Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="dilligaf" data-source="post: 970197" data-attributes="member: 11476">I can&#039;t speak for Sober in regards to living in Oregon but I can speak for me in regards to living in rural AZ. I am guessing that there are similarities in some situations. I am not so much afraid of the people that might invade my space although I DO NOT discount the possibility. I have a higher probability of running into critters such as mountain lion, raccoon and rattlesnake (all of which I would shoot on sight). Mountain lions are rare near where we live but they do show up on occasion as we have a high population of deer. We don&#039;t have bear at this elevation so I don&#039;t worry about that so much. Last weekend I had raccoon paw prints on the hood of my car. They are vile vicious creatures that I would not hesitate to kill, they would not hesitate to kill my dogs and are quite capable of doing so. Rattlesnakes are very common (especially Mojaves) and pose a threat to animals and humans alike. The Mojaves that we have are especially dangerous because of the type of venom they have. They are, by far, worse than Diamondbacks and far more aggressive. My dogs would have a fighting chance against coons but they would have no chance against a Mojave. They would be dead within an hour.&nbsp;&nbsp; </blockquote>

[QUOTE="dilligaf, post: 970197, member: 11476"] [SIZE=3][FONT='comic sans ms'][COLOR=#800080]I can't speak for Sober in regards to living in Oregon but I can speak for me in regards to living in rural AZ. I am guessing that there are similarities in some situations. I am not so much afraid of the people that might invade my space although I DO NOT discount the possibility. I have a higher probability of running into critters such as mountain lion, raccoon and rattlesnake (all of which I would shoot on sight). Mountain lions are rare near where we live but they do show up on occasion as we have a high population of deer. We don't have bear at this elevation so I don't worry about that so much. Last weekend I had raccoon paw prints on the hood of my car. They are vile vicious creatures that I would not hesitate to kill, they would not hesitate to kill my dogs and are quite capable of doing so. Rattlesnakes are very common (especially Mojaves) and pose a threat to animals and humans alike. The Mojaves that we have are especially dangerous because of the type of venom they have. They are, by far, worse than Diamondbacks and far more aggressive. My dogs would have a fighting chance against coons but they would have no chance against a Mojave. They would be dead within an hour. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

Verification