Posted in Animals, Cabinet Mountains, Hunting, Montana, Mule deer, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged western Montana, Mule deer buck, Cabinet Mountains on November 6, 2007 | 12 Comments »
After thoroughly examining him through my rifle scope, I chose to shoot this Mulie with the camera instead. I may regret that later, but for now I’ll keep looking for one with more hardware, although he has exceptionally large antlers for a 2X2!
Here’s the view he has each morning from his front window:
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This afternoon I spent a few pleasant hours visiting one of my favorite places, one I call “Mule Deer Heaven”.
A good Mule deer hunter would have seen this mulie doe right away upon arriving at this spot on the trail. She’s approximately in the center of this photo, which represents almost exactly what was seen [...]
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$2.399 per gallon, 16 gallons to fill the tank, total: $38.38. The accompanying feeling of outrage and frustration isn’t a pleasant one.
The road up out of the valley into the canyon is more difficult this time of year, with ruts in the muddy sections, and ice under the snow-covered sections, causing the Jeep to slide [...]
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It was hunting season in northwestern Montana and the high mountain roads were either snow packed or ice covered or both as was the stretch coming up ahead of us. As I piloted the Jeep up that particularly steep and extremely icy section, almost wide enough for the wheels, I said to my son and [...]
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Posted in Bighorn sheep, Elk, Hunting, Montana, Moose, Mule deer, Nature, Outdoors, Photos, Pictures, White-tail deer on April 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Six or seven years ago Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks completed a wildlife management project that encompassed four to five square miles of one of my favorite hunting places, where they thinned the trees to provide additional prime habitat for bighorn sheep. It didn’t work: I’ve not seen any sheep in the area they cleared [...]
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Slight wisps of steam lazily drifted above the river far below as it wound its way between the rocky canyon walls and steep forested slopes and hurried on toward the Pacific. Its deep pools looked like huge pieces of turquoise set in a tarnished silver band. It was a cold November day and a slight [...]
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