Post by: Tom Reichner on May 28, 2009, 11:18:16 AM
Once again great shots of a nice animal. What other pics did you get when you where there? You should make a thread on your trip.
You're right, TeacherMan - good idea!
So here are some of the other critters we saw. Keep in mind we only had two days there. So while we saw and photographed alot, there was alot that happened that we missed, too. The day after we left, a black Wolf took a pregnant cow elk down right along the road in the Lamar Valley. Wish we could've stayed an extra day - timing is everything!
We were very fortunate to see the Badgers. I've wanted a pic of a Badger quite badly for some time now, and was finally rewarded. When we returned home to WA, we learned that the day after we photographed the Badgers, they closed the area around the den to all human entry.
The Moose, lucky again. If we hadn't gotten up at a very early hour, we would've missed those. There was hardly any light, but a couple of the exposures turned out anyway. f2.8 and ISO 800 help!
The Coyote was hunting, and completely indifferent to our presence.
The Harlequins - oh, the Harlequins! How gorgeous they are! We missed them. I mean, we heard from other photographers in the park that there had been 14 the day before. And over twenty were there at LeHardy Rapids - every day for weeks. Well, we went there as soon as we heard the tip about them being there. But all we found was one hen. Finally, after three more trips down to the rapids, we found three - our hen plus a pair. They were somewhat skittish, and didn't alight anywhere near enough for us to get the frame-filling shots we had heard were possible. So a few from afar had to suffice. There's always next year - they'll be back and so will we.
Finally, there was a sick Grizzly. Rangers reported that he had been mauled by a dominant Grizz boar. He continually held his head in this low, hanging position, which caused the Rangers from the Bear Office to surmise that he had suffered severe eye damage. They wondered if he had been completely blinded. He sure acted like it. After observing him try to feed and move about for about a half hour, I'd be surprised if he lived more than a week or two. He's in bad shape.
Post by: Tom Reichner on May 28, 2009, 11:19:40 AM
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Post by: @RCHER on May 28, 2009, 05:40:10 PM
I kid, but to have a subject, like photography, that so many on one hunting forum share a passion for is quite the rare treat.
I've really enjoyed everyone's photos and will say this a bunch more times, I'm sure...thanks for sharing!
Post by: Dipsnort on May 29, 2009, 11:19:12 AM
Badger is my favorite. I've been looking and looking down here and haven't found one yet.I've only seen one in the wild and it wasn't far from Selah. ;)
I'll post the picture I took, not for the great photography (using a cheapo camera with the auto setting that focused on the tree in the foreground), but purely for evidence. :rolleyes:
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fgallery.fishbc.com%2Falbums%2FHunting%2FBadger_001.sized.jpg&hash=b9674e1a98be3920e0ba2176b34cbbd3d9d0589c)
Post by: Skyvalhunter on May 29, 2009, 11:22:20 AM
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