06-18-2008, 01:26 AM
Very few individuals are lucky enough to live in places where you grew up and lived. I wish I had a place and job up there. But thay is why such examples are not true reflections of how difficult it is to come across naturally dead wild animals. You have probably explored the area extensively and are much more statistically likely to find them. The average weekend hunting trip 3-4 times a year does not produce like it does for you.
My examples are not flawed. They are like what you said about the Hoop Lake area not being good wintering ground. Statistically there would be much more elk, deer, moose, and buffalo sightings in the good wintering areas. Just like you are more statistically likely to run across dead ungulate than an average hiker or hunter.
And I have to say agian, these animals are a heck of a lot more common than bears. In these same areas the you find the dead ungulates, how many dead bears or wolverines have you found, not the the biologists or federal F&W guys. Now multiply that by say the total number of hunters and hikers in the country and you will see that only a minute percentage find these animals, none of which so far have been bears or wolverines. Like I said, no officially documented case of a hunter/hiker/outdoorsman finding a dead bear or wolverin has been found. Officially documented would mean that that person or persons provide a picture or part of the animal or bones. It is dang hard.
Bigfoots are probably a heck of a lot more rare than bears or wolverines. Why on Earth would anyone reasonably expect to find a carcass. They, also being more intelligent than bears or wolverines would leastly be expected to be found as roadkill even without factoring in their rarety. How many people do hear of that just get run over on country roads, except those who commit suicide? We avoid cars/trucks when mentally stable so the same should be expected for Bigfoots.
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My examples are not flawed. They are like what you said about the Hoop Lake area not being good wintering ground. Statistically there would be much more elk, deer, moose, and buffalo sightings in the good wintering areas. Just like you are more statistically likely to run across dead ungulate than an average hiker or hunter.
And I have to say agian, these animals are a heck of a lot more common than bears. In these same areas the you find the dead ungulates, how many dead bears or wolverines have you found, not the the biologists or federal F&W guys. Now multiply that by say the total number of hunters and hikers in the country and you will see that only a minute percentage find these animals, none of which so far have been bears or wolverines. Like I said, no officially documented case of a hunter/hiker/outdoorsman finding a dead bear or wolverin has been found. Officially documented would mean that that person or persons provide a picture or part of the animal or bones. It is dang hard.
Bigfoots are probably a heck of a lot more rare than bears or wolverines. Why on Earth would anyone reasonably expect to find a carcass. They, also being more intelligent than bears or wolverines would leastly be expected to be found as roadkill even without factoring in their rarety. How many people do hear of that just get run over on country roads, except those who commit suicide? We avoid cars/trucks when mentally stable so the same should be expected for Bigfoots.
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