Animal Danger in the Wild West

[@garrettfromsmokeinthewoods]

There is a story here in suncity about a man named Ruben Lake who was hunting buffalo in 1871 he shot one and skinned it then since it was winter he wrapped up in the Hide and went to sleep in the middle of the night he woke up to a pack of wolf's chewing on him the hide had frozen and he couldn't move he kept screaming till they left but he did get chewed up some. The hide is now on display in the medicine lodge stockade museum.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow! I would dearly love to see that.

[@anthonygalliart1789]

I hate when that happens !

[@larryschacher6926]

@@anthonygalliart1789 I

[@jacktribble5253]

There's nothing like waking up to the sound of a bear trying to climb the tree your pack is hanging in. Who needs coffee? Great video.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I bet!

[@santamanone]

Or having one climbing the tree your using for your deer stand.

[@desmondblack6367]

Had that happen to me once, One 12ga slug and I had bear jerky for along time after.

[@brianknezevich9894]

Bear tastes good. Heh, I ran into one a couple weeks ago, just woke up from hibernation. Saddest looking bear I've ever seen, and we get them in the yard every couple weeks, in warm weather. Usually if I just yell at them like a dog, and they walk off, but they're just little eastern black bears.

[@CandidZulu]

Wild Bill survived a fight with a bear.

[@keiththomas3141]

That was interesting, Santi. The one I fear above all others are Africanized Killer Bees. I once had a huge cloud of them attack my car because the engine vibrations were disturbing them.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeeeoooowwwww!

[@Detman101]

That's a nightmare made real....jeez...

[@graycloud057]

I’ve been bitten twice on my right hand. ( two different occasions) by Copperhead snakes. I sucked it out and covered it in chewed tobacco. I never got sick. I really don’t think they injected any poison. Excellent video Pard! 👍🏼👍🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That's amazing!!

[@Hades8103]

That’s some True Grit right there.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@Hades8103 Yup

[@marshalofod1413]

Yup. Rattlers, especially older ones (and especially on first "warning" strikes), are just as likely to not inject venom, as they are to inject venom, when they bite. I don't think most folks know that rattlesnakes can choose whether or not to inject venom. Of course, the "bitee" doesn't know which the rattler's choosing, so better just to not be a "bitee" in the first place!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@marshalofod1413 It's not necessarily the venom that you have to worry about. The infection and necrosis from their bite can be more of a serious issue. I know a guy who lost a finger to a rattlesnake bite. It never really healed and they just removed it.

[@motorcyclemikel711]

Several years ago, I cycled a 250 mile route from Nashville to Tupelo, Ms. and saw a panther cross the rode about 20 yards ahead of me. I'm just glad he wasn't hungry

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow!

[@bigblue6917]

Another great video Santee. Thanks. The reason bodies are buried six foot deep was to stop animals digging them up. In the past when England still had wolves and bears roaming wild, them digging up the bodies was a problem. The thing with shallow burials is that wolves and bears could detect the smell of the decomposing bodies which is what attracted them. People did try various things to stop them digging the bodies but in the end they decided burying the bodies deeper was the only thing that work.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That was one reason. Another I read was fear of disease. Unfortunately, out here we have caliche, which is hard packed dirt and difficult to dig in. Rocks were used to cover shallow graves. Intrepid animals can get at them, maybe!

[@BogeyTheBear]

I heard that two feet is sufficient. The reason graves go as deep as six was to provide room in order to stack caskets when burying a spouse.

[@bigblue6917]

@@BogeyTheBear When I studied archaeology we obviously covered burials. Many of them were shallow but, as I said, there was a problem with wolves and bears digging the bodies up. They tried a number of things but in the end deep burial proved the best. As this is over 1000 years ago there was less problem with finding space. So a couple being buried next to each other was less of a problem Much later during the Victorian period space for burials in the expanding towns and cities did became a very big problem. For one thing many of the local churches dated back hundreds of years when they we little parish churches. Encroachment by housing and such meant they were hemmed in. So burying bodies on top of each other was a thing. This is when towns and cities started setting up new cemeteries which were not connected to a church. One in London, the Brookwood Cemetery even had its own railway to take the deciest to the cemetery.It was the Necropolis Railway.

