Taking down animals

[FinLuver]

Worried you can't outrun a turtle... ?

At one time, we had a pet horned toad and a tortoise from the desert. We made the mistake of putting them in the same pen. The tortoise approached the horned toad, at a tortoise’s pace mind you, and the horned toad would speed off when the tortoise got too close. After about an hour or two of this back n forth, the tortoise had the horned toad by the side, in its mouth, pinned in the corner.

I’ll let ya draw your own conclusions, but my instincts tell me…the stories have merit.

 

[_WW_]

I used to encounter copperheads on a regular basis. The heel of solid work boot is something they have no defense for.

 

[Gary Knowels]

I always thought the proper weapon for use on Possums was a hatchet, but sounds like a shovel works well also.

I got one in my backyard a couple years ago by taking a block off the top of the retaining wall and going all ooga booga

 

[Jim F.]

Those snappers are the real deal.
I was fishing a smaller creek in Minnesota and saw two of them fighting or spawning, I’m not sure what they were doing but they were going at it.
Shortly afterwards I hear some noice and this one is climbing over the rocks towards me. I almost needed Travers……
I’m very happy we don’t have them here.

Be afraid, Brian. Be very afraid.

Snapping Turtle

Snapping turtles are an introduced species in some western states, including Washington state.

www.burkemuseum.org

 

[Jim F.]

I prefer to use other methods and not have to put my hands on them.

That's just nuts!

 

[Stonedfish]

Be afraid, Brian. Be very afraid.

Snapping Turtle

Snapping turtles are an introduced species in some western states, including Washington state.

www.burkemuseum.org

Damn Jim!!!!!!!
On the bright side, now that they are here maybe WDFW will start managing them into extinction.
SF

 

[Jim in Anacortes]

A man named Mas Oyama used to actually fight bulls to demonstrate his martial arts skills. He fought 52 bulls and killed three of them. The old videos are interesting.

 

[Chadk]

Turtles are actually quite fast. They would beat any of us in a short sprint on flat terrain. Tortoises and box turtles are pretty slow. But my 60lb sulcata tortoise used to sneak up on me while working in the yard...and once it was within a foot or 2, would try and ram me. It could move quicker than you might think. Those videos of tortoises helping the other tortoises up - BS. They first rammed it to knock it over, then keep ramming it and sometimes put it back upright....

Last fall I played chicken with a big black bear. I was leaving my deer blind in the evening, spotted him heading my way 50 yards away. Somehow he didn't see or smell me yet. I didn't have a tag. So I just walked straight at it waiting for the moment it spotted me (had a .270 ready if needed, but was 99% sure it was a non issue), and she enough, at about 30 yards he froze, paused for about 3 seconds, then bolted off the trail so fast I could eventually hear it crashing through brush over a hundred yards away.

 

[John Svahn]

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Not the best picture because he was pretty upset but I did get my lure back. I would never fight a turtle.

I lived near Chesapeake Bay and we would pull these guys up in crab traps on occasion, which would send all us bare foot kids scurrying up the pilings. From 4 feet away you are fine, closer than that these guys can move quick. I saw a medium size one hiss and then snap, biting a crab net handle off. Whoa!

 

[G_Smolt]

Anybody remember Troy Hurtubise?

He spent a ton of time makin' a suit to let him fight bears. Not sure if he ever got to test it in the field with non-captive animals, but the testing videos are an odd mix of cringe/hilarious.



If yer gonna be dumb, ya gotta be tough.

 

[Mossback]

Holy shit...
And before Instagram, so the dude was serious and not just looking for clicks.

 

[Gyrfalcon22]

Spoiler Alert !!!! Graphic bullfight shot below

Spoiler: graphic bullfight

is the real deal-not photoshopped.

Sometimes turnaround is fair play



The bull kindly and VERY luckily withdrew his horn from the guy's mouth/chin Submental quickly. That is lucky if you were rooting for the the man, and not the beast.

Bullfighter "full" recovery in 10 weeks. The slo-mo video is not recommended

Julio Aparicio Díaz - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Peyton00]

Bullfighters should be drawn and quartered.

 

[SurfnFish]

 

[Dragon Mo]

I used to fish the streams in the Dark Divide in the Gifford Pinchot. Best Bigfoot territory in Washington. I know whats out there. I could take Bigfoot, no problemo, any time , any day...
But not his daughter, oh no no no no, not his daughter! No no no no no...

 

[JimTravers¤£a!!Travers]

That's why in the DARK DIVIDE if you're driving thru at night, you see lots of groups camping on the road and having big raging bonfires in the road. They know they're being watched thru the woods!! Maintaining an intimidating presence is crucial, especially as it gets into the 2am-4am hours.

 

[JimTravers¤£a!!Travers]

Heavy activity tends to spike again VERY strong right around 6:45am too, just FYI!!!!!! talking heavy Bigfoot activity

 

[DimeBrite]

 

[Dragon Mo]

You ain't seen no heavier Bigfoot activity than Bigfoot's lonely daughter, especially when you're wearing a brown hat, brown vest, and neoprenes... I ran as fast as I could, lept over three foot fallen timber, climbed the tallest tree I could find. Did you know Bigfoots can climb trees? Oh, the humanity...

 

[M_D]

Man that brings back memories! We’d watch Guy on a Buffalo occasionally before heading out for the day