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Re: Fall 2014. EthanEdwards #9207246 09/26/14
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky ingwe Campfire Oracle
ingwe Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 78,300 Southwestern Montucky	"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe

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Re: Fall 2014. ingwe #9207282 09/26/14
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 5,866 Crack whore hollow Tn. S seal_billy Campfire Tracker
seal_billy Campfire Tracker S Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 5,866 Crack whore hollow Tn.	^Darmit I gotta go to work and i gotta look at that right before I leave!^ Eating fried chicken and watermelon since 1972. You tell me how I ought to be, yet you don't even know your own sexuality,, the philosopher,,, you know so much about nothing at all. Chuck Schuldiner

Re: Fall 2014. SamOlson #9208972 09/26/14
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,111 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter
BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,111 Okanagan Falls, BC	Sam; Good afternoon to you my cyber friend, I trust you've had a good enough day and this finds you folks well. Thanks for the thread Sam, these are some of my favorite and I'll give it a bit of a bump to see if we can get some evening traction. Since you've started this thread and the fine visual feast put forth by you and our 'Fire companions inspired me to do so, I dragged out the pocket camera this morning, snapped a couple more photos and then downloaded them. This is a good 2 hours after shooting light at 5500'- which is fairly high up in our local mountains - we live at 1400' and below. Though it's a bit hazy you can see the mountain range in the distance which is Okanogan National Forest in Washington State. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/scenery/Amy1766_zps287264d9.jpg[/img] The kinnikinnick or bearberry are thicker and more plentiful than I ever recall seeing them this year. Blue and spruce grouse really like them, as do these little fellows. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/wildlife/Amy1769_zps9cd8c44e.jpg[/img] They do not however, call it bearberry for nothing as this rotund bruin is showing - he's actually lying down in a big patch. If one gets lucky after walking down enough old skid roads like this one. One might look up on the rock bluffs and see a couple rams bedded down. Then again you might just find some of these. That's my bandanna beside them - about to be used as a carrier device. They get turned into late breakfast - which is much appreciated even though I didn't come down off the mountain with meat on my back. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/Amy1781_zpsb5ada52f.jpg[/img] Anyway Sam, here's the last shot - me waving hello or goodbye - whichever suits the occasion I guess. Thanks again for sharing a bit of your fall with us Sam and thanks to those who have joined in as well and still might. All the best to you all in your hunts this fall. Dwayne Last edited by BC30cal; 09/26/14. Reason: wrong word The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: Fall 2014. ingwe #9208985 09/26/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Originally Posted by ingwe Damn you. Camp is where you make it.

Re: Fall 2014. BC30cal #9208992 09/26/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Excellent photo's Dwayne! Thanks for sharing. Camp is where you make it.

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Re: Fall 2014. tzone #9209091 09/26/14
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,280 J justin10mm Campfire Regular
justin10mm Campfire Regular J Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,280	I tried to take a picture but a gang of gnats and mosquitoes beat me up and stole my camera. Fall doesn't get here until the end of November!

Re: Fall 2014. BC30cal #9209132 09/26/14
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ... Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter
Bigbuck215 Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 14,999 Billings, Mt and proud of it ...	Dwayne, thanks for the great pictures and short stories. The Mayans had it right. If you�re going to predict the future, it�s best to aim far beyond your life expectancy, lest you wind up red-faced in a bunker overstocked with Spam and ammo.

Re: Fall 2014. Bigbuck215 #9209146 09/26/14
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,717 High Point,NC F fgold767 Campfire Tracker
fgold767 Campfire Tracker F Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,717 High Point,NC	Dwayne, thank you again for some great pictures of beautiful country! And thanks Sam for starting this! And all who have shared so far............ Last edited by fgold767; 09/26/14.

