tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6310976723674311032024-03-13T00:01:26.620-07:00Moe Bird Hunts..in the Great state of MontanaMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-18424973134736970022012-03-11T09:05:00.022-07:002012-03-11T10:34:56.583-07:00Unseasonably Fun...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvO9b-ckYbTSts8RrgKGbIyda5Nz1XHQowIiHELqf-KuYc-irnMEq1XdEyWg47WMQjCnxtsxyF2eCRwIUR9-yeEXfJSeTsI6-qha7vrrfmA-qAA5oQuEWHZ1Lp3pm6jpPtjQa81mfA_VQ/s1600/Missouri+with+Chester+042.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvO9b-ckYbTSts8RrgKGbIyda5Nz1XHQowIiHELqf-KuYc-irnMEq1XdEyWg47WMQjCnxtsxyF2eCRwIUR9-yeEXfJSeTsI6-qha7vrrfmA-qAA5oQuEWHZ1Lp3pm6jpPtjQa81mfA_VQ/s320/Missouri+with+Chester+042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718688674314200514" /></a><br />Mild Winters in Montana make for trips to the Missouri in January, Lower Madison in February, and a even plans for floating the Yellowstone here in early March. <br /><br />I mean why not, there's no snow in the valley to speak of and the girls can stay out all day as temps are in the 50's. However, thankfully up high in the mountains to the south we do have good snow-pack and many areas are at 90 to 100%; so this season should turnout well water wise.<br /><br />Moe on the "MO" (with friends)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eBxcPEAFxSWDg78OZQrNH7p9sAwRcu2ig7hR8nMPM0fdrKTLb8P9jfk9-aJZEr3gtdH6KnvsmLQd1RJRFawTc3gz1KJXPQ1i0OLVcT9xb9JiwjlehtDOkmvkhhZALz-LDhtmStTw6Tk/s1600/Missouri+with+Chester+003.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eBxcPEAFxSWDg78OZQrNH7p9sAwRcu2ig7hR8nMPM0fdrKTLb8P9jfk9-aJZEr3gtdH6KnvsmLQd1RJRFawTc3gz1KJXPQ1i0OLVcT9xb9JiwjlehtDOkmvkhhZALz-LDhtmStTw6Tk/s320/Missouri+with+Chester+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718688541226145106" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2P7IyWhie3TUQhk-lBYWAKCSwWJkOafiMkLEghU1nwlJH89H0mGlqXir612EkSMrJF0l2lhDoRDxsuT_SE7UH7vvaFz4unOdX3MV_4XxG8XKTMBfgUmUSkWC4FVYM6ukqJdmwp0C1X8/s1600/Missouri+with+Chester+010.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2P7IyWhie3TUQhk-lBYWAKCSwWJkOafiMkLEghU1nwlJH89H0mGlqXir612EkSMrJF0l2lhDoRDxsuT_SE7UH7vvaFz4unOdX3MV_4XxG8XKTMBfgUmUSkWC4FVYM6ukqJdmwp0C1X8/s320/Missouri+with+Chester+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718688374747734018" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJeKVZU20UO3lnZYON8sEZ3O3XcMtgu7rBTEpYJojeyQWl1e8pBp0cNFkAWMtDcGj0TDdRAnIWNA2BfoMOI04dnHc-L8RjOxW_MvEhtLGRoFuyFLQ5mKL4fkNp4k7jdqL1wBbjOJBXp0/s1600/Missouri+with+Chester+012.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJeKVZU20UO3lnZYON8sEZ3O3XcMtgu7rBTEpYJojeyQWl1e8pBp0cNFkAWMtDcGj0TDdRAnIWNA2BfoMOI04dnHc-L8RjOxW_MvEhtLGRoFuyFLQ5mKL4fkNp4k7jdqL1wBbjOJBXp0/s320/Missouri+with+Chester+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718688242941634914" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIUmpUd6lO_Wx_rWH6V32z-73swVvQWb9H_n94h9VQSlBtDWP0a7nA95c06xj9H9PjhvhwOqAKfn_foKSEFRrxbNxa0YMb8Z6evKECandMnfkmOHYZGxnyfnXb8HIiK3JPDs_EIaNakQ/s1600/Missouri+with+Chester+114.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIUmpUd6lO_Wx_rWH6V32z-73swVvQWb9H_n94h9VQSlBtDWP0a7nA95c06xj9H9PjhvhwOqAKfn_foKSEFRrxbNxa0YMb8Z6evKECandMnfkmOHYZGxnyfnXb8HIiK3JPDs_EIaNakQ/s320/Missouri+with+Chester+114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718688106764479250" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfW4Ib-1WTiANsDo0e-1_QonetbV3fWQ57dIkJKIgEfwvRUGDeo-guMKjgik-uH5WKlxcJbyHqG_K2RY22JvB6QMse3GFkhpTRWtnC4CRn32WyvjpV1F6AvQVCELlnGvOxQBZVvK5XZw/s1600/Missouri+with+Chester+115.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfW4Ib-1WTiANsDo0e-1_QonetbV3fWQ57dIkJKIgEfwvRUGDeo-guMKjgik-uH5WKlxcJbyHqG_K2RY22JvB6QMse3GFkhpTRWtnC4CRn32WyvjpV1F6AvQVCELlnGvOxQBZVvK5XZw/s320/Missouri+with+Chester+115.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718687719124928306" /></a><br /><br /><br />.......<br />Lower Madison (aka "Slower Madison") on this particular day at least. Wind was 50 plus I'm betting; so we didn't stay out too long, but still nice to be on a river in February.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lgQVBfQY1stzvYpUzX-0Ty0j8RQLEBVS8KUoMoeV4520eo7gdeS2IyJvJSj8r__kOgwA0sX9fIlPQwgFrhZwOIZnalw40dt-7EpSxtxaNdFYs3qv5eckYlbsARz75PYMixV4N-Aszsk/s1600/McKNight+Interview+043.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lgQVBfQY1stzvYpUzX-0Ty0j8RQLEBVS8KUoMoeV4520eo7gdeS2IyJvJSj8r__kOgwA0sX9fIlPQwgFrhZwOIZnalw40dt-7EpSxtxaNdFYs3qv5eckYlbsARz75PYMixV4N-Aszsk/s320/McKNight+Interview+043.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718689481061721618" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiV5hm8EDp6kKcxViSBgci6TlRvFvwRgvCq5A_StroFHbtnM7N0ATX0GEUWBumQHx_AEVYhzIK8We8GNGk6V7Gz03h3qmO0mUIs-nYnfXdvErMplLZaNUGJ7IMmBXKirtqKv1zOAQMQQE/s1600/McKNight+Interview+045.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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so she's well acquainted with them in anticipation of next hunting season.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKm0CfUV7Qr_AL6HIS5eDgeS4Gk_GkLjGvxDe1bKZEKmr-BpXGQ3c7Zsx4cgw8dGnvUE18qxXZGGR9V1LxMx1uHIneNWn11pIiSkNpoUKVRI2i26E_8Tff2F1Rga4FzAMDfswlGYU2sEU/s1600/McKNight+Interview+002.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKm0CfUV7Qr_AL6HIS5eDgeS4Gk_GkLjGvxDe1bKZEKmr-BpXGQ3c7Zsx4cgw8dGnvUE18qxXZGGR9V1LxMx1uHIneNWn11pIiSkNpoUKVRI2i26E_8Tff2F1Rga4FzAMDfswlGYU2sEU/s320/McKNight+Interview+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718691158831964914" /></a><br />"Intro to water 101", tutoring by my very own river rats...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCLUZ7aZ8KjgLmmLDa7xtb-HpqwSX5jU2MwWywgRUoq3NzEK8dHyzO4_TdYTEay0SZZT8YUFlbeIJ4VSFdFQowtkVoOTl3M1idI_RzOSA52GaKvDpujVyxXy7E40JVDmiAcrvvURmCtqQ/s1600/McKNight+Interview+018.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_lIGR2OAJfosgdQnpi-qfd_F8D7-GCNWZsdvmXO_CXI0K8yj2ZPVDOVlzysnKvWt0cSs2s91kX6r10fjFoqG3GgvuQv46ywdgT5lD3h6Ko5zg2tpY9UYPIc4W4j6-HPXwKk6RKNxMPg/s320/McKNight+Interview+059.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718690544749574930" /></a><br />And then "Intro to cow turds" too in the back pasture..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzzz2F7M4-9aVSMybD9YKayYgUK5cFxBCLtRnaL5E6__jrsHL-MmSjpSJo-vhYEZmM7YsVn881rTo2lUgnfo4LoxvDcF2b4WS_YFu8-3yiyypfJLeEy3wystF3J6kHF4kf9vplIhCjlc/s1600/McKNight+Interview+058.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzzz2F7M4-9aVSMybD9YKayYgUK5cFxBCLtRnaL5E6__jrsHL-MmSjpSJo-vhYEZmM7YsVn881rTo2lUgnfo4LoxvDcF2b4WS_YFu8-3yiyypfJLeEy3wystF3J6kHF4kf9vplIhCjlc/s320/McKNight+Interview+058.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718690397708463298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgv5O1gJ3UIrgqpW5S3P_jB-VQ2oI_hpLtLIbxcC8k_TR1VBi1yO_7nrkiHFvSq-IvN3w6E3o-78bWqt1nrhFKVLTrtxAz0pPA27bgIyoZcukAyDpo5eEhRaTYZL0FYWkKJSf8i72f-Y/s1600/McKNight+Interview+056.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfgv5O1gJ3UIrgqpW5S3P_jB-VQ2oI_hpLtLIbxcC8k_TR1VBi1yO_7nrkiHFvSq-IvN3w6E3o-78bWqt1nrhFKVLTrtxAz0pPA27bgIyoZcukAyDpo5eEhRaTYZL0FYWkKJSf8i72f-Y/s320/McKNight+Interview+056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718690079113311954" /></a><br />A little discipline when needed to keep the new kid in line (check out Suzie's snarl)LOL<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMkqiSK5S09Odby3l8qQ5FOVGJ4EF-lHLONEr8i1m1zQp8a-x_A8N1jm7x-fibvUAQ2mByNaWwEfExB4t2aM8ZezT11MPxLIrmM5R6cPkd61xUBo5pvcqr4tMv7UHotxSXIYcmBRC14w/s1600/McKNight+Interview+068.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMkqiSK5S09Odby3l8qQ5FOVGJ4EF-lHLONEr8i1m1zQp8a-x_A8N1jm7x-fibvUAQ2mByNaWwEfExB4t2aM8ZezT11MPxLIrmM5R6cPkd61xUBo5pvcqr4tMv7UHotxSXIYcmBRC14w/s320/McKNight+Interview+068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718689793713720402" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZzFXSaTbwrw_YWpkhf5eEtNSeupsXM_8PbYzMZUmiQdNlpoZNltYAKELKHnGxauZ0oa41TLpV4YLUQUDZXLThf1TG9gbHpM05WFJUmpol0E5c7vL64cEcZLZ1S8ADA60k9PQi2vnsOo/s1600/McKNight+Interview+063.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZzFXSaTbwrw_YWpkhf5eEtNSeupsXM_8PbYzMZUmiQdNlpoZNltYAKELKHnGxauZ0oa41TLpV4YLUQUDZXLThf1TG9gbHpM05WFJUmpol0E5c7vL64cEcZLZ1S8ADA60k9PQi2vnsOo/s320/McKNight+Interview+063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718689889559612626" /></a><br />.........