up and to recover it - the animal dies - scavengers and predators eat... My brother took a very nice 6x6 elk - got it mounted - found a three bladed arrow head embedded in its brisket - he was not the first guy with a chance at that big guy!!!
Then, as mentioned, so-called "hunters" in a 6 point zone shoot a 5 point, discover their mistake and walk away. It happens, every year... Also, most game species have been shot at, hit, but "hunter" not skilled enough to follow up and to recover it - the animal dies - scavengers and predators eat... My brother took a very nice 6x6 elk - got it mounted - found a three bladed arrow head embedded in its brisket - he was not the first guy with a chance at that big guy!!!
So this morning I'm out with two friends about 2 miles away from the grizzly kill scene I posted. We are sitting in a cutblock at first light watching a bull elk at about 600 yards slowly moving along the edge of the bush and it dissaperars over the hill. We walk up to the top of the hill and there he is at 100, 200, 300 yards gone...
Being chased by two grizzlies at full speed!
You can't make this stuff up!!
Being chased by two grizzlies at full speed!
You can't make this stuff up!!
Cameron SS
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Ground Zero
You must be from Ontario.
Grizz
I am from Ontario and will admit I had no idea what I was looking at until I read the thread and people said grizzly. Thats wild.
One of those added little things to consider, when you play in the woods here. Keeps you on your toes.
Grizz
Cranky Pants
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
It would be interesting to have a trail cam set up to see what all is coming to the kill. That would have me creeped out for sure, probably only go back to it with another hunter along.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
Wolf tracks - was shown a scene in Western Alberta two falls ago - what appeared to be a single track coming out of bush on right side, crossed a trail and into bush on left side - followed that "track" - once in cover, and less snow, it split into at least 5 or 6 separate sets of tracks. They were one the move - one behind the other, and placing paws step for step - as if the guy in front is breaking trail and the rest use the easy path. I had been told it was often the alpha male leading, with the alpha female bringing up the rear of the string - or might be the other way around - kids and subordinates were in between, though...
