I've had a bunch of fun times over the years...


Far Eastern Leopard in Russia



Siberian Tiger in Russia



Coastal Brown Bear in S.E. Alaska, Chichagof Island



Gray wolf in N. Idaho panhandle



Wolverine in western interior Alaska

Wow amazing ..did you go to school for wildlife biology or something like

Very cool!

but how do you hold a Siberian Tiger !?

Great photos. I would love to sit around a campfire with you sometime and hear some of the stories.

Got a couple of degrees and 50 years of experience in Idaho, Alaska, Russia, Mongolia.

Fantastic... Great job and great photos.

Garry-

Love the story and history, Jack.

I do like that pic of you with the tiger. I can see your face. Too much fur on the face destroys the beauty of a good artistic face, an attractive jawline. Those who don't have it, cover it up all they want. That's a great shot of you.

Here's a little contribution of mine. JR's wolverine.

Wow!!! Incredible!!

Great pictures Jack. Always enjoy Photo Phriday! And Sharon as always, your paintings always amaze me. Hi to you both from Jen and I.

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your posts.

Jack, have you ever considered sharing your stories on a recording? It would be a shame to see all your research and stories be lost at some point in history. Just start BSing on tape and tell your stories. I would buy a copy of that to listen to on cross country drives. Just a thought.

With all those notches in your trappers belt - Seems like a sasquatch would be easy game - caught any of them?

Thanks Tater. Always been such a pleasure visiting with you and Jen. Give her a hug for me . And a pat for your Black and Gusses

Amazing pictures. I don't think I could ever pur a tiger's head in my lap.

Did you get to skin scrape and dry a few Gulo?

Incredible Gulo, what a ride!!
Thanks for sharing.

Team V,

Those pics are unreal! Those wolves are massive! What do those things weigh? They look as big as you.

So cool, but dang it looks cold there!!

We don’t normally weigh them But one was 136 lb . Me and partner are 6 feet tall.

great pic, guys thanks for sharing

Thanks for posting
I'll stick with the one handed lifting stuff.

I can't even imagine what it would be like to walk up to a leopard with it's foot in a trap it could be like walking into a tornado of teeth and claws.

Great pics, thanks for sharing. Jack, I could really relate to the story you told when you were trying to use your rudder pedals in your cub to hurry up and land when a wolverine came back to life under your seat. As a fellow pilot, that one stuck with me! I always enjoy your posts.

Thanks for sharing, Jack. Truly amazing adventures.
Team V, you know your wolves. Thanks for sharing, they are some whoppers!

Yes it would be a high light of my life to hear you talk of the many educational studies that you where involved in doing I would venture to say in many cases your work was the first of it's kind n many of the recording of your findings In other words ground breaking .Trapping the great beast that could have eaten you in one setting had to keep you on high alert And your senses where at a peak of about 11 on the Richter scale From my earliest days of hunting and trapping I would lay awake a nights thinking in anticipation of what the next day might have instore for me .And I was just trapping muskrats coons foxes or small game hunting .Or maybe deer TIGERS AND GRIZZLY BEARS would dail up the nerve endings by some amount

I don't think they're in a trap,; but correct me if I'm wrong, but their probably in a foot snare.

I bet you guys would make for a real good podcast. Let me know if you are ever in the area. We’ll open the studio on demand for you.

GROUSEWIT -

You're exactly correct. I've trapped wolves with footholds and with neck snares. Tigers and leopards with foot snares. Grizzlies and black bears with foot snares and foothold traps and barrel traps. Mountain lions with foothold traps. Wolverines with neck snares and foothold traps. All fun and exciting.

Jack

Lions and tigers and bears....oh my !!!

Sharon Those words reminded me that the musical group Jethro Tull has a song that is called Bungle in the Jungle It might be a fitting song to go with a video of Gulo at work gathering info on one of his catches It has a catchy tune and the first part of the song is quite fitting to what the subject matter is

You should write a book.

Wow, wow and wow!!!!
Thanks for sharing. Very cool.

Mac

I didn't think of that ! What I did have in mind was that famous phrase that Dorothy and her friends kept saying in the Wizard of Oz

Already did Rusty. Has a lot of trapping adventures. "Wild Life: The Evolution and Misadventures of a Naturalist". Available through Barnes and Noble, Amazon, etc. cheaper than I can supply them. Thanks man.

Jack

You must be REALLY OLD, huh?!!!!!

Couple more photos of trapping big predators that didn't make the cut...

Rusty, here is Jack's Bio book. It is among the best true adventures I've ever had the pleasure of reading. It's hard to put it down once you begin reading.

I hope you're wearing your Hartz Flea Collar !!


I also recognize that 75 below zero tee shirt !!

That is another nice shot of you, Jack.

You look like Sam Elliot. The western actor.

That's a compliment , of course

Truer words never spoken, Hoss.

Lots of us think back on our lives and what we were doing , as you read his book and the years and dates he was living a certain adventure. I sure did.

Sam's voice is more coarse in sound and volume. Jack has a soft voice.

I really enjoy reading A habit I learned at an early age I would say that enjoying reading has been a major influence in my life Jack.s book goes into detail about his many adventures during his work career . And also some during his private life .I highly recommend reading it. I purchased 2 copies of it Kept one for myself and sent another copy to a friend that I have exchanged quite a few books over the years..

Sharon and Jack
Thank you for the link to the books! That's great. I am going to look them up. Those are some great pictures

You’ll Nevah regret having this book in your collection, Rusty.

Jack, get ready, your gonna have a run on your book now! Great pics and stories! Wife tried to find it on Amazon, with no luck. We will keep trying!

I was born and raised on a farm I spent more than 50 years hunting squirrels rabbits pheasants deer bear and what ever was in season . I trapped for muskrats coon fox coyote Looking back I feel like I lived and adventure also But not on a scale of trapping leopards and tigers. Researching marten in places very few men every set foot on before the book most of us could not even think of doing such things This book book puts the first hand account of some one that did it If you buy it you will enjoy it

Wild Life a fantastic book, ive reread it many times, always interesting. Buy now !

I just ordered a copy of the book on Amazon!
Said it will be here on the 8th.
Roy

Thanks to all those that contributed this week. Also, big THANK YOU to those that bought the recent book. It is much appreciated.

Jack

One of these days when my kids are grown and I have time to read again I’ll get your books for sure. Don’t have the time to do much reading these days but I’m sure your books are exactly what I like to read.

Just looking at that thermometer made my nose hairs freeze up and I ain't even outside.

Time well spent…would be reading this book with your kids….two stones with one bird…

Time well spent in reading about appreciating the life of someone very unique , while they are still alive….is a priceless gift.