What I didn’t know at the time (~2000) was the bears there are somewhat used to humans, even the sows with cubs in early summer. Scared the shit out of us since we were first in trail at 6am and other than critters, didn’t encounter any other large beasts on the trip to the lake and back. Stayed at the Lake lodge there and for some reason didn’t have our dog. Must have left him in Portland. A lake that in early July seemed like what would now be an AI scene of the most magnificent mountain lake reflecting a blue sky possible.
Scariest shit I've encountered up there was taking a boat across Waterton Lake, literally into Canada, got off for a little hike, turned a corner, bull moose standing 5-10 feet in front of us, looking right at us. Biggest shock of my life. Bullwinkle himself, in Canada even. Bullwinkle is fucking huge and scary. Don't listen to anyone who says otherwise.
Gardiner, Montana, mid-1990s, same malamute in a motel outside of Yellowstone. Wife and I took him out to piss after sunset, he (dog) tenses up, there’s a bull moose with a large rack 10’ away just standing there looking at us. Dog didn’t flinch and we scurried back into the room. They are absolute units. Only more massive animals I’ve been near are zoo elephants.
Yeah our boy just stood there too. It was shock followed by getting creeped out. They just fucking stand there stupid, 20 ft tall with a lazy eye. It's weird shit. Cool experience though.
These are the things that actually matter in life. Bitching about political party or leader affiliation is a result of social engineering and conditioning.
Neither Biden nor Trump are going to make things easier in an hour when I get out the fly rod and try to hook a rainbow or brown while listening to the new Russillo and/or Simmons pod. If that ornery grizzly is around, I’m guessing I’ll be fine though considering it’s been seen multiple times and is supposedly a male.
I was an extra in that movie during the party scene.
Not kidding and as a Sigma Chi our house was kitty-corner to the SAE house where the party scenes were filmed. Brad had beers with a few of us living at EX there for the summer on our deck because he’s a Sigma Chi from U of Missouri and I’m one from UDub and Montana State. He was basically an unknown then and my bros and I thought he was just fun and then we went to the Rocking R bar afterward. What a time it was to be alive!
My scariest moment hiking was with my exwife hiking in the cascades past Oakridge Oregon... 6 or 7 miles in or so, not a sole around and it's starting to get twilight... we were on our way to the vehicle when something that looked like a black panter started track us and our two Dashounds... we picked them up and hightailed it... it tracked us for at least 2 miles....
And scariest ever was a helicopter ride in Kauai... we hit a bird or something and the pilot was freaked.... we had to go back.... luckily we landed ok, but I have had a minor fear of flying ever since... doesn't stop me though...
I did a helicopter tour above Mammoth/High Sierra crest on a sunny day with 5 people in a rickety old thing with a grizzled pilot at 15k and it was amazing and I've had enough helicopters for one life I think, unless I get invited. I'm not gonna seek it out on my own anymore, that's for damn sure. Fuck all that. At least we didn't hit a bird.
Yeah, that was my shock too when seeing a full bull moose. It’s 11pm in Gardiner and I’m looking face to face with Bullwinkle on steroids and my Mally is stunned into silence as well. I had a harness for that dog and he’d pull me to Montana State campus on my bike. Malamute intimidated everyone except those he knew. People knew me for it but I was just getting him exercise he loved and had a buddy right off campus who’d keep him in his yard while I was in the lab.
You'll someday think back on this moose conversation when people are anonymously typing mean words at each other and think, "Yeah, we need more moose talk. Those guys were on to something".
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Also, having someone drop you with a bicycle at the top of Going-to-the-Sun Road on a weekday is 🤌. I did that later in life. Goddamn.
What I didn’t know at the time (~2000) was the bears there are somewhat used to humans, even the sows with cubs in early summer. Scared the shit out of us since we were first in trail at 6am and other than critters, didn’t encounter any other large beasts on the trip to the lake and back. Stayed at the Lake lodge there and for some reason didn’t have our dog. Must have left him in Portland. A lake that in early July seemed like what would now be an AI scene of the most magnificent mountain lake reflecting a blue sky possible.
