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Originally Posted by urban1
D80 is a nice cam.
Where do you live that you took that pic?
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In the country, southwest of Calgary.
Bears are coming out of the mountains because of the poor berry crop this year, a result of the cool spring. They typically follow river valleys.
The cubs pretty much destroyed a few of my apple trees. They're too heavy for the branches to support. I put some old plastic tubing around the trunks and the branches and it was hilarious to listen to the cubs scratching and bawling in futility trying to get up . . . . then they ripped the tubing off and I was the one crying some more as branches busted.
The momma was circling nearby as I took some pictures.
In the last two months, we've also had a badger in our yard and a porcupine, which quilled one of my dogs at 6:30 on a Sunday morning. Imagine walking through a few acres of tall grass delibertately looking for a badger!! Had to make sure it was gone before I let the dogs loose. When the bears were around, two cougars were spotted crossing a field near our house as well.
Wild kingdom lately.
Like Wookie, I also run longer distances but I've been using some lonely country roads out west, running down the middle since they're used infrequently, a beautiful and lonely retreat. However, the cougar sightings reminded me just how lonely it might be in the wrong circumstances!!!
Cowperson
