Background: A person named Daniel was visiting a friend in Montana and touring through Glacier National Park. They were hiking up a CLOSED ROAD when they came upon this scene. It is evident that the mountain lion and bighorn sheep were fighting on the mountain and fell to their immediate death sometime during the struggle. Pay special attention to the mouth of the mountain lion.....as it still has sheep hide in its mouth!!!!

    
For you Moose hunters,  photographers,  and wildlife lovers out there, 

THIS IS ONE BIG BOY! THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN NEAR MCADAM

Just across the border from Vanceboro, Maine....Yes it is a regular size dirt road.

     

Ever have one of those days?  By the way, the badger is alive.

     
 Mark Riley from Missouri writes:  I thoroughly enjoy your gallery of odd.  I have my own oddity.  This is a paddlefish that we found in our 1-1/2 acre pond!  It weighed 104 lbs and was 69 inches long.  Neighbors tell me it was rescued from flood waters at 2 ft. long and had been put in the pond 19 years earlier.

     

Rumored to be from Carlin, Nevada.....one tough kitty!  Anyone have more info?

              
North Dakota Buck!  No other info provided.... 

Kerry Connell from Lander was on a fall foliage tour in New Brunswick, Canada last fall when this photo opportunity presented itself.

Now I know why many states prohibit the use of dogs for hunting deer!

  
A couple from Wahkon, MN were featured on a local TV station after filming and capturing photos of these albino whitetails.  

  
Chevy vs. Ram...A really nice Ram that was hit about the 125 mile marker on I-90 near Rock Creek outside of Missoula , MT  on Thursday 12/11.  The Ram was still stuck in the grill when we arrived and I had to force it out. From point of impact to where the vehicle stopped was better than 200 feet.

                       
Next time I'll take the pictures and you let the bear out! Johnny Willcut writes: This post of the release of the grizzly bear from the trap is from the 1980's in NW Montana. The now retired game warden is in his early 80's and still hunts.

    
Rotting whale…..the ultimate bear bait!!!

Thanks Dusty!

    
Near Swenson,Texas (about 70 miles NW of Abilene.)
Look at what James Snipe hit with his car on County Road 328 north of Swenson Texas in Stonewall County . The lion was still alive but unable to move, so our neighbor called animal control and they came and put him down.  A landowner had seen this one a week before dragging off a 320 lb steer. This one weighed 260 lbs. while most mature males mountain lions weigh 80 to 150 lbs. Thanks Dusty!

Louisiana retriever!  Thanks Brent!

                 
East of Broadus on John Smith Ranch. Sheriff handled call. One buck was rescued.

Action figures take down squirrel.

Who needs a truck!  Thanks Dusty.

               
No back ground on these pics, but certainly unique!!  Thanks Dick!

Wrong place...wrong time!

    
Mike Mills from Riverton writes: I was working in the Pinedale Anticline and noticed this antelope standing alone, along side the road.  Something struck me as odd when I saw him so I pulled to the side of the road and pulled out my work camera to use the zoom.  I had no idea if somebody should be notified of this buck's condition so when I got home I called a couple of friends who are avid hunters who said they'd make calls to some of their friends who are wardens here in Fremont County and put the word out.
 

           
Out on Vernon a couple of weeks ago looking for horns, we did not shoot it. Editor: Not sure what to make of this. Tame perhaps?  Interesting anyway. Thanks Brent!

SIAMESE PIKE CAUGHT AT COONEY DAM. (ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BILLINGS) Thanks Brent!

Here's the answer to an age old question!

IN MINNESOTA  THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO FISH
AND THEN THERE ARE FISHERMEN

Just like in "Jaws"; I think we're gonna need a bigger boat.
 

              
South Texas Rattlers in Love! Thanks Kris!

This was in Kaktovik. Can you imagine a worse time to have a slip and fall incident? I'll bet he wishes he could trade that camera in for a .458 H&H Magnum rifle! Thanks Dusty!

              
An ice wave photographed in 2002 in Antarctica by Tony Travouillon. Amazing! Thanks to Kristin!

         
This snake and the 4 golf balls was actually an Australian coastal carpet python on the Gold Coast, taken at Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary. I would definitely Take A Drop! 

