mrsrunningbear
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There are witnesses who were snowmobilers who were on that trail, saw the mushers passed them correctly/kindly and further down the trail they were recklessly passed by this guy.
Dog sled team hit by Snowmobiler in Bayfield WI
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The perp would be facing jail for running down wolves that’s against the law in fact can’t harass any wild life. 10 years ago an Ahole on a snowmobile in WI lassoed a deer tied the deer to a tree harassed it until it died. DNR hunted him down and perp did time in jail.
Seriously??????
what if the snowmobiler story comes back as I was riding along at 35 mph and his dogs started coming at me and was trying to bite my leg and i gunned it and got out of there? We just don't have all the info. please keep us updated would like to know how it plays out. i hope the dogs are recovering well. sad story
LoveMyDobe
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I live very close to where this happened. There is an old trailer house ( hunting shack) that was sold recently right on the Corridor just yards down from where this horrible incident occurred and I saw the gate to this place open Saturday , I’m going to see if the new owner put up cameras.
LoveMyDobe
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You’ve never been around a sled dog team have you? These 2 really wanted to eat me
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LoveMyDobe
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It happened on a multi use recreational trail
WorkHardPlayHrd
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I have passed multiple dog sled teams on this trail in the past. To be honest they are usually far easier to pass then the atvs that are allowed on this trail in the winter.
Secondly, what decent human being hits any living thing and then drives off. If something went wrong while passing you pull over, contact authorities, and attempt to rectify the situation. You don't leave. Either we have a young sledder who panicked after having things go wrong, or this was done on purpose. Been around multiple dog sled teams. They were all pleasant friendly animals. Also teams are normally used to being around sleds.
Secondly, what decent human being hits any living thing and then drives off. If something went wrong while passing you pull over, contact authorities, and attempt to rectify the situation. You don't leave. Either we have a young sledder who panicked after having things go wrong, or this was done on purpose. Been around multiple dog sled teams. They were all pleasant friendly animals. Also teams are normally used to being around sleds.
This is about 2 miles from where I'm sitting right now. I suspect the musher was training for the Northern Pines Sled Dog race coming up on February 19? I'm on this section of the Tri-county Corridor a lot and occasionally see a sled dog team. I wish the victims the best. Wow.
LoveMyDobe
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The Musher lives in Alaska and comes to WI run his team. Not sure if he’d plan on the Northern Pines race this year but for sure the Beargrease in MN
snobuilder
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Its so far fetched you need to stop and think about it. Dog lovers are an increasingly strange and aggressive group a ppl. It's mostly virtue signaling where the owners try and out do each other on how much they love their pets. Virtue signaling runs amuck these days. I like dogs but don't go bat schit crazy over them like they are my kids. Could be the snowmobiler thought he might get "lynched" trailside if he/she stopped.
Having said this I had posted on here probly 7 years ago where I almost had a head on with mushers up on the Freda loop. I was coming around a curve and way right in fact I put one ski on the rt side berm when I spotted the first dog far left on my side of the snowmobile trail. The musher gave ME a dirty look ....dipshit! There was a 4 wheeler with them but the dogs were apparently getting better traction and ahead of it instead of it clearing the way ahead of them.
Having said this I had posted on here probly 7 years ago where I almost had a head on with mushers up on the Freda loop. I was coming around a curve and way right in fact I put one ski on the rt side berm when I spotted the first dog far left on my side of the snowmobile trail. The musher gave ME a dirty look ....dipshit! There was a 4 wheeler with them but the dogs were apparently getting better traction and ahead of it instead of it clearing the way ahead of them.
I just can't wrap my head around why anyone would purposely hit the dogs with his or hers own sled. I would think this could have caused damage to the sled. I guess I'm just not buying this was done purposely. Short of the sled being stolen by some drunk/drugged up guy who had no idea what he was doing. I mean was the person who did this riding alone?
LoveMyDobe
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There was another sled with the one that hit the team
indy_500
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I checked out the post on Facebook, I think there is way too much hostility and emotions at hand without knowing more facts, which is typical among all social media... Sad situation for sure.I’ve had the experience of riding the Keweenaw during the Copper Dog 150 twice over the years, and coming around the corner to a group of dogs, they cannot adjust to a snowmobile, and there is nothing you can do but move over and get out of the way. Thought I’d share a pic I took February 29, 2020. If you notice, they are on the wrong side of the trail and I had to pull over to the left side.
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snobuilder
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I just remember thinking I was glad I wasn't going balls out that morning as it was early on a monday without much if any other oncoming sleds.
No one wants to see an animal suffer so this is messed up either way the blame goes.
No one wants to see an animal suffer so this is messed up either way the blame goes.
I would agree was likely not purposely, but man up no matter who was at fault here and see what happened see if everyone or animal was ok and in today's world I can understand the fear of how someone may react. But there are enough good people in the world yet that simply just giving a look over the shoulder just fuels the hatred. I would be shocked if purposeful but man up if it was an accident, I'm sure the situation would be very different if something had happened to him or her and someone would have just driven off.