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Would like to know what is your favorite animal to watch. Doesn't have to be a big game animal could be a back yard squirell. Mine is the turkey, have always loved to hunt them, call them and watch them. I also have a no eared wild rabbit that is almost tame and lets my pointer sneak up on him every day.
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i love to watch and stalk Beavers. Their efforts and "creative/building spirit" always inspires me.
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Donkeys, camels, buffalo and pigs, in no particular order.
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Crows and Ravens. Horses are right up there, too.
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Dogs, Deer.
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Whitetail fawns are my favorite wild animals to just watch. They are just like a bunch of kids.
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Fisher cats. So incredibly fast it will blow your mind. As soon as they see a squirrel, step back and just try to keep them in your vision.
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I like watching the birds around my feeders... You'd be suprised how much you can learn about their "pecking order" in a short time.
... mike ...
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Any animal that I just don't see very often is nice.
I actually enjoy watching chipmunks quite a lot.
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Squirrels in the back yard.
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Mine is My Spirit Guide the "HummingBird"
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wild turkey!
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Dog lover from way back. Elk mesmerize.
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Whitetail deer!
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I love to watch pretty much any wild animal. The domesticated variety don't really hold my attention span for very long.
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black bear cubs, coons, deer, squirrels, and any working dog (beagles, hounds, Aussies, or healers) If they made such a video of any of those listed above I could watch it over and over again; especially bear cubs and working dogs.
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Black bears, coyote, fisher, fox, birds (any and all) and squirrels.
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red fox are my favorite
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Both fox and gray squirrels.
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Where I hunt I see lots of otters. Its fun to watch them play in the water but the best thing is when you see them walking through the woods. They just look so goofy.
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I love to watch them all :)
One time that sticks out in my mind was two young bull elk I had the pleasure to watch last year. I was raised in a family with two brothers and these two bull reminded me of the way my younger brother and I would act to each other. The smaller was a spike and the other was a small 5x5. The smaller would bounce around and prod the older trying to engage him in a sparing match, after a while the older would get mad and chase the younger off, then the older would realize that the younger bull was gone and he would start to worry and run around in panic looking for his little brother. This went on for hours as I waited in my ambush spot.
Great stuff :)
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humming birds in the front yard and squirrels and deer on the back feeder.
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Whitetail. I like other animals,too, but I love Whitetail deer.
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ELK
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Whichever critter decides to come by. I like watching them do their thing.
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I like to watch gray squirrels chase each other and it can get funny some times to.
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deer. pine martins. I like watching the elk in the winter; and the whitetails and mulies.
Deer though - I really like it every time I see one.
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I like to watch them all but my favorite is Whitetail deer.
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Pretty much any wild animal,but whitetails are my favorite.God never created a more beautiful and graceful creature than a whitetail deer (IMHO)
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I like to watch them all too. But have to go with Wild Turkey..
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The Grand Wild Turkey.
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Whitetails without question!
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Whitetails, especially big ones...8^)
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Bears on a bait & moose
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I'm a retired wildlife biologist so I like a lot of them. However, my favorite that I have opportunity to watch is a mature white-tail buck. I'm very thankful for the squirrels because they keep me entertained during the lull before and after deer show up.
The one I've dreamed of watching since reading Jack O'Conner stories and the Fred Bear Stone Sheep hunt, is the big horn sheep.
In fact, at 56 years old I'm finally going to start applying for a western sheep tag. Maybe my grandson can inherit my preference points?! Looks like it will have to be Montana since a few of their tags goes to someone completely at random no matter the number of preferenc points that person has.
I can't imagine the rush of getting a letter in the mail saying I was drawn for a bighorn tag! I'd take the letter to a taxidermist and have it mounted!
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I love watching all animals. I do however get a special excitement watching the wild turkey working his way through the Cypress and cedar trees in the areas in and around the swamps in South Carolina. The oak trees and pines that border the farmers fields also make a great place to watch them working from their roost to the fields.
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Roadrunners are interesting to watch.
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mountain goats and whales.
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It is a toss up between loons and humming birds, but I will admit to mostly going bird watching when I am spring turkey hunting.
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Spring Wild Turkey... Watching the first rays of light bounce off the breast feathers of an old tom while he strutes. The reflect blue, red, purple , and golds all at the same time. Like the inside a oyster shell only much brighter. That is what I would love to see each morning of my life...
But the only thing in my yard are grey squirrel.. And they're really funny to watch..
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I love watching them all but the elk is my favorite to watch. I was watching a couger watch elk one day. He or she sat down on its haunches and just watched them for about thirty minutes. A young cow walked within 15 feet of that big cat and the elk never saw or smelled the cat and the cat never flinched a muscle or attacked.
I was expecting to see something few people ever see, a couger kill in the wild but it never happend. What I did see probably was even more outstanding. A couger doing exactly what I was doing. Just watching the elk.
