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Old 29th Jun 2017, 21:49
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Bison blocking airstrip, among other things, in N.W.T.

'Everybody is scared to go out': Bison cause trouble in Nahanni Butte, N.W.T. - North - CBC News
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I think the Bison were there first!
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I once had a 12' gator sunning itself on the taxiway at KGIF one Summer morning...

So I'll see your bison, and raise...
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Or if you prefer...

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One suspects that a "shotgun and some rubber bullets" as mentioned in the article is just going to annoy some rather large and already ill-tempered even-toed ungulates, specifically bison bison athabascae.
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I nearly hit a deer on the runway in Kenora landing at night in a metro, last second go around. That's flying in the country.
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In a past life, I used to see this kind of site on the airstrip semi regularly
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