Check out these dramatic photos of  a group of deer sunning themselves on a snow mobile trails.

Beautiful

This humongous hog was killed near the town of Cut-N-Shoot, Texas.  Yes, that is the real name of the town.  See here

Over 1,800 lb. wild boar shot and killed near the County Airport, East of I-45 and near the community of Cut and Shoot.  Killed by a medical radiology worker.  What would you do if this beast was coming at you? Run for dear life? Climb a tree? Or simply get run over ?

There are some that say you should stand still in the face of a hog.  Apparently, their sight is bad and would not charge you.  I’ve got to say Good Luck with that approach.  As for me, I’m running.

Makes the guy look tiny

You may never see something like this in your life.   It’s a beautiful piebald whitetail deer.  Seems to be a doe.

The term `piebald`, used to identify a whitetail with at least one extra splotch of white hair, has an interesting origin.  ‘Pie’ means mixed up; ‘bald’ means having a white spot.  To a horseman, a ‘piebald’ is a horse with black and white splotches; one with brown and white splotches actually is known as a ‘skewbald’.

What a beautiful creature!

Also, don’t forget to check out all the blog posts for piebald deer. Start with this trophy buck

Tags: Piebald, Whitetail Deer

OK, I’m from the Houston, Texas area and we revel in large things like Monster Cockroaches.  We have no concept of whether this is a large or average bull moose.  However, if these photos are not ‘shopped then the scale of this animal would indicate it is HUGE! 

Here’s the text in the email that was sent to me: 

By the length of his beard and the grey legs, I figure he must be over 10 years old.  He looks to be well over 8 feet at the top of the shoulder hump, and with his head up the height to the top of his antler must be about 12 feet.  This guy is king of the forest, no bear or pack of wolves would dare come after him when he has this rack.  Considering that a dirt road can fit 1 1/2 cars across, this fellow is HUGE.  THIS IS ONE BIG BOY!

THE PICTURE WASTAKEN IN ELLIOT LAKE (Elliot Lake is near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan)

Yes it is a regular size dirt road.

Huge Bull Moose

Huge Bull Moose

Tags: Moose

Antler lock-ups are where two Whitetail Bucks, or even Bull Elk, battle for supremacy and end up locking their antlers together.  We’re talking antlers and not horns.   See here for discussion on the difference between horns and antlers.

Here other posts of similar events:

This pair got locked and the winner drug the other around until he got tangled up in a barbed wired fence: Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn

The winner here drug the other around while other critters — assumed Coyotes — ate the loser: Another Deer Locked Horn-to-Horn

Here’s a really cool post about Elk getting antler locked. Amazing Two Bull Elk Locked Horn-to-Horn

My favorite is a 3-way buck lock-up.

See all my posts on Antler Lock-ups here.

Tags: Antler Lock Ups, Whitetail Deer