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Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:13 pmby Olly
Talking about the mink in Assa's thread got me wondering what is the most unique or rarest animal you've seen while out in the woods?
I saw a great snowy owl last year. I had never seen such a large bird. It was pretty cool, I watched it for almost 30 minutes before it flew off.
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:19 pmby 3legged_lab
Not sure what would be the rarest. We did have a California Grey Whale surface about 20 yards off the back of the boat this summer, that was pretty cool.
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:46 pmby Mornin Beef
Chuck Testa
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:21 pmby assateague
Mountain lion while elk hunting in New Mexico. Biggest, scariest, fastest, most silent moving creature I've ever seen.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:23 pmby capt1972
Seen one of these once
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:03 pmby Duplex Lover
We live in a very blessed area...Lots of eagles,Hawks, owls of all kinds, Elk,deer,sheep goats,and moose,Mountain lion,Bob cat,coyote,and a wolf or two, But even for here I saw a wolverine once and that was magnificent.! 
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:05 pmby Bootlipkiller
Ring tailed cat. Very cool little animal.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:08 pmby 3legged_lab
Bootlipkiller wrote:Ring tailed cat. Very cool little animal.
Ever seen a limp-wristed waterfowler out there?
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:14 pmby Westie25
When I first moved here there was an almost solid white skunk that was quite large. Not unique by any means, but was still kind of cool.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:15 pmby Westie25
assateague wrote:Mountain lion while elk hunting in New Mexico. Biggest, scariest, fastest, most silent moving creature I've ever seen.
There's a certain few round these parts that swear there's mtn lions.
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:21 pmby Bootlipkiller
3legged_lab wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote:Ring tailed cat. Very cool little animal.
Ever seen a limp-wristed waterfowler out there?
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No they only hunt pheasant.
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:32 pmby 3legged_lab
Bootlipkiller wrote:3legged_lab wrote:Bootlipkiller wrote:Ring tailed cat. Very cool little animal.
Ever seen a limp-wristed waterfowler out there?
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No they only hunt pheasant.
Lol. Well done.
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Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:36 pmby Bootlipkiller
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:50 pmby Tiler_J
A few years ago I saw a Fisher, ran up to the other side of a tree I was peeing on. Scared the piss out of me!
It was really neat to see, hope I see another sometime.
I also saw a Bootlipkiller and Juicebox, late Friday night. Both were kind of scary, but after giving them some Crown and Coke, they returned to their natural environment.
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:52 pmby Bootlipkiller
Tiler_J wrote:A few years ago I saw a Fisher, ran up to the other side of a tree I was peeing on. Scared the piss out of me!
It was really neat to see, hope I see another sometime.
I also saw a Bootlipkiller and Juicebox, late Friday night. Both were kind of scary, but after giving them some Crown and Coke, they returned to their natural environment.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:29 pmby Ajverret
I had a white falcon sit in a tree next to me while deer huntin
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:54 pmby FlintRiverFowler
Florida panther in south Georgia.... Of course no one believes me either.
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Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:00 pmby Ajverret
Yeah we have panthers but say u seen a black one no one will believe u the authorities at least
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:13 pmby 3legged_lab
I'm in the Pac Northwest --- seen a squatch. Yep I said it.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:19 pmby Tiler_J
My buddy is a fire fighter, he and his crew saw one years ago. Ran across the road in front of their engine. He swears it happened, I just don't know.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:23 pmby Olly
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Florida panther in south Georgia.... Of course no one believes me either.
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I've seen them at Camp Thunder.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:56 pmby Juice Box
ive seen a real life mallard drake work at the sutter refuge here in california. It was a miracle nobody sky scrapped at it before it worked
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:32 pmby Gr8white
While swimming in the creek as a kid we had a manatee come up next to us...scared the shit out of us. This happened in queenstown, md... Not really a hotbed for manatees obviously. Eventually a crew from the National Aquarium from Baltimore came to rescue it. The same town where I grew up is also semi famous for having white squirrels.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:47 pmby Bufflehead
panther
and i was not the only one that saw it
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 10:48 pmby Westie25
Gr8white wrote:While swimming in the creek as a kid we had a manatee come up next to us...scared the shit out of us. This happened in queenstown, md... Not really a hotbed for manatees obviously. Eventually a crew from the National Aquarium from Baltimore came to rescue it. The same town where I grew up is also semi famous for having white squirrels.
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This reminds me, there was a manatee spotted on mud island a few years ago.
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2006/12/memphis_manatee.html
Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:51 amby The Mad Duck
Bears,Bobcat,Otter,Mink..Not really rear,but not something you see a lot of in my parts
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Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:00 amby Eric Haynes
Bufflehead wrote:panther
and i was not the only one that saw it
Sex panther?
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Re: Most unique animal seen in the wild.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:07 amby jarbo03
Eric Haynes wrote:Bufflehead wrote:panther
and i was not the only one that saw it
Sex panther?
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It does smell like Bigfoots dick! A great way to attract a female squatch.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012 8:13 amby obxbufflehead
Bufflehead wrote:panther
and i was not the only one that saw it
And just where did you see it.
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Mon Dec 31, 2012 9:46 amby Bulldog0156
I saw a fisher every day for a week on the deer stand when I was in school in the Soo. He was pretty funny, he'd chase the deer off the baitpile to try to keep it for himself. He could only hold it down for about 30 minutes before the deer would gang up and run him off. It was pretty awesome to watch.