Wildlife you have seen from your Amphib ?

[m350]

Wow Cory,,those are some great pics,, You have the Ultimate area for seeing wildlife,,you almost always should have a camera with you when in your ARGO,,but seeing some of those critter's that close,,I would also carry some type of firearm,,Just in case,,Hmm S&W 357,,,or short and snoty 30/30,,30/06,,12 Gauge,,,,something !,,,,Mark

[rdr]

damn cory some fine cretters you have there . verry nice to have a back yard full of animals like that . wish they were here . all we get to see are deer black bear and w turkry .. not the kind you drink . robbie.

[cory_Alaska]

Wildlife I have seen before my argo

Well, so far I have not had my argo long enough to have seen much other than that glacier. I will make up for it this year though. I do have an extensive collection of wildlife images that I have taken in the short year and a half since my arrival though and I was asked in another thread to post some more Alaska images. Well, here goes.

I arrived in Alaska right at the tail end of the Moose rut. These were the some of the first critters I found back in Oct of '06


Then the following spring brought all the salmon, and when there is salmon there are always bears. Both Black and Grizzlies/Brown bears. This guy did not like me invading his fishing grounds I think!


I tried doing some underwater photography for the first time last summer as well. It was pretty amazing and opened up a whole new world!
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And finally, one of my favorite subjects up here has definitely been the Bald Eagles. I have more pictures of them than any other critter in Alaska!


Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

[boncrshr]

Gotta watch out for those Blue Heron's(prob most fishing birds),,,several times,,,the Dirty Bird has taken flight from the Pond,,,flying over the House and taken a Big Ole Dump,,hit the Roof,,one time even the window,,,lol,,,and it ain't No little sparrow dump either !

This past hunting season my duck lease was right next to this enormous snow goose roost, I don't really know how to estimate how many there were, but in the mornings I would roll the windows down when I drove by the field and the sound of the geese would be deafening....anyhoo, it was kinda cool because you could tell where their flight path was because all of the goose poop would be all over the trees and ground and would glow iridescent green in the Hustler headlights.......

[philipatmaxfour]

Moose in an Argo pic. or Argo in a Moose pic.

I saw a moose last fall while riding my Frontier, does this count?

Nope ,sorry Steve,it only counts if you wrestled it to death with your bare hands. Nice pic. though, bet Argo might put it on their calendar.

[m350]

Gotta watch out for those Blue Heron's(prob most fishing birds),,,several times,,,the Dirty Bird has taken flight from the Pond,,,flying over the House and taken a Big Ole Dump,,hit the Roof,,one time even the window,,,lol,,,and it ain't No little sparrow dump either !

[boncrshr]

Now that I have a decent digital Camera I will try to get all the pictures I can this summer but the Deer and Moose can take off faster then I could pull out my camera.

I am trying to find the pictures I have of a blue haring, I think it is a Blue haring . It is Really Really big ! My nephews and nieces call it a pterodactyl

Blue Heron....we get herons down here too...the really spectacular sight here in Texas is to have a hundred or so pelicans come down in formation and land on the water. They also feed in a cool formation........

[cory_Alaska]

I saw a moose last fall while riding my Frontier, does this count?

I will be seing one of those up close and personal this fall, and hopefully a black bear and/or grizzly bear in a few weeks!! That was over 1/2 the reason I bought my Argo. The other 1/2 was to get in and out of my cabin! The 4 wheelers and snow machines are nice, but not during breakup!!! and not if I want to cross the lake and river!

[rdr]

I saw a moose last fall while riding my Frontier, does this count?

SWEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT nice kill .

[Robio_8x8]

I will try to get pictures this summer

Now that I have a decent digital Camera I will try to get all the pictures I can this summer but the Deer and Moose can take off faster then I could pull out my camera.

I am trying to find the pictures I have of a blue haring, I think it is a Blue haring . It is Really Really big ! My nephews and nieces call it a pterodactyl

[bcsteve]

I saw a moose last fall while riding my Frontier, does this count?

[rdr]

mooose bear coolllllllllllllllllll i would love to see a moose robbie .one in the cross hairs would be nice toooooooo

[Robio_8x8]

Lots of different birds , porky pines, Deer, otters

I saw a neat looking Red fox, beavers, moose, bear etc.
The Land I own is part of a protected bird sanctuary so I see all kinds of different types of birds. Partridges, grouse, wild turkeys loons,owls, cardinals, blue jays, ducks, geese and allot more far too many to mention.

[artist1018]

I've seen White-tail deer, foxes, phesants, turkey, coyotes, bald eagles, hawks, owls, mink, possums, raccoons, turkey vultures. In the ponds, at night, several large-mouth bass, pike & catfish are attracted to the lights. I use a nice quite minkota trolling motor & turn off the Argo engine. I see beaver & muskrat more often & closer without the engine running.

[boncrshr]

Aside from the usual Southern critters (gators, nutria rats, beaver, snakes, etc)....

We ran across some otters one time on Lake Sam Rayburn, did not even know we had those in Texas, they were at a distance and we watched them play through binoculars.

One time just me and Bo (my black lab), went to the salt marsh to duck hunt and came within 50 yards of a coyote, which is pretty unusual as they are skittish. And we drove through a group of wild cows with rather long horns that had that crazy look in their eyes. What makes these cows unusual is that quite a few of them have been living wild in the marsh since the cowboy days.....