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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:25:01 PM

Title: High country
Post by: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:25:01 PM: Lots of snow still up there.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2FAntler%2520Images%2Flotsofsnow.jpg&hash=4f730fe4b3156f289201f17ad4bd927d3ea8cbc9)
Title: Re: High country
Post by: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:25:37 PM: (https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2FAntler%2520Images%2Fwatchthatnextstep.jpg&hash=7fbc313e300b47bb9c5bf929781c3019da2636f5)
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Post by: Armadillo on July 19, 2011, 08:27:53 PM: awsome :tup: what elevation??
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Post by: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:31:18 PM: 5500-7,000
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 19, 2011, 08:36:01 PM: Looks chilly. How did the kids hold up..?
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Post by: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:38:28 PM: Great! Got caught in a big storm, but I saw it coming so bivied up in a hole. Built a nice fire and stayed out of it for a couple hours. I had hefty bags (safety jackets) in my pack, so gowned em up and headed for the truck.
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Post by: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:42:26 PM: Kids enjoyed it way more than momma :chuckle:

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv47%2Fboneaddict%2FAntler%2520Images%2Fbivediup.jpg&hash=0828885d7a61eed0370cb7616665b44316f7c208)
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on July 19, 2011, 08:47:59 PM: Good move. Sounds like you were prepared. :tup:
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Post by: mulehunter on July 19, 2011, 08:53:44 PM: Very cool.... I Can't drive more than a hour or my whole legs get so mad. Head to the Neuro Dr tmw. :'(

look like u had a great fresh Air up there instead stay at home. :chuckle:

Mulehunter.
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Post by: PacificNWhunter on July 19, 2011, 09:27:06 PM: Looks like a day well spent!
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Post by: wsucowboy on July 19, 2011, 10:43:14 PM: Quote from: PacificNWhunter on July 19, 2011, 09:27:06 PM
Looks like a day well spent!
X2
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Post by: jstone on July 20, 2011, 09:01:27 AM: Great Pictures.. Yep kids look like they are having fun.. Momma looks MAD.. None for you mister
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Post by: YellowDog on July 20, 2011, 09:30:25 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on July 19, 2011, 08:38:28 PM
Great! Got caught in a big storm, but I saw it coming so bivied up in a hole. Built a nice fire and stayed out of it for a couple hours. I had hefty bags (safety jackets) in my pack, so gowned em up and headed for the truck.
Hefty bags saved my a$$ once on a permit hunt up the top of Chinook pass in late October. Snow storm rolled in along with the fog. I didn't have a GPS and got all turned around and couldn't follow my own tracks back to camp in the snow. Ended up spending a night out without fire in semi wet clothes. The two black garbage bags in my pack and extra thermal shirt made it bearable. Had to pass on 3 different bulls just before sun down and right at sun up because I thought I had crossed into a different unit that was not open. :bash: :bash:
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Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 20, 2011, 09:50:26 AM: Nice pictures and with all the cloud cover the snows going to stay around for a while!!
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Post by: boneaddict on July 20, 2011, 05:26:59 PM: Its hard snowpack so the rapid meltoff is done. This will rejuvanate many bowls that need it. Bowls you and I have seen disappear the last couple years.
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Post by: True Sportsman on July 20, 2011, 06:11:30 PM: I was up cruising timber near Duval. I hit snow about 3800ft and worked around 4000ft elevation. Most snow is gone at that level, but there are still some drifts in places. A lot of water is flowing now.

Great pics and stories, Bone.
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Post by: mazama on July 20, 2011, 06:20:36 PM: That bowl in center looks like where i hunt at about 6000 ft down the hill then up to get there,if that picture was taken from edge of trail with drop off.
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Post by: Watimberghost on July 20, 2011, 09:06:31 PM: Yeah, lots of snow still hanging around. Took my first trip to my high country haunts this year and was blown away. The same location a year ago had little to no snow. Gonna give it another look in a few weeks. Love the pics Bone