Re: Fall 2014. tzone #9209521 09/26/14
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,111 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter
BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,111 Okanagan Falls, BC	tzone; Thanks for the reply sir, it's my hope you and yours are doing acceptably well so far this fall. If I can be allowed a wee "laugh on me" tzone....... as I drove into the yard this morning this was the reception committee! They are parked atop my favorite Douglas fir tree which stands at the top of our driveway. So turkey vultures are sorta new to our neck of the woods - as are turkeys for that matter. Both I believe have moved north out of Washington state in the last couple of decades. Anyway I had to snap a photo of them and then I'll admit I double checked the mushrooms I'd picked this morning - to ensure the buzzards didn't know something I didn't! Thanks to you and the other posters who offered kind words for my photo efforts. All the best to you all this fall and good luck on your hunts. Dwayne The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: Fall 2014. BC30cal #9209571 09/26/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip T tzone Campfire 'Bwana
tzone Campfire 'Bwana T Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 46,745 Just The Tip	Very funny Dwayne! Thanks againg for sharing pictures from your side of the world. I like to see how/where the others hunt. I know one thing for sure, there is a lot of beautiful country in North America. I'm going to do my best to take the family to see it! How has the hunting been so far for you and the girls Dwayne? Fantastic I hope! TOm Camp is where you make it.

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Re: Fall 2014. tzone #9209588 09/26/14
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,111 Okanagan Falls, BC BC30cal Campfire Outfitter
BC30cal Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2007 Posts: 12,111 Okanagan Falls, BC	tzone; Thanks for the reply Tom its good to hear from you. Our youngest did hunt a wee bit last year, but was kept busy with school, sports and life in general so didn't cut a tag. She's in Grade 12 this fall - where DID the time go - and decided to not hunt as on top of everything else she's got a part time job. Our eldest has returned home after a bit of a stint in Great Britain and is working towards her next overseas adventure - but she is hunting with me this fall and that's been a real nice blessing as we both thought last fall might be our last full season together. Anyway sir, with her permission I post her and her ride - complete with it's own Dead Sled strapped to the top. We've been getting out quite a bit actually and although we've not cut a tag yet we both could have on black bear and chose not to - which is cool with me either way. We've also been seeing a good number of smaller mulie bucks - season on less than 4 points opens in October for us - as well as seeing enough elk to make it exciting. No 6 point bulls sighted yet, but it's fun to watch them even if they don't have enough points to shoot. It strikes me it's a lot less work that way too..... If we do end up getting something for the freezer we'll try to get some photos and put them up here. All the best to you and yours Tom. Dwayne Last edited by BC30cal; 09/26/14. Reason: added info The most important stuff in life isn't "stuff"

Re: Fall 2014. tzone #9209628 09/26/14
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,731 Palmer, Alaska C Cariboujack Campfire Ranger
Cariboujack Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 17,731 Palmer, Alaska	Sam, great idea you had. I really like your place too. Wish I was younger. Too old to work as hard as you do. Hope you have a great fall, hunting. NRA LIFE MEMBER GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS! "Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." -Mark Twain

Re: Fall 2014. Cariboujack #9209821 09/26/14
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 262 Occupied Colorado plainview Campfire Member
plainview Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 262 Occupied Colorado	Fall here means a lot of long days and short nights. (With the promise of some elk hunting in November when the work is done) "Don't let so much reality into your life that there's no room left for dreaming"

Re: Fall 2014. plainview #9210021 09/27/14
Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,825 Hi-Line SamOlson OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP SamOlson Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 43,825 Hi-Line	Plainview, the days are getting shorter for sure, sucks to get home and it's dark at 7:30! Marlin, hardest part of work lately is the damn allergies. Haying and harvest is not good for asthmas. Dwayne, thanks for the excellent 'walk' through your day, great pics! (we have a resident flock of those turkeys vultures/buzzards(?) as well, they've turned into a running joke between my dad and I) Here's a few from yesterday. Slight change of pace from your beautiful country... [img]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/montanasam013/Fall2014024.jpg[/img] [img]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/montanasam013/Fall2014026.jpg[/img] [img]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e78/montanasam/montanasam013/Fall2014028.jpg[/img]

