Animal Dangers.
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Yup though I'm a dog lover (and just spent the weekend playing with the lovely Meg; the camp dog at Comrie Croft they do bite if not trained/approached properly.) Statistically Jack Russells are the most likely to bite you - and I love them.
There's also wolverines in northern aspects - they can be pretty ornery when pushed. And during the rut I'd be pretty careful 'round stags.
There's also wolverines in northern aspects - they can be pretty ornery when pushed. And during the rut I'd be pretty careful 'round stags.
Very easy to get lepto my best friends father, outdoors man through and through and a real grafter, expert trapper, true table hunter, and professional roofer recently had it ( recently as in three years ago and on going ) its no joke.
Had a child hood of crawling in beat clamps, swimming with open wounds in the rivers and dykes swimming, distinct memories of swimming in one beck one summer and watching the rats swimming across it. Its a miracle i never caught it.
Slightest chance you will be handling something rats have been on, wear gloves. I car carry a pair of thick welding type gloves and a pair of leather gloves and have many other kinds usually to hand. Just not worth the risk. Decent pair of leather gloves is a good investment.
Don't think anyone has mentioned wild boar. 9 times out of 10 they will run away especially if your just walking along but if they charge you its a dangerous situation.
Had a child hood of crawling in beat clamps, swimming with open wounds in the rivers and dykes swimming, distinct memories of swimming in one beck one summer and watching the rats swimming across it. Its a miracle i never caught it.
Slightest chance you will be handling something rats have been on, wear gloves. I car carry a pair of thick welding type gloves and a pair of leather gloves and have many other kinds usually to hand. Just not worth the risk. Decent pair of leather gloves is a good investment.
Don't think anyone has mentioned wild boar. 9 times out of 10 they will run away especially if your just walking along but if they charge you its a dangerous situation.
We spend too much time worrying about stuff like that. You are about a thousand times more likely to be killed while driving to the forest than when you are actually in it.
From experience, the best way to avoid animals is to try hunting them. Then they are nowhere to be found.
For example, I'm going bear hunting this weekend. I don't expect to see a single one.
From experience, the best way to avoid animals is to try hunting them. Then they are nowhere to be found.
For example, I'm going bear hunting this weekend. I don't expect to see a single one.
She's not worrying. She's increasing her knowledge of a country/area unfamiliar to her. Very sensible.
xylaria
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Our local paper had another "puma" sighting in Llansawel (remote mid wales). An "expert" that lives local gave advice on how not to get eaten by british big cats. He said stand up tall and pull your coat out and yell at it. Dont duck and run it will just remind the cat you are prey. Now the same area has packs of ferel dogs which may have some wolf genes but, I still think cows are more likely to do serious harm. Crickey shoelaces they can kill.
.....From experience, the best way to avoid animals is to try hunting them. Then they are nowhere to be found.
Fact!
If a real panther is hunting you (you decide for yourself how realistic that scenario is in the UK) You'll never know it's there until you feel it's teeth in your neck.
Actually you aren't, that is simply untrue. or at best unprovable - assesing risk is something I am qualified in and was a major part of my job.
You might be confusing " you are a thousand times more likely to be killed driving than to be killed in the woods ".
However that is all road journeys.
I suggest that it very much not the case that you are a thousand times more likely to be killed on the specific journey to the woods. Indeed I would bet a substantial sum of money that there is no supporting evidence for that claim.
Lets break that down - a thousand times more likely to die in a single car journey than on a single trip to the woods.
Where would those statistics even come from? Does anyone measure the destination of the vehicle in fatal car accidents and then correlate them with deaths in the woods (excluding those who walked in or took the bus)? No? Thought not.
I'd actually dispute that depending on how well you know the area and the fauna in that area. Observational skills are also relevant. There have been quite a few times in Africa when I've known something was wrong, that heightened awareness allowed me to spot hyena, hippo and in two cases, lions. It is certainly true if you are not aware and have no knowledge of what is out there. Someone of your skills in the outdoors would certainly sense something was amiss way before the attack happened.
He's cool isn't he. The first pic is of a juvenile monocled cobra. You wouldn't want to slip your foot in that and try to tie it up.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
<chuckle>
When people make these bold claims I just want to see the supporting evidence How on earth does anyone monitor the death rates of journeys that are specifically "going to the woods" ?
A thousand times more likely...so a 100,000% probability increment....
So, for every guy who dies in an accident in the woods, a thousand guys died getting to the woods.
I mean...as if!
When people make these bold claims I just want to see the supporting evidence
How on earth does anyone monitor the death rates of journeys that are specifically "going to the woods" ?A thousand times more likely...so a 100,000% probability increment....
So, for every guy who dies in an accident in the woods, a thousand guys died getting to the woods.
I mean...as if!
Sense something was wrong? Of course. Knowing what conditions/environments they use is certainly helpful, but that's not the same as actually seeing the panther in hunting mode.
Coming upon one by mutual surprise is definitely possible.
bambodoggy
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
It's a cruel cruel world out there.............but on a brighter note, that's a much nicer quieter woods to play in if you make it
And at 1000 to 1 doesn't that make it more likely than winning the lottery or am I getting horribly confused, to be fair it's getting late lol
I know a guy who won the lottery. Don't know anyone who died on a woods trip.
That of course proves nothing!
So back to Jack Hargreaves
That of course proves nothing!
So back to Jack Hargreaves
I know a guy who won the lottery. Don't know anyone who died on a woods trip.
That of course proves nothing!
So back to Jack Hargreaves
I know several who've won the lottery, myself included. Mind you we only won a few dollars each (up to 3 numbers out of the 6)
I also know three who've been killed on local woods trips unfortunately. Well, that's to say I knew who they were, not that they were personal acquaintances. Two froze to death (here in Florida!) and another was shot. That said, I know of no local deaths due to animal attacks. I do know of several a bit farther away (but still in the south) killed by bee attacks.