Scariest shit I've encountered up there was taking a boat across Waterton Lake, literally into Canada, got off for a little hike, turned a corner, bull moose standing 5-10 feet in front of us, looking right at us. Biggest shock of my life. Bullwinkle himself, in Canada even. Bullwinkle is fucking huge and scary. Don't listen to anyone who says otherwise.
Gardiner, Montana, mid-1990s, same malamute in a motel outside of Yellowstone. Wife and I took him out to piss after sunset, he (dog) tenses up, there’s a bull moose with a large rack 10’ away just standing there looking at us. Dog didn’t flinch and we scurried back into the room. They are absolute units. Only more massive animals I’ve been near are zoo elephants.
Yeah our boy just stood there too. It was shock followed by getting creeped out. They just fucking stand there stupid, 20 ft tall with a lazy eye. It's weird shit. Cool experience though.
These are the things that actually matter in life. Bitching about political party or leader affiliation is a result of social engineering and conditioning.
Neither Biden nor Trump are going to make things easier in an hour when I get out the fly rod and try to hook a rainbow or brown while listening to the new Russillo and/or Simmons pod. If that ornery grizzly is around, I’m guessing I’ll be fine though considering it’s been seen multiple times and is supposedly a male.
My buddy is about to teach me how to fly fish next week. This is weird.
Soon.
A great time to be alive! :)
I was an extra in that movie during the party scene.
Not kidding and as a Sigma Chi our house was kitty-corner to the SAE house where the party scenes were filmed. Brad had beers with a few of us living at EX there for the summer on our deck because he’s a Sigma Chi from U of Missouri and I’m one from UDub and Montana State. He was basically an unknown then and my bros and I thought he was just fun and then we went to the Rocking R bar afterward. What a time it was to be alive!
My scariest moment hiking was with my exwife hiking in the cascades past Oakridge Oregon... 6 or 7 miles in or so, not a sole around and it's starting to get twilight... we were on our way to the vehicle when something that looked like a black panter started track us and our two Dashounds... we picked them up and hightailed it... it tracked us for at least 2 miles....
And scariest ever was a helicopter ride in Kauai... we hit a bird or something and the pilot was freaked.... we had to go back.... luckily we landed ok, but I have had a minor fear of flying ever since... doesn't stop me though...
I did a helicopter tour above Mammoth/High Sierra crest on a sunny day with 5 people in a rickety old thing with a grizzled pilot at 15k and it was amazing and I've had enough helicopters for one life I think, unless I get invited. I'm not gonna seek it out on my own anymore, that's for damn sure. Fuck all that. At least we didn't hit a bird.
Also, what's this about Black Panthers around Oakridge? I'll have to see it to believe it.
The bull moose isn’t what you need to be afraid of. Bull moose just wants to eat and fuck.
It’s mama moose with baby nearby that will fuck you up
Happens pretty regularly at the G&R Compound.
Of course, but he's huge when you're not expecting him. Every time. Massive, like a stegosaurus.
Fuck Vanilla but re: moose
Yeah, that was my shock too when seeing a full bull moose. It’s 11pm in Gardiner and I’m looking face to face with Bullwinkle on steroids and my Mally is stunned into silence as well. I had a harness for that dog and he’d pull me to Montana State campus on my bike. Malamute intimidated everyone except those he knew. People knew me for it but I was just getting him exercise he loved and had a buddy right off campus who’d keep him in his yard while I was in the lab.
Get a room!
You'll someday think back on this moose conversation when people are anonymously typing mean words at each other and think, "Yeah, we need more moose talk. Those guys were on to something".
It may not have been because I don't think they are in our area, but rare black cougars are... it was something black , but not a bear.