[@bigblue6917]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Rock and thorny bushes were tried here. But as the ground is easier to dig in deeper burials are less of a problem.

[@faceman96]

True story - I once had a staring contest with a bobcat. I was out turkey hunting one day, calling and calling and getting no answer (must have thought I was a telemarketer - that's what I get for calling during dinner) Anyways it was getting late and I headed back. As I was walking to my truck, down an old logging road, l nearly stumbled upon (and when I say stumbled upon, I literally mean I almost stepped on him) what I thought was just a pile of sand. Gotta hand it to Mother Nature, she dose camouflage better than RealTree or Mossy Oak. Hmmm I thought to myself, "that wasn't there before," Suddenly he opened his eyes and realized this was no pile of sand I was dealing with. I put my finger on the trigger ready to defend myself. He looked back at me as if to say "I was here first" Well I wasn't about to back down either; it would have been an even longer walk back to my truck. So I stared at him and he stared right back at me and before you know it we were locked into an epic staring contest. Don't know why he blinked first, but he did and took off and breathed a sigh of relief. People ask me how come I didn't shoot it? I just say back "No reason too, we're just two hip cats doing our thing" 😺.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That's amazing. Thanks for sharing.

[@NGMonocrom]

In fairness, that wolf just wanted a hug. 😁

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!!!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

The first TV series in my youth was Bonanza. Then books about Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. And then my favorite book about pioneers like Kit Carson, Jim Bridger and others. I am a Dutchman, still living in the Netherlands. And at my advanced age, the chances of ever visiting America are very slim. So thank you very much for all that you do on this channel. Somewhere there is still a pioneer or cowboy in me ;-) Greets from the Netherlands 🌷, T.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

dank je wel!

[@Remoniq]

Always a nice day seeing your kitten.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you very much!

[@tedebear108]

Good morning Santi. It's Ted from Texas. At one time in my life I worked at a oversized petting zoo. We had a mountain lion there. He thought he was a house cat. This cat was so friendly it was scary. He was raised by humans from when he was a cub. This cat even purred like a house cat. This cat was very friendly to me and I love him. He was still a wild animal then we always had to be extremely careful with him.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

So cool!!

[@Rags2Itches]

Here's one for you. My husband just started work two weeks ago for the Tulsa water dept on night shift. This week when he and a fellow worker were in North Tulsa very late at night. His co worker had stopped to pick up supper at his sister's place so my husband waited in the truck. Up ahead by a stop sign he spotted a large form crossing the street on four paws. There was a street light right up there. He saw a cougar cross the street which stunned him. Then he saw it again as it circled back and crossed the street again! Only thing he had for height comparison was the stop sign right near where the cougar crossed. He estimated it at about the height of our dog gate at home. When he measured that gate it was 30 inches tall. So that was one heck of a big ...I'd say, male cougar. We do get them here in Oklahoma. Generally just passing through, but to see one IN the city urban area ...WOW. I had a doctor in Ontario, Canada that had a female pet cougar. Maigi was big too, but not that tall.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

WOW!! Thanks for sharing.

[@Real11BangBang]

It's weird to think about wolves in Kansas but it reminds me of Laura Ingalls Wilder's book little house on the prairie where they have to deal with now extinct "Buffalo Wolves" here in Kansas.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmmm....!!! Cool info.

[@victorwaddell6530]

Thanks again Santee & Co. Coyotes have made their way here to South Carolina . The SC Department of Natural Resources has tagged several yotes in a study of their behavior . Anyone bagging a tagged coyote can turn it into the SCDNR and receive a lifetime hunting license . Coyotes are known for predating the native wild turkeys and their eggs . Where I live I can hear them singing and have sighted them on a few occasions. A little off topic , but around here there are a lot of roadkilled skunks . In my 20 mile drive to work I encounter about three of four dead polecats stinking up the place year round . They're whoofy as all get out .