<br /><br />All in all, fun times here in Montana and not as usual; since winters usually drive me insane. But not this one; in fact I have plans to hit a couple more rivers this week and next.<br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />...........Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-35194011390292330162012-01-08T13:47:00.001-08:002012-01-08T14:58:52.728-08:00A Good Year...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQdNaGrPZ8PRuQNfIkUqbcB79XqpP1M4XifJBK63N-G0kHCU0hrETWNVAzOKxwwWwOXUubatuAD_vhfY5vPA05f-xYVP5Iisf0Q0Ctt4YRT-cMVgNo3z68modqfPoILz78sd2HiVFpw0/s1600/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+021.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQdNaGrPZ8PRuQNfIkUqbcB79XqpP1M4XifJBK63N-G0kHCU0hrETWNVAzOKxwwWwOXUubatuAD_vhfY5vPA05f-xYVP5Iisf0Q0Ctt4YRT-cMVgNo3z68modqfPoILz78sd2HiVFpw0/s320/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695384393847922658" /></a><br />...<br /> All in all I cant complain. While it was a tough one for most everyone else I talked to; for me it was about the best one I can recall in at least ten. <br /><br />I had a steady job at a fly shop I loved, which gave me just the right amount of time-off to use the new boat, and float down area rivers over 40 times. <br /><br />I visited several new waters and stretches I'd not fished before, and met dozens of new fishing friends in the process. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTs1tjCci0cRdnjp6nGDmPOSt9kca9OHG2k0fROXkgYesCB0DGh5ArK7gWx6On_FftouTRBMFVxiATVuPq6l-bF-zsAiUITQPiux9BoRYwj-LmHEldqSI26u_ywKWBDdW3BmGSxCyuSY/s1600/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+010.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnTs1tjCci0cRdnjp6nGDmPOSt9kca9OHG2k0fROXkgYesCB0DGh5ArK7gWx6On_FftouTRBMFVxiATVuPq6l-bF-zsAiUITQPiux9BoRYwj-LmHEldqSI26u_ywKWBDdW3BmGSxCyuSY/s320/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695384234705813858" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMfFtb9BMwMfL0ujT1WYJh9fT_AqGZ-e_YR50ibx7GC5eBBoa7wB6Pk8QWIhiwI9DS0tWwDNBw269TKjf3r5Yj4xbFhzfLo097YhFHEcetkID1sZxqEOkRw7CikuTrknXlkPemC2oAb0/s1600/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+005-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMfFtb9BMwMfL0ujT1WYJh9fT_AqGZ-e_YR50ibx7GC5eBBoa7wB6Pk8QWIhiwI9DS0tWwDNBw269TKjf3r5Yj4xbFhzfLo097YhFHEcetkID1sZxqEOkRw7CikuTrknXlkPemC2oAb0/s320/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+005-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695384042826140322" /></a><br />..When hunting season came I got out about as often as I wanted and even though we didn't get an elk or big buck; me and the girls bagged plenty of birds and visited all corners of this great state while 'seeing and photographing' some neat things along the way.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f-xLmUyTUtrIwcsbCXcdmKJqISK32LhMFP01rQgJHtjf_IcPsGBgTYBBrP0naSuVQmblTq05xwpfFNMIhsK_Os5196c1LiJnL2fWYxtIkQQGcvebT11y6-f-41mGLLGhfVzl9DA_GXA/s1600/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+034-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f-xLmUyTUtrIwcsbCXcdmKJqISK32LhMFP01rQgJHtjf_IcPsGBgTYBBrP0naSuVQmblTq05xwpfFNMIhsK_Os5196c1LiJnL2fWYxtIkQQGcvebT11y6-f-41mGLLGhfVzl9DA_GXA/s320/New+Year+2012+pheasant+pics+034-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695383854360162258" /></a><br />On our very last trip of the year the weather was also about perfect, an odd and sunny 38 degrees on January one, but a little windier than I would have prefered...(gusts of 40 plus). <br /><br />Oh it was a long way for only one rooster, but the girls pointed several hens and we had a pretty neat time together exploring some new ground.<br /><br />I usually dont like to think' about such things, but its safe to say for every bird we bagged this season, we logged at least 50 miles-per... and I couldn't help but do so on the long ride back...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDUPEz47_81NkHn_TWsz7P2INhVaRHScAWhDGAqp8F3pa8K-KfssPHjHiW_NzXKseGbpHkS2ojmoEdDDLYQ1bvP_ao6QbH_hx5amypWHg6S_5yEnhw1Yk4Ldd-9NQwNbMKeWeuG7AhEs/s1600/New+Years+2012+part+2+027-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDUPEz47_81NkHn_TWsz7P2INhVaRHScAWhDGAqp8F3pa8K-KfssPHjHiW_NzXKseGbpHkS2ojmoEdDDLYQ1bvP_ao6QbH_hx5amypWHg6S_5yEnhw1Yk4Ldd-9NQwNbMKeWeuG7AhEs/s320/New+Years+2012+part+2+027-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695383594817209682" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHq4FLkV0X68O0ULviVnadjitMBWXHOF7L2EmFk_TM3vKa2LCm7SvYmdlptN_A7_jutosOwoyqij3k4RQfPuOKtTrqdwe7XTRDkL9V6Zr7vLXur9SW2eyM9eizOVCong_sv0_P48p4nI/s1600/New+Years+2012+part+2+030.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHq4FLkV0X68O0ULviVnadjitMBWXHOF7L2EmFk_TM3vKa2LCm7SvYmdlptN_A7_jutosOwoyqij3k4RQfPuOKtTrqdwe7XTRDkL9V6Zr7vLXur9SW2eyM9eizOVCong_sv0_P48p4nI/s320/New+Years+2012+part+2+030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695383489471232658" /></a><br />We certainly didn't get them all and left some for next year I think its safe to say; these late-season birds flushed a hundred yards out on at least three occasions.<br /><br /><br />"&%$#"!!<br /><br /><br />Still, I found this past year to be about near perfect, and just what I imagined they'd all be like when I moved out here some 3.5 ago.<br /><br />They haven't all been so swell, but I have even higher hopes for this next year; so we shall see...?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS27uK69aeFLcgKZAFCzZETodxRdYNyN4K2Zw4znoELGqvaegp6G_lu2w9FB7rYZBgYbn5ZJ4jNYc8Jz9vCfL5Mq_zdQPnQc6LHdA0nFp6KkkDy_baWfWzSdbuy-vB0CNGjxWW8PXKm_o/s1600/New+Years+2012+part+2+001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS27uK69aeFLcgKZAFCzZETodxRdYNyN4K2Zw4znoELGqvaegp6G_lu2w9FB7rYZBgYbn5ZJ4jNYc8Jz9vCfL5Mq_zdQPnQc6LHdA0nFp6KkkDy_baWfWzSdbuy-vB0CNGjxWW8PXKm_o/s320/New+Years+2012+part+2+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695383315047968274" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSf_0KZpHV4XNAO_Cem6mIE82NjVTY22UL3S3TjxbwMlRMgE9k76wa0Ak3MxXfsfmM0rPBx0lL0CVO4RrYOtBkROIIwbfm1PoaTsEwFmFmYo5Es6nV9uYLiiS4E7TgQOH8U2PEHEWU73g/s1600/New+Years+2012+part+2+004.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSf_0KZpHV4XNAO_Cem6mIE82NjVTY22UL3S3TjxbwMlRMgE9k76wa0Ak3MxXfsfmM0rPBx0lL0CVO4RrYOtBkROIIwbfm1PoaTsEwFmFmYo5Es6nV9uYLiiS4E7TgQOH8U2PEHEWU73g/s320/New+Years+2012+part+2+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695382426674940754" /></a><br />"High-five Suzie!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2EO41FZLIebfByGaBPwuwLElji2CoYqv-uMZl6PYVZUTgJu2Uy6isRek4vVHFWrlgrvsbpYJihkIWvmoLyO67p4jH1ChKtaUHSg3fQOkU5UKXAw3VlKRb7W2RLcv0nDEGGZMSSDC528/s1600/New+Years+2012+part+2+017.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2EO41FZLIebfByGaBPwuwLElji2CoYqv-uMZl6PYVZUTgJu2Uy6isRek4vVHFWrlgrvsbpYJihkIWvmoLyO67p4jH1ChKtaUHSg3fQOkU5UKXAw3VlKRb7W2RLcv0nDEGGZMSSDC528/s320/New+Years+2012+part+2+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695382280491768210" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2zU71cuFX9D1wsfijKgjvHvN12Tmpb-jgIiDo-PMOgzW3Tt_6L0_UwUQz8ODSp-8saOpHK3Kv75a04eoorxn72sgD-xNqdEOW1JrCcPnlReuh_oi0fpRG5auXEuHgjbx72iwQ2rD99U/s1600/New+Years+2012+part+2+026.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE2zU71cuFX9D1wsfijKgjvHvN12Tmpb-jgIiDo-PMOgzW3Tt_6L0_UwUQz8ODSp-8saOpHK3Kv75a04eoorxn72sgD-xNqdEOW1JrCcPnlReuh_oi0fpRG5auXEuHgjbx72iwQ2rD99U/s320/New+Years+2012+part+2+026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695381946112410818" /></a><br />The dawn of a new day in 2012...<br /><br />Here's hoping yours' is a great one too!<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-67121867372416297022011-12-30T16:33:00.000-08:002011-12-30T17:50:00.268-08:00"Where in the World have you been..?"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOBnnzo3xGdZXMVs5ufV3AxHYSHis4gOjwRQkrMrXgfgGMyr5_6CNWDcEH0CE8_AVbIEr2nViddzr0dx5XBP_m1nyEp3JpsExLhF319cn1MtDGZVggPbvtzNZw29y1uaEOqroL99s2mg/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+018.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSOBnnzo3xGdZXMVs5ufV3AxHYSHis4gOjwRQkrMrXgfgGMyr5_6CNWDcEH0CE8_AVbIEr2nViddzr0dx5XBP_m1nyEp3JpsExLhF319cn1MtDGZVggPbvtzNZw29y1uaEOqroL99s2mg/s320/After+Christmas+2011+018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692091424243104978" /></a><br />This' was likely the question both would've asked; if they could speak...