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Alligator or crocodile more than 8 feet long. | 69 | 47.59% | |
American bison | 99 | 68.28% | |
Badger | 58 | 40.00% | |
Beaded lizard | 19 | 13.10% | |
Bear (black) | 88 | 60.69% | |
Bear (brown, grizzly, or polar) | 52 | 35.86% | |
Beaver | 112 | 77.24% | |
Bighorrn sheep or Dall sheep | 74 | 51.03% | |
Black widow spider | 91 | 62.76% | |
Bobcat (the animal, not the backhoe) | 79 | 54.48% | |
Brown recluse spider | 82 | 56.55% | |
Caribou | 29 | 20.00% | |
Coyote | 126 | 86.90% | |
Eagle (Any type) | 133 | 91.72% | |
Elk | 89 | 61.38% | |
Ermine, stoat, or weasel | 44 | 30.34% | |
Gila monster | 11 | 7.59% | |
Lynx | 12 | 8.28% | |
Moose | 73 | 50.34% | |
Mountain goat | 73 | 50.34% | |
Mountain lion | 40 | 27.59% | |
Non-shark fish more than eight feet long | 38 | 26.21% | |
Otter (the animal, not the CP guy) | 68 | 46.90% | |
Otter (the CP guy, not the animal) | 6 | 4.14% | |
Peccary or javelina | 14 | 9.66% | |
Porcupine | 73 | 50.34% | |
Pronghorn | 40 | 27.59% | |
Rattlesnake | 91 | 62.76% | |
Scorpion | 81 | 55.86% | |
Shark more than eight feet long | 25 | 17.24% | |
Snake more than 10 feet long (other than rattlesnake) | 20 | 13.79% | |
Tarantula | 63 | 43.45% | |
Walrus | 16 | 11.03% | |
Water moccasin/cottonmouth or copperhead | 91 | 62.76% | |
Whale (any species other than orca) | 56 | 38.62% | |
Whale (orca) | 21 | 14.48% | |
Wild boar (or sow) | 45 | 31.03% | |
Wolf | 42 | 28.97% | |
Wolverine (the animal, not the comic book guy) | 10 | 6.90% | |
I have seen none of these creatures | 0 | 0% | |
I am unable to discern between these species. I'm from the city. | 2 | 1.38% | |
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07-10-2018, 11:24 AM | #16 |
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I used to raise hogs in South Georgia. I had an 8 foot gator that stayed in my lagoon and fed on the afterbirth that came out the drainlines.
I also watched a bald eagle come down and kill a Canadian goose about 50 yards from me in SE Kansas. I photographed two huge bullsnakes mating in texas. Don't tell anybody this please, I really don't want that out there. |
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07-10-2018, 11:28 AM | #17 | |
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07-10-2018, 11:36 AM | #18 |
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Although not on the list, I have seen a wild muskrat on 2 separate occasions.
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07-10-2018, 12:00 PM | #19 |
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I've seen most of those... cougars as well, both in the woods and in the city.
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07-10-2018, 12:09 PM | #20 |
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07-10-2018, 12:11 PM | #21 |
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In Phoenix, I run into scorpions (obviously but I've only seen a few actually), coyotes in the city, Javalina (wild pig) too. We have a hunting season for them. Bighorn Sheep at Canyon Lake. Elk/Moose and wild horses (a real problem) up towards Flagstaff. Wild horses just south of me: https://mediaassets.abc15.com/video/...nty_109585.mp4
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07-10-2018, 12:14 PM | #22 |
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I've seen several from snow machine or a boat. I really want to see a wolverine but haven't yet. Seen their tracks and dens but never seen a wolverine. That would be really cool.
Also want to see an orca. I've seen humpbacks and belugas but never an orca. Probably the coolest animal sighting was when I saw caribou herds come through the village we lived in. Happened while there was still lots of ice on the lake and when they ran you could feel their hooves on the ice. I rode next to them on a snow machine, close enough I could touch them. There were literally thousands of them. It was like Dances with Wolves. You can call me Rides with Caribou (sarcasm). |
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07-10-2018, 01:13 PM | #23 |
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Who could have guess that the hardest or least spotted animal is the CP Otter. Must be a stealthy, nocturnal animal that has camouflage.
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07-10-2018, 01:34 PM | #24 |
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Just recently (this past month) I saw a bobcat just chilling in my back yard. Gorgeous looking animal and was full grown too (I live in the Phoenix, AZ area) . When it saw me, it bounced with the quickness. Literally jumped my back yard wall effortlessly and never saw it again . Really wish I would have taken a pic to share with you folks damn it! lol
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07-10-2018, 03:28 PM | #25 |
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I was flying down US 270 across the Ouachita River valley in Arkansas once, and saw a black bear up on his hind legs trying to open a mailbox. Blew right by him.
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07-10-2018, 03:57 PM | #26 |
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How bout Bobcat the comedian (not the animal, not the backhoe)?
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07-10-2018, 03:58 PM | #27 |
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As a hunter, I probably have a better chance of seeing most of these than other people. Coming upon a bear unexpectedly about 50 yards away was probably my sketchiest moment. Having a 12 gauge in my hand mitigated a certain amount of butt puckering.
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07-10-2018, 04:25 PM | #28 |
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I've chased pronghorn with my daughter on a four wheeler. They can run for a looong time. got several pics riding right beside them at 30 mph. Within 20 feet.
And jack rabbits. Them suckers can run 50 mph. Used to chase them on four wheelers too and shoot hem with shotguns. Damn that was fun!!!!! Then the coyotes took over and had to start shooting them. It's a vicious cycle. |
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07-10-2018, 04:28 PM | #29 |
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Weirdest: I saw what I've always called a thunderbird once driving back to school in the early 90s. Something flying over I-85 in the hills of rural virginia with what had to be a 10-foot wingspan. I have no idea what it was or even could have been.
Otherwise I've seen probably more than half the things on the list, much of it much closer than I'd like. |
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