It’s not just then. Wild boar come around every now and again to ruin crops or coyotes ripping apart the younger cattle and all sorts of crap people don’t really care. Also...y’know....people...
I personally love when joe talks about wildlife, hunting, outdoors and such. Keep doing it joe! Love listening about human interactions with wild animals
@@wushitushi3968 it wasn't supposed to be a good insult kiddo. You see, that's why I said it. Welcome to understanding it now. Sorry that your father left.
Had wolves surround me in the northern bush. Really creepy because like he said you can hear them even their feet shuffling the leaves but you can't see them. Still gives me chills.
Wolves definitely have a good understanding of visibility and situation. I was on a gravel bar in a river surrounded by a pack, and they kept just inside the tree line behind thick brush. They could see out easily, but I could not see them at all, not even a glimpse and they were only about 30 feet away.
Had a wolf in Alaska. I'm 6' and he used to greet me by putting his front legs on my shoulders. Had to reach up to pet him. Always bringing home killed animals. Moose leg once.
Yeah, I don't think some people realize just how big certain wolves can get. They aren't coyotes. They get REALLY big. The average male timber wolf is around 140lbs and can measure up to 7 feet from nose to tail. That's huge.
I've had several wolf encounters in Montana and Idaho. The weirdest one was basically coming face to face with a medium sized black female while dismounting off my Quad in Idaho. As I swung my leg clear of the saddle/seat, I glanced behind me and there was this wolf, about 20-30 feet away, staring at me! As soon as I locked eyes on her, she was a dot, gone in a flash, through the green underbrush of the September morning. Wolves are extremely curious as well, especially when traveling as a pack. We were camped in the Bob (Bob Marshall Wilderness) one year, hunting for elk/deer, on horseback every day. So we go to bed and soon hear this wolf pack howling down by the river, getting closer to our camp, which they obviously smelled, esp. because of the horses and mules in our corral. Well, I have to pee, so I get up and as the wolves are howling, I step out of the dark tent, and they abruptly stop howling, in unison. Spooky, smart animals.
Im new to Joes podcast and have never heard of Adam before, but if you are a hunter you can tell Adam knows his shit. Both guys are very interesting people and Im glad I gave Joe a chance, as someone who doesnt watch TV all I ever knew was he was the guy who had some show about bugs and people eating gross shit, it didnt interest me one bit, but he is a thinker and appears to give his honest opinion as he knows it. Carry on good Sir.
Wolves and humans are actually pretty goddamn similar: we're not the strongest animals by far, but when we work together, we're pretty much unstoppable. Also, we're more intelligent than most other species.
Couple years back I was hunting whitetail in Eastern Quebec. I had spotted some movement just before dark so I figured I would stick around. I was hunting in some hemlock so it got dark quick under the canopy. Thats when I heard the barking, yelping, howling of what seemed like 15 or so coyotes. I had heard coyotes a million times before but they were literally just a few feet away scurrying all around my tree stand. It was a very eerie feeling. Couldnt imagine being persued by a pack of wolves...
I had a similar experience with wolves a few days ago in the mountains near Kamloops BC. We were hunting mule deer and my buddy was blowing a buck call. Soon we heard howling on our right. Then a couple of minutes later howling to our left. Then shortly after howling in front of us. It sounded like they were coordinating so they could flank and attack. We had plenty of rounds on us but decided it wise to return to the truck
On my way to work there was a small buck laying about 10 yards off a dirt road. This is a very remote area I didn't think anything of it. I went out to get lunch and as I approached a few Ravens lifted out of the area. As I approached the deer I could tell it moved a little and was alive but at this time I could tell something wasn't rite. So I took a look. It appears someone tried to poach it because it had a hole in its back and obviously it's back was broken. In PA it is ILLEGAL to kill a wounded deer. I guess unless it's in season and you need to have a tag for it. It was out of season and I didn't have a tag for it even if it was in season. I got lunch and on the way back the Ravens were on it and it was still alive. I got out again and the Ravens had numerous holes pecked through the deer's rear quarter and it was bleeding. I killed the deer with my .40. Took lunch to my guys and quickly decided I couldn't let the deer rot so I went back. It was gone. Nature is beautiful, but it can be cruel.