This incredible ice took place in Versoix, a town close to Geneva City Switzerland. Leman Lake.
 

                   
The photos aren't as clear as they could be, but are still amazing.  Apparently the cat gave up and the bull lived.

Rick Young writes: Here is a pic of my Blue Whitetail Buck I took on Christmas Eve 2007 in Texas. The best explanation of his color so far is something called Luecism. Apparently it is caused by an incomplete genetic code that helps to determine the color of the animal.

     
Never heard of a triple lock!  Any more info?  Thanks to Roger!

A Unibuck apparently shot near the Pittsburgh, PA. airport. Thanks William!

           
What a tremendous moose!  Anyone have further info about this giant? Just glad I didn't have to pack these antlers out on my back.  Thanks to Roger!

           
Here's the note that accompanied these photos:  "Check these shots out.  Don't know the story behind them.  Apparently someone north of Fort St. John took them."  Any info?  Thanks to Dusty!  

                 
Cindy and Rick Henke write: This deer was harvested with a bow on Dec. 30th by Jay Trudell of Delafield Wisconsin. Jay made a great hit on this deer. It expired inside of 50 yards.  On New Years Eve, Jay brought to deer to me to be butchered. I skinned it for a shoulder mount, stopping right behind the ear. The buck dressed out at 175 pounds and has a good layer of fat on it’s rump. Every indication was that this was a normal, healthy deer. I returned the head to Jay for mounting. After the taxidermist capped the skull, he cut the skull plate to remove the antlers. As he finished the cut, he hit metal. Jay got the skull and antlers back and cleaned them and brought them to be to show me what was inside the brain of this deer. The hide was completely healed and did not give away that there was an injury. The threaded portion of the head had snapped off.
The deer had been shot in a prior season with a Wasp Hammer broadhead. It entered the brain but did not kill the deer. It also passed through the hinge of the jaw and had grown over with bone and prevented the jaw from opening all but the smallest amount. The brain was infected around the puncture wound. I'm not sure which portion of the brain was injured but I suspect it was the part that helps the deer avoid a hunter.

    
Also from Cindy and Rick: There must be some less that lethal hunters where Jay hunts because 2 years prior to this, Jay's brother brought me a deer with a damaged hind quarter. Upon removing the meat from that deer I discovered a portion of a broadhead embedded in femur (hind quarter) I included the bone from the opposite (healthy) side of the same deer as a comparison. Both of these injuries were at least a year old. These are tough animals.

        
Kalispell Montana, Thanksgiving night, don't know much more than that, person set up a trail cam on this deer carcass thinking they might get pictures of a coyote, fox, bobcat possibly a cougar or a wolf but they got a lot more than they ever imagined.  Thanks to Brent!

        
Texas has a deer worth $1Million?
With a 46-point rack and a Boone and Crockett score of 334, it's hard to argue that a whitetail named Stickers isn't the biggest buck to ever consume protein in Texas. Sammy Nooner of Hondo brought Stickers home in February. Since then, fellow deer breeders have been speculating on the price tag. Some estimates involve seven figures for the 6-year-old monarch buck, whose semen fetches $4,000 to $5,000 per straw.

                  
Sighting in your expensive new deer rifle
  1. Shiny new, high-powered deer rifle.............. $1,200.00
2. Quality, high-powered scope........................ $ 550.00
3. Bore sighting device..................................... $ 140.00
 4. Hospital Visit............................................... $4,893.00
5. Forgetting to remove the bore sighting device prior to shooting? Priceless!

        
William submitted these photos of a buck weighing over 400 pounds!  Any details?

 
Here's how not to load your moose!!  No details. Thanks Brent!  

To all my hunting buddies...
  HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE NEW WORLD RECORD WHITETAIL. IT WAS TAKEN BY THE COUSIN OF A CO-WORKER'S SISTER'S, UNCLE'S BEST FRIEND'S SON-IN-LAW'S COUSIN. REPORTEDLY IT WILL SCORE 603 1/8 BY B&C STANDARD AND WAS SHOT IN WEST TEXAS. THIS DEER HAD KILLED A BULL, TWO LANDROVERS AND SIX HUNTERS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS ALONE. HE WAS IN THE MIDST OF A FIERCE FIGHT WITH BIGFOOT WHEN HE WAS SHOT BY SOME HUNTER CALLED HIPPY !!!  Editor:  The power of Photoshop! Thanks Bill!