<br /><br />Though I made it clear I missed them too, and loved em up something good, Suzie especially seemded kinda pissed as to "why I left her in a kennel for the past two weeks...?!"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH78dV2VWGZGj6_tTe1mjFqHcJ-I4M14wC0HeTnPU2FyXJrUyu8ATl_cqYfUkHjrC_vW-m6SCHFsRPi0bf5y6U-Ovz5Zu2__RYoHWtKdTnbl9J00dgcvvqJ98FjQkSl2g9CSL-grij7IQ/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+010.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH78dV2VWGZGj6_tTe1mjFqHcJ-I4M14wC0HeTnPU2FyXJrUyu8ATl_cqYfUkHjrC_vW-m6SCHFsRPi0bf5y6U-Ovz5Zu2__RYoHWtKdTnbl9J00dgcvvqJ98FjQkSl2g9CSL-grij7IQ/s320/After+Christmas+2011+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692091288539628242" /></a><br />With a visible tan and the smell of sea salt and airplane food it was clear I'd gone somwhere they'd never been before; so without the benefit of actual two-way conversation to explain I'd been in Florida visiting my folks; I instead just loaded them both up' and headed toward where birds were as quick as I could..<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fBZapbpVGP_JbSEBdUolEAbpNGiRbVK8Dx2spCQMb6F9vrexdvZaUdKOnL3nk5qHUnCMfkRbaEoD62t3OzlgdC5hCmr2o51e8g42DMhLQMTjd2lnlWKhC2JWzoGfFAZ4425WNbIASFw/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+015.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fBZapbpVGP_JbSEBdUolEAbpNGiRbVK8Dx2spCQMb6F9vrexdvZaUdKOnL3nk5qHUnCMfkRbaEoD62t3OzlgdC5hCmr2o51e8g42DMhLQMTjd2lnlWKhC2JWzoGfFAZ4425WNbIASFw/s320/After+Christmas+2011+015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692091159536431666" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVf3XgPVe6nkG1lEsuXOPobQD8af9eVfjVIKNd0ajSETv98g0_X2I1rPZl2Hl8QES0p1GIvKAi5ukD4swnmG3uB6A_7I1b0WjI-ZBDanir0o_G_zIss_lHX-7fuQe7V6otJlFB8PzEZY/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+040.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcAgWNnqpvCPp9cdMWrDPH-XBDWn5T5cAt8bxB_J-XcYE8-g50PI4aN12QkfM_wm0vO81ad8r6c9QcqeX0naw1ZJyRUyGcA-8F6O03XUEABk4FWBpksGRZnSEXSWgdTISn-xGSniW2tk/s320/After+Christmas+2011+065.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692088097223278850" /></a><br />Within two hours we had arrived at the preserve and had our first bird in the bag and 'both were over-joyed at being back amongst their best buddy' (me)...or at least I like to think so..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1oVxvNoLWmxsupH_G8rocPJ2fQILdAXKQNz_rWTpFbfPQSREi43WHv_YVByxeA7fY7a-up4id92Xp9uOJ7MF6sjN2aGPprZDWus_8WmaHQr1osbAj9ODsoZ3v9NIcnGJISgtBFmIeAY/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+076.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB1oVxvNoLWmxsupH_G8rocPJ2fQILdAXKQNz_rWTpFbfPQSREi43WHv_YVByxeA7fY7a-up4id92Xp9uOJ7MF6sjN2aGPprZDWus_8WmaHQr1osbAj9ODsoZ3v9NIcnGJISgtBFmIeAY/s320/After+Christmas+2011+076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692086771853807490" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6q40oKhZGwM5xLuLMs5gz76WGBjdCzgRX8HeFAJFSkA-g_uhsz92R2lzoeOQgoHs49EEXJkvvC8qqtWGwKcwRLILOxsoWDvfM9M6uig3maIDpctT798JNQQ8OzOdMhwSYUzmtZoOguw/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+081.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6q40oKhZGwM5xLuLMs5gz76WGBjdCzgRX8HeFAJFSkA-g_uhsz92R2lzoeOQgoHs49EEXJkvvC8qqtWGwKcwRLILOxsoWDvfM9M6uig3maIDpctT798JNQQ8OzOdMhwSYUzmtZoOguw/s320/After+Christmas+2011+081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692086504966590930" /></a><br /><br /><br />We took four nice roosters and each were actually challenging; given the occasional 30 mile-per-hour gusts, and if it weren't for a complete dimsantle and cleaning of the old pump-shotgun, I'd have never likely hit a one; as 'all four were taken on the second shot' each (meaning I shot 8 shells and still scratched down four birds).<br /><br /><br />"%$#@ I need a new gun"!? <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCb-3qqJt-bzOTIyUXk_Tum21P64kfIh9s4DS5RMj0rf88OXs46ldiz8VijkRKBT4Sa2dCXXrH0XimPtN5mlKsLAyPQgsymcWPOvVYVeneVS5ZKAPkeIm0OtvHec8dAyTL44Qd0xPm_U/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+017.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCb-3qqJt-bzOTIyUXk_Tum21P64kfIh9s4DS5RMj0rf88OXs46ldiz8VijkRKBT4Sa2dCXXrH0XimPtN5mlKsLAyPQgsymcWPOvVYVeneVS5ZKAPkeIm0OtvHec8dAyTL44Qd0xPm_U/s320/After+Christmas+2011+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692087130956229602" /></a><br />Regardless of my limted finances, and now lack of steady employment, along with shorting myslef on groceries a bit to pay this month's rent; I wasn't gonna cheat my girls out of a day where we actually see and shoot some birds.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjpZlBRniNNO39OU7qhKvHR6NyC0MJuzMpB6ELxCUcrSGEgxQTFoRR1D7BBcRkaxmf-cBEbOQVbGNauyxBBKQ6iRm2hTLs16mPPwxCD1dGw-igu_tt8MOypBpaW4oZbujRO2CmTVQzqs/s1600/After+Christmas+2011+026.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjpZlBRniNNO39OU7qhKvHR6NyC0MJuzMpB6ELxCUcrSGEgxQTFoRR1D7BBcRkaxmf-cBEbOQVbGNauyxBBKQ6iRm2hTLs16mPPwxCD1dGw-igu_tt8MOypBpaW4oZbujRO2CmTVQzqs/s320/After+Christmas+2011+026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692087335783775186" /></a><br />..Tomorrow and the next day (last two of the season) are another story, as its raining like a son of a gun out there right now, but I'm addicted to this shit and have a full tank of gas ....so we're headed toward the Southeast of Montana first thing in the morning<br /><br /><br />...and hoping to find a wild one or two...<br /><br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-32010355506390134312011-12-14T18:31:00.001-08:002011-12-14T19:32:26.302-08:00Part 2...Ranch Hunt Continued...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j9OtgffHVmB5zsIrmFso7ztQ0u-S1GsDniOUnOV3P02scWCQhoY5V6EnimSpMZjTrScnX2BpRBgqTHJoPcFebN3XQ0SDUzz8gw_zLJ6IX_jXFYSIfY-q_v0Jyq_2azzETy5M-_WEuT4/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+033.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j9OtgffHVmB5zsIrmFso7ztQ0u-S1GsDniOUnOV3P02scWCQhoY5V6EnimSpMZjTrScnX2BpRBgqTHJoPcFebN3XQ0SDUzz8gw_zLJ6IX_jXFYSIfY-q_v0Jyq_2azzETy5M-_WEuT4/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686180111473372818" /></a><br />We got and early start this time too, leaving Bozeman at 6AM<br /><br />....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgtW-mf7OFuYXzlV4qi06eToYo_FzTn2cAE3OieK_ZitOIWhSRlgoe6OEOA-b3lYRnoJOPntwiF8TjUKNU3aQzF9R-CazJaw5LwCnpKbKOWAA28_MiBMgPVs59eR4n9QcQOry6n9mhDw/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+028-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTgtW-mf7OFuYXzlV4qi06eToYo_FzTn2cAE3OieK_ZitOIWhSRlgoe6OEOA-b3lYRnoJOPntwiF8TjUKNU3aQzF9R-CazJaw5LwCnpKbKOWAA28_MiBMgPVs59eR4n9QcQOry6n9mhDw/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+028-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686180436144147394" /></a><br />Suzie gets a little scratch behind the ears from Alex..<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfZBac7kI_VfcOtOqXJInNGOX6DwYTpDnHCsMiIXEYxIVZu5aBdy9v15sfz0aV9NRMQsiJZFmdtw4bqZEE0NQcuO_sG7tvTP_pFrhhrQ1WdQhxnY9dQufYDvam7vq6PBOT4PA5vVJ2vU/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+031.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfZBac7kI_VfcOtOqXJInNGOX6DwYTpDnHCsMiIXEYxIVZu5aBdy9v15sfz0aV9NRMQsiJZFmdtw4bqZEE0NQcuO_sG7tvTP_pFrhhrQ1WdQhxnY9dQufYDvam7vq6PBOT4PA5vVJ2vU/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686180258940701250" /></a><br />Unfortunately she was mauled by a dip shit Golden Retriever that tore up her precious face, not ten %$# damned minutes after we arrived?!<br /><br />"%$#@*"!!<br /><br />I knew when Alex casually mentioned there'd be another dog present when we departed that morning something like this would probably happen, but I kept my cool (and lived to regret it). It never fails, other dogs just love to dominate the little gal whose about as innocent and nieve as they come, and its usually when she simply goes up to strange dogs to introduce herself like all doggys do and all hell breaks lose when that dog is agressive. It doesnt matter whether they be males or females they tear her face open and she looks up at me everytime with that look like "WTF"?<br /><br />"...why did he do that?"<br /><br />It also never helps to ask the dogs owner whether their dog is agressive as they always lie and say no; even though they know damned well it is. Then after the inevitable attack, they act all like:"..Gee thats weird he's never done that before..?"<br /><br /><br />"Bullshit!"