Cool Critters!

IslandSib · 01-11-2005, 11:00 PM

Only wish I had pictures. Last year on walk I beleive we saw a coyote on Rattlesnake..always wondered until I traveled to Point Reyes in CA and one walked right in front of the car as we were leaving! Now I am about 80% sure which was how I rated on the test.
One early morning I did see a moose taking a dip in the broads off Rattlesnake
I have no photos but it was amazing.
Last, I have walked in the woods and if you are really quiet ...you can see the deer....

Island Girl · 01-12-2005, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by IslandSib

Last, I have walked in the woods and if you are really quiet ...you can see the deer....

... and he did see those deer, many times.

Grant · 01-12-2005, 11:00 AM

The Sandwich Range is a really interesting and diverse area. When our kids got a little bigger and we decided to really get back into mountain day trips, we started small & local with the Sandwich Range -- which also lacks the crowded trails of some of the more popular White Mountain peaks.

Anyway, the area around Doublehead Mountain is LOADED with moose and bear.

Some interesting shots from a few years ago...

Bear tracks in the sand:

http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566385

One of many moose prints on the trails, with my foot for perspective:

http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566396

Lots of moose dookie!

http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566398

And look at the height of this moose rub (my wife, pictured, is about 5' 4")...

http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566403

We also saw some large turkeys up there.

upthesaukee · 01-13-2005, 12:02 AM

Hey Grant, where were those turkeys from???????

Grant · 01-13-2005, 09:42 AM

I couldn't make out the license plate.

pmj · 01-13-2005, 10:57 PM

ok, now I have to dig out a picture of elk poop that I shot on the Olympic Penninsula. We can compare to NH poop

Rattlesnake Gal · 01-13-2005, 11:34 PM

And here I was worried about posting a picture of a run of the mill deer leg!

Dookie...Grant you are too funny.

Grant · 01-14-2005, 10:19 AM

Normally, one pile of moose dookie alone would not be considered anything extraordinary -- just a sign of their presence. But the number of fresh & semi-fresh piles (sorry, no other way to describe it) we saw that day was incredible. Literally dozens and dozens. Hence the photo.

Okay, to be perfectly honest, we were actually lost that day. Not "lost" as in "we can't find our way back," but lost in that we took a wrong turn off of the planned trail and ended up in a very remote and seldom-hiked section of the Sandwich Range. Although we never made the intended summit that day, we did have a rather interesting family adventure complete with all sorts of tracks, scat, critters, and disappearing trails to nowhere. Very cool. Yet, despite all the dookie, footprints, rubs and criss-crossing moose trails, we never actually saw a moose. We were definitely expecting one around every bend in the trail, but they obviously smelled us suburbanites and high-tailed it out of there.

01-11-2005, 11:00 PM	#1
IslandSib Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Island Wildlife Only wish I had pictures. Last year on walk I beleive we saw a coyote on Rattlesnake..always wondered until I traveled to Point Reyes in CA and one walked right in front of the car as we were leaving! Now I am about 80% sure which was how I rated on the test. One early morning I did see a moose taking a dip in the broads off Rattlesnake I have no photos but it was amazing. Last, I have walked in the woods and if you are really quiet ...you can see the deer.... __________________ IslandSib

01-12-2005, 11:00 AM	#3
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,504 Thanks: 382 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	Sandwich Range Wildlife The Sandwich Range is a really interesting and diverse area. When our kids got a little bigger and we decided to really get back into mountain day trips, we started small & local with the Sandwich Range -- which also lacks the crowded trails of some of the more popular White Mountain peaks. Anyway, the area around Doublehead Mountain is LOADED with moose and bear. Some interesting shots from a few years ago... Bear tracks in the sand: http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566385 One of many moose prints on the trails, with my foot for perspective: http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566396 Lots of moose dookie! http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566398 And look at the height of this moose rub (my wife, pictured, is about 5' 4")... http://www.pbase.com/gfevans/image/38566403 We also saw some large turkeys up there.

01-13-2005, 12:02 AM	#4
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,604 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,474 Thanked 1,983 Times in 1,083 Posts	Hey Grant, where were those turkeys from??????? __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

01-13-2005, 09:42 AM	#5
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,504 Thanks: 382 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	Turkeys I couldn't make out the license plate.

01-14-2005, 10:19 AM	#8
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,504 Thanks: 382 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	Lost, with Dookie Normally, one pile of moose dookie alone would not be considered anything extraordinary -- just a sign of their presence. But the number of fresh & semi-fresh piles (sorry, no other way to describe it) we saw that day was incredible. Literally dozens and dozens. Hence the photo. Okay, to be perfectly honest, we were actually lost that day. Not "lost" as in "we can't find our way back," but lost in that we took a wrong turn off of the planned trail and ended up in a very remote and seldom-hiked section of the Sandwich Range. Although we never made the intended summit that day, we did have a rather interesting family adventure complete with all sorts of tracks, scat, critters, and disappearing trails to nowhere. Very cool. Yet, despite all the dookie, footprints, rubs and criss-crossing moose trails, we never actually saw a moose. We were definitely expecting one around every bend in the trail, but they obviously smelled us suburbanites and high-tailed it out of there.

01-13-2005, 10:57 PM	#6
pmj Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 240 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok, now I have to dig out a picture of elk poop that I shot on the Olympic Penninsula. We can compare to NH poop

01-13-2005, 11:34 PM	#7
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	And here I was worried about posting a picture of a run of the mill deer leg! Dookie...Grant you are too funny.