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I hear they are many places they never used to be.

[@ChibiPanda8888]

Where in SC do you live, Victor? I happen to live in Upstate SC (Greenville), and I'm just curious. I'm pretty sure we don't have them up where I live, but I could be wrong.

[@victorwaddell6530]

@@ChibiPanda8888Northern Spartanburg County . I've seen roadkilled coyotes on I85 as far west as GSP airport .

[@SmallCaliberArmsReview]

I've seen a few coyotes here but almost never have a rifle on me when I do, I think they know! Great video Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

THey are like, "Uh-oh, Peter (Peter Coyote), there's that KZbin Creator with a rifle. Time to get out of here."

[@rhorn8038]

The old Smothers bros TV spot sure brought back memories however the AGR logo was there to help... And then if I'm not mistaken that is a Lynx sharing the log with the AGR logo nicely done team...!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks!!!

[@davidrodgers8252]

Love you too Santee. Thanks for the mention pard.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Any time!

[@Number6_]

I liked the ending. Where the wolf gets him in the army jacket.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad!

[@Brombear]

Another great video Santee! Friend of mine from Tuscon told me about Javalena; called them "Desert Piranha". Wonder if the early pioneers would have been safer if they had cardboard boxes they could set out as distractions for cougar and wildcats while they made their getaway? Thanks again!

[@itsapittie]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL! Yes. Or just a ham sandwich.

[@hacksaw434]

When I was in the Air Force, my first base was Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. (Ironically, they were known as "The Gunfighters") It was the first time this Hoosier Boy ever had to deal with coyotes. I was a Security Policeman on base and every once in a while we'd get calls about coyotes in the housing area. In the winter, we'd also get a lot of reports about missing pets. Normally, small dogs and cats.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, I've heard of coyotes circling a small dog and one "hamstrings" it so it can't run. Then it's all downhill for the dog.

[@santamanone]

Now their in every state :(

[@hacksaw434]

@@santamanone no kidding. I got to Idaho in the mid 80s and that was my first dealings with coyotes. Now, 30 years later, hearing them yipping outside my home here in Indiana is a normal occurrence.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@santamanone It would seem they are.

[@marshalofod1413]

@@hacksaw434 Yep. I was going to say that I see coyotes here (Rochester, IN), all the time. Sometimes solo, sometimes in small groups. Also hear them about a third of the nights of the year, yipping and howling. Heck, I've even seen a solitary wolf here, and hear multiple wolves "howl-battling" with coyotes, every so often. Sometimes, when they're close, if I go outside, I go outside armed. I love wolves and coyotes, but I love my life even more!

[@OverOnTheWildSide]

I noticed Mark Twain refers to coyotes as a wolf in his book Roughin It. I think it was a common way to refer to them in the earlier frontier days.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Interesting...I read that. I'll have to re-read it.

[@floydvaughn9666]

I live in suburban South Mississippi. One night I was in our driveway and noticed 3 dogs crossing behind me. I said hello, and then noticed that all 3 of them looked alike. On second look, I realized this was a family of coyotes. Big daddy, Mom, and half grown pup. They were just passing through, so after we did a once over, they just left. Woods across the highway.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmm!

[@PathinAZ]

Lol..Used to listen to the Smothers Brothers on vinyl as a kid..Pumas in the Crevices!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@6omega2]

A BatjacJW guest appearance! I love it!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

We will do more.

[@mherod51]

Lots of coyotes in the flat country & some panthers in the Ozark hills we got, but bear is little harder come by in SE Missouri, although they've made a comeback. So far, no one has introduced wolves into the region, but then they were never a native specie. Occasionally there's a Bigfoot on TV named "Darryl" who does a commercial for Progressive Insurance....but that's about it.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Darryl? Does he have a brother named Darryl?

[@mherod51]

@@ArizonaGhostridersYep! That's his other brother.

[@adoginacowboyhat8196]

Santee bringing together my two favorite things! The wild west, and zoology!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Really? Wow!

