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On 1/14/13 10:36 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 1/14/13 10:22 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 1/14/13 10:03 AM, Salmonbait wrote:
On Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:00:43 -0500, Meyer wrote:

On 1/13/2013 6:49 PM, ESAD wrote:
On 1/13/13 6:40 PM, Canuck57 wrote:

So scared you couldn't run?

No, CrazyCanuck, I wasn't scared. In fact, I was really pleased because
I had never seen moose in the wild. There were two of them and they
weren't what you might call together. A cow moose and a bull moose. We
weren't close enough to startle them.

I don't find most animals in the wild scary.

'Cept dogs, right?

...and rabid, feral, chupacabras.

Salmonbait

Obviously, neither of you assholes (and that is the correct descriptor
for both of you) have ever encountered packs of feral dogs out in the
woods. My hope is that you do, and that the dogs bring condiments.

But you just said you're not afraid of animals in the wild because they
know you are hiking and not hunting.

A pack of feral dogs *can be* a lot scarier and more deadly than the
usual singular animals one encounters in the woods. The dogs have one
thing on their minds...dinner. Even though you read about the occasional
bear, mountain lion or even wolf attacks, most of the time these animals
do not want a human encounter, and they will stay hidden or move on out
to another location.

I've encountered all sorts of small mammals in our little part of rural
Maryland, including deer, raccoons, foxes, neighborhood dogs and cats,
ground hogs, possums, et cetera. We mostly eyeball each other and move
on. That would not be the case with a pack of feral dogs.

But, hey, it wouldn't bother me at all to read of your demise at the
jaws of a pack of such dogs. Bon appetit, doggies.

I guess you've never camped where there are bears and wolves then.

I was discussing "encountering" critters in the woods, which implies
hiking, walking, exploring. Camping implies sleeping around a fire or in
a tent, and having attractive nuisances such as food available that the
bears find interesting or found interesting at the campsites of others.

We don't camp. We go where we want to go and stay in nice hotels. There
are plenty of really beautiful venues available to those who enjoy the
outdoors but like to stay in a nice room with the conveniences of home.

You can't "encounter" a bear while camping?? Really? Yeah, you must see
a lot of wild, wild creatures in those hotels. And actually there are
not real encounters with truly wild animals at hotels and resorts. They
are tame to semi-tame, like going to a zoo. But then again, when I camp
I have to cook biscuits and eggs and ham, I don't have the breakfast
buffet to go to. Then again, I can come and go as I please, don't have
hundreds of people crammed on tourist busses to go out in the "wild" to
see the wild moose (the ones that are fed grain three times a day to
keep them around). Reminds me of the time I went to Cherokee, NC and
there were "Indian Chief" with headdresses on, etc. You an have your
cheesy tourist traps.