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Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« on: August 10, 2019, 08:11:17 AM »
I needed to go to the station for gas for the lawn mower and weed eater.  I could have driven 5 minutes or less to Gas Town, but decided to take a pleasant drive through part of the Cuyahoga National Park, and stop for breakfast.

As I came over a small rise at a relaxed speed limit of 35mph, out of the brush on the right side of the road came, side by side, a small deer and a wild turkey, just like they were good friends, out for a morning stroll. 

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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2019, 08:13:19 AM »
 They might very well have been good friends  :thumb:

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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2019, 08:16:49 AM »
Some might call that thanksgiving  :laugh:

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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2019, 08:18:13 AM »
That's pretty cool!

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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2019, 08:48:41 AM »
Long, long ago,, when I was a young man, I was out hunting deer.
Food for my family, and dogs. Nothing was wasted.
Getting dark, wild turkey had been making noise for some time, I figured they were warning the deer.
I had laid out a bunch of crab apples, hoping to lure in the deer.
Since it was better dark, I started to head back home. Thought I'd run down a turkey, grab one by the neck.
Too dark to safely take a shot.
Turkey takes off running, I ran smack into a fallen timber tree trunk. Thought I broke my leg!
Lesson learned, not much can run through the woods faster than a turkey. Think they could outrun a deer  :rolleyes: 

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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2019, 09:16:00 AM »
I've been called 'dear' and I have turkey friends....

but i'm not very interesting...
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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2019, 12:43:53 PM »

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/08/03/anchorage-alaska-mama-moose-baby-moose-highway-vo-vpx.cnn

Check out this video of a mama moose and calf both falling down in front of a police car and then getting backup escaping fate.


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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2019, 03:30:44 PM »
They might very well have been good friends  :thumb:

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Well, they weren't fighting!   :wink:
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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2019, 03:32:26 PM »
That's pretty cool!

John Henry
I thought it was!  No camera with me, but not sure they would have stuck around for a photo op!  :wink:

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Re: Interesting wildlife encounter earlier today
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2019, 03:34:00 PM »
https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/08/03/anchorage-alaska-mama-moose-baby-moose-highway-vo-vpx.cnn

Check out this video of a mama moose and calf both falling down in front of a police car and then getting backup escaping fate.



Now, that was an encounter!

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