[@jeffw1246]

There are dangers in the Midwest too. One night coonhunting I had to walk a couple miles to get the truck for my Dad and friend. Just got close enough to see the grill of the pickup a hundred feet away when a pack of coydogs howled not that far away. That last hundred feet seemed to take forever, never went for truck again without my rifle.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

They can be intrepid

[@victorwaddell6530]

I live in Upstate South Carolina Spartanburg County near Lake Bowen . Some nights I can hear the yotes singing , and have sighted them on a couple of occasions . The SC Department of Natural Resources has released several tagged coyotes for study . Anyone bagging a tagged coyote can turn it in for a lifetime hunting license . Coyotes are infamous for predating upon wild turkeys and their eggs .

[@joelhurley2678]

Santee, great video as usual and love the history. As the joke goes in Welcome Back Kotter, a man gets bit in the butt by a snake and tells Bart he needs help. So Bart goes to the Doctor and gets told to suck out the poison. When Bart comes back, he tells him your going to die.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I remember it

[@joelhurley2678]

@@ArizonaGhostriders 😜🤪👍👍

[@hankfrankly7240]

while deer hunting with blackpowder here in Minnesota, in the woods at dusk by self. . A bobcat scream doesn't sound like a woman screaming. It sounds more like a two headed monster with 4 inch claws and 6 inch teeth.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh....like my ex!

[@SlickSixguns]

Well at least the wolf saved your line

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah!

[@nilo70]

Thank you again Santee for keeping the Old West alive !

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Always!

[@TimKoehn44]

Great episode Santee. Thank you. Sorry about Batjack JW! 😉

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

No problem 😊

[@paladin4570]

My Great Grandpa died from a bite from a rabid dog in 1884. Louis was late. Good video Santee.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank You!

[@robmarshallofficial]

Thanks for this Santee, I’ve found a 1985 copy (reprint) of the Prairie Traveler and looking forward to reading it

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@thejaggededge1624]

Thank you Santee for another awesome video!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ericruss4189]

Great info as always. I love the way y'all enjoy filming your videos.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

We do have fun.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

We were camping in the mountains of Virginia along the Skyline Drive in 1966. My brother and I were in a pup tent. Our non-perishable food was kept in a plywood box with lots of small compartments. We woke up in the morning to find the box torn to pieces. My brother said that bears attacked it in the middle of the night whille he watched and I slept. That was a little scary.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I'd say!!

[@KnifeChatswithTobias]

Coyote: unless it is the name of an animated Warner Brothers character, it is pronounced as a two syllable word: KI-Yoat!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ha!

[@Dsdcain]

Great video. Thanks for making it. I actually saw a Bobcat last fall walking in my backyard. Of course I'm up here in the Northeast so there's a ton of woods for them. There have been sightings of Mountain Lions around here as well, but state fish and game still keeps denying they're anywhere around even when one is spotted on a game camera. The game camera pictures aren't real clear but they're better than almost every Bigfoot photo out there, and folks believe in him. 🤣🤣🤣 Stay safe out there, and take it easy man. 😎

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow!!

[@marcosaraiva9205]

Cougar wonderful animal! Dangerous and wild but beautiful! Great topic, thanks.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@indigowolf556]

Lol no one called Liam 😂 pretty cool video though. I live in the Pacific Northwest and I've seen all kinds of animals recently a month ago I saw a little fox just walking down the road. It was really cool to see.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Nice!

[@markkumyllykoski5444]

What a coincidence, just started playing RDR 2 again and got a whole lot of hunting to do.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOl!

[@Courier-Six]

Thankfully, mountain lions tend to stick to the mountains in our neck of the desert. We have been having issues with Bobcats and so far 2 have been shot in my neighborhood. One was attacking a neighbors chicken coop and another tried getting their cat. I've picked off 10 or so mangy (literally) Coyotes over the years because they kept going after our chickens and dogs. Other than them, the biggest critter we have issues with is rattlers and they are easily dealed with by a .410 birdshot load or a length of stove wood. I tend to leave the rest of our local wild life alone as long as the cottontails don't go after my cucumbers in my garden.