     

A white buck hit by a car near Petoskey, Mich.  Do not think it is a true albino because it has dark eyes and nose.  Thanks to Tamara!
 

                          
Guys, Here is how my day started yesterday (11-29-2007).  Got a call that 2 bull elk were locked up and one was dead the other still alive. The bulls were in a field about 15 miles Northeast of Monticello. When I got there I actually found 2 bulls locked antlers... I thought this only happened in other areas...J. and I were going to tranquilize the bull and saw antlers...one  problem..we did not have enough of the drugs to do a good job. So we walked  out there and sawed the one point off of the dead bulls right antler and then we had to saw the main beam of the left antler to get the other bull free. The whale tail was over the bulls eyes, lodged between the eye guards. When we cut it free the bull stood there for awhile catching its breath with the piece of the antler still in it's antlers. When it took off the piece of antler came out...WOW! this was for sure one of the most memorable days....Enjoy the pics. TJ

This huge rattlesnake was killed in Texas at a gas plant.  Thanks William!

Rabbit's Revenge! Photo by Wayne King from Lander.

Not sure of the story behind this black buck. Thanks to William!
Update 12/31/07: Have heard this was shot in Arkansas and in Michigan. J.D. sent info about 2 different threads, one claiming Michigan, the other Arkansas.

  
Deer killed on Railsback Dr. off Ellerbe Road, Shreveport, La. on 10/23/07, just outside the city limits. Shot with a muzzle loader by a ninth grader.

This fox has it figured out!

  

A fully loaded Dodge Dakota!  Thanks Brent!

                    
Here are some pictures of a Grizzly that was hit on Hwy 200 near Lincoln, Montana on
Oct. 17, 2007. They estimated it was over 750 pounds. Thanks to Brent.

Happy Sunset!

Some trampolines are just plain dangerous!  Thanks Duane!

Mule deer doe taken this fall in SD with all four feet like this. Thanks Kyle!

     

Only in Montana during Hunting Season.
Some photos taken on Sunday Nov 3 2007 in Lincoln, Montana

              
Southern Oregon fishing opportunity. Imagine catching this guy on a fly rod.  Somebody got pictures of a 7 point Bull swimming across Southern Oregon's Fish Lake!!!

        
Here are some photos that you may enjoy..... A  WOLF  CATCHING SALMON !!  Brooks Falls, Katmai, Alaska.  "Photos taken at Katmai National Park.  © Paul Stinsa 2007"

        
Shot near Dubois, WY., this bull elk has three horns. Thanks Rocky!

        
Some things you just have to see for yourself! Muzzleloader Season. You won't believe this one. I was hunting out in Sidney this past weekend for my muzzleloader buck. Well I got him. I'll make a long story short. First off, Mike kept telling me he saw a buck with an arrow through his head. I thought he was full of it, but he kept telling me he saw it again. Saturday evening we saw this buck jumping around going out of control from about 350 yards away. Mike told me it was probably the one with the arrow in its head. The buck was with another one that night. The next morning I sat up in the tree stand and waited, all of a sudden at about 10 minutes after sun up, there were two bucks that came right to the side of my stand, 30 yards. I saw the arrow instantly and didn't know what to think. Anyways, he ended up giving me a shot and I took him.  Looks like the arrow was in there probably at least a couple months or more. No blood or anything and you could move the arrow.  Thanks Duane!

        

This is a droptine growing out of the Kansas buck's eye socket! Thanks Duane and Brent!

                        
Here is a deer that got caught on the fence at the State Veterans Cemetery in Casper. Thanks Benton!

                             
Brent writes: Here is a picture of a special city deer that we all enjoy seeing around. I took the pictures of him in velvet at the end of July and a friend of mine's wife or daughter (the Brannan's) took the others just this week in their back yard. He is thought to be around 35" wide some pictures make him look bigger though, he has been around town for at least 3 years and everybody keeps a close eye on him so he stays around.

