Photographers here -- What are you shooting at?

[NorCalMikie]

We don’t have elk. But saw him yesterday!!!

East side of our wide open Valley. Vinyards in the center and homes back in the Eastern hills.
West side has BIG hay fields. Second cuttings and then Elk have taken over again.
One BIG field, maybe 50 + acres. 3 or 4 separate groups of Elk. Each with it's own bull.
Early in the spring the calves were out. Most of the animals stay way back from the road but if you slow down and don't stop, you can see a bunch maybe 50 + yards from the road. You stop and they move off. They are PROTECTED. You CAN hit one with your car. It's been done but I wouldn't recommend it. Big difference between Coastal Deer and Elk!! Maybe 800 pound difference?? And we've got bulls across the road in the edge of the vineyards. They're whistling most of the night.
Even found strange poop around the apple trees. Check it out in the Web and discovered it IS Elk poop. Went out around midnight with my Mag Lite and saw a couple of Elk cows eating the leaves off the lower branches and eating the fallen apples. My place has a "game trail" from front to back. Down the fence line, across the back field and thru the neighbor's property. No telling what goes on after dark. Surprise, surprise, bear in the neighbor's yard just after the dogs went back in the house and this was just at 8:00 in the morning. And we're on the main road. Must have come up out of the creek.
The neighbor grows pot and has a pool, so I figure, the bear came in for a swim, ate a few fallen apples and some of the pot plants, got a little high and was in NO HURRY to leave till the neighbor came out.

 

[jackieschmidt]

I drove down to Palacios Texas early this morning to check out what needs to be done to one of the Aransas Pass Ferry’s they have on dry dock.

Caught the sun just coming up over Tres Palacios Bay9

 

[charlie b]

East side of our wide open Valley. Vinyards in the center and homes back in the Eastern hills.
West side has BIG hay fields. Second cuttings and then Elk have taken over again.
One BIG field, maybe 50 + acres. 3 or 4 separate groups of Elk. Each with it's own bull.
Early in the spring the calves were out. Most of the animals stay way back from the road but if you slow down and don't stop, you can see a bunch maybe 75 to 100 yards from the road. You stop and they move off. They are PROTECTED. You CAN hit one with your car. It's been done but I wouldn't recommend it. Big difference between Coastal Deer and Elk!! Maybe 800 pound difference?? And we've got bulls across the road in the edge of the vineyards. They're whistling most of the night.

Toyota Highlander after hitting a 'small' elk (est around 500lb) at 58mph.

Mountains south of Ruidoso, NM. Mescalaro Apache police said they average over 350 elk hits a year. One of his deputies hit two elk and one bear (Black) in one night.

 

[357Mag]

Ct10ring -

Howdy !

View this one on wide-screen mode, if you can.


Regards,
357Mag

 

[Preacher]

It was a fun summer, even if I only got 23 this year.
In the 70's it was 3-400 a year...

 

[DogBuster]

Recent camp trip…no peeps for 3 nights to be seen

Did have a commercial jet pass over at 35K’ a few times

Nights cool 45*. Days up to 74*

Camp pics

 

[DogBuster]

Same trip as above

 

[DogBuster]

Sun’s up !

 

[Steve Donlon]

I was going through some things in my safe and found this. It's an ATLATL point from maybe over 12,000 years ago. It looks old. I found it on my birthday 35 years ago when we first moved here. I was following some elk tracks in a large stand of Gambel Oaks. This red chert point was in the center of a large rocky mountain elk foot print. I thought it was a piece of pottery. I took it to NAU to find out about it and was told it is vey old and was used to hunt Megafauna, mammoths, giant ground sloths, American lions, Dire Wolfs, long horned bison, musk ox or horses or camels. They were all drawn to Gambel Oak woodlands. When I walk or ride my horse through these hills, I'm taken aback by all that has happened here in Northern Arizona over the many thousands of years and there are still places un touched by modern humans. Sure hope it stays that way for awhile longer.

 

[joshb]

This was sent to me from the guy taking care of my Texas house.

 

[Steve Donlon]

This was sent to me from the guy taking care of my Texas house.
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In 2025 in West Texas at the San Esteban Rock Shelter they found one with the spear-thrower and could radio carbon date it to over 6.000 years old. I read that archaeologists at the Lower Pecos found rock art that showed them from over 20,000 years ago. So they have been in the west for a very long time. It'd be pretty cool if one was found on your property.

 

[ELR LVR]

These guys don't bother me, my Wolves Hate 'em though
One of my Wolves ambushed one just outside her house, I think she thought it was a cat eating her food
I hear a loud commotion like she was struggling with something, fumbling flopping flipping
A very odd sound which was not normal
when I came outside she was snarling, foaming, couldn't see, was trying to wipe her face on the ground
haha, I was laughing at her until the smell hit me
she must have gotten a full dose right in the mouth as she grabbed it
it did not smell like skunk, it smelled more like a painting chemical/solvent
I think it has to get more airborne to really oxidize to smell like skunk
She acted more like she was Pepper sprayed
Poor girl was so helpless she allowed me to stick the garden hose right in her mouth and face and wash her off from that incident, ever since that she has hated these things.
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My wolves keyed in and alerted me to something behind the garage
They will Puff their tail straight out, and point with their nose (no sounds)
When 3 Wolves all look and focus their attention in one direction - somethings up.
Which allows me to do my job and inspect
When I went out to inspect, this is what I found, one of the cleanest, non smelling specimens I've come across

 

[marchx]

I usually shoot food porn of my own making.

 

[Naildriver_2007]

Zion National Park Utah

 

[357Mag]

Zion National Park Utah

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Naildriver -

Howdy !

You caught some great light, on that one!


With regards,
357Mag

 

[Steve Donlon]

I'm at almost 7,000' and the top of the San Francisco Peaks ia a little over 12,600 '. As you can see, the top of the mountain is a crater. The whole top of the mountain was blown off. Taken on morning walk today.

 

[TheCZKid]

Camp spot up at Little Lava Lake in Oregon. Peaceful and gorgeous...

 

[DogBuster]

Day tripping and leaf peepin’

September 29th

Higher elevation Aspen leaves are down already

 

[CSLR grandpa]

Not great photography, checking Zero on the 20p 110 yards, melon was on the lower left before flight
CSLR grandpa

 

[Naildriver_2007]

What a great country we live in. Thank you to all who have fought for our freedoms!!