Re: Fall 2014. SamOlson #9210161 09/27/14
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 7,866 HTTP 404 MojoHand Campfire Outfitter
MojoHand Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 7,866 HTTP 404	Looks like you rescued the G15, Sam! Great pics, as usual. They give a good feel for your part of the country. Keep em comin'... You should invite the American Pickers guys out there. You might have some valuable 'collectibles' lying around! It ain't what you don't know that makes you an idiot...it's what you know for certain, that just ain't so... Most people don't want to believe the truth~they want the truth to be what they believe. Stupidity has no average...

Re: Fall 2014. BC30cal #9210175 09/27/14
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 7,866 HTTP 404 MojoHand Campfire Outfitter
MojoHand Campfire Outfitter Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 7,866 HTTP 404	Originally Posted by BC30cal Sam; Good afternoon to you my cyber friend, I trust you've had a good enough day and this finds you folks well. Thanks for the thread Sam, these are some of my favorite and I'll give it a bit of a bump to see if we can get some evening traction. Since you've started this thread and the fine visual feast put forth by you and our 'Fire companions inspired me to do so, I dragged out the pocket camera this morning, snapped a couple more photos and then downloaded them. This is a good 2 hours after shooting light at 5500'- which is fairly high up in our local mountains - we live at 1400' and below. Though it's a bit hazy you can see the mountain range in the distance which is Okanogan National Forest in Washington State. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/scenery/Amy1766_zps287264d9.jpg[/img] The kinnikinnick or bearberry are thicker and more plentiful than I ever recall seeing them this year. Blue and spruce grouse really like them, as do these little fellows. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/wildlife/Amy1769_zps9cd8c44e.jpg[/img] They do not however, call it bearberry for nothing as this rotund bruin is showing - he's actually lying down in a big patch. If one gets lucky after walking down enough old skid roads like this one. One might look up on the rock bluffs and see a couple rams bedded down. Then again you might just find some of these. That's my bandanna beside them - about to be used as a carrier device. They get turned into late breakfast - which is much appreciated even though I didn't come down off the mountain with meat on my back. [img:center]http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x83/BC30cal/Amy1781_zpsb5ada52f.jpg[/img] Anyway Sam, here's the last shot - me waving hello or goodbye - whichever suits the occasion I guess. Thanks again for sharing a bit of your fall with us Sam and thanks to those who have joined in as well and still might. All the best to you all in your hunts this fall. Dwayne Great post and pics, Dwayne. You have some beautiful country up there. Don't know if there are any posters I enjoy reading more than yourself. You are truly a blessing to this forum. Thanks for the stories and pics, good sir... Chris It ain't what you don't know that makes you an idiot...it's what you know for certain, that just ain't so... Most people don't want to believe the truth~they want the truth to be what they believe. Stupidity has no average...

Re: Fall 2014. SamOlson #9210224 09/27/14
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 54,284 Parts unknown... EthanEdwards Campfire Kahuna
EthanEdwards Campfire Kahuna Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 54,284 Parts unknown...	You're a helluva photographer Sam. Thanks for sharing. Always good to look back at what came before.

Re: Fall 2014. EthanEdwards #9210576 09/27/14
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,330 SE Texas Big C Campfire Regular
Big C Campfire Regular Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,330 SE Texas	When fall shows up, I'll let y'all know.

Re: Fall 2014. Big C #9212841 09/28/14
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger
FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho	Fall is indeed here and with PhotoBucket working (temporarily) here's a quick shot looking out my back door. We'll get some fall rain soon and all that grass will green up again before winter sets in. It's really pretty when that happens.

Re: Fall 2014. FieldGrade #9212869 09/28/14
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,878 Bozeman, MT C Carl_Ross Campfire Regular
Carl_Ross Campfire Regular C Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,878 Bozeman, MT	My favorite time of year... Empirical results rule!

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