As I was writing this I realize that I have to add Eagles. I love watching eagles. There is something so majestic and free and wild about them.
I heard a scream one day and looked up from where I was waiting for three bucks to come down across an open area where I was waiting in ambush. I had been walking down an old log road when I spotted these bucks and since there was a trail coming down a bank about 40 feet from where I was at I figured I would just back up a bit , find a place to hide and wait for them.
Anyway when I heard this scream I looked up and I see this eagle with his wings set coming like a jet fighter toward the deer. The deer turned to run toward me and before they got to the bank the Golden hit a three point in the back and just sent him rolling down onto the road in front of me. Both I and the deer were to mesmerised and shocked to do anything except the deer scrambled to his feet and bolted into the brush. The eagle just set his wings and sailed out over the valley and did not come back while I was there. I think he timed it all perfect and hoped to permanently disable the buck so he could come back and eat him. He might have too . But he sent him over that bank and no doubt did it on purpose. I think that I saw a once in a lifetime deal. I told the Biologist about that and they said eagles do not prey on grown deer. Grin. I now know better.
As I write this I have to add coyotes. But thats going to be another story. I love watching them mouse. God Bless you all and enjoy and be thankful for what God has allowed us to see and enjoy. Steve
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Well I guess I would have to say that I enjoy watching foxes the most - however I don't get much opportunity these days...
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Dang, Tommy, that's beautiful, poetic!
Atrocious grammar and spelling, but quite captivating.
Who'da thunk it? :smileystooges: :thumbsup:
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Big Mule Deer! :)
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For me, it`s whitetails.
Watching a group of deer navigate through an area as they feed simply amazes me. I am convinced they have a sixth sense, and can communicate in ways we cannot understand.
I have killed my fair share of whitetails, and could not complain if I were never "given" another for the larder. I will scream to hell and back if I am not allowed to watch them.
The white man`s version of the afterlife, is heaven, but I hope it is indeed the happy hunting grounds.
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I cant believe no one else picked my favorite. it almost seems un-american not to. I gotta go with the Thunder Beast. The Buffalo.just the immense power and man what i wouldnt give to go back in time and see the plains when the buffalo were at there peak in history.that had to be a site
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red tailed hawk
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Bobcats and coyotes....I love the predators.
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Thank you Illbeer.
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i love to watch all animals.they make more sense than most people i have to deal with.good luck this season everyone,steve
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All wild critters, from the birds at the feeder to bears on bait, but if I had to pick just one it would be the whitetail deer.
Dan
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I Love to watch any animal, wild or not, my wife and I raise Reindeer and Bactrian camels, and they are awesome to watch. My favorite animal to hunt would have to be Elk, maybe because I don't get to do it often and they are not out my back door although I have been lucky enough to be on quite a few Elk hunts, I don't have to take an Elk to have a great time on an Elk hunt, for me there is nothing else like getting into a herd of Elk! DK.
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Ruffed Grouse the Thunder chicken of all Thunder chickens :notworthy:
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Coyotes.Dogs, calfs, fawns, and kids thr goat kind . The other little kids are fun to watch also.
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Pika
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Thera's so many to stop you and make you look. Like Ken, watching the Redtail hawk soar until you see that red tail is always a thrill. Finding a red tail feather is a real treasure. I have one and am always on the lookout.
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Just about any wild animal, although if I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be antelope. When working in Wyoming, they fascinated me. Their speed, vision, and they are high strung like a piano wire. Fun to watch when they don't know you are around. It was really cool when doing antelope surveys that often an antelope would race me in my truck. This would sometimes involve a 1/2 mile run along the two track I was on. They could peel off any time, but seemed to enjoy racing me.
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1st would be my wife she's a real looker and fun to watch,2nd would be my kids they are always doing something I scratch my head at,3rd would be my wife's cat(note my wife's)when they stalk something it is amazing,4th would be the squirrel it moves with purpose and is attentive to everything around them but a moving car.
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There's nothing better or more sereal than watching a Redtailed hawk sore through blue sky.
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Another favorite - watching Peregrine falcons.
Most know Peregrines have made a comeback nationwide and since the late 80’s have done remarkably well here in NE Ohio. This year there were 35 known active nest sites statewide, and for the past 10 or 15 years, every time I happen to get downtown Akron, Canton or Cleveland have always tried to make it a point of checking out some of the active nest sites during season.
The past 20 years or so most of these sites have been of big city canyons of concrete until last year and again this summer, a pair took up residency on a high span interstate bridge over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The nest site is just a short 4 miles distance from my work place. I get to watch them during my lunch breaks… It’s pretty cool.
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im an avid birdwatcher, and i love to observe the myriad of vibrant birds in the woods and elswere. most poeple overlook the diversity of bird life in our hunting woods. take a look and youll be amazed
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any and all raptors, and my cat---.