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Old 07-14-2008, 01:17 AM
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Default Cougar vs Ram on Minnewanka

I recieved these pics via email from a fellow board member today. Maybe some of the coolest pics I've ever seen. Appologies to the dial up crowd as downsizing 'em wouldn't do it justice. Enjoy!

Here's the news story.......
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/rock.../24311609.html

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Old 07-14-2008, 01:26 AM
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That is way cool man...thanks for posting it..
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Old 07-14-2008, 05:03 AM
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One things leads me to think they are fake. If that were me, from that angle you would see a big pile of crapp laying on the ground!!

Just kidding. Those are awesome. Thanks Tree.
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Old 07-14-2008, 06:04 AM
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Thats pretty awesome forsure thats something not many would see threw out there life. I dont understand why theyd move the carcus other then for safety reasons but its nature let it take its course. Awesome pictures buddy, thanks for shareing.

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Old 07-14-2008, 06:51 AM
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Great series of pictures, I wonder how close the photographer actually was to the action.

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Old 07-14-2008, 08:37 AM
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Saw some of these pictures in the local Canmore paper but these are way better quailty.
Very cool to see mother nature the way it really is. Thanks for posting the pictures.
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Old 07-15-2008, 12:01 AM
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great post tree!!! those are some great shots. funny that we got some of our wedding photos done at minnewanka. but very very cool, i hope some sensitive tourists saw that and couldn't understand why big kitty was doing that.
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Old 07-15-2008, 12:16 AM
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Sweet pictures, although i would take the versus part out of the description, as i think the ram may have just had his ass handed to him.
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Old 07-15-2008, 12:37 AM
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That is a cool set of pictures!
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Old 07-15-2008, 03:10 AM
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isn't anyone going to complain that th cougar took a ram instead of a ewe?? i mean now there is one less potential trophy ram out there.....


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Old 07-15-2008, 04:43 AM
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awesome pics, very cool!!!
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Old 07-15-2008, 06:56 AM
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A few pics missing....I was sent these in an e-mail as well, from someone living in Banff.
Staff was out boating & saw the Cougar kill the Ram. They (more than one Ram) was at a mineral lick.
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Old 07-15-2008, 11:59 AM
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isn't anyone going to complain that th cougar took a ram instead of a ewe?? i mean now there is one less potential trophy ram out there.
Exactly what I was thinking! And out of season too!

Bad kitty!
Bad kitty!



Kewl pics, definitely. It's so neat to have an event like this captured on film.

Of course, it brings up the issue that the big cats are getting pretty comfortable around people...
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Old 07-15-2008, 12:45 PM
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very cool pictures

quote from the article:
"Cougar activity for the most part appears to be on the rise around the outskirts of Banff,.."

and also in the local bars,
sorry but somebody had to make a bad joke about that
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Old 07-15-2008, 08:19 PM
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isn't anyone going to complain that th cougar took a ram instead of a ewe?? i mean now there is one less potential trophy ram out there.....


sweet pics
Yah, but it's in the Park, so who cares? It was at Minnewanka, a few years ago, that a cougar killed a woman. I think I'd be watching my back, around there, especially since this beast doesn't seem to mind putting on day time performances.
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Old 07-15-2008, 09:36 PM
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When we were fishing the lake last year, we watched two mountain bikers zipping down the trail. Not 2 minutes later, a smaller (3 year oldish?) Grizzly appeared on the same trail heading in the same direction. It was in no paticular rush and seemed either oblivious to the bikers or just didn't really care as the trail gets used quite a bit. We tried yelling a warning to the bikers, but they were long gone. Incidently, this was just a few days before 2 bikers on the same section ran into a female with cubs and were injured from falling off their bikes trying to get away. Crazy. There be critters out there for sure!

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Old 07-17-2008, 02:13 PM
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wow...great pics thanks for sharing!!!
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Old 07-17-2008, 02:40 PM
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Cougars and wolves only take the young/sick/old

It's gotta be a fake

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Old 07-17-2008, 04:15 PM
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WOW those are awesome pictures!!! Once in a lifetime viewing on something like that, and he got it on film(digital). Crazy.

Thanks for sharing.
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Old 07-17-2008, 06:09 PM
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I just looked at the pics again and it struck me that, given the size of those rocks, the cat probably knew the ram was unlikely to make a quick escape or maneuver effectively. Definitely not a safe place for a ram to be.
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wicked good! Dream sequence for a shutterbug like me! chain
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