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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #150 on: November 05, 2008, 06:13:18 PM »
Dang man...he's there somewhere...you just gotta keep lookin...you gettin around or just hunting one big canyon or what???

White up high?? There's upwards of 14 inches of snow at the trailhead you camped at over here....23 up top... I am going back there next Sat...the 15th, for 5 days.... you'll be done by then! :0)

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #151 on: November 05, 2008, 06:20:32 PM »
Man that sucks.  There's gotta be one good one out there might have to wait until the end before he shows himself still pretty early :dunno:

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #152 on: November 05, 2008, 06:37:01 PM »
Early for Sure... Be Patient young Grasshopper...
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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #153 on: November 05, 2008, 06:53:50 PM »
...did I mention I killed something today. :chuckle:

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #154 on: November 05, 2008, 06:57:09 PM »
...did I mention I killed something today. :chuckle:

I hope your talking about a DEER!!! You tease post it UP!!!  Congrats!

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #155 on: November 05, 2008, 06:58:45 PM »
...did I mention I killed something today. :chuckle:
out with it i got to know :chuckle:
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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #156 on: November 05, 2008, 06:59:41 PM »
ok dinner is done.  To answer your question Ernie I am hitting it from every angle from 8,000 feet to riverbottom.  I am doing big hunts and then if I have anytime, little hunts or scouting missions.  This morning I did a great hunt lower, or as low as you go.  Then this afternoon I went to scout out some country I have never hunted....yep tahts how desperate I am getting.  I skipped some classic country and went for some tweener country.  Its real open, not even much sage.  Not a single deer.  I figured that was worthless so came out and went up the road into the snow to check tracks.  One of the trailheads into the sawtooth that is pretty high......found two migrater tracks.  They were HUGE!!!!  I mean BIGGGGGG.  I spotted them coming down the mountain and tracked them out for 4 miles. (in my truck picking them up on switchbacks and coming down the road)  when I first saw them I thought, wow there are elk in here too. LOL   Thats encouraging.  Still though, it snowed yesterday and I travelled up a major drainage and 8 deer crossed the road.    :dunno:

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #157 on: November 05, 2008, 07:02:31 PM »
Its all Ducks fault.  THis morning I had to let a coyote walk, so when I went and cliumbed this open mountain.  Sort of like starting at the bottom of Oklahoma gulch and climbing to the top, I decided to carry the 06.  I jumped him from under a tree.  He ran full speed away from me and I shot him.  One shot got him.  I was HAPPy :chuckle:  Way I figure it was therapy so my trigger finger was less itchy!  Time to put the gun away and grab the stick and string.


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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #158 on: November 05, 2008, 07:04:26 PM »
Note the high peak in teh background.  THats where those two sets of monster tracks came from.  SOme of you wil know thats where the big ones are. 

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #159 on: November 05, 2008, 07:05:51 PM »
why is the unit called alta? JB
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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #160 on: November 05, 2008, 07:07:15 PM »
Ha!  I knew you weren't talking about a deer!  Great stuff man always feels good to smoke a yote!

I didn't know you'd been up the entiat?  Whens the last time you were there?

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #161 on: November 05, 2008, 07:14:20 PM »
nice song dog
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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #162 on: November 05, 2008, 07:20:42 PM »
Nice pic Doug...wow...I forgot how beautiful that country was!!
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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #163 on: November 05, 2008, 07:26:11 PM »
Thanks, seen more of them than deer. Crap birds.  Truth is I thought it was a wolf. LOL JUST KIDDING PEOPLE!  Alta Lake is in the unit, just outside of Pateros.  I gues thats where it gets its name. 
I haven't been up there in awhile Michael.   I used to shed hunt it, but wore out my knees. Actually I stopped going after it burned.  I think I went back last spring for a hike withthe Mrs, but thats it.  I'll hit you Wenatchee boys up for some photo ops this winter. 

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Re: Bones Alta Hunt
« Reply #164 on: November 05, 2008, 07:32:04 PM »
Nice pic Doug...wow...I forgot how beautiful that country was!!
How beautiful it was? How about how beautiful it is!! I never get enough hiking around there every year.
  Looks like you need more snow!!!
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