Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
Yes they are huge, That bull in the photo was standing down slope from the pavement and yet was at eye level with me sitting in my pickup.
As tall as a horse but twice the weight.
It made me uncomfortatble driving that close to them but they were so used to the traffic they barely gave us a glance. Yet they are totally wild, hundreds of miles from the nearest fence.
Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
When Snowshoe Hare population is high it is not uncommon to see hundreds on a nights drive through bush country.
They used to cyle about every ten years from very few to millions. Then disease would wipe them out and it would start all over again.
The last population peak I saw was in the 1980s. Since then land development and habitat fragmentation has limited their ability to reach such high populations.
Sakwes
Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada
BC is one of my favorite places to visit. I think they have more wildlife then we do, and some species we don't have.
If I could afford the move I'd buy a place near Prince Rupert and spend my final years fishing the Ocean, and photographing BC wildlfe.
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