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Guide (fly fishing and hunting) JB in Missoula sent this link a few weeks back; an illustrative account of how quickly grizzly encounters can evolve (further bolstered in the comments). Image via the linked post.
As is seemingly increasingly common in this day and age, we’re rarely told the full story when many controversial topics are discussed. Case in point – a friend sent in this recent story detailing a bear interaction back in 2009 in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem that led (unfortunately for the bear and fortunately for the […]
The USGS has just published a multi-year, multi-center study covering ungulate migrations in the West; the map above is from the report and graphs YNP bison in and around the Park. Details and the full report at the link; image from page 108 of the report.
By all means if you haven’t voted, get out there and get it done (though interestingly every single person we tend to run with for work and play voted early this year); for those who have – here’s Garden and Gun’s Good Dog 2020 winners. These may be the most intelligent faces you run across […]
Another interesting bear defense read for your Monday; worth a spin if you’re roaming backcountry in the Northern Rockies this time of year. Is it interesting what a bit of persistence and a few well placed FIOA filings can dig up…
An interesting read has been bouncing around the Montana papers the past few days about a gentleman bitten by rattlesnake on the Big Hole recently – critters abound along the riverscape, especially during high summer. This particular story had a happy ending after a somewhat convoluted, and no doubt damned expensive, course. Image via the […]
In part due to prior critter encounters of our own and the simple fact that several members of our team (and family) are tromping around in bear country in Montana just about every day, I keep my eyes peeled for reports and stories of bear encounters in particular in the Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho regions. […]
Via the Times-Picayune here, there’s a 15+ foot, 2,078 pound great white shark (a female named Unama’ki) cruising of late off the Louisiana coast. The image above is from her tracking plot updating live on Ocearch here. We have a buddy who runs offshore not too far from her last position (weather and water conditions […]
I know that many of our ChiWulff compadres love their dogs, consider them to be part of the family, and enjoy spending time under the big sky with their critters. Garden and Gun hosts an annual Good Dog Photo Contest and has just posted their 2019 winners at the link. Image via the linked article […]
Several weeks ago I posted a link to an article which clearly debunked some of what we’ve all heard about the efficacy of firearms vs. bear spray when defending one’s family, friends, or self against the actions of an aggressive bear. Here’s another update with what appears to be more objectively sourced data; thanks to […]
Somewhat ironically, the discussion of the morning among the kitchen crew a few days back at the restaurant I’m helping open here in Celina was all about whether or not Bigfoot lives. As an evidence-based science guy, I’d love to believe the lore but hard-core, what some would call classic scientific evidence is pretty skinny. […]
The Mystery of the Hawksbill from WCFF on Vimeo. Short film on the recent discovery of a Hawksbill aggregation in the Sea of Cortez, at one small estuary in San Jose Island. Yet a new discovery for science, local fisherman already knew about the presence of careyes in the estuary. They stopped fishing sea turtles […]
