Elk Hunt Scenery

 

Some scenics from our recent elk hunt.  We hunted in a forested area, and where there was not forest it was either swampy meadow, alder and salmonberry brush, or the high alpine.  We tried to avoid the salmonberry thickets, but those are also the places the elk seem to prefer.

We had pretty good weather for the trip.  It was almost always sunny in the morning and we would have sprinkles in the evening. But by dawn you could generally see Orion on the horizon and we had a few hard frosts. One evening it rained pretty hard - mixed with snow at our camp! But adverse weather only makes us appreciate the wood stove even more.  And we awoke to see all the mountains above camp coated in snow.  Patrick