<br /><br /><br />Never again. I will never again have another dog near her. I owe it to her to protect her from these animals and the next dog that does it is dead.<br /><br />...<br /><br />So poor Suzie got the morning off and had to sit in the truck most of it, so her bleeding would stop, the EMT ointment would dry, and the three open punctures wouldn't get too dirty.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XapCtMlIWZVJxE3x8CuXYVKdKO5wHbJWDZ96U2cNwwnLHWEUjKDyPCoABivqR95flFBJ1-sjm7Z0MZVLJvYo3W3y3Ou2MQ3vhQcf3AIHDi-X34bMg9GK0k-x4wZiTV0pSk3ZJcUbyiQ/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+015-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XapCtMlIWZVJxE3x8CuXYVKdKO5wHbJWDZ96U2cNwwnLHWEUjKDyPCoABivqR95flFBJ1-sjm7Z0MZVLJvYo3W3y3Ou2MQ3vhQcf3AIHDi-X34bMg9GK0k-x4wZiTV0pSk3ZJcUbyiQ/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+015-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686179963451414914" /></a><br />And Mocha was ready to go...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5yArD42_SMeXetYGR3dt_UGSXEo_fuRCIG8syGoLI8u1S78uljXae-L26YOvOVYqL02ApHyoSd-6fGCunrrHnnLXA8GDLR4Epff82BCDjlLhhkn-6iLsW5uQf018N_GxACP3di-hCcQ/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+063.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUleDO2-gUeanoDe34jb-IqOo4KizQCq1GUd6sV4IAjrN8vKIYZIC_sIwcHmHjWankcl-p1PMUst5PjsD8ITeFhWPUZOD9Ms6lnKzkvt0Y30xqU2hACEHL36SjF9hnddWLJH5wyLwRi4o/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686180902753763266" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnmOon4h_0gGcjWomXJxXdv2URmjRnn86wtmM-Pcr4p_lx6RYLokOfzDC4gx5xCLk6_uLYkfZ8gby-99ArjFMXRpzfbfFXEzosnzTfbTBxUZdB_W0AE13y311MvNp2Bc2SNRH6s_xcxA/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+064.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnmOon4h_0gGcjWomXJxXdv2URmjRnn86wtmM-Pcr4p_lx6RYLokOfzDC4gx5xCLk6_uLYkfZ8gby-99ArjFMXRpzfbfFXEzosnzTfbTBxUZdB_W0AE13y311MvNp2Bc2SNRH6s_xcxA/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686179363442626450" /></a><br />Unfortunately the river bottom on the ranch is nearly void of pheasants this year too, due to a poor wild hatch; so though she did point one single rooster it made an escape out the backdoor and we never even fired a shot. <br /><br />She later pointed two hens which held tight for me to flush, then stared at me puzzled I didn't shoot at those either, and we went back to have lunch...no birds bagged thus far.<br /><br />....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzhb52Hc_N7WcSVzoRBMqqdhyWk22zWSIIa70gV67a-Le_H2OJrGvSwjVBsfmeYS-5dzuO83BIg-CkyebHou-WeAXSYPxpF_TBofqdiarYuJAX2nkBWDF_f076_vibaKpcJo3860mvpA/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+071-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkzhb52Hc_N7WcSVzoRBMqqdhyWk22zWSIIa70gV67a-Le_H2OJrGvSwjVBsfmeYS-5dzuO83BIg-CkyebHou-WeAXSYPxpF_TBofqdiarYuJAX2nkBWDF_f076_vibaKpcJo3860mvpA/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+071-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686178852528728370" /></a><br />During the day we stumbled upon no less than 30 dead deer, usually around water, as EHD took a heavy toll on the ranch this year (refer to one of my earlier posts on the subject for more info).<br /><br />....<br /><br />Now it was Suzie's turn and she put on a good show considering her ordeal earlier in the morning (me constantly checking her wounds, making sure they were well cleaned).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsw9IBx47l1_2FvO9V9C0YLS7keeik1kw4ywx2FZVPs8Lpu0S3cfgvmglVrXLtrV8iFI5VhvOjD7EGWYw5N2cuL4lSTugB2r1yOn5q268jFZDVOcPSmgqNukuJ01NcZrxln_5YxLXnSY/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+149-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsw9IBx47l1_2FvO9V9C0YLS7keeik1kw4ywx2FZVPs8Lpu0S3cfgvmglVrXLtrV8iFI5VhvOjD7EGWYw5N2cuL4lSTugB2r1yOn5q268jFZDVOcPSmgqNukuJ01NcZrxln_5YxLXnSY/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+149-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686178394363598978" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTXf8LPEpZAFfnpFGGj8ftsM5qADmlu3n2TH2mzUVf37WQz0DVx7tV8SVd0BhZqVsRoPBItrHo5MJxzmaUJqrVLr4Bjmc_wilWuTEt5MK2jsHvL5_9C5Hl67QTVtxHzkvAmr5piVmj1Q/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+154-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvTXf8LPEpZAFfnpFGGj8ftsM5qADmlu3n2TH2mzUVf37WQz0DVx7tV8SVd0BhZqVsRoPBItrHo5MJxzmaUJqrVLr4Bjmc_wilWuTEt5MK2jsHvL5_9C5Hl67QTVtxHzkvAmr5piVmj1Q/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+154-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686178171483235410" /></a><br />We walked until our feet hurt and even switched dogs again, as tired as each got, but didn't find birds till the last light of day..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY7DU1nKfAG3FbzkqYAz9dhe09qmxLTk39eTXnyl8gZ40my1QmdCFr-yV7boO2Z4nVYz5eHNWbN9hsl5x5vNCvNHnhIMrHoP0-kyMskcSy1VEoVEuhgGcGc1uY0XyoMzmdD5fSH1iIik/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+123-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlY7DU1nKfAG3FbzkqYAz9dhe09qmxLTk39eTXnyl8gZ40my1QmdCFr-yV7boO2Z4nVYz5eHNWbN9hsl5x5vNCvNHnhIMrHoP0-kyMskcSy1VEoVEuhgGcGc1uY0XyoMzmdD5fSH1iIik/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+123-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686177934717889426" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupp0xpVlh7kavIqX1h76AE71xfRQpRbc6zkCHNvZjU9j-aSRQwisE3TyRo-tuYN3TgirAuVMkuLXQvaBFWJ3Rvt6FS9izWa34LifcJ7qipUT3Ze-zTwOaWPRI2yDjPNr9-lXupxdIAEA/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+093.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiupp0xpVlh7kavIqX1h76AE71xfRQpRbc6zkCHNvZjU9j-aSRQwisE3TyRo-tuYN3TgirAuVMkuLXQvaBFWJ3Rvt6FS9izWa34LifcJ7qipUT3Ze-zTwOaWPRI2yDjPNr9-lXupxdIAEA/s320/Ranch+Hunt+Part+2+2011+093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686177598593771522" /></a><br />And boy did we find them. We entered what amounted to a field of dreams that held well over twenty sharptails easy, and scattered fifty yards apart, along with singles here and there; so a few actually held for Suzie and us to shoot at. <br /><br />While most 'flushed wild' way out of range, given its late seaosn and they've been hunted before, more than a few should have come to bag; but we just couldn't connect. What was pure comedy at first; with both of us being caught with "safety on" when we pulled up but no shot came on chip shots, it soon was rather depressing as our combined shooting-skills sucked. Not to mention my old beater pump finally failed me and jammed repeatedly while trying to eject shells, but thats just another excuse for my misses on two more easy chip shots.<br /><br />I tagged and bagged one single bird and then we headed home. Bad bite, bad shooting, but one cant complain when its 38 in December and we get to hunt the ranch; a priveldge I dont take lightly and thank Alex once again.<br /><br />....<br /><br />Got one more hunt planned this weekend, then off for Christmas holiday, then back for one last 'road trip' on the closer (Jan 1st).<br /><br />More Photo Essays to come...<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-48850400697258730782011-12-12T18:54:00.000-08:002011-12-12T19:42:27.797-08:00Ranch Hunt...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsP7PYJiFw8thY58MJpPIqeEyHL1qHY4jvnXGI87elIKIvHMLFVBYtzyTqa3KN_SmiXtg4p5pimJwL2HkDqpWdg8RyQZYvHAafkfOsNy6HL_FXA7V6rN3VwIy9TrdW5wKhlei6ED7CG5g/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+048.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsP7PYJiFw8thY58MJpPIqeEyHL1qHY4jvnXGI87elIKIvHMLFVBYtzyTqa3KN_SmiXtg4p5pimJwL2HkDqpWdg8RyQZYvHAafkfOsNy6HL_FXA7V6rN3VwIy9TrdW5wKhlei6ED7CG5g/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685446913371295842" /></a><br />..."Part 1"<br /><br />......<br /><br />First of all, let me apologise for my last 'abreviated post' where some of you likely reached a blank page this week; if coming off another blogs' link...<br /><br />- Reason for this was kinda cool, for me at least, as the last photo essay I posted only lasted a couple days before thankfully I was contacted 'via email' with someone wanting to buy it (the photos); on the condition they be "originals" as far as the internet goes; so I was forced to pull them.<br /> <br />Hey man's gotta eat and I'm as broke as they come these days.