Clearly this is in the planning stages ....
explaining not knowing that what we call one thing here Montana has a different name for......
WHO KNEW......
I knew that we could get them at the regular places but for some reason that...."I wanna buy a hunting license, (OOOPPPSSSS a Conservation...
O.K. East South East.....
and yes I know thats not ABSOLUTELY ACCURATE but since we haven't actually set the area in stone whewre we'll hunt lets call that "close".......
So anywhere South of 2, East of 15, West of the N.D. border, and north of 90 that might have a bar that sells SMALL GAME...
The Utica bar is, I believe...
The Oxbow Inn, or something like that.....we were staying near there and it was our nightly hangout after hunting....but thats not where we bought the licenses....can't recall where it was just that it was a really small town....
Upland licenses won't be a...
Many years ago on a hunt in the Pig Eye Basin, (Montana), we purchased our licenses in a little town that I can no longer remember the name of....in a bar....had a great burger and a beer and while I thought it was interesting at the time I never thought much about it...
Started to plan a hunt...
they were something you'd like to see.....
A friend of mine did a tour of the SW "touristy spots" this Summer with his family....he hunts ducks and isn't really interested in "horns" but knew that I wouldn't believe him if he told me he'd seen "these" and couldn't prove it with pictures.....by...
Those sheep are on the Columbia....
just north of the I-90 bridge.....Better Chukar number over in Asotin County but more "feel free to hunt" opportunities for them mid-State....
Steve
Headed to Eatern Washington to hunt Quail and Chukars last week.......
Get on top of places that look like this and you'll find Chukars......
Close up of the neat volcanic formations that make this part of the State so dramatic..
Run like your possessed up to the top to see if there are...
thanks for the responses...
Johnsgard referencees it in his Grouse of the World I was told......a "boys club" only thing with the young males sorting out dominance and learning the lek locations.....neat stuff...
thanks again for the responses.
Steve
Old fences....
this is land that the WDFW has taken possession of and there are lots of old fences, and structures, on the properties...some still seperate private holdings from WDFW but there are miles of fence that has never been removed.....
Steve
and frequent hunters...
attached is a photo taken a couple of days ago in Montana....not my picture and I don't know, nor did I ask, for specific location....
The person that took the picture said there were approx. 30 Grouse "dancing" with most of them being males.....the Grouse were...
Whats the deal with the tips of his horns?
they look like they're all shredded?
Or is that just a figment of my imagination....
looks to be a tough winter coming what with all the cover knocked down like that....;)
Steve
Appreciate the response....and the link.....
this is "old" fence.....very old and in many places in bad repair since there is no grazing on the property....makes sense in areas where the fence is "open" but on several sections the fence was all but overgrown with sage and other vegetation to...
or anyone else that might know the answer....
Are the white tabs in this picture the same thing you were talking about that are supposed to reduce fence strikes by Sage Grouse?
Was up in the North Central part of the State, (Wa.), this past weekend on a piece of State property that is one...
Appreciate the compliments...
Both are photos......the first one is as shot with adjustments for saturation and contrast but no other photoshop applications added....the second one has a "watercolor filter" applied after the same adjustments above which gives it that "painted" look....doesn't...
thats him.....
has a nice Blog "Prairie Ice" that features some really good photograpny, though none of it "hunting" related....
Kit Foxes, Mountain Plovers, Prairie Grouse Leks......makes me want to move to Montana.....like you need yet another immigrant....
Steve
Saw some photos of some real small ones taken up near the
border last year....the guy that took them was named "Carlson" if I remember correctly.....little bitty ones like you described....definately would be neat to see no matter the age....
Thanks for the info....
Steve
Great stuff
love the second one with the hoppers flushing out of the grass.....
Neat stuff......how common are Swift Foxes currently?.....I thought they were in really tough shape and barely holding on....is that the case or is that old information?...
Steve