what a difference two weeks makes, snow at 7500 feet today... I am rutting out at my desk, 5 days and counting, a few were already talking Saturday, this may be my longest week at work in the history of ever.
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Glad to hear the fire turned for you, hopefully that will create a bit of back burn buffer and keep you safe. Evac for fire is scary, two summers ago we had MHP at the door recommending evacuation(not forcing at that point), trucks all loaded with the most important stuff, dogs leashed and...
West Yellowstone is fully functional in September, plenty of motels, and not near the crowds of summer. I resupply my bow camp there in September every year, grab a room for a shower in the middle of the 16 day hunt, etc. fawn creek trail is a great little hike, and the bulls are thick and...
I am a fan of the bear zones myself, just want to keep an eye on the Bacon Rind Fire just south of there, last I looked its up to 1400 acres or so, they have been just letting it burn since the 20th, if it makes a big run, that may change a lot of your plans.
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That's a tough one, would almost wait to hear what is going on if you have an in here and decide the week of the 10th myself. I always take the last two weeks of September here, 14 - 30 as the calendar falls this year. Seems to come in fits and bursts through there, and much depends on the...
Thanks bear and killer.
Didn't do any scouting with the 100 degree heat this past weekend. I did get all of the trucks, four wheeler, and trailers inspected and PM'd, don't want to be wasting any hunting time on broken equipment. Need to get shoes on the three geldings next, i don't do that as...
Picked the 5 trees we have in the yard last week, wife flew in from AK yesterday, so we shall see what she does this year, still have 5 or 6 pints of syrup from last year. I suspect it will involve fermentation, being a chemist and all....
I too have been out quite a bit, and i am not seeing fresh sign in where older rubs are this year. My thinking is the amount of food available this year is letting them be about any where they want to be, same goes with water, there is more of everything than I have ever seen. Once the bulls...
I still remember flipping through my das birds of north america book, were two volumes, a western and eastern, spent hours looking at those book and packing them around growing up, think they may have been from teh Audubon Society or something like that. He also had some large hard covers, Big...
As mentioned earlier, the online world and working remote are certainly options now with the tech we have.
Another option is what my wife is currently doing, works in Alaska 4 weeks, then home for 2 weeks. Pays extremely well, and its a perfect fit job for education and back ground. This is...
Spent Friday out scouting in 380, things are looking very good there, lots of lush meadow up high still, hiked into a string of high basins and meadows, looks to be about 10 miles round trip. A lot of elk up there right now, managed to watch 2 groups from afar, 3 good bulls in one of the...
Broke down and upgraded my camo today, don't think all my old camo together cost as much as one Sitka jacket, let alone pants and a few base layers. Hopefully it lives up to what is advertised. 41 days until bow season......
Thanks for that information Bailey, hope it holds true on the one small group of bulls I have been watching the last 10 days, there is one i would like to meet personally come September 1.
they will be helping with the scouting in august, shouldn't be too bad with living behind the glass most of the time, but will need to go elsewhere once I start hiking into areas a little closer.
Agreed on the boarding come hunting season, I have the puff ball lined up to go on an extended...
Wife's first elk, as well as first big game archery kill. Had to shoot the biggest cow instead of the rag horn since she had a cow tag to spare, and of course it died in a hole we couldn't move it out of for a good pic in one piece......