Sunday scouting

[salmonchaser]

Getting a late start. Cat said she wanted to go, still waiting. Get out to the truck, had left the tailgate down apparently
Guess I'm going for a hike with the girls, perhaps we'll pick huckleberry. Better go get some buckets!

 

[DrMike]

No doubt the exercise will benefit all. The waiting can strengthen your patience.

 

[asherbonaventure]

The two dogs look so cute sitting in the back of the truck. They must love these trips to the forest. Royaledle

 

[salmonchaser]

They are a special brace of shorthairs. They have been from Alaska to Baja California with us.

 

[salmonchaser]

We are about a mile from the open road, walk in only area on private timber co. Ground. Backs up to USFS. there are cows and calfs just 20 yards in front of Catherine. Drops off just the other side of the fence.

 

[salmonchaser]

Found a few elk this morning

 

[DrMike]

They posed for you (unalarmed, but wary).

 

[JD338]

They posed for you (unalarmed, but wary).

.... because he didn't have a rifle.

JD338

 

[salmonchaser]

Actually it was a quick draw with my camera phone. I had just pulled up to the gate, they were just out of sight watering, stepped into view and were gone. It would have been a pretty quick shot on the raghorn if it had been rifle season.

 

[salmonchaser]

Big hike today. Didn’t see any elk or Mtn. Goats but we did push a big herd of elk off the trail. Could hear them going down below and found their tracks on the trail. Pulled 10 miles with a little over 2 grand in elevation gain.

 

[Blkram]

We went on a scouting trip today.
Found some fresh elk tracks, old moose tracks, saw a few snowshoe hares and some grouse (ruffie and some blues), 11 mountain goats and a quick glimpse of a big grizzly on the highway home this evening. Raised his head out of the tall grass along the highway and then was gone! BIg head, little ears with a nice wide gap between them.
Also found and picked some high bush cranberries, huckleberries and Labrador Tea (which Susan using to make medicinal teas with).