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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	wildlife! 09/03/10 at 15:58:01 saw a red fox on the ride home - not too common around here - probably see an average once in 5 years. then about a mile later a much more common western PA mammal bounded out ahead of me. got off the throttle, downshifted, fired off a warning shot, and hit the brakes in time to let the 2nd deer pass in front. close enough i could here its hooves skidding!
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #1 - 09/03/10 at 16:15:19 Quite a combo..dont tread on me and Hooves..I tend to agree on both points..glad you didn't get too close and personal with Bambi.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #2 - 09/03/10 at 17:57:06 You might no believe this but red foxes are abundant in London of all places,thats London England. the big city.
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Phelonius Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1897	Re: wildlife! Reply #3 - 09/03/10 at 18:32:36 mick wrote on 09/03/10 at 17:57:06: You might no believe this but red foxes are abundant in London of all places,thats London England. the big city. That's because in London, they are not allowed to chase them on horseback with a pack of hounds. Phelonius
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #4 - 09/03/10 at 20:03:51 I guess a handful of foxes would make these guys less bold! I don't know if foxes would like the elevation here, though!
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Reply #5 - 09/04/10 at 00:31:57

Already foxes there Doc, their VERY adapatable. Fact is you'll find more foxes in town then you will in the surrounding rural ares. They LOVE cat n dog food, scraps behind diners ect. Them lil crawl spaces under the house make ideal dens for them. Skunks to!
So next time you got to go digging around under the house make sure and check it for furred critters as well as the long slinky scaled kind...lol

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runwyrlph Serious Thumper Offline Semper ubi sub ubi Posts: 846 pa Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #6 - 09/04/10 at 06:30:37 yeah i have a feeling there's plenty of foxes around, just don't see them too often. we actually see coyotes more frequently around here!
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Southpaw Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline This ol' dog ain't staying on the porch! Posts: 920 Missouri Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #7 - 09/06/10 at 09:50:41 We've got a den near the creek that runs though our area. I've seen turkey and deer walking down our road so used to traffic they don't budge. At least the foxes are smarter than that! Surprisingly (and thankfully) haven't had a single skunk hit out here this year!
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Wolfman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 664 SW Missouri Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #8 - 09/06/10 at 12:50:19 Had several of them smelly critters hit around here. Think ive come up on each one right after its been hit and let loose its juice. Course thats better then being at ground zero when one does turn on the wterhose...lol Cool weather has got the deer moveing more here lately to.
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #9 - 09/06/10 at 19:25:22 I hate them stinkin pole cats LOL! I think the deer around me are suicidal because they run out in front of my jeep all the time but they usually stop and wait for me to go by when on the bike. They will be worse once the farmers start to harvest the crops.
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Wolfman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 664 SW Missouri Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #10 - 09/07/10 at 01:59:48 Their starting to cut the corn down here 12B. Was out looking for possible dove fields and some d@mn english sparrow like to of become a Fork ornament...lol Almost as bad as the buzzard today. Got deer checking out the corn in the garden so im just waiting for deer season to show them the error of their ways.
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #11 - 09/07/10 at 05:55:35 I need to get a good brush guard for the jeep, my freezer is getting a little empty. I have almost been taken out by turkeys and turkey vultures on quite a few occasions. I hit a sparrow few months ago and was glad that I was on the Burgman instead of the S40. I thought for sure that it broke the fairing the way it hit.
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Reply #12 - 09/07/10 at 12:24:32

Seems like every good ride i get one of them lil buggers tries to hitch a ride. So far only one swallow misjudged my speed though.
Of late the frogs in the road have suffered horribly though...lol
As long as i dont run over a dillo or a big turtle ill be happy. Grin

Turks kind of run out in front of me in my driveway, right in a mess of loose gravel. One of them Tap Tap Tap slide slide slide brakeing moments...lol
Im so used to watching for deer haveing grown up in the country its second nature. Coons, yotes, foxes, suicidal squirrels, makes for interesting rides... Grin

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 7266 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #13 - 09/07/10 at 13:34:37 plenty of mulies up on the mesa, we saw one 3 pointer had 3 does w/him, still in velvet,all others we saw were does...archery season starts this week i think... saw 2 antelope by I 70 less than 10 miles from where im sittin..never seen them this close to town...
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Wolfman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 664 SW Missouri Gender:	Re: wildlife! Reply #14 - 09/08/10 at 01:16:17 Like to hunt me some antelope. Ate some one time and it was NUMMY! Big ole pot of deer stew was'nt bad last friday either..lol Puffball mushrooms are a popping good, corals should be comeing up any day now as well. Mmmmm, smothered deer steaks, fresh mushrooms and some ear corn. Made myself hungry.
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