Wildlife encounters

Yeah, cave cricket, Jerusalem cricket, potato bug, etc. I caught plenty as a kid, but never handled them directly enough to get bitten. Been bitten by grasshoppers, praying mantises, gopher snakes, bluebellies, and alligator lizards though.
 
On the way home from BB last night, I got a call from a friend to come and rescue a rattler they had trapped in their back yard. That's the second time I've rescued a rattler from their property. A little 15" cutie Southern Pacific rattler, pissed off and rattling away. I will release it today in the mountains. :cool:

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SnakeCharmer said:
On the way home from BB last night, I got a call from a friend to come and rescue a rattler they had trapped in their back yard. That's the second time I've rescued a rattler from their property. A little 15" cutie Southern Pacific rattler, pissed off and rattling away. I will release it today in the mountains. :cool:
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My go to place to ride on the weekends is Hensley lake. About 80% of the riders up here won't go there because of the Rattlers. 3 years of riding and I haven't seen or heard one........go figure.
Ohhhh by the way, the Ranger confirmed the feathers on the trail are from a young Eagle being chased out of the area by an adult. He didn't let me keep one.....
 
I had a grey squirrel, which seemed somewhat tamed, grabbing peanuts off the deck railing at the cabin while I was in Big Bear. It would drop down onto a over hanging branch above the deck railing and then it would rapidly tap is foot on the branch to get my attention. I would tell it "come and get it" in a soft/warm voice, and it would drop down onto the railing and grab a peanut. It wouldn't drop down until I spoke to it and it came back several times. Hilarious.

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Y-not said:
My go to place to ride on the weekends is Hensley lake. About 80% of the riders up here won't go there because of the Rattlers. 3 years of riding and I haven't seen or heard one........go figure.
Ohhhh by the way, the Ranger confirmed the feathers on the trail are from a young Eagle being chased out of the area by an adult. He didn't let me keep one.....
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I believe keeping anything from a bald eagle is a Federal crime except for Native Americans, right?
 
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Shark today. No pics. First one I've ever encountered in the lineup. I am sure they see me, but I've never seen them before. Maybe 6 footer? Don't know what kind. He was too curious for my comfort.
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Likely a juvenile Great White. So Cal is a known nursery for the species and they are commonly seen near the shore and even in the surf. As long as you've still got all of your appendages, no worries.
 
SnakeCharmer said:
Likely a juvenile Great White. So Cal is a known nursery for the species and they are commonly seen near the shore and even in the surf. As long as you've still got all of your appendages, no worries.
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Until Herzie wants to play surfing again. Sorry Herzie; I’d be bummed if I were a surfer. Maybe in our teens and 20s it wouldn’t matter as much, but I’ve been spooked too.
 
herzalot said:
Shark today. No pics. First one I've ever encountered in the lineup. I am sure they see me, but I've never seen them before. Maybe 6 footer? Don't know what kind. He was too curious for my comfort.
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Where were you surfing? A 6ft curious shark is no bueno. I've been nailed twice by sting-rays and that was painful enough--I don't need to know what a shark bite feels like.
 
Working outside on the ranch this afternoon I see 3 deer about 20 yards from me running up the hill, they stop, turn around, and start hauling white tail down the hill. I'm looking up the hill to see what the stampeed is about, nothing there.
I turn to see what they are running twards. About 10 yards in front of them was a yote running for his life. The deer actually chased him all the way to the road.
It was funny. I never seen anything like that.
 
Y-not said:
Yes it is a $10,000 fine for having anything from a Bald Eagle.
Native Americans can have feathers, give them to eachother, but they can not give them to non-natives
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My sister has a cabin in Big Bear.
This morning she heard a loud screech, looked up and a eagle was landing in a nest way up in a tree on her property. :thumbsup::inlove:

I'm going there in 2 weeks to visit and will definitely check it out. How cool is that, eagle nest in your yard.

So if a feather is 10k fine, what is it for having a whole nest and a bird? o_O
 
herzalot said:
Shark today. No pics. First one I've ever encountered in the lineup. I am sure they see me, but I've never seen them before. Maybe 6 footer? Don't know what kind. He was too curious for my comfort.
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Let's see, County line I dive off the point. I look up and see feet dangling not far above me, I look around and see a horned shark, guitar skate, leopard sharks. Sharks are not dangerous, Tv sharks are. The ocean is a big empty place, this is why we hang in the littoral zone.
Happy ocean days
 
Y-not said:
Working outside on the ranch this afternoon I see 3 deer about 20 yards from me running up the hill, they stop, turn around, and start hauling white tail down the hill. I'm looking up the hill to see what the stampeed is about, nothing there.
I turn to see what they are running twards. About 10 yards in front of them was a yote running for his life. The deer actually chased him all the way to the road.
It was funny. I never seen anything like that.
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"What's a Yote", did you say Ute? Judge Chamberlain Haller
 
@Herz I usually surf trail six and walk south on to the base. There are a couple of sandbars as the coast dips in that produce a nice break if the tide is right. Plus, We have the waves to ourselves, except for dolphins, sharks and ol'naked dudes on the sunny days. Last season, I was watching a fin, at first I thought it was a dolphin but instead of going up and down, it just kinda floated. A few feet back, I saw the tail fin going left to right. I immediately calmly started paddling towards the nearest group of surfers. Safety in numbers. Except south side of HB pier that is...
 
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