i've been on this site a few months now and its an awesome site. this is a little off topic but i just wanted to share an unusual thing i saw in the fall of 1992. it was in kingfisher the lake right before ogish, to the right of the portage was this animal laying in the water dead, half in half out of the water and about a dozen turkey buzzards eating on it, we paddled over to it and it was a holstein cow black/white.(and did it stink) when i told a bwca friend about it he kept saying to me "you mean a female moose cow" and i was like no a dairy cow i always wonder were it came from. and when we came back that way 2 days later the whole carcass was gone and it was a very large cow huge rib bones. a pack of wolves had some good eating i think. very weird sight in the bwca

How a cow could live in the woods is beyond me. I wonder how far it came from? Very strange story.

someone was sick of using powdered milk?

Ah-Ha! I've always wondered where that damn heifer got off to.

.....that's an udder disaster!

Such a moo-ving story.

JB

One of Cowdoc's examinations gone bad?

Patient of your's Doc?

quote mooseplums: "One of Cowdoc's examinations gone bad?


Patient of your's Doc?"

Now that is Funny!!!!

Holy Cow! Let's not milk this too much now.

Being in the fall and in or close to hunting season, I'm thinking it was a moose wearing camo.

Tomster

You never heard of a "portage cow"? ;-)

Bruce

i never thought i was starting up the comedy store with this thread but all are very funny. SMH ;-)

This thread is a Laughing stock.

quote Trix: "

quote mooseplums: "One of Cowdoc's examinations gone bad?



Patient of your's Doc?"

Now that is Funny!!!!"

Is not funny...

A hohlstein? Udderly ridiculous.

I'm wondering if such a spectacle would keep a solo paddler awake at night. Sometimes Sasquatch or UFOs are not needed to stimulate an over-active imagination. Perhaps the soloist, trying to fall asleep in his tent and trying unsuccessfully to keep his mind occupied with other things, may begin to link scary ideas with the dead cow. THEN Sasquatch and UFOs come creeping into his conscious mind and sleep becomes nearly impossible.

I can imagine the solo paddler admonishing himself: "I told you not to think about that cow. Now look at what's happened. I knew I should have brought the dog with me."

Over-active imaginations aren't all that rare.

Was it 100% Angus?

Very very odd...

quote bwcadan: "Was it 100% Angus?"

Holstein.......

Keep on milking this thread out!!!

You find a dead holstein and you don't have a picture? Wow.

the person i was with did take a picture with one of those cheap disposable camera's and was hanging on his fridge the last time i saw him and that was about 15 + years ago. and i've had relatives that were dairy farmers in baldwin wis. so i do know what a holstein looks like.. weird but all true. ok time to continue with the jokes ;-)

Moov-ing along:)

I guess that's one way around trying to keep the stake's cold.

Three hypotheses:
Apparently the US Forest Service had its hands in saving the Texas Longhorn breed from near extinction by keeping herds in parks and federal lands as a curiosity. Maybe someone there thought the Holstein breed needed help.

A poorly thought out federal grazing program?

A tragic end to a misguided Minnesota advertizing company’s answer to California’s Happy Cow campaign? : )

quote Jeriatric: "I'm wondering if such a spectacle would keep a solo paddler awake at night. Sometimes Sasquatch or UFOs are not needed to stimulate an over-active imagination. Perhaps the soloist, trying to fall asleep in his tent and trying unsuccessfully to keep his mind occupied with other things, may begin to link scary ideas with the dead cow. THEN Sasquatch and UFOs come creeping into his conscious mind and sleep becomes nearly impossible.

I can imagine the solo paddler admonishing himself: "I told you not to think about that cow. Now look at what's happened. I knew I should have brought the dog with me."


Over-active imaginations aren't all that rare.
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As a solo traveler and person of frequent imagination, I think you may be missing the great fortune of having Sasquatch stop by camp. First, they make me smell good after a week, so push him or her in the lake. While visiting, if I even choose to hang the food pack, he/she just reaches up and lends a hand, but all the other critters, large and small are pretty intimidated, so leaving the food pack sitting there is no big deal.

Also, those portages you despise.....no problem there either.

The UFO's...completely different story there. Hopefully you see them coming in while watching the stars, so you get a good idea of where they're from and know if they have a sense of humor or if they're just going to be a PITA.

Now COWS in the BWCA....I guess anything is possible, I've herd all kinds of stories.

I heard it died of hoof and mouth

I would have loved to have been there just after it's demise. I have some great BBQ recipes for beef. I like the idea of my food portaging itself. I wonder if they would carry a pack.

I might have to try this out some time. Maybe with a Lamb though. I don't think a Holstein would fit in my Merlin II.

I saw a video on YouTube of two of them on LLC near Warrior Hill painting "Eat Mor Wall-I" in red paint on a cliff face.

SE

This is interesting. It be-hooves me to thank you for your report.

poor cow! you all are just tear a bull! maybe the turkey vulture were on a low-cowerie diet?

no bull?!?

I don't bull-lieve you.

quote kanoes: "someone was sick of using powdered milk?"

You crack me up.

quote Basspro69: "

quote kanoes: "someone was sick of using powdered milk?"

You crack me up."

We've talked about bringing in live chickens (eggs during the week, chicken dinner on the last night) and live pigs (portage mules and bacon on the last day). We never thought about bringing a whole cow, this changes everything.