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originally posted by: one4all
a reply to: Blue Shift
BF are Apex Predators,Primarily because of their intelligence and reasoning ability.
Were I in the woods and hungry and looking for the path of least resistance to fresh protein that takes little energy expenditure to attain I would simply eat roadkill,there are thousands upon thousadns of deer killed every year on roads.
Some people assume BF would be afraid of man and live in the deeeep woods,not so,they co-exist closer to us than most think,and there are roads everywhere today and traffic on those roads,so it is likely easy pickings all year round.
Deer arent that hard to kill,they arent supernatural or smarter than any other creature in the woods,as a teenager I had a bit of a Hiawatha complex and I stalked and touched a napping Whitetail,and I hunted during my life as well,so to the hunterrs who find it hard to hunt deer,remember that you are hunting them and you define your own behaviours by that action in some epic ways which make you look,sound and smell like a huge Yellow Bumble-Bee in the woods,and NO your Real-Leaf or whatever Camo will not be a difference maker.
Sight is not the Primary warning system deer use.
But BF would not invest so much time in chasing deer,the energy exchange is not worth it for them.But as far as being opportunistic sure they will take the path of least resistance every chance they get.
They will eat your Dogs food right out of its bowl or even break open big bags to eat,and not simply walk over and grab a handfull of chickens,go figure huh? And they will not take the Large Bags with them either for some odd reason?
I wonder if anyone has ever spotted one carrying something with them?
originally posted by: one4all
You are right about the wind direction and your approach to wildlife.
Gorillas will stop and stand behind trees displaying their intelligence and reasoning ability at its best,they know that "animals" react with a fight or flight instinct,but they do not,they will stop and stand exactly angled right behind a tree so you cannot see them,they understand depth perception and angles,and display the patience to use both.
I would advise reading the Missing 411 books as well,I have not read them but have always had the suspicion that humans are frequently victimised in many ways and for many reasons,all terrifying.
I once worked at a Big City Zoo and can assure you that all monkeys and primates,Apes all of them are exceptionally intelligent and emotional.I have seen a monkey reach out through the bars of his cage and steal keys from a Trainer exiting after feeding time,and then once the Trainer was safely out of range the Monkey began to fiddle with the keys and the lock trying every key one at a time,he COULDNT see what he was doing but he could visualis it and had the intelligence to mirror that perception in his external actions.That is just a small-breed Monkeys intellect not a BFs.
In terms of strength I witnessed a 31/2 foot Monkey playfully grab a Trainer he did not prefer from above by his hair and scalp through his hat,he picked him right up off the ground with one hand and dangled him,a full grown man.
They are also emotional and this means dfferent personalitys and all of the illnesses and criminality and larceny and other attributes good and bad which are catalysed by emotions.
originally posted by: WarminIndy
I am not familiar with those areas of Kentucky, but BFRO has a good listing of reported sightings made to BFRO. I know that some counties show no reports, that means either there were no sightings or that people who had sightings simply didn't report to BFRO.
Knowing the time of year and time of day and the crops are a good thing to mention when making a report. I was thinking of making a Prezi presentation with maps like that. I think also that Kentucky would be easier for Sasquatch to hide in, those hollers can run deep in some places.
originally posted by: one4all
a reply to: LadyGreenEyes
Human beings are incredibly intelligent and able,these Creatures have been studied for many years and the answers are already out there,ALL of the answers.
When Oil and Forest Industry and Mining and other major income sources could be negatively effected the data is suppressed,this IS NOT thie first time genocide has been committed in the name of progress,Industrial progress disguised as Humanitarian progress.
It is eaier for Big Money to simply wait for the Species to die off and to suppress data until that time comes.
originally posted by: one4all
Deer arent that hard to kill,they arent supernatural or smarter than any other creature in the woods,as a teenager I had a bit of a Hiawatha complex and I stalked and touched a napping Whitetail...
originally posted by: kentuckycowboy2
a reply to: WarminIndy
Hello warminIndy, You are onto a good subject here, one I as well have been going over in my mind for a while . In Oct of 2007 I had a huge male walk off the hillside on me here at my home . He was traveling from North to the South & I'm one mile East of the Big Sandy River almost to a tenth of a mile and just North of Pike County Ky.
I have seen what looks like a big increase in sightings or reports of sightings to my South in the last couple of years , It seems most of these take place in cold weather months also . So Are they traveling South before & during the cold months ( maybe the area of the Smoky Mts ) ? How far East has people had sightings of them & moving in what directions ?
There has been so many questions gone & going through my mind since my encounter with the big guy , It just seems answers are as elusive as they are.
John
originally posted by: Blue Shift
Okay, now here's a question. Just how exactly does a Bigfoot capture a deer to eat it? I've been around enough deer to know that they're extremely difficult to sneak up on, and the only reason human beings have been able to use them as a food source is because we have spears and arrows and guns. A Bigfoot doesn't have any of those things, and as I understand it, they only make the most rudimentary tools.
When I hear about Bigfoots hunting deer, that's always something that puzzles me.