Animal troubles

[homerboy2u2]

Badknees, Photo of mountain lion was from friend of mine, while talking with him last night he sent it to me a while back on e-mail on  game cameras, he got it off the internet.  Still think it fits discussion on camping with animals.

........ ...getting fed up ?...gosh!, how many times have you explain that picture already?....

[Undertaker]

No joke, what mountain lion, what deer. Have a good one Homero.

[homerboy2u2]

No joke, what mountain lion, what deer. Have a good one Homero.

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[ReDiscovering]

I have tarp camped with my buddy who was an Army Ranger.   The I talked to the MSR rep at REI one day and he said he had always tarp camped until one morning he woke up with a small rattler sleeping soundly on his chest.   It was two hours before it warmed up enought for the snake to move on.   YIKES!!!  That conversation cured me of ever camping w/out a tent again.   And those of you who know me know about me and snakes.    "Why did it have to be snakes!?   I HATE snakes"

[Goldilocks]

I have tarp camped with my buddy who was an Army Ranger.   The I talked to the MSR rep at REI one day and he said he had always tarp camped until one morning he woke up with a small rattler sleeping soundly on his chest.   It was two hours before it warmed up enought for the snake to move on.   YIKES!!!  That conversation cured me of ever camping w/out a tent again.   And those of you who know me know about me and snakes.    "Why did it have to be snakes!?   I HATE snakes"

Hi ReDiscovering!  I love that movie quote.  That scene is priceless. 

[RichardM]

I have tarp camped with my buddy who was an Army Ranger.   The I talked to the MSR rep at REI one day and he said he had always tarp camped until one morning he woke up with a small rattler sleeping soundly on his chest.   It was two hours before it warmed up enought for the snake to move on.   YIKES!!!  That conversation cured me of ever camping w/out a tent again.   And those of you who know me know about me and snakes.    "Why did it have to be snakes!?   I HATE snakes"

Heck, if it was that cold, he could've picked up the snake and tossed it off.  They're pretty sluggish when cold.

[Boot Canyon 1 Cougar]

I have tarp camped with my buddy who was an Army Ranger.   The I talked to the MSR rep at REI one day and he said he had always tarp camped until one morning he woke up with a small rattler sleeping soundly on his chest.   It was two hours before it warmed up enought for the snake to move on.   YIKES!!!  That conversation cured me of ever camping w/out a tent again.   And those of you who know me know about me and snakes.    "Why did it have to be snakes!?   I HATE snakes"

Heck, if it was that cold, he could've picked up the snake and tossed it off.  They're pretty sluggish when cold.

I wonder how much that snake was warmed up by its new bed partner?

You could ask yourself a question, "Do I feel lucky?"

[SA Bill]

From the same scene:

"Veddy dangeroos...you go first!"

  Bill

[ReDiscovering]

HEY Goldi!  Long time.

[Summit]

We had, get this, deer troubles while camping in the Chisos.  Two deer approached us as we were finishing dinner, no doubt attracted by the smell.  Initially excited, I took a picture.  Then I noticed one of them was salivating profusely.  After a minute or so it made a warning sound--like it was sneezing or snorting at us.  Then it started to pound its front hooves into the ground as if ready to charge!   

We decided to vacate the area and clean up far away.  They also visited us at 1am--I thought it was a bear until I whistled and heard hooves on stone and the familiar snorts. 

My guess: they're most consistent source of food in dry times is from stupid campers. 

[Rolled Tight]

During my trip in late October, the skunks were the only thing that concerned me. Or more specifically one skunk. The campground ranger told us she had become a regular at the site and her name was Suzie. She apparently has figured out how to manipulate zippers as some freaked out student found out while she slept in her tent last year.

[mule ears]

During my trip in late October, the skunks were the only thing that concerned me. Or more specifically one skunk. The campground ranger told us she had become a regular at the site and her name was Suzie. She apparently has figured out how to manipulate zippers as some freaked out student found out while she slept in her tent last year.

I am familiar with that campground skunk or one of it's relatives.  It visited us one night while we had just rolled the bags out in the open.  Didn't bother us, but we didn't make any sudden moves either.

[TheWildWestGuy]

There is (or at least was) one large campground skunk that had an almost pure-white fluffy tail, not the regular banded tail.  This skunk was very attractive and looked somewhat like a giant persian cat. This skunk was with another smaller normal-colored skunk and visited our campsite through a small but well worn trail twice that night.. TWWG

[Peach]

During my trip in late October, the skunks were the only thing that concerned me. Or more specifically one skunk. The campground ranger told us she had become a regular at the site and her name was Suzie. She apparently has figured out how to manipulate zippers as some freaked out student found out while she slept in her tent last year.

I will always remember what one ranger told me on my first visit to Big Bend....when you zip your tent up, make sure the tab is at the top, because the skunks know how to nudge the tab up...to a newbie, that was kind of freaky...

[Texan4life]

The first time I took my wife camping at BiBe she was a little scared of the stinky little guys(more scared of getting sprayed), she soon realized that they were not scared of us at all. I know exactly which one your talking about WWG, my wife took some pictures of her, I'll try to find one to post.