BIGGEST DAAAARN BEAR I'VE EVER SEEN!

[ENCORE50A]

Or so I thought.....................

Its almost dark and I'm working on the computer/TV sharing stuff and just happen to look out back towards the bird feeders. HOLY SMOKES.... it looked at first like a MONSTER bear.
After I got my wits about me, I grabbed the camera.
Just about every animal in this state, short of an elk, we've seen out back. Well this tops them all...........





I posted the photos on the local FB page and immediately received a response. Seems the horse was purchased from a rescue place and has been gone from the owner for a number of days. It won't come when called, likely the new owner says from the abuse it previously went through. They are going to leave it be tonight but, tomorrow morning they plan on riding horses themselves to catch her. Owner says if other horses are around she'll be easy to halter.

I'm telling you folks, its darn hard tell'n what might show up around here!

 

[Caniborrowsomeammo]

Any Unicorns?

 

[FredB]

Punchline: "You can have your elk/bear, just let me get my saddle!"

 

[deermanok]

That's pretty cool though. Hopefully they catch him soon.

 

[D55]

That's pretty cool though. Hopefully they catch him soon.

We must remain gender neutral, animals have more rights than humans.

 

[MTY]

They are edible.

 

[Wyatt]

Did they catch him/her?

 

[ENCORE50A]

Did they catch him/her?

Not yet to my knowledge. The owner came over and called her but I found out later that the owner left too soon. I had the horse coming back minutes after she left on a game camera (bird feeder & bear camera). I've actually asked on the local FB page twice and still have no idea.

 

[Wyatt]

Maybe you'll have a new pet horse.

 

[Caniborrowsomeammo]

I have a horse, one of many in my life, that refuses to be caught.
But horses need a leader, no matter how independent they seem to be.
The way I catch him is to approach not far away 20-50 feet, before he starts to move away, and turn my back to him, just glancing over my shoulder not quite looking at him and walk a few paces away. If he doesn't move towards me, just a step, I back towards him and repeat. Once he makes that step, I'll continue to glance back. I may have to repeat the backing towards him a few times. It takes some time, but 99% of the time, once he commits, he will come to me.
My daughter can catch him this way in half the time that I can for some reason. Go figure.

 

[MTY]

That would be the equivalent of an elk in the freezer. Just saying. I'd grain feed it for a few days, and if the owner did not retrieve it, um, um, good.

 

[ENCORE50A]

They still have not caught that horse.

Owner leaves...........




Horse looking for owner just a few minutes later.......

 

[Bighorserider]

That would be the equivalent of an elk in the freezer. Just saying. I'd grain feed it for a few days, and if the owner did not retrieve it, um, um, good.

Most horses are given wormer that makes them unfit for human consumption at least for a while.

 

[ENCORE50A]

I don't plan on eating that horse

 

[mnoland30]

My father-in-law was herding 3000 sheep in the mountains as a young boy. They gave him a .22 to kill anything that might eat the sheep. He had a bear coming in and eating a sheep almost every night. He butchered a sheep as bait and sat up waiting for the bear. Of course he didn't have a lashlight, so he built up the fire. All he could see was the eyes, so he aimed right between them. When he walked up to it, it turned out to be the rancher's mule. That man lived a hard life, and lived to be 93. He had some good stories.

 

[ENCORE50A]

One of the neighbors ended up catching the horse today. She was less than a mile away. Evidently the horse had had enough of being a loner. She let the neighbor walk right up to her. All's well...........

 

[Caniborrowsomeammo]

Little horse.

 

[MTY]

I have seen ground squirrels bigger than that horse.

 

[Hausser1]

Or so I thought.....................

Its almost dark and I'm working on the computer/TV sharing stuff and just happen to look out back towards the bird feeders. HOLY SMOKES.... it looked at first like a MONSTER bear.
After I got my wits about me, I grabbed the camera.
Just about every animal in this state, short of an elk, we've seen out back. Well this tops them all...........

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It looks like a bluegill to me. Over the years, I've passed up on many such opportunities.

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I posted the photos on the local FB page and immediately received a response. Seems the horse was purchased from a rescue place and has been gone from the owner for a number of days. It won't come when called, likely the new owner says from the abuse it previously went through. They are going to leave it be tonight but, tomorrow morning they plan on riding horses themselves to catch her. Owner says if other horses are around she'll be easy to halter.

I'm telling you folks, its darn hard tell'n what might show up around here!

 

[Hausser1]

Any Unicorns?

my neighbor sells them by the dozen