Dinner!

Thats a big porcupine.

Boone & Crockett !!

Chase those guys around in the summer when they come into town and bother peoples dogs.

I was flying near Nome once, long time ago, and saw what I thought was a wolverine. Did a couple close fly overs and turned out to be porky. Big one. They do get pretty big!

One time, after a quick look, I stalked a pretty "blonde grizzly" for about 45 minutes before realizing that it was a porcupine.

Sure glad I did not have a guided hunter with me for that deal. That sort of stunt is not real good for a guide's reputation!

Pete

Pete, that is funny. I have, more than once during spring, spotted what I thought to be a bear in the emergent grass along the coast and have it turn out to be a porcupine instead.

From firsthand experience I know that they can be caught in an otter crossover set. They aren’t much fun to remove from a 330.

Well, I also have laid down a perfect stalk on a Booner porky. More than once!

I was tracking a wolverine one year and spotted a dark porcupine on the far hillside. ditched the tracks and b lined for the "wolverine" Got up close and seen what it really was. I thought it was funny until I looked in the opposite direction and spotted the actual wolverine making its escape.

I have certainly spotted several porcupines in the spring while glassing for bears and thought they were bears for a bit.

And here I thought I was the only one! We should start a "group..." Porcupine Spotters Anonymous!"

Pete

works both ways. A guy came to the hide and horn sale the other day. He was moose hunting with his young son and spotted a porky in the brush. Soon enough the porky was mauling him. The bear then turned on the screaming kid and the dad then killed it.

Does eating one count? Eaters anonymous.

So cool my porcupine post got comments. Thanks you guys!

Rat trapping last spring I saw this big hump of blond fur ahead through the grass and brush. Knew it was no porky and glad it wasn’t a bear!

So I'm not the only one. We spotted a "blonde grizzly" once from a Super Cub, and nearly had a "moose stall" while checking it out before we realized what it was.

This thread turned into "true confessions" in an awful hurry!

Pete

One's vision can sure play tricks at times! Tut

I will definitely remember this thread when I am bear hunting this spring . Thanks for the education