Elk scouting trip

[Guy Miner]

Yes, scouting already! Mama and I hopped in the Jeep and headed up into the hills today and had one heck of a great day. It snowed on us. It was sunny. The road was dry. The road was muddy. We went through snow drifts. We winched a fallen tree out of the way. We saw elk, then we saw some more elk. What a great day! Here's a few photos:

Drove up through the orchards into higher country:

Found moms & youngsters, some with spike antlers, or one or two branches:

And later, higher, we found the bigger boys:

Our way was blocked by a fallen tree for a bit, but that problem was quickly resolved:

Got back to lower elevations, washed the Jeep and called it good for the day. Not bad for a 40 mile loop from home.

 

[FOTIS]

Love these posts!

 

[DrMike]

Great trip, Guy. Those bigger boys are looking pretty good. They should be dropping their antlers shortly and beginning with new growth. That looks like the makings of a good herd locally.

 

[C.Smith]

Very cool. thanks for sharing. Your are very lucky having the mountains in your back yard so to speak.

Corey

 

[JD338]

Very nice Guy. Quite the adventure right in your back yard.

JD338

 

[truck driver]

Love the pics. Very beautiful country side.

 

[sask boy]

Guy, thank you for the photos, looks like the herd wintered fairly well.
I am looking forward to more of your excursions & photos.
Thanks again

Blessings,
Dan

 

[gerry]

Great pictures Guy, careful you may get a lot of guys moving to eastern Washington. Nice bull elk, hopefully you will be able to bag one soon.

 

[Guy Miner]

Well, it's not like we're actually allowed to shoot those branch antler bulls...

"True Spike" only in the regular season, can't even have a hint of a branch on the antler to stay legal.

There are some few "branch antler" tags avail via special draw... I'm just hoping for a doggone cow tag for the area. I've been trying for that cow tag for about 7 years now. Only 12,000 or so elk in the herd... You'd think I could draw a cow tag in those seven years! Ah well, maybe this year.

Thanks for the compliments guys. Am convinced that I need a good SLR camera with a real telephoto lens. The pocket camera just doesn't do justice to the elk at max magnification.

Still have my old 35mm SLR and lenses tucked away in a closet somewhere, maybe it's time to dredge it out.

Regards, Guy

 

[Elkman]

Nice trip, great outing,thanks Guy !!!

 

[Hegland]

Terrific, Guy. This flat-lander is jealous. Wishing you every success on your draws and hunts coming up.

 

[SJB358]

Very cool Guy. Love those elk shots. Hoping your 375 gets a piece of one this Fall.

 

[remmy1187]

Looks like a great time, nice group of bulls, man I am so jealous

 

[pre6422hornet]

Those are some great Pics Guy! Do the elk hold on to their headgear longer than say a whitetail?

 

[jmad_81]

Looks like a great trip!