We had a pine squirrel once that made off with about a half loaf of bread, he came in under the wall of the tent. He must have been stashing it as he couldn't have eaten that much.
While my son and I were hunting last weekend a pocket gopher popped up right by our feet and did his thing for a few minutes. He was clueless that we were there.
I took this picture at 9000 ft. A few weeks ago. I would say it was 5 feet through at the base. I stood in the burned out cavity. No trees around were even 2 feet Dia.
I would love to know how old it was.
My brother and I were gutting a deer once and had a young coyote come to us straight up wind to about 30 yards in totally open country. It had been below zero for several days and I think he was starving. He was zigging and zagging and I missed him at 30 yards, he ran out about 25 yards further...
Story time. A few years back my brother glasses a mule deer buck about a mile away in open country. He walks up there and jumps a buck and kills it. Before he gets to it he realized it was the wrong buck, looks around and can't figure where the right buck could have gone.
He started gutting his...
Have you ever seen an animal stop and smell your tracks and bolt back to where they came from?
I think they can smell your breath, but I have no clue how far. Coyotes probably a lot further than a deer.
All this negativity is getting me pumped. 1 short week to go, can't wait! Going to go sleep with the bears for a few nights.
I listened to a guy tell me all the reasons to skip the first weekend just a few days ago. All reasons that I have heard for 50 years running. After the weekend he will...
It was generally to lighten or better balance the rifle. Same with half round or shorter than standard barrels. Especially on large lever rifles, it makes them much more pleasant to carry in your hand. I agree that shorter than full mag tubes don't look as good.
I grew up with a party line. People today would lose their marbles if they picked up their phone and the neighbor was talking to someone else on it.
I am guessing that I qualify.
I knew a guy years ago that used to pack into the Hellroaring every fall to hunt elk in the early season. He had killed bulls in there half a dozen years in a row. He said he loved that early season because he could wear his tennis shoes.
We used to backpack into some mountain lakes in there...