naturerecordists
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Wolves' wild boar hunting

Subject: Re: Wolves' wild boar hunting
From: "NordicNature" nordicsounds
Date: Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:05 pm ((PDT))
Hi!
The link is http://www.soundcloud.com/nordicnature
The sound is called "Wolves' wild boar hunting".

/H=E5kan

--- In  "Kawika" <> wrote:
>
> Hi Hakan, for some reason I see no Soundcloud link--
>
> --- In  "NordicNature" <nordicnature@> w=
rote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > Sorry for the long text and my (not so good) english=85
> > I hope that you will read it though. :)
> >
> > I was out photographing/recording.
> > It was late, but the full moon helped lighting up my surroundings.
> > I had the recorder in rec/pause and my headphones on, so all sounds aro=
und me was amplified like I usually have. Since I was trying to photograph =
animals I had my camouflage clothes on. I rarely use a hide.
> > Suddenly I heard that the ducks, lapwings and other birds to the left o=
f me flew up in the air worried about something. I looked in that direction=
 with my binocular and then I saw two wolves coming in my direction. They w=
ere about 200m from me. The female (smaller) was about 50m ahead of the mal=
e. She stopped when she was about 40m from me a little to the left. She pro=
bably "sensed" that I was there... She sat down and looked around.
> > The male wolf came straight at me since he was to the right of the fema=
le from my view. He stopped at about 30m from me. He stared at me or in my =
direction for 5 minutes... I was leaning to the left in a not so comfort po=
sition so I said to myself, please go now... my back hurts, but he didn't. =
Instead, he lay down in the grass... and he continued starring at me (or my=
 not camouflaged mic). I was completely still and after a few minutes he st=
arted to look around instead. The female passed him and lay down further aw=
ay to the right of me. After 10-15 minutes he joined her. They changed posi=
tions a few times and seemed to be in no hurry.
> > Then the female started to target a red deer bull. She crawled on her s=
tomach closer and closer. The male followed  about 30m behind her. She got =
closer and closer and when she had about 50m left to the red deer she got i=
n to full attack. The male wolf followed and they both attacked the red dee=
r bull. The deer defended himself really well with his big horns. He attack=
ed the wolves so they had to back off a few times. The wolves continued the=
ir attack from two directions for a while, but then they gave up and lay do=
wn in the grass. After a while they tried again, but the deer still defende=
d himself really well. He didn't make the mistake to try and run. They gave=
 up again and the walked away to the edge of the field and lay down just in=
side the  forrest. After about 20 minutes I heard a familiar sound. Wild bo=
ar heard was incoming...
> >
> > Here my posted recording at soundcloud starts, since there was just bre=
athing sounds and sounds when wolves and deer move in the grass previously,=
 so not much to listen to.
> >
> > 0.00
> > The wild boars where coming from the right and straight at the red deer=
 bull in front of me, that still was in the same position close to the wolv=
es. I looked at the wolves and they backed of into the forrest to avoid bei=
ng seen by the wild boars and also to get into a high speed when they enter=
 the field to attack the wild boars.
> >
> > 0.06
> > wild boars
> >
> > 0.10
> > Red deer bull
> >
> > 0.54
> > Steps from wild boar getting closer to me and the deer
> >
> > 1.00
> > wolves are attacking the wild boars in full speed and the wolves breath=
 can be heard
> >
> > 1.02
> > chaos when the wild boars meets the wolves and also the deer gets in th=
e middle of it. They run around in a circle in front of me a couple of time=
s
> >
> > 1.17
> > They start to run away to the right of me.
> >
> > 1.26
> > The red deer gets out of the mess and runs into the forrest. The hunt c=
ontinues to the right of me
> >
> > 1.54
> > I turn the mic to the right, pointing it in the direction of the wild b=
oar heard and wolves, so I made a cut to remove this sound.
> >
> > From now on I make some sounds because the mic is really close to my fa=
ce and i'm half sitting, half lying in an awkward position leaning on my ri=
ght arm with the binocular in my left hand. The action made me forget about=
 the recording as well...
> >
> > 2.01
> > the wolves is trying to separate one wild boar from the heard
> >
> > 2.15
> > Now they got one wild boar alone and he tries to get away from them
> >
> > 2.43
> > wolves are attacking from two sides
> > no more comments until the end. Use your imagination.
> >
> > 6.22
> > The end of the life for the wild boar=85
> >
> >  I hope that you don't think that it is distasteful to publish this rec=
ording=85 it's the way of nature, to eat or be eaten=85
> > You can choose not to listen.
> > The sounds affects me anyway and probably a few of the ones that listen=
.
> >
> > You can find the recording at my soundloud account, www.soundcloud.com/=
nordicnature
> > It's name is "Wolves' wild boar hunting"
> >
> >
> > Note:
> > We have around 200-250 wolves in sweden. Elk is their most common prey,=
 often up to 95%.
> > Red deer is one of the largest deer species. It's smaller but often "sm=
arter" than the swedish Elk. It goes to counter attack against the wolves, =
and they don't like that. The Elk tries to run, and it's probably the reaso=
n that the wolves here in Sweden have almost 50% success in killing Elk.
> >
> > /H=E5kan
> >
>








<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the naturerecordists mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU