Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#11 Post by Graps »

Beautiful country.
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt - Hunt begins

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The hunt - Day 1 part 1.

Up at 4:30 am, we grab a bit to eat and off we go. The truck is already loaded and ready. After about a 40 min drive we park and get our gear ready.
It is about 30 minutes before daylight as we start our assent to where my friend expects to run into Elk. Sounds strange since over here in my neck of the woods most of the Elk are down low. He warns me to keep my eyes open for bear sign. Something I don't get to concerned about in my neck of the woods. The difference here is, he's talking about the bigger Grizzly bear :o

It has been over an hour since we left the truck and no fresh sign of elk in the last week or more. It was slow going for me since it has been some time since I have done some serious Elk hunting in the high country. Going slow is no big deal, as you never know when you get close to Elk unless they are talking.
We get to one of the lower meadows and get a view of what is yet to come. My friend points out the ridge we are heading for.

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Up another ridge, it gets thicker and steeper.

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Wow, what a view! Just that alone was worth the hike up this hillside. 😮
But the best is yet to come. There are a few more high mountain meadows to check out. So far no Bulls are talking😯

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My friend has more pics that I am waiting for so I will take a break here.
Calling Elk - Awesome! !€

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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#13 Post by Greg Felty »

Love the pics, keep them coming.
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#14 Post by Graps »

Man, that makes me hurt just seeing the pictures of where you are walking.
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#15 Post by Captainkirk »

This is fantastic! Such beautiful country...who even cares if you see an elk?
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#16 Post by Dan »

Beautiful views

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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

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The hunt - Day 1 part 2.

Okay, now we are one ridge away from where my friend thinks we may run into elk. Still no talking. If there are Elk in the area, we haven't seen or heard any sign of them.
We continue up this ridge towards some more meadows and a saddle where we can ease over to the next ridge.
Taking it real easy. We hear noise. What is that? We ease over to the rocky edge and look down. Nice, very nice! 2 Bulls knocking heads. 😎
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What? That's not we're after.😞
Hey, but what a sight none the less. 2 Bull Moose butting heads. There ended up being a couple cow Moose there also. They did a little whining and had the 2 Bulls a bit wound up. Their rut doesn't start for a few weeks. We watched them for maybe 10 minutes and then started up the ridge again.
I am finding it hard to hunt when there are awesome views all around.
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We are now at the meadows, where my friend was thinking the real hunt will begin. If only I was in better shape for this. We could have been hear sooner.
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Still no fresh sign of elk.
Just think? If I was 25 lbs lighter, I'd weigh the same as I do now without the pack.
Now we're moving down along these meadows towards the saddle. There has to be elk here somewhere?
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To be continued.
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#18 Post by Graps »

So cool to see those moose.😎
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#19 Post by Greg Felty »

Thanks for sharing the pictures. I am loving the views. Good luck.
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Re: Elk hunt to Livingston Mt

#20 Post by Carpdaddy »

Awesome views, thanks for taking us along, the Moose pictures was a great bonus!

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