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Author Topic: One last hunt for the year  (Read 719 times)

Offline elk ninja

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One last hunt for the year
« on: December 03, 2007, 05:42:00 PM »
The end of Novemeber generally marks the end of the fall's deer and elk hunts here in Idaho.  I usually try to venture out on the 30th to think about the season, reflect on the hunts and give thanks for my times in the woods.  I wouldn't say that I am not hunting, but it is lower on the totem pole at these times than others.  here are some pictures to enjoy.

First snows of the year along the Boise front.  About six inches on the North faces and I followed this old loggin raod, covered with tracks.
 

Sun setting on the peaks across the valley, I sat for a while and glassed for some mulies in the fading light of the hunting season.
 

There's a deer (or three) can you find the other two does?
 

It was cold with a storm coming in, swirling clouds and the sun trying to warm up my bones.
 

One last look at some fantastic mule deer territory (minus the abundance of raods and easy access)
 

No blood trails to follow, no close encounters and yet, like a lot of you, I find success and solace in the wild places I love to be in.

Mike
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Offline vermonster13

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2007, 05:43:00 PM »
Great pics Mike. Beautiful country there.
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Offline elk ninja

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2007, 05:46:00 PM »
There's two deer bedded up against the bushes to the right and up a little from the obvious deer.
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Offline JEFF B

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2007, 05:49:00 PM »
mike that is real awesome wow!! nice pics  :thumbsup:
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Offline Montyc

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2007, 05:51:00 PM »
Mike,
Great way to end your season.  Thanks for the pics!
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2007, 06:58:00 PM »
Man, I miss the mountains alot.  Yoy're lucky to live there Mike.
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2007, 07:36:00 PM »
Learn to be migratory.
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Offline Horne Shooter

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2007, 07:38:00 PM »
Great pictures Mike...thanks.
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2007, 08:04:00 PM »
Fantastic photos.

Heaven on earth.

I hope your season was all it could be!
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2007, 08:11:00 PM »
Cool , nice pics :0)
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Offline el oso

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2007, 08:23:00 PM »
Thats some good lookin country, it was allmost 80 hear yesterday   :(
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2007, 08:34:00 PM »
Great pics Mike. Makes me miss them mountains out west.
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Offline John C Keith

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2007, 11:16:00 PM »
You have a beautiful backyard.  Treasure it.

Stay safe
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Offline Arwin

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2007, 11:22:00 PM »
Those final few days of hunting are bittersweet. I usually do my best hunting those last couple outings and I go over what I should have been doing the whole season,LOL!
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Offline Kevin Bahr

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2007, 09:27:00 AM »
How can it be awesome deer country?  I didn't see one cornfield, LOL.  
Great photos and even better post and attitude, Mike.  
Thanks!
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #15 on: December 04, 2007, 06:23:00 PM »
That's a sad title for this thread. I'm glad I live in the south so I never have to write a sentence like that  :-)
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #16 on: December 04, 2007, 06:56:00 PM »
Do they have mountains and mule deer and snow like that down south? Love the pics and story, they show a good heart.

Killdeer  :campfire:
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #17 on: December 04, 2007, 07:45:00 PM »
I've never lived in the mountains, but I love to visit.  Pictures like yours help me do that while I'm stuck here in the flatlands.
Thanks!
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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2007, 06:24:00 AM »
Killdeer no, thank God....snow just slows me down.

I didn't say the pics weren't great or the snow or the mountains...I just said it's sad to have to say it;s the last hunt of the year.
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Offline tomh

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Re: One last hunt for the year
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2007, 06:29:00 AM »
Great pics and post...
Beautiful country you live in.
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