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[RC] Riding amongst wildlife - Jennifer FleetI've had several exhilarating wildlife experiences while out on the trail, and won't forget any of them: - was out on a conditioning ride, and while full-out sprinting up a fire road with a friend of mine, a silver fox dashed out onto the trail in front of our horses and ran hit little butt off in front of us for awhile before finally diving off the side for cover. He was adorable. I haven't seen a fox since. - was just leaving the barn where I used to board (hi Heather!) and rode through a small clearing, where there in our path was a litter of bobcat cubs. Don't know where mom was, but I'm sure she wasn't far. They stared at us for a few seconds and then scrambled up the hillside into the brush. - was trotting along another stretch of fireroad when a doe bounded up from the hillside below onto the trail in front of us - maybe 100 feet ahead, and she loped along with us for quite a while. My horse didn't care and the deer seemed unconcerned...she didn't seem like she was running for her life. Just a nice easy bouncy deer-lope. Very cool. - last one wasn't while riding. Was in Oregon, four-wheeling on a logging road, when a bobcat went screaming across the road right in front of us. We screeched to a halt to watch him, when hot on his tail came a ticked off doe! The DEER was chasing the BOBCAT! LOL! We think he must have come close to her fawn or something. As an aside, my horse never spooked at the incidences above. He just spooks at loose dogs that startle him and then run right toward him with no fear. :) Jennifer =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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