Well, I spent 5 days last week on a solo moose hunt in the foothills of the Alaska Range about 40 miles south of my house.  Saw several good bulls but no good chances to take one or get a picture.  Here's some other pictures though.


Camp as seen trough the bushes.


Dinner?


This Willow Ptarmigan posed so nicely that I went ahead and had canned chili for the forth nite in a row.


You could nearly sent a clock by this guy, same tree, same time every night.

It's cool, what you get to look at while hunting!

Ken

Awesome pics Bill and Ken.

Ken, you better save some of your strength for the Ga whitetail huntin....we're ready when you are!

Great pics Bill & Ken.

I got a couple last week that might fit in here.

This is a small pine I watched a 6by6 bull destroy. I don't have a branch tag so I just enjoyed the show, sorry I didn't even think about the camera till later.

This is a lion scratch made by a young tom, they do it with the hind feet.

I got a shot at a lion last week, the cat was faster than my arrow. They gotta be closer than 18 paces if they are lookin at you I guess  :(  

Hey Bear,

No self timer...Thats my brother,hunting partner and reluctant photo subject  :D  ...He sees me take my pack off to break the camera out and he takes off...I have to chase him down...    

One more weekend Stan....I had to work last Saturday,but so far they are saying no work this weekend...I killed a nice bull the last hour of the last day a few years back so you never know...I am looking forward to the late season though.....

Robin, I have a saying..

"Theres always a lot of elk around until you want to shoot one.."  

Same can be said for branch bulls it seems...  :confused:    :confused:

It's kind of ashamed that we are into hunting season most places and this thread is down three pages. I'd sure like to see what you guys are seeing when you hunt. Common, take some pics. My season opens next weekend. Till then, Im honing my shooting. Have a look.

Todays lesson in humility and patience. Im humble and he's still waiting. CK

 

I love seeing where you all hunt. I hunt public land in central VA...It's just not that dramatic compared to those out west.

Adam

YEEHAAAA I just got high speed internet and can finally see the pics in these threads! WOW!

AWESOME GUYS!

I am so happy now  

I'm with you Curtis. Seems like this time last year this thread was staying at the top. I would check it with anticipation everyday to see all the cool pictures. It's a great way to share our hunts with each other.

I'll be posting my opening weekend pics later tonight or tomorrow after the morning hunt.

Worse case of frog fever I ever saw..  

Last weekend of our first elk season...Glassed a good bull with 9 cows.....The bull is just below the rock that is just below the white spot (old landing) on the tallest knob..

 

Turned the camera up to 20 power and now he shows up...These big Rosie bulls are much brighter and more "yellar" than the cows...We call them "Neon Bulls"...They really stand out in the morning sun...

We watched them work into a little draw...A couple hours later we got on this bull.But in the heavy brush they chose to bed in all we saw was legs at 20 yards...

December the late season opens for cows only...If we get snow that is a great hunt...

 

Thanks for continuing to post Bill. Thats beautiful country you are in. Keep em comming. Yes, I did get frog fever. What you couldn't see was that I was shooting 20 yards through a tiny hole in the bushes. Thats my story anyway.

Santiam,

Was pulling for you this weekend...figured you would arrow a bull on one of those "last hour last day" kinda deal. Thats bowhunting. I gotta tell you thou, looking at that photo of that bull ifin ya did get an arrow into that bull and he tipped over it looks like he would go a LONG LONG way down that moutain...is that as steep as it looks  :eek:

As always Bill, love that country!

CK, I can't figure out why you just didn't put the patented lilfedder sneak on that frog and just reach out an grab him....you movin through the brush reminds me of that disappearing alien in the movie "Predator"....

Heres a pic I snapped after the opening hunt Sat am. It was a very thick, tight little spot that the deer pass through on their way up out of the feilds. Either you shoot 'um at point blank, or you dont see nuttin'. I guess you can figure out which happened.   :(  

I wanna go  OREGON  !!!!!!!!

   M

I have been amazed at how often we see the deer right out in the feilds in broad daylight so I decided to spend the afternoon trying something a little bold.

Thats wheat on my left, a thick hedgerow on my right, and a huge stand of corn up ahead on my right.

 

The deer cross right through here a good bit so I thought I might catch one coming out of this corner of corn and into the hedgerow or wheat. (You can see more fields through that little break in the hedgerow in front of me). So I just sat myself down in the wheat right where it all comes together.

 

Had perfect wind, but all I saw was one rabbit, one beautiful sunset, and a beautiful end to my 19th opening day of deer season! A sucessful hunt for sure.

Only thing I saw Saturday morning was the mess a bear made out of my pig feeder:


Yogi's lucky I wasn't sitting my stand at the time...  can't shoot 'em (protected in Florida) - but I would've given him a stern talking to!!!

Santiam,

Looks like you have to be part goat to hunt there!  :eek:  

Great photos guys, keep 'em coming.


David