Ran out to the Park Breaks this morning to get my walk in... It was a good morning to go for a walk but I was really disappointed when i got there and worked my way up the trail to the ridge... Logging!! right below me on the adjacent property.
You could not believe the noise... chainsaws, trucks, skidder, and a really noisey line machine and that infernal beeping line horn!!! One guy I swear was sawing with with a dull saw - drove me nutz, and really must have had the same effect on the animals. Not much sign and no movement at all - but yet it was still a great morning out.
The pictures show to shooting lanes available from the first ground stand, with water available in the draw to the right. The feeding ridge has a lot of red stem on (elk candy) not a big deal for Whitetail but usually will draw and hold elk in the area.
The last picture of CRP saddle is another ground stand and often you can catch both elk and Whitetail crossing through the saddle on their way down to the water source or returning from the water. On more than on occasion elk have been puched out of the timber in the backgound... They will cross through the CRP field into the saddle and out the feeding ridge. From the ground stand that I am on here if that event happens and you can maintain your composeure and stay hid they will run right over you.
BUT:::: no glory this morning... Did hear a Turkey if that matters...
