H&H, you might want to bring something bigger than birdshot...

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...on this years dove hunt.

Sandy asked this morning "What's that black thing in the driveway?". (Center of picture.)

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Bear poop.

First ever since we've been here (1994). We're about ten miles east of Pueblo on the Arkansas river bottoms. Sometimes in a drought year, bears will head downriver in search of food. A couple have been caught in town already this summer.

We have a bunch of chokecherries and wild plums on the place, so I guess we'll have to have a little more situational awareness than usual for a while. :uhoh:
 
That's a mighty fine looking poop! It looks like chokecherries and wild plums hold together better than foxgrages. I walked in to deer hunt one morning while it was still dark, sat down on top of a small cliff overlooking a ridgeline and a big open holler. After sitting there for awhile, I noticed I was sitting in something that was slick and slimy. When the sun came up, I realized a bear had some major foxgrape diarrhea issues. Nasty Stuff !!!
 
Thanks for the heads up. I will throw a pith helmet and a medium weight cricket bat into my kit bag.

Just in case!

BTW

That is not bear scat. While it has all the attributes of Ursus magnimus scaticus my well trained eye tells me that it is definitley the work of a large yellow bellied northern sap suckling single horned dragon fly bull. The carnivorous version not the more docile vegetarian breed of the central species. Which, of course, can only be identified by the pale green dorsal strips on it's gills.

Gentlemen I strongly recommend full jungle kit to include pith helmets with straps attached, a solar topi and spine pad. We might just have a spot of bother with this old chap.
;)
 
Are you sure your teenage neighbor couldn't wait??? it might be another type critter that walks on two legs, and hangs around houses...
 
Get out the trail cam, black bear I presume, but ya never know.

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"I can beat that."

"I'll upload a picture sometime tomorrow morning... after a big breakfast... you'll be amazed, I promise."

I'm still chuckling,,that's disturbing, funny as hell,,but disturbing.
 
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...my well trained eye tells me that it is definitley the work of a large yellow bellied northern sap suckling single horned dragon fly bull. The carnivorous version not the more docile vegetarian breed of the central species. Which, of course, can only be identified by the pale green dorsal strips on it's gills.
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I concur.

Being from down South...well...there ain't much five gallons of kerosene and a match can't fix...


Steve
 
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