@@ericasimonson8737 people are assholes and some would shoot an animal then go up to the body and snap a leg or something to pretend that was a prior injury
Ones I've seen here in Alaska lower their heads when looking at you it is very intense and you instantly realize how intelligent they are, almost like meeting a scary movie character in the woods, like the end is near kinda thing, creepy they used to lure our dogs away from the house and pounce on the poor thing and as a kid hearing your pet meet it's end like that I realized how dangerous bush Alaska was and always will be respectful of animals personal space whenever I can help it because you never know when a pack of wolves 10-20 members deep can surround you and watch without you being aware
I watched my Bulldogs destroy bowls of food in my kitchen ! No remorse , just totally natural doing the damn thing as the bowl knew, just knew the job was done ! They then went out into the pre winter sun and relaxed . I know it's nature but man nature can be cruel from a humans point of view .
Anyone else ever pick up on Joe's tick that he has where whenever he says something macho he has to sniff? He also does it when he says something that's definitely not macho but he's trying to re-establish his macho persona. God bless Joe Rogan I can't imagine the world without him. 😂👍🏽
There is something about an Australian guy telling a wildlife story that makes it more believable than an American doing it. This guy could tell me that he danced with wolves and I would believe it.
I was thinking of that movie just the other day. It was marketed as “Taken” with wolves, but it was really just a survival movie in Alaska. It was much better than most people gave it credit for.
I carry a 10mm in bear and mountain lion country with a lone wolf barrel and underwood extreme penetrators. The mountain lions will stalk and follow, the black bears leave me alone. When I am further north the grizzlies will follow and false charge. Spooky, until you see 1 in person you don't realize how big they are.
@5:54 They have a wolf howl at Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada. I remember hearing an incredible amount of howls for about 20-30 minutes. Then, at the end, there was this one long, low howl, and then silence. Such a cool experience.
When I lived in Montana as a child, my old man carried a S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum when we went camping or hiking. There's no guarantee that it would stop a bear, but it's one of the few handguns that has a real chance.
I used to carry that model for moose when I was running sled dogs or bears when riding my bike on survey lines and trap lines in a remote part of Alaska. But when I had the space, a short barrel shotgun was my weapon of choice .
Predator Vs a angry tank of an animal that I’m pretty sure if it wanted to run and spaz out on a grizzly it could. It would be an interesting fight and if you haven’t seen one already then stfu ☺️
They're both pure muscle with teeth that can shred, it'd be an interesting fight, but I think the grizzly would win because he also has claws that can snap basically anything's neck with one swoop
Gorilla, it’s a primate. Had more intelligence. Difference is a gorilla isn’t going to attack it would fight defensive. It knows it’s big and dangerous. A gorilla had a lot of power in the GRIP and I think it would choke the bear or rip it’s jaw apart. Either way it would be crazy to see
Wolves woke me up at 4am in the morning at my tent while I was sleeping during a bear hunting trip. Later that morning they caught me in a field and I had to fire a shot. The sound of the howling still makes the hair on my neck stand. It was the canadian pack I encountered on the border of washington and Canada. It's on video with them howling
@@mr.galvin2749 most people that actually do things in their life don't take videos and post them on youtube..You probably sit in your moms basement and play minecraft then post the highlights because your so excited..
I once went to a wolf reservoir and got to sit inside a cage with some other people and about 5 wolves, and this black wolf stared me in the eyes for the longest time and I swear to God, with his face pointed straight at me, it looked 100% like a human face on a wolf, like the soul of a human staring back at me through this wild animal. I will never forget the vivid image in my mind of that wolfs face, it was so baffling and mystical while being unmistakably a humans face. Very incredibly blessed experience.
I was in the woods on Eglin air force base, just sitting and listening to planes bombing practicing for desert storm and a fox walked right up to me about a foot from my feet. He stopped with his ears back and nose pointing straight up, never saw me but definitly knew I was there or close, as he sniffed the air like crazy I sat silent and completely still. After about 2 minutes that felt like 30, I reached out and snarled, lol that little dude launched about 6 or 7 feet straight up and let out a squeal. I just laughed and laughed, and finished my doobie.
Lived in Montana and Alaska most of my life. Have had some serious run ins, too many to list with bear but wolves are scared of humans generally. Always be most careful during the first snows for hungry black bear….they are the most dangerous then.
