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November 26, 2010
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Heard a lot of howling and barking just now. I'm a little more in tune to these signs these days. I've learned that the animals don't go crazy for no reason. If all the dogs are barking and howling, there's a reason. If 50 ravens fly over at once, there's a reason.
So these days, when I hear a commotion, I tend to try to find out what's going on so I went out and did a little patrol of the compound to see what was up and spotted something big moving up the ridge. Couldn't get a clean shot at him while he was on my land, but my guess it was a large coyote patrolling the hood.
The more I look around at night, the more animals I see. I'm really surprised by all of the activity up here, although I probably shouldn't be. We're not normally outside at 2:30 a.m. with nightvision gear on, so how would we know what's out there?
My guess is that we've got mountain lions and bears moving through here all the time, not to mention coyotes, coons, foxes, deer, elk, and countless other critters like skunks, rabbits, voles, etc.
Posted by Rob Kiser on November 26, 2010 at 7:42 PM
Comments
It's common knowledge that you regularly have foxes and cougars at your place.
Posted by: Robert on November 27, 2010 at 7:37 AM
Ha. Took me a second on this one. Stayed up working until 3:00 a.m. Slow on the uptake today.
Posted by: Rob Kiser 
on November 28, 2010 at 11:32 AM