[@santamanone]

They’re in the swamps mostly here in Florida, but they can be found most anywhere in North America or South America (mountains, deserts, jungles, swamps, plains, remote or suburban) Probably the most adaptable cat on the planet.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Leave them alone is a good practice

[@oregonoutback7779]

Santee, it was nice of you to do a show on all my neighbors. There are more of them here in the Outback than humanoids. Hmmm .... maybe there's a reason for that? We all get along pretty well, for the most part. I try to provide them with enough revenuers and bill collectors as snacks, to keep their attention off me. I am a little concerned about that news story a while back of Coyotes carrying small children across the border. Hopefully, they were just attempting to be helpful .... ??

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I think they were! LOL!

[@stephensmithsbarsmustangra4]

Awesome information. Love your shows!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!You're welcome.

[@normangerring4645]

Ha, ha…another great start to a new weekend!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jjsadventures]

I so enjoy my Saturday morning videos from you ❤️

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Oh thank you!

[@DarrenBurch]

I found this very interesting and I liked it a lot. Thanks for sharing Mate

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome, Darren

[@BogeyTheBear]

2:29 The newspaper accounts have it entirely wrong. The coyotes won a battle against zombies.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

OH! Of course. Thanks.

[@davidnagore725]

Damn javelina scared me senseless jumping out of that drainage canal by Pima College's west campus. I swear it was as big as a razorback!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

They are a caution!

[@promiscuous5761]

Thank you.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.

[@nblankensh]

Reminds me of a story. May be a tall tale but as it was told to me. In the 1980s a man from California was traveling through Cave Creek Arizona and saw a lizard he thought his daughter would like to have. So he picks up the lizard and puts it in a nylon gym bag and proceeds to drive down the road. About this time the lizard decides it wants out of the bag and starts thrashing around till it falls from the passenger seat and onto the floor board. Man reaches down while driving and tries to pick up the bag. Lizard bites down on his bare arm through the bag. Turns out the pretty lizard was a Gila Monster. As the story goes the man decided that this would not be good pet for his daughter and due to the pain from the venom had to make an unscheduled trip to the hospital but both Gila Monster and man survived the encounter.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for sharing!

[@CaliforniaFly]

Every few years or so you'll hear about a mountain lion attack on joggers or hikers in the Angeles Nation Forrest just north of Los Angeles. They don't play with yarn or like catnip.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Whoah!

[@toddschoening8897]

Good Video Santee. Much of these critters are still to be paid attention to where I am anyway.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Much appreciated!

[@lawrencelewis2592]

A friend of mine had coyotes eating his chickens. This was in northern New York. I saw one once and all I can say is Warner Brothers animators sure got it right!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAHA!

[@The_Defiant_One]

"Call Liam Neeson" The Grey - 2011

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ha!!

[@dennisatkins9837]

Here in my area of Tennessee there are lots of coyotes, something I never saw as a kid. Great video Santee!

[@santamanone]

Yeah. They weren’t anywhere east of west Texas until the 1070s. Now they’re everywhere and multiplying.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Wow!

[@rhondaz356]

YIKES, that had to have been something to worry about, and the side effects of too close encounters! (I love those pics and videos you toss in.) That was very interesting and informative, as always. 👏🤠🌞

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@CarryonJeffnJohn]

Dropping by buddy as always to show our appreciation for your support you are my true friend and always will be interesting video and facts about animals in Wild West wolfs are deadly in packs thanks for sharing yet another awesome video have a fantastic week Santee 👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Much appreciated

[@captainabefox]

The great moments I saw the movie dances with wolves from 1990. Two socks the wolf are so being cute friendly with Lieutenant Dunbar it’s like having man best friend

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

yeah that was a great moment.

[@oldfordcarsandtrucks]

As usual, another great job! Thanks

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you too!

[@Sport--willow]

Around these parts here where I was growing up, we had a real problem with coy dogs... Knowing that a ex-buddy and I would sleep in shifts keeping watch for them. I woke him for his shift and then wrapped up in my bedding... Sure is a good thing I slept with the knife like I did! That sucker leans up against a tree and went back to sleep, letting the fire sie out and them to come into camp. I was woke up to the sound of something sniffing and growling at my head and something standing over the mid section of my body.... Talk about wanting to freak the heck out! As soon as the one slept off of straddling me and the one at my head moved a bit, I flipped the cover off from over my head, barely caught the one at my head with the blade and yelling at the same time! Luckily it worked out to my advantage to scare them out of camp! Can you believe that worthless p.o.s. slept through it?!!? Needless to say, I got the fire going, woke him @$$ up, showed him their tracks and yep!!! After beating the importance of staying awake during his watch, He went for a nice very called swim in the river! Haven't seen him for over 30 years now......lol Yes, I did help him out of the river and we broke camp early.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🤠

[@ZeRowe]

I was attacked by a cougar once 🤔 Enjoyed every minute of it 😏 I wonder what ever happened to her 😎🍻

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL! She got older.

[@AIRRAID2]

😚😏

[@audreyricci6383]

That was most likely the "two-legged"one. An older woman.

[@57WillysCJ]

I remember checking out the old mines in Copper Canyon with the traffic of of I 17 above. I was carrying a shotgun at the time but had my 8 year old son with when we came on fresh mountain lion scat. We back slowly back to my big old Blazer and left. The coyote was also known as the prairie wolf in those days.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Cool!

[@joemortimer1763]

Very interesting and informative episode. You never disappoint. Nice seeing Batjac JW again. Never heard about the wolf attack at the fort before killing two people. Glad to see there were no T-Rexs harmed in the making of this episode. 😁 🦖 Maybe you could do an episode on other critters such as scorpions? 🦂

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I plan to. Although, I hate scorpions. That episode will keep me up at night. When we see one in our casa we draw and quarter it and send the parts to the farthest parts of the globe as a warning to other scorpions.

[@dennishein2812]

Appreciate you using the correct pronunciation of coyote.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

No problemo.

[@handlebarslim78]

Another good video. I appreciate you brother 🐕‍🦺

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@scenicdriveways6708]

Another great episode. Very funny ending too. JT

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@seymourwrasse3321]

Just remember, there is safety in numbers, always take a friend. That way you don't have to out run the critters, just your friend

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

HAH!

[@richardcolligon4277]

Great video as usual Santee and Batjack was great! My son will have a dozen or more coyote's come on his farm at onetime.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you! A dozen? Wow.

[@richardcolligon4277]

@@ArizonaGhostriders they travel in pack's. He used to shoot them with smaller round's until a couple of year's ago when he bought an AK47.

[@santamanone]

Cool. I keep reading about coyotes traveling/living/hunting in packs. Other sources always say the are solitary animals so who knows? I can say that my personal experience hunting them as well as random encounters have always been solitary animals.

[@KevinSmith-os5yz]

I have run across them many times in my area. I think maybe they are somewhat solitary during the day, maybe an outcast or something. But at night I can hear them, definitely in a pack.

[@aurorawhorealis]

Coyotes are wandering solitary animals, they do not have a home range or protect territory. They are however, very social and will come together to travel in numbers for protection and to take down larger prey. They aren't loners or pack animals, they're something in between and that adaptability is why they're so damn hardy and can live just about anywhere.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, we see them all the time. Not afraid at 25 feet, but any closer and they skeedadle.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Seen a bear, and he thought to himself, oh man. Got to get away from the bear.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL

[@jepst41]

And them there wampus cats! Great episode, Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL! Thank you!

[@distlledbrewedreviewed]

I'd say you covered most of the carnivores my friend. Maybe a few Bison and Elk problems. Great topic and video my friend.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks, O' Bard of the Bourbon.

[@robertbuckey6517]

Another great episode Santee! You know what just thought would be a cool episode? Organized crime in the old west. Watching Tombstone and reading up on Chuck Stanton of Stanton, Arizona, made me think of it.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you! In da works.

