MN Wildlife is Awesome!

[GrumpyOldCrappie]

You have to love living in Minnesota.

Where else can you see these things in one weekend??

Last weekend my buddy and I did a final horrah of snowmobiling and a little ice fishing.

While fishing we saw a bald eagle swoop in a grab a fish out of the open water (where the Nokasippi River comes into the lake)

We then began to catch crappies and perch.

A little while later we headed on down the snowmobile trail for a fabulous 75 mile loop. While sledding, we were stopped by two other riders that showed us a rough grouse on the side of the trail. The thing would come right up to you and peck your hand as you held it out. That was strange. I've never seen a tame grouse in the wild before.

30 miles later we had a wild turkey fly up over our head and another bald eagle circling above- and a few deer here and there.

The next morning Sat. we got up early to trailer to a spot north of Aitkin to ride a trail we've never been on before. At 6:30am we were driving on Hwy 18 headed toward Garrison and saw something in the ditch that didn't look like a deer. We turned around shined our lights on it and it was a big timberwolf. He was eating something in the ditch- he looked at us for a second and then took off running into the woods. We couldn't believe our eyes!

Later in the morning we came across some more deer and counted 9 all together that we seen while snowmobiling both days.

How spoiled are we to live in this beautiful state of ours?

Don't you love it??

[Marbleye'd]

Sounds like a great trip! I see eagles and deer everyday and never get sick of it. I couldn't really stay away from Northern MN for long.

[OTBASSER]

Speaking of loving living in Minnesota, I enjoyed a great view tonight while crappie fishing and as I sat there in 3 inches of water I thought I couldn't live anywhere but here. And speaking of bald eagles I got to see one come and pick up a tullibee of the ice that someone left out there. Quite awesome.

[weedis99]

It is deffinetely nice seeing all the wildlife. The weather must realy have the deer moving around. Yesterday, as I was pulling up to my house from ice fishing there was three deer in the field next to my house. After going in side for a little bit and coming back out to unload the gear from the fishhouse and truck, there was about 20 deer in the field. I see three, four deer run through my back yard once and a while, but to see roughly 20 was realy cool. i got out the binoculures and watched for a while. I live in sartell, on the outskirts, but still in town and to see those deer made a long trip home from lake of the woods a nice present being back.

[Bottle Fish]

OTBASSER nice photo and as much as I like warm weather I'm a Minnesota lover for life. Lakes and wildlife. What more does a person need?

[goblueM]

Was working today out by Woodbury and saw 1/2 dozen redtails, a hawk that I couldn't ID (looked almost like a peregrine but that's not likely), 14 turkeys and 3 pheasants

Turkeys were already rounding up their hens and sparring, it was pretty sweet. Nothing major but sure looked like they were enjoying the weather

Gotta love that even in the metro you can see great wildlife

[Dave S]

Was working today out by Woodbury and saw 1/2 dozen redtails, a hawk that I couldn't ID (looked almost like a peregrine but that's not likely)

The metro area has several breeding pairs of Peregrines so it's highly possible that's what you saw.

[OTBASSER]

Gotta love that even in the metro you can see great wildlife

Thats what keeps me sane working in the Twin Cities.

[youngie22]

I am almost, almost 100% sure we had a peregrine that found lunch near our pine trees, tried to get a pic but it moved before I got back. Looked it up on WWW and I think thats what it was.

[jigging-matt]

Never get tired of seeing wildlife. Am always looking for deer and Turkeys. Saw a red fox a couple of weeks ago. Was watching 2 bald eagles just north of town on Sunday. Best part is my 7 year old daughter loves to watch the animals also.

[OTBASSER]

Speaking of turkeys this is what I get to see every morning at my bird feader.

[ac777]

Nice

[Swill]

Just saw something for the 1st time. Heading west on hwy 10 in Ramsey, a Bald Eagle was eating road kill right in the road! Cars, including mine, were flying by it, and it never flew away. Really determined to eat that road kill. Wish I had my camera on me.....

[GrumpyOldCrappie]

Basser, thats awesome!

[Urbanflyguy]

you know its funny where you find critters sometimes. i live downtown minneapolis next to the 35w bridge and the stonearch bridge and every mornin i see turkeys that come out of the rail yard and and there are 3 deer that live on the island in the mississippi here, a buck and 2 does the one doe has to go over 300 pounds iv never seen a doe that big, heres her foot

[croixflats]

The wild life thing is something alright. On the St.Croix I would go fishing where not many ventured and it was cool. There is a chanel with open water year round watching and hearing the Trumpeters come in and out along with the Canadian and everything else was like I was in the middle of it all. Sometimes at night those Trumps would drown out the Canadians as their horns would echo through the valley. And the eagles what a display. Going in for the catch an it just does not get old. Eagle comes through and the ducks scatter.

[Wanderer]

I dig hearing the toms gobbling in the morning as I walk to my garage before leaving for work. Starts the day out right.

It's getting to be the season to sit on the bench in the back yard and watch the sun set over the Rum with one in my hand.