Vexation
Feb 5th, 2007, 10:55 PM
Well, not directly. But right off the coast lives a large population of Seals.
Great Whites regularly swim up from the south, and Orcas (killer whales) swim down from the north, to feed on the sea dogs during the spring and early summer. Other Coast Guard members have seen Orca whales beach themselves, not the lethal beaching, but the type when they swim up on shore to snag seals and then toss them back into the waiting pod. And Great Whites have been seen feasting. Not as often as the Orcas though. The Orcas chase them away. But this summer, if the CO and the XO allows me, I'm thinking about chumming the waters, see if we can get any beasties up near the 47's.
But I am totally hiking over to the seal beach (no roads) to set up a campsite for a day or two, in the hopes to see Killer Whales Kill. I was informed that I need to take a rifle, due to the fact that cougars sometimes hunt the beaches, snagging a seal or two.
FUN! I guess I'll also take a camera.
Great Whites regularly swim up from the south, and Orcas (killer whales) swim down from the north, to feed on the sea dogs during the spring and early summer. Other Coast Guard members have seen Orca whales beach themselves, not the lethal beaching, but the type when they swim up on shore to snag seals and then toss them back into the waiting pod. And Great Whites have been seen feasting. Not as often as the Orcas though. The Orcas chase them away. But this summer, if the CO and the XO allows me, I'm thinking about chumming the waters, see if we can get any beasties up near the 47's.
But I am totally hiking over to the seal beach (no roads) to set up a campsite for a day or two, in the hopes to see Killer Whales Kill. I was informed that I need to take a rifle, due to the fact that cougars sometimes hunt the beaches, snagging a seal or two.
FUN! I guess I'll also take a camera.