[@theultimatehunt]

This was a AWESOME EPISODE SANTEE!!!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@AlphaTraveler1]

This is really interesting because most of the education really dont talk about the animals. Another extremely interesting video Santee. Stay awesome and stay safe. 👍👍👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tyroberts2261]

I went to college at the University of Arizona. Havelinas are not to be underestimated.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Right!

[@sam2cents]

I know of peccaries, but have never once heard, or read, anywhere of the javalina until this video. I suspect there's a lot quite common to the West that you would think of as common, background noise even, and never think to mention, but which must be very important to the ecosystem there. It totally blew my mind when I read there were jaguars known from New Mexico, Colorado and Arizona, and that jaguars have returned to your state. It's just not the West if it's not wild. I envy you.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah, the Jaguars are back. So cool. Thanks.

[@joecuppko40uh29]

Great episode Santee, btw, Pumas/cougars/painters are also know to scream like a woman or child in extreme pain, it will make every hair on your body stand on end. Especially when you are in the deep woods alone thinking that someone is in trouble, then your extremely brave dog that has never run from anything, tucks his tail whines and lights out like his food bowl in on fire, looked up in a tree and about 40 ft from me all I could see was a pair of eyes that were at least a hand's width apart and then it screamed again. I joined the dog, I was about 14 at the time, lived at 40th & Plum. 40 miles our & plum back in the sticks.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for sharing!

[@cleondubois1270]

Had an encounter with a Texas sized skunk near Abilene circa 1970-71. Still have bad thoughts about that "rapscallion" !!!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

I don't doubt it. The little stinker!

[@marcthomas2482]

That classic joke "You gonna die" never gets old... Great video Santee!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!

[@LionquestFitness]

Hey - another confirmed sighting of Batjac!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

His schedule has changed a bit so you no doubt will be seeing more of him!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

My ancestors were in the real old West in old letters and diaries one of my cousins have. I have ancestors in Virginia over the mountains. Who were attacked by panthers and wolves in the 2700s and 1800s. Great video

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@ArizonaGhostriders You're welcome the last confirmed Panther or Cat a Mont stalked my Dad in the 1940s

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

@@kirkmorrison6131 Interesting!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks

[@notdeaded1416]

Funny thing about your generally tame house kitty, They think they really are mountain lions, and if they only weighed 80 pounds more they would so have you!

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yeah....I know.

[@BradSprinkle]

Good stuff. Enjoyed it a lot. 🤠👍

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thank you!

[@chelseadanico877]

Very awesomely awesome cool, interesting and informative video, I really loved and enjoyed it. I definitely learned a lot about animals in the old west. I’m going adding some very interesting and fantastical animals to my old West inspired novel I’m writing. Some of those animals will be Saber toothed dire wolfs.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thanks 👍🏼😎🌟 I’ll be adding some of the more fantastical sci-fi fantasy animals from the old west to my book today, that I’ll be creating myself . Those will include the saber toothed dire wolves.

[@justinsane7128]

There was a man in Colorado attacked this week by a mountain lion the news said there'd been three fatal mountain lion attacks out of 23 total attacks since 1991.... Nice kitty kitty 😸

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

wow!

[@AdaM48state]

Awesome information Santee.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Thanks for watching!

[@manuelg1266]

Hey santee great video I was wondering if you could do one on swimming in the old west

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Cool idea!

[@thomassmestead9905]

We still have bears, cougars, and coyotes, where I live

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Where is that?

[@thomassmestead9905]

@@ArizonaGhostriders Washington State. Up near the Canadian border, Santee. In fact, a cougar was spotted close by, just a few days ago. Nice to have a .45 Colt handy. 😁

[@johndufford5561]

While back there were 2 foreign exchange students camping just north of Yellowstone. Weren't very wise about wild animals here in the wild west, as one was from Belfast, Ireland and one from Yugoslavia. No...no, wait..it was Czechoslavakia. Yeh, that's it. Anyway, during the night 2 grizzlies came in & pulled them out of their tent in their sleeping bags. The kid from Belfast made it up a tree, but the other student was killed, dragged off & eaten. The survivor told the Rangers that there were 2 bears & it the the larger bear, the boar, that did the killing. Rangers tracked it down, shot it, and when they opened it up, there were no human remains at all inside. Just goes to show you, you can't believe an Irishman when he tells you that the Czech is in the male... (Don't get mad.....it's ok, I'm Irish...)

