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Saskatoon Moose
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Saskatoon Moose

Two moose cross the CN mainline, 5 minutes after CN 101 has gone through. This is not in a provincial park or the mountains however - right outside of Saskatoon city limits! A "flat" Prairie city.

This would make for a great "When keeping it real goes wrong" segment on Chappells show. Thankfully they kept moving right along, taking a long loop around to reach another set of bushes behind me (I saw deer there last year). You US guys are probably laughing, but we don't have guns here in Canada, am I to bring bow and arrows trackside to protect myself now? I see foxes & coyotes go through all the time, but these guys are big. Guess I could climb a telegraph pole if they come around...

Interestingly they looked both ways before crossing the tracks - did Operation Lifesaver train them? LOL.
When you say, "we don't have guns here in Canada" it sounds like you're saying that Canadian citizens aren't allowed to own guns (unless maybe they're a member of law enforcement). Is that true? Just curious.

CB
 
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Generally that is true, recent legislation largely limits firearm ownership to hunters.
 
My Cousins down around Eyebrow have Moose in there area very often. Their dog go kicked once. To protect myself from Deer and Foxes at the park, I sometimes carry around a large stick.
 
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Stick? These two don't care about a stick! When I'm at MP 185.01 in the evenings there's always an eagle flying around quite low, so I put my bike chain around my neck in case the shiny camera or something else brings him too close. Either than that all I have is trackside rocks...
 
I don't think we should worry too much, Roman. Most wild animals are chickenshits around humans. Such was the case with that Deer I met at Riverview.
 
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Generally that's true, but remember the case of the "Killer rabbit". A couple years ago an Edmonton bus driver went to pat a bunny during a stopover - he in turn bit him on the hand, disabling his driving skills for months! There was also a deer I met in Winnipeg that alost rammed me, had I not moved 3 feet to the side. These animals aren't so cute after all.
 
You guys have Moose and other animals to worry about in the saskatoon area i gotta deal with Black Bears at Uno and there is no way in heck i am feeding them Celery and honey which i hear is what they like to eat. I learned this from a CN M.o.w worker at Spy Hill Sask
 

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