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I have encountered some odd sights in our woodlands over the years, sometimes deep in the woods and sometimes on the edges...things like the time I sat and watched two huge bull moose fighting...or the time I encountered a big Snowy Owl in a hardwood ridge in deer season, or another time when I appraooched a stream in a valley in November on a new snow and watched to Otters playfully romp up onto a small knoll and toboggan for twenty yards right into a deep pool on the stream. I also recall one rainy morning in deer season when I was moving slowly along a good sized deer trail that intersected a cedar swamp and led into a hardwood ridge and spotted a small critter coming down the trail. I stood still and watched a Pine Martin approach to within ten feet of me. It was humorous. He stopped and stood on his hind legs...like those Meercats you see on tv, and panned me up and down slowly, resting his gaze on my eyes. we stared for a moment at each other and then he started chattering, sniffing the air as he did so and dropping back onto all four feet, turned quickly and beat a retreat. He stopped a couple of times and looked back at me, chattering viciously.I imagined him uttering threats as he did this...in Pine Martin lingo. "If I wasn't so busy today looking for tasty squirrels to eat...why I'd give you the beating of your life...hunter!" I stood there, way back in the woods all by myself and laughed quietly. Later on in that day, an eight point buck crossed in front of me...and became a nice trophy for the wall and venison mincemeat pies for Christmas.On six occasions, I've seen those critters that we don't have in New Brunswick,the Eastern Cougar and...I had witnesses with me every time. I know others have seen them as well and I know there are skeptics out there, especially some in government...but I really don't care what those people think. Got good looks at all the cougars...no they weren't house cats or Fishers or coyotes and I know we don't have an established breeding population...but we still have a few of 'em.I know most people have never seen them despite spending a lot of time in the woods...but I've spent a heck of a lot of my life in the woods and I had neever seen a Lynx until a few years ago...and I've still only ever seen one. One of the skeptics' biggest arguments is when someone says they saw a black cougar. Well, I have never seen a jet black cougar but...under the right light conditions, they can appear dark or even black to someone despite being a tawny brown/cream animal.Bottom line...no, may never had 'em on a trail cam or found much sign of them...but then as I said...they are few and far between. So, there are lots of wonders and oddities out there...what have you seen?
I have encountered some odd sights in our woodlands over the years, sometimes deep in the woods and sometimes on the edges...things like the time I sat and watched two huge bull moose fighting...or the time I encountered a big Snowy Owl in a hardwood ridge in deer season, or another time when I appraooched a stream in a valley in November on a new snow and watched to Otters playfully romp up onto a small knoll and toboggan for twenty yards right into a deep pool on the stream. I also recall one rainy morning in deer season when I was moving slowly along a good sized deer trail that intersected a cedar swamp and led into a hardwood ridge and spotted a small critter coming down the trail. I stood still and watched a Pine Martin approach to within ten feet of me. It was humorous. He stopped and stood on his hind legs...like those Meercats you see on tv, and panned me up and down slowly, resting his gaze on my eyes. we stared for a moment at each other and then he started chattering, sniffing the air as he did so and dropping back onto all four feet, turned quickly and beat a retreat. He stopped a couple of times and looked back at me, chattering viciously.I imagined him uttering threats as he did this...in Pine Martin lingo. "If I wasn't so busy today looking for tasty squirrels to eat...why I'd give you the beating of your life...hunter!" I stood there, way back in the woods all by myself and laughed quietly. Later on in that day, an eight point buck crossed in front of me...and became a nice trophy for the wall and venison mincemeat pies for Christmas.On six occasions, I've seen those critters that we don't have in New Brunswick,the Eastern Cougar and...I had witnesses with me every time. I know others have seen them as well and I know there are skeptics out there, especially some in government...but I really don't care what those people think. Got good looks at all the cougars...no they weren't house cats or Fishers or coyotes and I know we don't have an established breeding population...but we still have a few of 'em.I know most people have never seen them despite spending a lot of time in the woods...but I've spent a heck of a lot of my life in the woods and I had neever seen a Lynx until a few years ago...and I've still only ever seen one. One of the skeptics' biggest arguments is when someone says they saw a black cougar. Well, I have never seen a jet black cougar but...under the right light conditions, they can appear dark or even black to someone despite being a tawny brown/cream animal.Bottom line...no, may never had 'em on a trail cam or found much sign of them...but then as I said...they are few and far between. So, there are lots of wonders and oddities out there...what have you seen?