I took a friend fly fishing on stream last night. Right before it got too dark to really see, we heard a crash in the brush about a hundred yards downriver on the opposite bank, then we heard a deer moaning and dying while being eviscerated. Mountain lion kills up close can be an eerie experience. This is the second time I’ve experienced it. It’s especially uneasy when you can’t see twenty feet in front of you ten minutes later on the hike back to the car.
Its pretty cool, as soon as the sun sets, if there are dags around, they start yipping, locating each other to pack up for the night. Same in the morning, as the light starts ending the night, they start up. And they are masters at staying concealed.
I remember hitting a remote beach on Vancouver Island (western British Columbia). Signs mentioned wolves were around so i left my husky and rottweiler in the car while the gf and i took a walk. Giant beach at least 5km long, powder sand, not a soul in sight, absolute heaven. Didnt see anything sketchy, but towards the end of our walk i bent down to take a soil sample for my garden (great bacteria cultures etc), my back had been bothering me, and as i reached awkwardly, my back spasmed badly. I hollered and couldn't stand up. The gf kneels down and puts a hand on me, "are you ok?" I tell her "you best stand up, look big, and keep an eye out, if they're watching and see me injured and you're also prone it may trigger an attack". Needless to say we left immediately. As we left the beach back to the trail that lead us there, we could see fresh wolf prints leading down right where we'd entered the beach. In retrospect, it's a shame they didn't eat that bitch.
A wolf that stands there "looking through you" is a dead wolf. They don't stand there waiting for you to make a mistake. They take off. They run like hell. You probably watch wolves at a zoo or in some pen some where. Not real wolves.
@Josh Hughes, your a typical shallow critic mate. See a brief bit of an article in which the full story was not known and start making ridiculous assumptions.
I live in BC and own a pretty large property and wolves are coming down the mountain and hunting farm dogs. They’ve started mating with coyotes and now huge coyotes are the norm here. My border collie was almost caught by one and the only thing that saved her was my 150 pound bull mastiff full on sprinted toward that coyote and smashed into it.
My uncle was nearly killed by wolves in the UP, he was deer hunting and all the sudden there was a wolf in his shooting lane and then there were 3 wolves, he waved his arms trying to get them away when they started circling him and he shot his rifle over one of them and they didn’t do anything so he ran to his nearby atv. They were about to close in
They got all three were I live and I always carry my AR15 pistol with me and my 10MM. I do live in the middle of the Woodhills and keep my dogs with me lol
I've been living, hiking, and camping in the wild my entire life. I have never once seen a bear or cougar out by myself. I run across their scat all the time. The closest I came was when I was berry picking once a couple summers ago. I spent about 2 hours picking and went back down the path and found fresh bear scat, still steaming, in the path about 20 yards behind me. It just saw I was there and the berry patch was in use, so it fucked off for a while until I left. It's so much more dangerous to be in a city at night than to be out in the woods.
@Timothy Moran you're lucky! I should clarify that I haven't come across predators during hikes where I wasn't specifically on a wildlife refuge. I used to hike and explore Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon all the time growing up and we saw all kinds of snakes, including rattlers, tons of lizards, and even wolverines! I have seen bears at Yellowstone from the car, and I've seen a bobcat in Northwest Washington and several coyotes, but ONLY while driving. When I'm out hiking or foraging, I only come across their scat and kills. So, they see me, but I don't ever run into them once I'm on foot. Most animals want to stay away from humans.
@Hoos Daman agreed. They're VERY skittish animals. I've seen them a lot but even from the car, they run off as soon as they see you. They like cats a lot, so if you have cats and you see coyotes around, keep your kitties inside! And I'm pretty sure they would eat rats. I believe they're omnivorous and scavengers as well. So they pretty much eat what they can find, if I'm not mistaken. Sometimes I bring my .357 with me on hikes, mainly for small black bears. Oh man, I got a GREAT story about this Native Alaskan woman I met in a small village up there. Old lady in her late 70s. She's about 5' nothing. We were having a conversation with her about grizzlies and she says, "I've shot 13 Grizzlies who charge me". So we're like, "Wow! You've been charged by THIRTEEN GRIZZLIES?!" She starts laughing and goes, "OH no! I charged by 32." And on that day I decided that when I'm out in the wilderness, I don't want a shot gun with me. I want that little old lady! 😂😂😂