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcjq7T7yoxq13DoNYGjzfajqlH5VcJpFt5j-jW2VJXYoGNS9TK6tCydGN61GhvGZswV0oMXAVe-dPI5y75NR6ZQatcgHh7Hg20T_y33gNN0i8D6l6uVHuHtV7b4NQfOMYMrVQxL6QNes/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+080-1.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcjq7T7yoxq13DoNYGjzfajqlH5VcJpFt5j-jW2VJXYoGNS9TK6tCydGN61GhvGZswV0oMXAVe-dPI5y75NR6ZQatcgHh7Hg20T_y33gNN0i8D6l6uVHuHtV7b4NQfOMYMrVQxL6QNes/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+080-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685445984118175250" /></a><br />So this' is whats left of that Photo-Essay...LOL<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpCJVNIfhucBcDVu8lQ69p1ol0QbrYRg5voDFYJm0XOqDIFy4A7o4DArXi-Iv1lUg2Fe0y11HPUF3ay_0VLKTaf7FrPgdYSf1O7YiTKG1GoR7-fH1ZIqtE3lN_USoeZK0oAsZ97ESeEs/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+044.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpCJVNIfhucBcDVu8lQ69p1ol0QbrYRg5voDFYJm0XOqDIFy4A7o4DArXi-Iv1lUg2Fe0y11HPUF3ay_0VLKTaf7FrPgdYSf1O7YiTKG1GoR7-fH1ZIqtE3lN_USoeZK0oAsZ97ESeEs/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685445654412298546" /></a><br />More than a few caught the original pics on that Sunday I posted it, and even a couple actually "commmented"; which I always appreciate (even though doing-so is a huge headache, I understand; given the spam blocking requirements on these blogs).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgBNs1nbBO9fgXSzHAHoL3Zi1Buc_xksJzncy-sYxYj_VNha9BS_vdtKI40nFfEnmOEoKH2iZp7btln5NgmQfNtsY97x8F86dKbZ28yFyHHQlSTa6_zcEUmDpU_1j1WUQjTkiAPWSLLU/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+039.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgBNs1nbBO9fgXSzHAHoL3Zi1Buc_xksJzncy-sYxYj_VNha9BS_vdtKI40nFfEnmOEoKH2iZp7btln5NgmQfNtsY97x8F86dKbZ28yFyHHQlSTa6_zcEUmDpU_1j1WUQjTkiAPWSLLU/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685445258595577570" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnirApMaxPqcwjpJ3LXo2Y_I5zrOf_n1YwlPIho10Bq5NXhAZhDZFFbYYt7gUl298LYd18wjt4x4asHIy-Ovb6gwBJi7H8KwD-RZh2n2RdBGd3wjR7s5qS6cx6gMcq57fODR9gL2HJnc/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+032.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnirApMaxPqcwjpJ3LXo2Y_I5zrOf_n1YwlPIho10Bq5NXhAZhDZFFbYYt7gUl298LYd18wjt4x4asHIy-Ovb6gwBJi7H8KwD-RZh2n2RdBGd3wjR7s5qS6cx6gMcq57fODR9gL2HJnc/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685444208760729906" /></a><br />It was a fun time for sure, for both me and the girls, and we did it again the next week as well (Part 2 coming soon)...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0FgcNMj8d0t8R23Yafw_6pDFMYfemOEvJSn-UIW8zuwGVV5iylXkII8tYIPJgmot1cuIj9sTuD9TFCqxVb26BPhCRegzQBOgATAbGVIHWf2daTSCU0zBu1DIosjOdYmNnERsJKZG9tE/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+041.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr0FgcNMj8d0t8R23Yafw_6pDFMYfemOEvJSn-UIW8zuwGVV5iylXkII8tYIPJgmot1cuIj9sTuD9TFCqxVb26BPhCRegzQBOgATAbGVIHWf2daTSCU0zBu1DIosjOdYmNnERsJKZG9tE/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685444019903421698" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVjgA1Reu84tgfcNJ0gIo0liFB9SZHyej4_cdplSz4glTo8VJuGfcu9rIWQVixokY_IWXVj9AZJDU-6JmpGS7OiE3gWEbIQxWWeykZf5RrO05MScZY4BRZSk3zNLUpNTzIDDznDx5EN8/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+087.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJVjgA1Reu84tgfcNJ0gIo0liFB9SZHyej4_cdplSz4glTo8VJuGfcu9rIWQVixokY_IWXVj9AZJDU-6JmpGS7OiE3gWEbIQxWWeykZf5RrO05MScZY4BRZSk3zNLUpNTzIDDznDx5EN8/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+087.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685443371358484930" /></a><br />We'll all see those pics again come February I hope, and nobody will be too concerned about this I'm sure cept me...till the check arrives as payment (to heat my single-wide that is).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfISOWIhIfqXCNZqYlKH77RA8ZNTEJhSKLIK9PcZgHSliLVGJnDflF1UhEZh4zhUgpTu2qmU5_WkdZCyd0GrvS38J4xeO23lVKoMOHkISuxIGo4-RUT9ow2FDbM_FIOTWCf2Jk0Zg95c/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+171.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfISOWIhIfqXCNZqYlKH77RA8ZNTEJhSKLIK9PcZgHSliLVGJnDflF1UhEZh4zhUgpTu2qmU5_WkdZCyd0GrvS38J4xeO23lVKoMOHkISuxIGo4-RUT9ow2FDbM_FIOTWCf2Jk0Zg95c/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685441921821980978" /></a><br />A special thank you to Alex for inviting me both times (part 1 & 2); as it makes living in Montana during Decemeber bearable; knowing 'we'll hit the ranch a few times after birds'..every year!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZrMEIITapWN4ASXPjZ6wyYoiQ6Cpxlwg5AhBIrTtt2jItt2n41us-O6JOSmKFlxPTmhU8HR_ZzkfMpVvCquB0rk-ACvbUjptYwQN3Je5EmapUYfFJvWWSYGSynDDgNtykUVBX_hPXYo/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+108.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZrMEIITapWN4ASXPjZ6wyYoiQ6Cpxlwg5AhBIrTtt2jItt2n41us-O6JOSmKFlxPTmhU8HR_ZzkfMpVvCquB0rk-ACvbUjptYwQN3Je5EmapUYfFJvWWSYGSynDDgNtykUVBX_hPXYo/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685442109923044402" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvFfQ_VRYHg0W_-SxTeCL5rjpxfwHjW2N_YakBmoaEfF6M26JRsa6cF-jPdmEifnWOXfOIJagY10QgaFeeO0LcfQ8oVACBhGfuE9TqiY3VuC3aFPwMbHGOE20QKKmkpzgXniJQYZmwwc/s1600/Ranch+Hunt+2011+016.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhvFfQ_VRYHg0W_-SxTeCL5rjpxfwHjW2N_YakBmoaEfF6M26JRsa6cF-jPdmEifnWOXfOIJagY10QgaFeeO0LcfQ8oVACBhGfuE9TqiY3VuC3aFPwMbHGOE20QKKmkpzgXniJQYZmwwc/s320/Ranch+Hunt+2011+016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685441608413497842" /></a><br />Where was this guy hiding all season..?<br /><br />On private land of course.<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-76043166782034832492011-11-29T17:04:00.000-08:002011-11-30T07:19:55.010-08:00Tough Year for Whitetail Deer...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAp4y4ZdI1aD6SB3Tfo7REQaZK8qW7AJ1JouGP0lT_ZpxhDGiYn5lG-GanBEEh8wdsT0V5Ug5AMkHjYCl0qc7rOA0evrpVQ6Aw-R4milOmQZ2J6HuCqjeZfOW3qaTRK-GCNoweJNyzkc/s1600/Bucks+2011+003.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaAp4y4ZdI1aD6SB3Tfo7REQaZK8qW7AJ1JouGP0lT_ZpxhDGiYn5lG-GanBEEh8wdsT0V5Ug5AMkHjYCl0qc7rOA0evrpVQ6Aw-R4milOmQZ2J6HuCqjeZfOW3qaTRK-GCNoweJNyzkc/s320/Bucks+2011+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680591221079328210" /></a><br />..And a tough year for the deer-hunter too.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZHTslAoyGzQsOAHfKB7wC1RHKr-OiVWRymloOnEjsOPLN8hHAOd7SFLHQM5yp574ZQeALH_0VLTW9r-thF51OSqWQQgiuSogKnE34-2zA4Pp6QqDOb0GPWb01QYpEKkGCCEpA13y_jM/s1600/Bucks+2011+007.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTZHTslAoyGzQsOAHfKB7wC1RHKr-OiVWRymloOnEjsOPLN8hHAOd7SFLHQM5yp574ZQeALH_0VLTW9r-thF51OSqWQQgiuSogKnE34-2zA4Pp6QqDOb0GPWb01QYpEKkGCCEpA13y_jM/s320/Bucks+2011+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680591076345603330" /></a><br />Though for us clad in orange, and carrying guns, thing were not quite as tragic of course...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4jcG-tS3rIAd8umzTs_EQ_fydi-_yeAe9_kuTGJK3mNc90nYhWwatoGL7RgnxFNx3VKB5uQWOy89DBI-O3EzrqF3BrhcgXR2W9jOEH5KNpx8vuzULC0fiwG5_ONFJiz-sqNd5tChY2Y/s1600/Bucks+2011+028.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX4jcG-tS3rIAd8umzTs_EQ_fydi-_yeAe9_kuTGJK3mNc90nYhWwatoGL7RgnxFNx3VKB5uQWOy89DBI-O3EzrqF3BrhcgXR2W9jOEH5KNpx8vuzULC0fiwG5_ONFJiz-sqNd5tChY2Y/s320/Bucks+2011+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680590870627523042" /></a><br />- Montana' this past year recorded one of its worst ever EHD outbreaks' affecting whitetail deer; and in many regions kill-offs were as many as 50% of the herd!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG4Iv6PeCKlZRRLy9Evm0Xqc06DgVpDDnMAhgQ61KIEYdWZhmt-k0Uqd0In4rFFtsWEBydkC8vLlvWXg5ZgQLWBpczLqV34AV8WHo6Ir5gOQb5RZb25sBWzZ99KOSDb8owcujI1GgAZM/s1600/Bucks+2011+031.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG4Iv6PeCKlZRRLy9Evm0Xqc06DgVpDDnMAhgQ61KIEYdWZhmt-k0Uqd0In4rFFtsWEBydkC8vLlvWXg5ZgQLWBpczLqV34AV8WHo6Ir5gOQb5RZb25sBWzZ99KOSDb8owcujI1GgAZM/s320/Bucks+2011+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680590765558523906" /></a><br />EHD stands for 'epizootic hemorrhagic disease'; which is why hard-core deer hunters call it "EHD" or "blue tongue"; otherwise we'd all sound smart instead of crazed lunatics obsessed with killing big bucks for their antlers.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Mj3q49-ZDjglWPsufeZT5MxkcSWqFtrcOKY4ciz9kCu8s75mmtfhbBIVwH5Kp4OrGinfbBEypYesH213HXYrKIY912L1cbWRSozHheizwjrrKdWYLanzdMAsLEWfpCVH9svtJBQ02-g/s1600/Bucks+2011+034.