             
 Baby Moose 12 Hours Old - Born in the middle of downtown Naubinway, Michigan. Thanks to Duane.

           
These fellas found this button buck swimming a mile and a half from shore.  Not sure where this occurred. They turned him loose when they got back to shore..he was soooo tired and was glad to get into their boat and rest!  Thanks Dusty!

                    
These elk photos are apparently from Dixon, Montana.  Pretty amazing that both would get "wired".  Thanks to Dusty.

        
This young bull near Big Sky, Montana found his first "love"! 

At first glance this elk looks normal, but as we took a second look we noticed that his right horn comes out of his forehead. We found this elk while bow hunting near Cody, Wy.  Berta from Riverton Wy

This is an Australian Scrub Python pulling a kangaroo out of the water. Talk about a maneater! This picture is from Western Australia. Take a careful look at this picture.....see the size of the snake and the kangaroo being pulled out of  the water! Thanks Brent!

              
A bear was walking across Rainbow Bridge (Old Hwy 40 at Donner Summit, Truckee, NV)  on Saturday when two cars also crossing the bridge scared the bear into jumping over the edge  of the bridge.  Somehow the bear caught the ledge and was able to pull itself to safety.  (WOW) Authorities decided that nothing could be done to help Saturday night so they returned Sunday morning to find the bear sound asleep on the ledge. After securing a net under the bridge the bear was tranquilized, fell into the net, was lowered, then woke up and walked out of the net, none the worse for wear. Thanks Brent!

  
Don’t know if they’re true or not, but that’s one impressive moose…Thanks to Louis.

     
New interesting pics of a moose...again a big thanks to Louis!

     
Don't know much about these pics other than it's being touted as a 540 score rack!  It's BIG! Anybody have any info?  Some say this bull is from a game farm in Canada.  It sure has the "game farm" look!

        
A pinto deer!  Portage County, just north of Junction City, Wisc.

              
HERE'S A GREAT MOOSE STORY
When this little guy was young; he lost his mother too soon.  So the Fish and Game brought him to Wendall and Debbie. They asked them to get him raised to a safe age to turn him loose again. So they bottle fed and took care of him; after a while they fed him with their cows.  So last Spring he was a year old ... and it was time to turn him back into the wild. Opened the gate and off he went.  Stayed gone all summer; then this fall he was back with the cows. He really thinks he is a cow for now.  All were happy to see him as he is pretty friendly.  He loves honey buns and will eat them right out of your mouth. Wendall and Debbie live right up in the mountains so it came time to bring the cows down.  Well the moose was lonely all by himself so he headed down to find another heard of cows to hang with.  The neighbors called about a week later and asked Wendall to please come and get his Moose. So he headed out with a honey bun, bucket of grain and the horse trailer and brought him back home. The moose is free to go anytime he wants but is choosing to stay put for now. Surely, come spring he will start to feel a bit like a male Moose and take off but, for now he is happy.

 A picture taken of an eagle on a dead deer in northeastern Montana in
the Frenchman Creek area. Thanks Seth!

What happens when a Pit Bull picks a fight with a Porcupine?  Thanks to Dusty!

                   
This is not your Sesame Street Big Bird!  Thanks to Brent and Brian. Based on information provided in a number of emails, these pictures were taken by a Finnish nature photographer named Pekka Komis,
and it was taken in the southern part of Finland.

The monster fish, which weighed an amazing 42.9 pounds, was caught in 2004 on a lake in southern Holland by Dutch angler Ewout Blom.

He was trolling a perch-patterned Rapala Super Shad Rap when he noticed his rod bend slightly. It straightened, then bent completely. He set the hook and battled for five full minutes, including a few tense moments when the giant thrashed at the surface. The pike measured 50 inches (127 centimeters if you’re Dutch).

“The mystery is over,” said NAFC Executive Director Steve Pennaz. “You can tell by its coloring and the shape of its fins that it’s a European pike.”

Only Wimps Use ATVs to Get Their Deer Out of the Woods!  Thanks Dusty!