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

LOL!! Good one.

[@chelseadanico877]

Here’s some details about my book: A week earlier Luthiel EverStar, who was the wife of Mayor-Sheriff Mercia Hawkins was at the ancient and mysterious Aoimukàn ruins in the Svalvard tundra. She was investigating the strange Sapphirus stone obelisk and the Mythrellian Obsithus tablets of Àzmathoth. During her investigation, Luthiel uncovered something sacred and of great importance. Something that the Spectral Shade doesn’t want anyone to know or seek out. Unknown to Luthiel, one of spy’s of the Spectral Shade, the Phantorium-Deadings Berithiel Frenoir was secretly spying on her. All while planning Luthiels assassination. Here’s another detail from my book: On the evening of October 16th, Mayor-Sherif Mercia Hawkins had just arrived home from the archeology Council meeting. However as he opened the door to his house, he looked upon a gruesome sight. His house was a mess and bright crimson stained the walls, and floor. Their was a crimson trail that led towards the family room. The house was eerily silent with no one in site. I hope all of you like these details from my book

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

🤠

[@chelseadanico877]

@@ArizonaGhostriders thabks😎🌟👍🏼

[@Paladin1873]

Oh, that's nothing. An old friend of mine was boating on the Amazon with a guide, hoping to shoot a jaguar. They put ashore for the night and went to sleep in the boat. He was awakened later by a rocking motion which turned out to be a large anaconda climbing aboard. He quietly reached up and grabbed a limb from an overhanging tree and lifted himself into it while his guide slept below. When he finally got the guide's attention, both men ended up spending the night in the tree while the snake occupied the boat. Come morning they saw the snake had departed, so they climbed down from their perch and got the hell out of there. He never did bag a jaguar, but he was luckier than another man I saw on our local PBS station. He described a very similar encounter, except he was alone and was attacked by a very large snake, which began wrapping itself around him. He fought it with a machete in the dark until he passed out. The next day he was found, unconscious, drifting in his boat with the now dead snake still wrapped around him. When he recovered, he had the snake stretched out for measuring, for he was certain it was a record 30+ feet long, but to his disappointment it only measured 17 feet. When he concluded his harrowing story, he picked up the skin of the beast and unraveled it before the camera while simultaneously apologizing for the condition of the hide, which was pockmarked with the slashes made by the blows from his machete.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

That is a scary story or survival.

[@michaelpage4199]

Great bit of history. It had a bit of fir on it.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Ha!! Had a bite to it.

[@joep4235]

ha ha ha... fun to see JW again, and wearing his Steve McQueen jacket !!! how many years ago was that vid??? (man, Im getting old). I recently saw an Alaskan Wilderness show wear they were hunting and eating Lynx... it looked pretty good. I wonder if anyone has tried serving up some wolf ???

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Hmmmm.....tastes like chicken?

[@chrisrye9128]

Cougar singing Les Miz. Caught that reference. Played Enjorlas at TPI.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Awesome! One of my favorite shows. I worked with the original Marius in the B'way cast.

[@chrisrye9128]

@@ArizonaGhostriders no way! That's so cool!

[@AIRRAID2]

Hello y'all 🤠🐴🌵🌞🌠🐍 , hey Santee can you do a episode on Bill Longley (William P Longley) the Texas gunman ? Tank you very much i know you put your whole soul n heart in to this and i'm very grateful for it . Take care y'all

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Yes we can

[@AIRRAID2]

@@ArizonaGhostriders I'm grateful.

[@hazelcummings7490]

Interesting!! Thank you.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

Glad you liked it!

[@justinweaver8787]

Very neat info another great video sir thank u.

[@ArizonaGhostriders]

You're welcome.