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Mj3q49-ZDjglWPsufeZT5MxkcSWqFtrcOKY4ciz9kCu8s75mmtfhbBIVwH5Kp4OrGinfbBEypYesH213HXYrKIY912L1cbWRSozHheizwjrrKdWYLanzdMAsLEWfpCVH9svtJBQ02-g/s320/Bucks+2011+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680590635265696610" /></a><br />While death to said deer is ultimately the goal in 'deer hunting', no one wants to see any animal die this way; but such is nature; and she's often as cruel as any of us...(bitch)!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcE4onHr6Dfo5GyBJ1lzaYPfFijcZIL7hwT6T7hyMIgmjs6rtzxRCCDbc0xwBnRfurvdQv2LCtZnSOI6VfZzb_OAypWlJ9eaWYYSiRYfIjJI2JYv1aemzapaL2DCU2oshuwlm365em_XI/s1600/Bucks+2011+067.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcE4onHr6Dfo5GyBJ1lzaYPfFijcZIL7hwT6T7hyMIgmjs6rtzxRCCDbc0xwBnRfurvdQv2LCtZnSOI6VfZzb_OAypWlJ9eaWYYSiRYfIjJI2JYv1aemzapaL2DCU2oshuwlm365em_XI/s320/Bucks+2011+067.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680590394437964098" /></a><br />EHD does a real number on deer and its not kind as far as ailments go. It's a virus transmitted to white-tailed deer by biting gnats and once infected takes the life of the deer within a week to ten days usually. Its not transmitted from deer-to-deer as many think, but shows more of an impact when the biting gnats hit in regions over-populated with whitetail deer..as many parts of Montana are (or were) before the outbreak. <br /><br />With this year’s wet spring and late fall (in Montana), it created conditions for large numbers of the midges to hatch and linger late into the season.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-iE9OmBhB4ge21fFVlAx0COFwTmbxuxqK5yrqOmkVLXacv0NIxMOnHQrlveJE20zkzv6kaWT2h-baLemtfXODp8S9Rw1-H1Ee9ZvV1pmLSUwVaogU9Srb78_KzPmM0abX7s3iLcGQa4/s1600/Bucks+2011+068.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg-iE9OmBhB4ge21fFVlAx0COFwTmbxuxqK5yrqOmkVLXacv0NIxMOnHQrlveJE20zkzv6kaWT2h-baLemtfXODp8S9Rw1-H1Ee9ZvV1pmLSUwVaogU9Srb78_KzPmM0abX7s3iLcGQa4/s320/Bucks+2011+068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680590200498500178" /></a><br />This meant dead deer were found quite regularly by hunters and even anglers this year; as the infected deer go to water as a way to replenish in response to a depletion in body fluids caused by hemorrhaging. Some were even reported found dead beneath the waters' surface; as its theorized they submerge themselves 'to fight off the fever associated with the infection'.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfTpWXeyTqoIvdYWcF76NrxPA9NaZ-0gUWVGl4hCButalQU8Y71LIZCC9_NaJIVF1dm4CxgHbXl5A5d3FVJCVkTHk3EOtpwr9oyqbwf8vH5Vh6NTmF-uhTDtWW0jBxRAEJoiOGCKBYfw/s1600/Bucks+2011+060.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPfTpWXeyTqoIvdYWcF76NrxPA9NaZ-0gUWVGl4hCButalQU8Y71LIZCC9_NaJIVF1dm4CxgHbXl5A5d3FVJCVkTHk3EOtpwr9oyqbwf8vH5Vh6NTmF-uhTDtWW0jBxRAEJoiOGCKBYfw/s320/Bucks+2011+060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680589931717899842" /></a><br />Obviously some survived (as pictured in this PE) and even deer-hunting continued as Montana has had a large population of whitetail deer and they will certainly rebound.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QAb_hhOZGn4okEAQZIpvmaJN3gKKWpZvv2tunBQMlbEamExg-geID8CF-94RxV0DvaTWKfR-gN2y7bMXKWhS4Qe3Uj4vu7R0UkpEXp9pzIJlqhmSSmK27gCcbg2r9S8eWStKnhY_1QU/s1600/Bucks+2011+073.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QAb_hhOZGn4okEAQZIpvmaJN3gKKWpZvv2tunBQMlbEamExg-geID8CF-94RxV0DvaTWKfR-gN2y7bMXKWhS4Qe3Uj4vu7R0UkpEXp9pzIJlqhmSSmK27gCcbg2r9S8eWStKnhY_1QU/s320/Bucks+2011+073.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680807649127572066" /></a><br />Muledeer,antelope, and elk, also are affected sometimes, but apparently have better imune systems to fight the disease than do whitetails (or so I read).<br /><br />Some of this was from memory when I dabbled in Fish and Game, but since my memery is about as good as my spelling I gathered a bit too from recent news articles in the local paper to share what we now know about this outbreak. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAs56BGkubkuegf7DT_yanh8lr6BRhIGVRCAFRVUFNH9L0e0Mo0IPPdCGWcNVXciDhtQd3xX5LhCFZFTMBeVX214zfG6wZlWbN-ktDZcAXTgmdAQAPgYbeokB4-WaA0XyWeq7SBCPO2Bk/s1600/Bucks+2011+077.JPG"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3yTn01n-Z5HAQRU0CM6BGl3dTPH3btYnOxw1u9b_P9YR1CcWV6E4GQ-3zNO4mZGW4lCjNzzAgvfbVjtrTP5ZJe3i8aEvu6qFeU-rDpvgJWdq4iCdY27-p3DP_SoNjCo_t24eAr_LjcA0/s320/Bucks+2011+092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680589252292381522" /></a><br />Some parts of Montana, like the area I actually live in (Region 3), saw no EHD outbreak and wildlife biologists are still trying to figure that one out; as to 'why we are immune on this side of the hill' (Bozeman Pass).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcV2FnVNGEH4HUtT08xp2se0ve-TRaCZwdxlXChLS7Hf0DVjg6ytsvUp0KVt7RPJkEVtUuIi63greMdbOlI8XN9iwJgQEJqawOMZgrndM3YU6SUeYt9f-0GnFiHSn6udzl84vqC9M7V0/s1600/Bucks+2011+100.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTcV2FnVNGEH4HUtT08xp2se0ve-TRaCZwdxlXChLS7Hf0DVjg6ytsvUp0KVt7RPJkEVtUuIi63greMdbOlI8XN9iwJgQEJqawOMZgrndM3YU6SUeYt9f-0GnFiHSn6udzl84vqC9M7V0/s320/Bucks+2011+100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680589011133006082" /></a><br />Common sense - at least from my southern perspective would steer toward it being balls cold most of the damned year, but aparently that's not it.<br /><br />Regardless of the actual reason, I'm still using EHD as an excuse as to why I did not take a monster trophy buck this season; nor an elk either (big surprise on that last part).<br /><br />In fact, I didn't even take a doe for the freezer since a dozen people offer me venison (and occasionally bison and elk) every year; and then of course had to dodge at least five of the crazy things standing in my driveway - when I pulled in from my last 'hunting trip'. <br /><br />So I might have to fill one of these 309 antlerless surplus-tags before the year is completely up I guess...just for the sake of doing my part on earth as a deer hunter (can hunt them in Region 3 till Jan 1)?!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DT1QJELdNOZEtoT4HnhPRHhMRie_y-U3bCI9ekdr4Rgfcf6zs64-ko0sO91zVeI8Lgndp6VyqpfE1cuoJu7rbraQVE5OvzKg_1hK_WHUBr-cM0Qhw5R6_sLOrBaoqvkywZTJxnt9KPc/s1600/Nice+buck+013.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DT1QJELdNOZEtoT4HnhPRHhMRie_y-U3bCI9ekdr4Rgfcf6zs64-ko0sO91zVeI8Lgndp6VyqpfE1cuoJu7rbraQVE5OvzKg_1hK_WHUBr-cM0Qhw5R6_sLOrBaoqvkywZTJxnt9KPc/s320/Nice+buck+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5680808509999968242" /></a><br /><br />....<br /><br />Oh and for the record: I'd have shot any of these bucks I photographed above (except that little fella in pics 3 & 4), but of course these bad boys all stood there boldy and only let me take their pictures; as they knew they were on private property and I couldn't shoot them with my gun.<br /><br />- That and these were all taken within the last three days of the season and the rut had turned otherwise elusive bucks into hormone crazed morons.<br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-30772052154606797902011-11-21T15:55:00.000-08:002011-11-22T20:42:40.238-08:00"Elk and Deer be Damned,....we're going Bird Hunting..."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0PMH7q9Mc_uz8yYvgHHmLijSDw2ukXkJYP3dwdFqo5ta1G9rDz7h1O8iBtoYd_B6hPNEMQlHRfQWw25nDyoIfvJ24mXWzUk1aOseHvLIzpnuHrWZLsEhZfmOi-vt_ACBlAH2DbH8QSw/s1600/Sharptails+2+033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO0PMH7q9Mc_uz8yYvgHHmLijSDw2ukXkJYP3dwdFqo5ta1G9rDz7h1O8iBtoYd_B6hPNEMQlHRfQWw25nDyoIfvJ24mXWzUk1aOseHvLIzpnuHrWZLsEhZfmOi-vt_ACBlAH2DbH8QSw/s320/Sharptails+2+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677633366443307346" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBQ5jgyF3-Z4KDxEeIIMam4WWJrFIAXbH7OfCd_1pCQw22cCrk33c79UA_89kOtOkOLhFqs5HAtVD_oy8dZFpaUKjf_amdpuR3gWxTbo2OX3q4_NSon09sR1e8EyWgCSPSici_0GlLriA/s1600/Sharptails+2+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR4UOJsloJnCzrnmeg1k49I2o8xbWOaa2rF5uGs_fFZ6ybGx-5BSo8pCdG3mJj7nOuoQyHU8cooiRpd4Z9LPCsNhQZtNoDiIST4VxEX6h3mkf9cESDWnc3XRnxj7lyXeGNKMfLHSq_PP4/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+225.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677615106524744914" /></a><br />"Good girl"!