A pack of feral dogs nearly killed a hunter in a recent, terrifying incident.
The man received nearly 300 puncture wounds and lacerations in an epic life and death struggle.Before his attack, a pair of hunters in Texas had to shoot their way through a pack of feral that was running in to attack them.
Feral dogs are becoming a major problem in this episode of Dark Outdoors we talk with these hunters and detail numerous terrifying tales of feral dogs pursuing hunters and other outdoors lovers.
People are turning up missing at alarming rates in America’s national parks, forests and in other public wild lands.
Delia D’Ambra iis an investigative journalist and host of the Park Predators podcast and has been studying the issue since she came across alarming disappearances in her line of work.
Are these disappearances linked to mountain lions, bears and other wild predators or predators of the human kind?
There was actually once a moose in Texas according to a 1989 story in The Oklahoman.. I included this in a story in the Fish & Game report last week.
Here’s one of the highlights from The Oklahoman.
A wandering bull moose that has been seen on occasion in the Oklahoma Panhandle apparently is in deep trouble in western Kansas.
Kansas wildlife officials said the big bull is in poor body condition and appears to be suffering from severe parasite infestation.
The animal, sporting an impressive set of antlers, was first observed in South Dakota in October 1987. Since then it has traveled through Nebraska and Kansas, across the Panhandle and into Texas. It later returned to Kansas and took up residence in the Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge before beginning another journey last fall. It was seen in Oklahoma last September, near the Optima Wildlife Refuge
This stray moose came over from Colorado and shows that wildlife do not respect maps and boundaries we put on them. Have you ever seen animal that is not supposed to be in Texas?
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I hope you have a great weekend!
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Last weekend was awesome as I got to do a seminar on the Ladybird Lake deaths at Texas Frightmare Weekend. We appreciate their support of this media platform.
This is all about raising awareness and keeping people safe in the great outdoors. We featured a Missing in the Wild segment in every episode. This week is the case of Vincent Beradi from the Fort Worth area who went missing in the Davy Crockett National Forest.
Hog attacks are rare. Hog attack fatalities are even rarer but they do happen.
Hogs are misunderstood animals and in reality many people underestimate them which is leading to problems since both hog and human populations are skyrocketing in America.
Hear about the hog attack tragedy in Anahuac TX and why experts believe a sounder of hogs was to blame. Learn why dogs can be a liability in hog country and hear about a case of a legitimate predator hog that pursued humans. Also, learn what to do if attacked by a hog. Y
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Just when you thought things couldn’t get stranger in the Texas wild, it gets strange.
Madison County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death and mutilation of cattle along TX-OSR.
“Ranchers advised a 6-year-old longhorn-cross cow had been found lying on her side, deceased, and mutilated on their ranch.
A straight, clean cut, with apparent precision, had been made to remove the hide around the cow’s mouth on one side, leaving the meat under the removed hide untouched. The tongue was also completely removed from the body with no blood spill.
It was noted there were no signs of struggle and the grass around the cow was undisturbed. No footprints or tire tracks were noted in the area.”
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My plan for the Dark Outdoors podcast season two was to kick it off April 25, but due to the situation on Lady Bird Lake in Austin and all of the interest there I just posted the first episode.
Four bodies have been found in the former Town Lake in one month. And although officials say there have been no signs of foul play it fits a pattern of deaths that has been observed all around the nation involving young men.
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Paul Fuzinksi of Aptitude Outdoors captured a powerful, inspiring wildlife conservation message by Higher Calling Wildlife® founder Chester Moore.
It took place at the second annual Hunt-Fish Podcast Summit.
If you love wildlife and want to do something about it future, this is a must watch.
Don’t Miss This Intense, Informative Podcast!
My new podcast Dark Outdoors has officially made its debut.
The first episode is calledApex Predators: Ted Bundy And Serial Killers in America’s Forests. And it features an interview with the New York Times best-selling author who sat across from Bundy for six months interviewing him. You can click the image below to listen.
The mission is to save lives and make people of aware of what’s really going on. The outdoors media won’t touch this stuff and mainstream media doesn’t know how to report on it from an outdoors perspective.
You can help by sharing the episode on social media.
I’m excited to debut my new media platform-Dark Outdoors. The mission is to raise awareness to human dangers, animal attacks and strange weather patterns that impact hunters, anglers, campers, backpackers and hikers.
Since you signed up for my blog you will get access to the podcast episodes a day before they are announced to the general public.
It’s called Apex Predators: Ted Bundy And Serial Killers in America’s Forests. And it features an interview with the New York Times best-selling author who sat across from Bundy for six months interviewing him.
I’ve been investigating the dark side of the outdoors experience. In this photo I’m standing at the site of one of of the Moonlight Murders in Texarkana made famous by the 1977 film “The Town That Dreaded Sundown”. Our mission is to share info that can save lives. (Photo by Paul Fuzinksi of Aptitude Outdoor)
The mission is to save lives and make people of aware of what’s really going on. The outdoors media won’t touch this stuff and mainstream media doesn’t know how to report on it from an outdoors perspective.
You can help by sharing the episode on social media.
In my home state of Texas, hundreds of thousands of hunters will take to the field in the morning for the opening of the general whitetail deer season.
That includes yours truly who is excited about the prospect of killing a whitetail or feral hog for the freezer. Venison has nearly sacred status in the Moore household.
Since 2018 I have been writing extensively on what I call Deep Woods Dangers, which are human threats in the great outdoors. The number one in my opinion is encountering unsafe hunters.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Photo
Most hunters are smart, ethical and sober-minded but annually upwards of 1,000 hunters are shot in incidents in the United States and Canada annually with around 75 of those fatal. This is according to the International Hunter Education Association.
Considering there are millions of hunters in the woods those numbers are low but in my opinion one is too many, much less 1,000.
The number one thing you can do to protect yourself is to wear blaze orange. It is required on most public land but it is not required for example in Texas on private land. Wear it anyway.
I do.
I know it’s not fashionable and the boys at deer camp might give you grief, but deal with it.
Blaze orange shines through the woods like a beacon and someone wearing a full jacket and cap is easily seen. The chances of someone shooting you and think you’re deer or some other game go down dramatically when wearing blaze orange.
Make sure and not only take shots where you have no reason to believe a person or residence is behind the animal but that you can make a clean, ethical kill. (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Photo)
I hunt on a private lease and still feel the need to wear orange.
After a close call where the man next to me in a duck blind was hit with a pellet while duck hunting under the eye, I made a commitment to take hunting safety even more seriously.
He was shot by a young person in another blind not being careful and thankfully did not loose his eye. That’s a different issue than a situation where hunter orange is applicable but it made me think.
If you are shot by a deer rifle you could lose your life. Wearing orange doesn’t guarantee safety but it greatly reduces your odds of becoming a statistic.
Something else to keep in mind (especially on public land) is to keep a cool head. If someone has camped out at the spot you found and beat you there or tries to dispute an area with you let them have it before things get heated.
Tempers flare and there is no hunting location worth losing a life.
Enjoy the hunt. Only take ethical shots and share the venison with the less fortunate.
There are many in our communities these days.
Chester Moore
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