Wolverine=badass animal

[j44ke]

Note that the cage that said wolverine was in was made out of metal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/ny....html?emc=eta1

[Pi Guy]

Totally badass! I remember catching this Nature episode on PBS. They radio collared a wolverine and tracked it climbing over the Tetons. Not just crossing some low mountain passes either but climbing over high, shear, rocky peaks! So, cool. It's climbing speed was something insane too but I can't remember what it was exactly. They're super impressive animals.

[rydesteel]

A smaller cousin the Badger once circled me in the grass when I came upon it's dinner a very large Bull Snake. I could hear something in the grass moving and growling/coughing, when it finally came out of the grass and stood over the snake making the same noise I decided it would be a fine time to resume my run.

[pajotfix]

“He balked,” Mr. Pentangelo said. “He did not want to go. He made it very clear.”

Sounds like me having to go to work this morning...
But nobody is luring me with a female from Sweden.

You adventurous types who ride in the woods and snow and other "hostile environments" ever encounter any big hunters ? I guess most are human shy and get away from approaching bikes...

[j44ke]

Once I was on an after-after-work night ride on mountain bikes (when Nightrider lights with the water bottle batteries first came out - we all had them) on some local single track and suddenly it sounded like the front of the line exploded and there was screaming and things flying around.

Turned out the first guy scared (and blinded) the sh*t out of this sleeping squirrel who ran up and over him and onto the next guy and then down the front of his jersey resulting in mayhem for about 3 seconds until the squirrel escaped.

But nothing man-eating.

[72gmc]

The Wolverine Way by Doug Chadwick is worth the read.

Hard not to like a ton of htfu in a 50-pound package.

Disclosure: I own a wolverine stuffed animal. Kids got it for me last year at Logan Pass.

[dgaddis]

You adventurous types who ride in the woods and snow and other "hostile environments" ever encounter any big hunters ? I guess most are human shy and get away from approaching bikes...

Just the kind that drive pickup trucks 'round here. Never had any unpleasant encounters though.

We don't have any animals that will eat you here, but we do have lots of snakes. The local IMBA Epic has a lot of rattle snakes, and during their breeding season they're out and about a good bit, and some are BIG, 4+ft. I haven't encountered a rattler, but I did almost step on a small copperhead, and I had to move this cottonmouth off the trail to make sure he didn't bite the next passer-by.

I found a big stick to push him with (it was actually a small tree) and he kept his defensive pose until I had moved him a good 6ft off the trail, then he finally turned and ran off. An aggressive fellow for sure.

[Britishbane]

Sounds like me having to go to work this morning...
But nobody is luring me with a female from Sweden.

You adventurous types who ride in the woods and snow and other "hostile environments" ever encounter any big hunters ? I guess most are human shy and get away from approaching bikes...

Coyotes in the nearby woods is as big as I've ever gotten.

I know Joe has run into a bunch of moose, probably the most dangerous animal anyone on here is likely to encounter (except for the dude in Alaska...cant remember who it was).

[Matthew J]

You adventurous types who ride in the woods and snow and other "hostile environments" ever encounter any big hunters ? I guess most are human shy and get away from approaching bikes...

A few years back I bike packed south from Lake Tahoe through the mountains, National Parks and wilderness areas of east California. At some state park (forget which) a group of college students(?) camped next to me. After a long noisy evening of eating and drinking they finally bagged up their mess and passed out.

At about 3:00 a.m. a loud commotion from their site awakened me. Their party debris had attracted a black bear (cinnamon colored). The goofs started throwing stuff at it. The bear stood up stretching to at least 6 foot, then turned and ran away from them directly through my camp site. It passed just a couple of feet from my tent. Definitely got my heart beating.

[seanile]

these are the only notable beasts ive come upon. all in the foothills of montana's rockies.

[theflashunc]

[Chad]

Wolverine's brother the honey badger, he don't give a shit.

[RSCROSS]

The animal kingdoms version of a Buzz Saw, impressive animal in every sense of the word!

The Wolverine Way is a great read...makes me what to put Glacier National Park on the bucket list

KJ