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbR6MqknJBt4xGJEV_ZXmuYzCUGUf6K0uZdTYIytEu7d3bLlke12YzXopAPzA5SylRqw6J26VTIWD1DEOBFw6xJe8nTUTwBLTWCXDnXLyBcIb0OUGSf1XPBkKj4KMMDJUxLFkheuNYpQ8/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+197.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbR6MqknJBt4xGJEV_ZXmuYzCUGUf6K0uZdTYIytEu7d3bLlke12YzXopAPzA5SylRqw6J26VTIWD1DEOBFw6xJe8nTUTwBLTWCXDnXLyBcIb0OUGSf1XPBkKj4KMMDJUxLFkheuNYpQ8/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+197.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677609266164082914" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcLOlRm-qIKpBs_RNKW4eezz1c0gPpr2YLIsqrcVxnlEvgclJ41yuuc51tLVO4LSHfTYCfsDbHLKlgxy-tLXLUWI2YVnTHlrrJmK-gxRJFkOZ-pbq5Z53U9O6a7oHvC2Lczgv0f-zGDk/s1600/Sharptails+2+063.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYkXzM6EzT23z__n23pLEdoLpegYpKoSV5Riodfc1XHyQaSRCHLXHahLjVJOAr-2ij8XyhkAQuf4DUJRPmzNNnXy58_vIkCEFWqMgdLC8ep8bIuA-FJ0Xa-yKLhxi4SxCWTRfIxQ87YY/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677611295613774066" /></a><br />But as things usually go with my spontaneoues plans; the next morning, following a great evening-hunt, was in fact a complete bust.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQBFC5HZxos5z7uoXsLeMOiBrzQN010eXtGtsDNpWHiWB2FlQihfsXqDovI27FbhSLfSsbf9KLdHvzskf0iJM9I5SCkhKMbt_bzQr8eLA_ct3nHj62Kmgf9lTn6a05uyWSbtRiH0i6T4/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQBFC5HZxos5z7uoXsLeMOiBrzQN010eXtGtsDNpWHiWB2FlQihfsXqDovI27FbhSLfSsbf9KLdHvzskf0iJM9I5SCkhKMbt_bzQr8eLA_ct3nHj62Kmgf9lTn6a05uyWSbtRiH0i6T4/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677611182436350194" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7A5pjkK-xiTnKqgSGgi6Nqhd-5xQqme7ulALVavawpw4TqXzNQsS0UIEjMS-L5RyUcEcdHsnkbHaUjAgqSlIVxf-2yZd4Lvqh1j9a1CFD0Wm2c64dsu-njkpeVIaG6HPq3Ab0PY18GE/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+034.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAL7XaDxX5IaD_kC-f6UWnvnoI2RByRf34jWfnC6v5hWlhyS8PCKn9G2hF21DIqmRH78UtrCOhkeGK2zcUFtQW5bd-cVfdevZ7hE9DQhIZSUI-kb6W4I_2AjDlEgx5hWjAm6DL2kjdiho/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+Part+2+054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677606858280648930" /></a><br />A nice find' for sure...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8F94x200FUTvNfdItNyrJwwvNz8-GV7w3AuSph6qvRswMXgaj3jpUN99UiyJgm1eOknOpLOLuVvfgZhFJMjHi75uH7rVsCrrzciDcHmp7-UoPbiTGD_-uDmEVv6niu07RVzfqM0aJ1Q/s1600/best+pheasant+and+moe+mulies+016-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8F94x200FUTvNfdItNyrJwwvNz8-GV7w3AuSph6qvRswMXgaj3jpUN99UiyJgm1eOknOpLOLuVvfgZhFJMjHi75uH7rVsCrrzciDcHmp7-UoPbiTGD_-uDmEVv6niu07RVzfqM0aJ1Q/s320/best+pheasant+and+moe+mulies+016-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677621017305279842" /></a><br />And a couple nice birds too..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD5_iADScK0UG5V3g6IwbQjV1dP7q47VgnWHzKynOya9doXpmyRGe6jMBXRX1i2Gl4fc5ZKFgnvotssfsBhdC8q63PqqpIudpLh6GmCx-9NqrXEFibADNiohAd5fAcNsIafTaVlOj2pzI/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+Part+2+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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before heading north the following day.<br />......<br /><br /><br />Anther day, another part of Montana...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMxG52ed1uU7VWm3WJlXAAfuuEgtchAeA86ny-Hc8ABQEM3GMYRA7IVeg-5eaGPl6oKuoVt8qdZLwIYehySPGpbRUj3nsA-IDx_4pE4QtvLnU3Ii9o4jEtGmAeMMksbyr63my-LzrXRk/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMxG52ed1uU7VWm3WJlXAAfuuEgtchAeA86ny-Hc8ABQEM3GMYRA7IVeg-5eaGPl6oKuoVt8qdZLwIYehySPGpbRUj3nsA-IDx_4pE4QtvLnU3Ii9o4jEtGmAeMMksbyr63my-LzrXRk/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677605338108707266" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FLYT1KMPnQvsOgWq_3A6Cw7M0elVgrRwhFzzYhuW6FVffebyc9ARZUzSZ5mJaBl8Dm6SvVVTfSfG3E8R9qCBUh9Jyk99Dx20a__bhGz4DinFBNwj6uAnHUamwrdSk3RWGrw9hyphenhyphen4ZKfg/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+090.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4-9DC1yniJEBhL3mwpze5wXmF6PJF3B6a92KobwQyzFduoyW7ftX_UpTwSJdH36CJs3hWw46YZlIspcWIC_L91xwZyhx-xLYfA2u-0KsI9GLpSatliWaeBbZO8_tyeRFXfi50ic3uFk/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677640402198299138" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSCUYJYnksRdkMJi6shogUw4mkFCFeYRa2S9rpJU640e0g3qjoSlOkLEYuzngwm4FvcDFmBmhvkplPZLXFvp3hQcafdKxshsL_ktcUAaR7FYcBD_DxWj_YZyiV1ZtiZIMDsHBNg_QO7k/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQSCUYJYnksRdkMJi6shogUw4mkFCFeYRa2S9rpJU640e0g3qjoSlOkLEYuzngwm4FvcDFmBmhvkplPZLXFvp3hQcafdKxshsL_ktcUAaR7FYcBD_DxWj_YZyiV1ZtiZIMDsHBNg_QO7k/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677640264941362178" /></a><br />"SHIT" drove all this way and cant shoot a muley after the 13th?".<br />Being my nature I blamed Montana FWP again for having regs so convoluted in their bloody booklet then ever admit I was wrong damned it!?'...<br /><br />"Bastages!"...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2fIL1tdRStce59f3e4amAvIZ9iS7hw7945vzRWgMHNcB1GL0FprX2DtdrUV1wYHdEgo3YDF9B7LySM6fxmnaBt1KyQTf_kGy7VWuz2uYMRZbGazH9ycLt5qT_0xXvVkaZsbvZakjstw/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+279.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2fIL1tdRStce59f3e4amAvIZ9iS7hw7945vzRWgMHNcB1GL0FprX2DtdrUV1wYHdEgo3YDF9B7LySM6fxmnaBt1KyQTf_kGy7VWuz2uYMRZbGazH9ycLt5qT_0xXvVkaZsbvZakjstw/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+279.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677640111876399970" /></a><br />We road around to see what we could see anyway; even though I held no tags for elk in the region either.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyZA89Ne2FOAxbuD4hz-PhTM9pSEpBjmcPNYWgFdpr1mOAMvRECVIQ_1UFsN3KbroY9WP3WhdLP7pLhzBrClvouMspejSQdIwFFlp13rKa7uQB7SYLFdI8GTQSjrtHyMpzexffBwMxew/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdyZA89Ne2FOAxbuD4hz-PhTM9pSEpBjmcPNYWgFdpr1mOAMvRECVIQ_1UFsN3KbroY9WP3WhdLP7pLhzBrClvouMspejSQdIwFFlp13rKa7uQB7SYLFdI8GTQSjrtHyMpzexffBwMxew/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677639928893135890" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTY9JMYgMEh02kRV8PqQqX6Bfgu7poXYTtUaedemsQHyWI3AAqEaVqIW7VXF4f-axu_GyA-fg7DViN_saW-D4sWsK7xA-D0n1G5zLIEUHUNMKikzRg1-F9uA42OXkMgujC4y3OwewKUg/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+274.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTY9JMYgMEh02kRV8PqQqX6Bfgu7poXYTtUaedemsQHyWI3AAqEaVqIW7VXF4f-axu_GyA-fg7DViN_saW-D4sWsK7xA-D0n1G5zLIEUHUNMKikzRg1-F9uA42OXkMgujC4y3OwewKUg/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677641101456808002" /></a><br />"Looks like an easy climb doesn't it...in 4 wheel-drive.?" - This is what's commonly known as: 'a slide'. <br /><br />- Until you're on one, you really have no idea what they are when folks' describe them; so I'll just let you find out once you get here...(and good luck)..<br /><br />.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpfXK33Bf6DjY4FTRimggM82OPd1JOZKNKJLhYvWLf2oK7lh5nxCf8OLwJSQw26NC-eS_c2c_oSa7QBkyQFAoBXTgN1uiIpWcrwZk5wbsmXgZvy_HwVSESbZGOZWB4057M2CGDKSuynA/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+261.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpfXK33Bf6DjY4FTRimggM82OPd1JOZKNKJLhYvWLf2oK7lh5nxCf8OLwJSQw26NC-eS_c2c_oSa7QBkyQFAoBXTgN1uiIpWcrwZk5wbsmXgZvy_HwVSESbZGOZWB4057M2CGDKSuynA/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+261.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677640957882131586" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrLJQ1NC44SxNG0V2SsgU7UZjO9AAlJ_XiSTg9qOBGTCcf6Hf34kVrsUpyQT3g8gETFqYCuVLe1_ojdvvgdbMNap_M-tVHgS59pXIKUJ96O-fVZAyu6LUkY51tjbCCAlF0ekRfBXc3uY/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+232.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmrLJQ1NC44SxNG0V2SsgU7UZjO9AAlJ_XiSTg9qOBGTCcf6Hf34kVrsUpyQT3g8gETFqYCuVLe1_ojdvvgdbMNap_M-tVHgS59pXIKUJ96O-fVZAyu6LUkY51tjbCCAlF0ekRfBXc3uY/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+232.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677640817888183442" /></a><br />Let's just say I had to back-track over 22 miles.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM87exz1wGAFD-4X5PFNvRWZg4q9xzkQ8JmVG-l5eZehFeeeUrT8vwyiMWuuVEgCQvRR0Os5110hxTySsKybNY8gQ-SidckzfUu5eK1s_N0l4f5SgyYEPyrrRqPAMJoGq-BeZTvExYPU/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+102.