Animal Hazards!

[whoops dude]

deer and a bobcat

[lucky_logger6]

Guys, I’m not trying to ruin the fun, just be careful what you post. It would be easy to quote a few of the above posts to make us (OHVers) look bad. There has been a lot of talk lately about anti-OHVers quoting this site and using it as fuel for their campaign.

[kawi89]

i was at the mountains riding my 02 rm 250, 4th gear on a graval road when a black bear and 4 cubs came flying out of the bush,i grabbed fifth and blew right pass em.Man,now that is some scary S***.

[jsthumper]

I hit a turtle.

[Robey14]

I'm totally convinced that my demise is going to caused by a damn cow!! They are always trying to get me.

i know what you mean i was ridin in the desert and almost got a horn through the chest, it bounced up off of my handleber and glanced off of my chest protector, needless to say it scared the crap out of me

[MoToFrEaK14]

i passed a few donkeys by the Arizona border...and lots of taratulas....and little chip munk looking things....and jack rabbits...fun to try and keep up with their agile moves...

[27_mod]

Saw a kid many years ago that hit a dog. That dude bailed with authority! That full grown Collie tore up his new QT 80. The dog just recently passed away a few years later. The 80 has been long dead.

[RUFF_RYDER]

seen scary crap like moutain lions but they got scared to but still just think if i was taken a piss or somthin

also see snaked but thats if were out at like 6am

[harjp1959]

This bitch would NOT get out of the way!

[BWP Jockey]

That cow needs a roost'in! For me it's those damn Yeti's,there everywhere!

[raven-9]

down here kangaroo's are a real hazard and they are very quik so they can leap out from anywhere..

[AUSTTT-R230]

yeah i hate kangaroos and wallabies one of them put my freind through a fence

also made me bail a few times

if u ride in southern aus goats are a prob to(on kangaroo island)

night riding is dangerous the stupid animals just look at ur light

nealy hit a huge kangaroo on a DR 350 in 5th pinned i craped my pants

[drab91]

Had a few bear encounters on the trails.. and deer are always possible...

but damn snakes?? I would not dare even go near that man ha ha you guys are crazy! I fall WAY too often for that risk!!

[Smpgirl450]

My biggest hazards are Deer, Bunnies, Squirels and snakes.

[GiantRobot]

I almost T-boned a cow up in Kennedy Meadows ounce. Came around a blind corner and there she was standing in the middle of the trail. I believe I crapped my pants that day.

[teenstarlette]

my dog stands walks right in front of me while i ride and sometimes i'll freak out and tip over

[dstark]

A few close calls with deer. A few years back I took a bat to the chest at about 50mph with a t-shirt on, the thing almost took me off my bike and left my chest pretty red.

[teenstarlette]

A few close calls with deer. A few years back I took a bat to the chest at about 50mph with a t-shirt on, the thing almost took me off my bike and left my chest pretty red.

thats crazy

[auburnu008]

Have any of you ever encountered any animal hazards while riding?

Dogs, cats, birds, horses, bulls, deer, gators, yeti, chupacabra, etc...

About two years ago, while riding a short stretch of single track in the Fairview Mountains (Victorville area) I had a face to face experience with a rattlesnake. A buddy and I were cooking up a rocky hill when the rear end of my YZ250 kicked out hard to the left. As my bike launched off the trail, I let go. The YZ landed about ten feet off the side of the trail and I landed just above it. Miraculously neither the bike or my body hit any large rocks.

But in the quiet afternoon desert, as my friend pulled away without seeing my get-off, the sound of a rattler was much too close. I was laying with my face downhill, my arms out streched. As looked up I was only about three feet away from this coiled rattlesnake. Luckily the the YZ was somewhat covering the snake and it did not strike when I jumped to my feet. In the silence I noticed the sound of rattlers all around me! I jumped on the motorcycle and caught up to my friend in no time. (I would proabably do alot better in MX if I got up after bailing like I did that day!)

On the rest of the ride I rode like a complete wuss and noticed snakes all over the trail.

"Snakes...why'd it have to be snakes?"

Indiana Jones talking to his friend Sala - Raiders of the Lost Ark

We got mother f*&%$^* snakes on the mother f*%^&$# trail!!!!!

[Boyerracing343]

Snakes and deer. Chasing a deer in the sand flats is fun. Youd be surpised on how fast they run.