Big Game in the Yukon
Before I got back from the Yukon the other day I finally got a shot of a Black Bear. He lumbered across Route 2 on my way back from Dawson City to Whitehorse. He or she was in no hurry to get to the other side and stopped to look back at us once or twice.
I was hoping for a Grizzly, the bigger and scarier of the two, but I'm delighted with this big fellow. Earlier I missed a shot at a moose that high-tailed it into the dense bush before I could grab my Nikon.
Other wild animals in the Yukon include caribou, elk, mountain goat and sheep, bison, wolf, mule deer, polar bear, muskox and cougar. Most of these animals, wisely, stay away from the limited number of roads in the Yukon.
posted by Sonja Stark of PilotGirl™ @ 1:44 PM
2 Comments:
That's a very cool bear, grizzly or not.
I had to think for a second what a muskox might be, so off to Google I went and found a picture:
Muskox
I hope they (and the elk and bison and mule deer and polar bears and cougars and wolves) continue to stay as far away from roads and trigger-happy hunters as possible.
It's always a highlight to see wild animals. We spied four bald eagles last month on a road trip to northern Minnesota. That was a thrill!
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