Hunting Season!!!

One close encounter without a shot down. 4 or 5 to go? One more? Who the F knows?!?!

i don't believe that I have ever communicated with any wild animal for that duration of time. Truly amazing and informative experience.

I hope the other hunters had a great day too.
 
Early archery elk ended with 4 bulls being called in within 40 yards. Two were mature 5x5's and two were smaller. I came home meatless. It can be difficult to get shots with all of the vine maple and elderberry etc.

My friend has a muzzleloader tag and I will hunt with him this weekend. Hopefully there are some bulls still being vocal or at least still with the cows. Those mature roosies seem to pull off pretty quickly although I have seen them with cows after September.

A lone quiet bull is a difficult animal to hunt in thick Western Washington.
 
Early archery elk ended with 4 bulls being called in within 40 yards. Two were mature 5x5's and two were smaller. I came home meatless. It can be difficult to get shots with all of the vine maple and elderberry etc.

My friend has a muzzleloader tag and I will hunt with him this weekend. Hopefully there are some bulls still being vocal or at least still with the cows. Those mature roosies seem to pull off pretty quickly although I have seen them with cows after September.

A lone quiet bull is a difficult animal to hunt in thick Western Washington.
Keep at it. You are getting invaluable experience, not to mention great exercise and witnessing nature in extreme detail.
 
Keep at it. You are getting invaluable experience, not to mention great exercise and witnessing nature in extreme detail.
I will be hunting next year. It is a ton of fun and as you say, I whitness nature in extreme detail. The excercise is a pretty sweet bonus as well.
 
I will be hunting next year. It is a ton of fun and as you say, I whitness nature in extreme detail. The excercise is a pretty sweet bonus as well.
I'm jealous! It has been awhile since I elk hunted with my brother in the Montana high country. Incredible country and wildlife up close. Novembers there can be super cold and snowy or too dry and warm for good stalking. The only way to get into adequate physical condition was to hunt off trail at altitude.
 
I’m working on my upland bird ID skills…

@atomic dog is that a gray partridge?

@Replicant is that a blue grouse?

Looks like you both had great days in the field!

Andy
 
Thanks… so Hungarians are the same as Gray Partridge. I’ve always heard folks talk about the Huns but didn’t see them listed in the ID section of the regs. Now it makes more sense.
 
Thanks… so Hungarians are the same as Gray Partridge. I’ve always heard folks talk about the Huns but didn’t see them listed in the ID section of the regs. Now it makes more sense.
I'm not an expert, but I believe Grey Partridge is the default descriptor, but "Huns" was what I grew up with and what most hunters use. Kind of like California quail. It wasn't until I hunted elsewhere, when I heard people refer to them as Valley quail. Which, I believe is a derivative of California Valley quail. :rolleyes:
 
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