>> I've been 25 feet from a bull moose in Utah....

>Sounds like fun, Don!

Nerve-wracking, actually. It was bedded down right next to the
trail, I didn't see it at he was sleeping, sprang up right in
front of me like an apparition.

Bull moose are BIG. And can be really nasty.

>I agree with Don on this one. I think the bright orange is more for
>hunter spotting hunter rather than anything else.

That's the point. In Florida, EVERYONE - not just hunters - have to
wear orange during deer season in woods where hunting is allowed. It's
the law.

>(Did you know turkey
>vultures throw up when scared? - Just a fun bit of trivia there!)

You wouldn't happen to be the woman who gained fame by climbing the
well-known turkey-vulture roost/fire lookout tower at P-Ranch, down
at Malheur, are you? I don't think the TVs were scared, probably
just annoyed, but the end result was the same.

They also poop on their legs to cool off.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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