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM87exz1wGAFD-4X5PFNvRWZg4q9xzkQ8JmVG-l5eZehFeeeUrT8vwyiMWuuVEgCQvRR0Os5110hxTySsKybNY8gQ-SidckzfUu5eK1s_N0l4f5SgyYEPyrrRqPAMJoGq-BeZTvExYPU/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677639451381865026" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMPK8nOeAQrQIQ_SepSo6dNKo4tH7kNDgqtetdwz5eua6PrEf2YVny_bgGqmmJ_Sxcc0xE_4Kxb4hfYxLbBwoljq-UXU-Y3H-usdN-0hEXPNXWsO0uVPA6ft1jTGaQyYu5ZbmgiknAXQ/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMPK8nOeAQrQIQ_SepSo6dNKo4tH7kNDgqtetdwz5eua6PrEf2YVny_bgGqmmJ_Sxcc0xE_4Kxb4hfYxLbBwoljq-UXU-Y3H-usdN-0hEXPNXWsO0uVPA6ft1jTGaQyYu5ZbmgiknAXQ/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677639575502863858" /></a><br />We eventually settled in the old wasteland of Lewistown, MT (actually a pretty nice place except I have an unfortunate history here; I'd rather not dwell on..).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNMDE0P18uRJ5wkMek__OK8L8zJihyphenhyphenSVIdWGE7713lGIPXKTLeUfKBdnCwpHb4PLthLkgwZG5HglbETBDJp2bwslplb-JOrUR58k1QwGtsS3prxwIMs07m9-jPcWWugS51JXTl1g63NQ/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+316.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicNMDE0P18uRJ5wkMek__OK8L8zJihyphenhyphenSVIdWGE7713lGIPXKTLeUfKBdnCwpHb4PLthLkgwZG5HglbETBDJp2bwslplb-JOrUR58k1QwGtsS3prxwIMs07m9-jPcWWugS51JXTl1g63NQ/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+316.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677641985147098578" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDEfAa4tBWyDpOxG-QiiI6cixwQHsgPUvLhxCWHGhlhfV2rl6rS0VZ-SqyMmgJaulvLSUfvM0nu9__pwjyfkYjW978qiytC7-DMTXJX773m_3_g31nr07H72RBbYsa-3T5IJg50vXD08/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+324.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDEfAa4tBWyDpOxG-QiiI6cixwQHsgPUvLhxCWHGhlhfV2rl6rS0VZ-SqyMmgJaulvLSUfvM0nu9__pwjyfkYjW978qiytC7-DMTXJX773m_3_g31nr07H72RBbYsa-3T5IJg50vXD08/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+324.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677642099153297874" /></a><br />Suffice to say I still, after 3 years, dont feel too comfortable even being seen there in daylight...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVR9bsAQRyzimA9rSx9ZDJgALFMX9dCUpPdsbrd-Kd7IXfv4KIztHl-GR7BEwQkCONq_9J051rtJAQAxj6_tW4MRJ6n5UIc7pfb2_XsBWNuD-NPGgodAz7A1ZbnwHyINYbcUKF2MMmcw/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+084.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkVR9bsAQRyzimA9rSx9ZDJgALFMX9dCUpPdsbrd-Kd7IXfv4KIztHl-GR7BEwQkCONq_9J051rtJAQAxj6_tW4MRJ6n5UIc7pfb2_XsBWNuD-NPGgodAz7A1ZbnwHyINYbcUKF2MMmcw/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+084.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677606142961130770" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLC1hRv7Z3LX6-3XTONAG4eczgIeQWsQtRTIkQ9IPy9am1esCAwmBHdFhduiAE9abz8yRYvd5mhqJjGFfP0T-T-o-QfOspMDtvL4DK8JbHz7G4EZdIFQcrgvTitL8vf5kJGnUphpXK68/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+149.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTLC1hRv7Z3LX6-3XTONAG4eczgIeQWsQtRTIkQ9IPy9am1esCAwmBHdFhduiAE9abz8yRYvd5mhqJjGFfP0T-T-o-QfOspMDtvL4DK8JbHz7G4EZdIFQcrgvTitL8vf5kJGnUphpXK68/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677639787280382290" /></a><br />So the next morning, as early as we could, we left that part of central Montana and headed for home' (chilly as it was)...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLnqGDQjLdWmWehUXnT6X-ZN6z6adKiYXWjih8GBAMrA2PX5yYouy71lV45wmnhbAbieab3sUajoe3rlxpM_tmVUo28mIyzo9bWuuPsPzCsv-NDvzObizj1UE1P6eqQ7Ipzf4fNnl5wc/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+100.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLnqGDQjLdWmWehUXnT6X-ZN6z6adKiYXWjih8GBAMrA2PX5yYouy71lV45wmnhbAbieab3sUajoe3rlxpM_tmVUo28mIyzo9bWuuPsPzCsv-NDvzObizj1UE1P6eqQ7Ipzf4fNnl5wc/s320/Bird+Hunt+2011+100.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677603433642907858" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZh4lnVE0XbKPrUJG35w13CkKwP8dQDq3Mou2WO2WfcJD6gVJ8tyZnea7_4I3f64WdxoKY_3DU_qnU2EoGAtGlLsGKRBGpjntLnemSRAOSD9f9s9qbXwp-Y2zcI1hyphenhyphenVJlvp-Xv4Z0UHMA/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+298.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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when I needed them the most...'<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEpoEZ_bikkmMOBgikR-mZUJXKplIybrlSLmm06Vx3WyPPYUU0DeK2IsFVV61sYMIH9TvRErGZVaNMGotNV61McWyEuA1CDWfaBQoaxqAbpHPJvBvvbhOIJko_vnKJXHU-w_OExdgYRQ/s1600/Sharptails+2+162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEpoEZ_bikkmMOBgikR-mZUJXKplIybrlSLmm06Vx3WyPPYUU0DeK2IsFVV61sYMIH9TvRErGZVaNMGotNV61McWyEuA1CDWfaBQoaxqAbpHPJvBvvbhOIJko_vnKJXHU-w_OExdgYRQ/s320/Sharptails+2+162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677602563156523330" /></a><br />...She did great on-point and then ran wild with her success; although I'm not sure she could even see where she was going at one point???...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix5NNTCQ1bLlKH1mjU8Fy-MjLz6C-t5nUpurJwPL8zin8NMkbSwpymky0pc1H12vssz5ahVVGO-4DLG2oc2ZBQaYpfaV-jXawnyBvMZoFmsKxkKTmsZ2KkaHMEUwACZEsOzWm17qYwnw8/s1600/Bird+Hunt+2011+086.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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So we stuck with the sharptails and roosters that seemed more plentiful and came home with near a half-dozen of each.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeejxKgRez9S-fH1ICb8ZHnD6U7JXNGObthtTpD0QfuLViqBTXtpDapn6RFYR_dpqzw_RiqOyc1mY4TvVeP9AcoC2TqQZ16fwLRpWCfJLuatwBU3d6MWt-YyFoQ7YfQUlZ1ZQe_HxTXs/s1600/Sharptails+2+138.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeejxKgRez9S-fH1ICb8ZHnD6U7JXNGObthtTpD0QfuLViqBTXtpDapn6RFYR_dpqzw_RiqOyc1mY4TvVeP9AcoC2TqQZ16fwLRpWCfJLuatwBU3d6MWt-YyFoQ7YfQUlZ1ZQe_HxTXs/s320/Sharptails+2+138.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677602328996692674" /></a><br />At the conclusion of our 'road trip' Suzie seemed content, though looked toward the horizon and setting sun as if to say: "I hope this isn't the end of the season..?!'<br /><br />So I gave her a scratch behind the ears and assured her it wasn't, and then reminded her..."we still have a whole month left to go..."<br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-2815222717499934162011-11-12T17:30:00.000-08:002011-11-12T18:08:28.410-08:00A Day Trip after Bucks and Birds....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBsMOj5jGcKZiaaZIe7sxsHVCWM9MLNFfQbu8XuOfLjBtP-OXZfmYkvOMBZ2Zjg_hCXfs36JK8vvWrRl-o9po6-exNtk0cmWKMvN7q_ruiFzZ2mMDgHxHkaCXt8G10BJJRoBG6PH8UH8/s1600/Sharptail+Hunt+2011+050.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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but within the next two weeks we should have some on the menu...(I hope)..<br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-28833642262072901902011-11-05T18:33:00.000-07:002011-11-07T19:53:43.335-08:00Finally got after some birds....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTngobSZqKC75I3wUbVadMAS6cw8opZyHY00YHKo7E7xAu03MUmiqWYZylQA0V2_IoMylB7Pq-rxMgNebNs1YEun64YbsPzTTaLm3134c0GU2OyRyWVCicrZFcwyREwF5fz9ldOAjmdg/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTngobSZqKC75I3wUbVadMAS6cw8opZyHY00YHKo7E7xAu03MUmiqWYZylQA0V2_IoMylB7Pq-rxMgNebNs1YEun64YbsPzTTaLm3134c0GU2OyRyWVCicrZFcwyREwF5fz9ldOAjmdg/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671694752928925602" /></a><br />..and the girls are ready for more..!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxuLAgOjE5xh2ZjzMneR1XlmObKcUEmQaNS2wJiMfmpal5yiNhPc0TnxBbVNzF2LPXfiHr5hpMrtU-bQtyQqjcuZpYFcL0iEB6pL3WSQsMi-UgDiysAvV88dzcGg9qneR3KMuqdWZB_4/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxuLAgOjE5xh2ZjzMneR1XlmObKcUEmQaNS2wJiMfmpal5yiNhPc0TnxBbVNzF2LPXfiHr5hpMrtU-bQtyQqjcuZpYFcL0iEB6pL3WSQsMi-UgDiysAvV88dzcGg9qneR3KMuqdWZB_4/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695172804603442" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeKNgMb_td8TT1Fddt3O6J-o5iolCZ8MkAQy-GvQRW91nhdZYY44zym4Wzjaad_6MxqRxmDtFwXLxUX19WG0i83AjJTCDh0Jhm6Hd_0XnMZIWSvdD4W8IMs2RQ2Bavi3F0nmVYMgE2Ok/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeKNgMb_td8TT1Fddt3O6J-o5iolCZ8MkAQy-GvQRW91nhdZYY44zym4Wzjaad_6MxqRxmDtFwXLxUX19WG0i83AjJTCDh0Jhm6Hd_0XnMZIWSvdD4W8IMs2RQ2Bavi3F0nmVYMgE2Ok/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695588014324706" /></a><br />Temps were chilly and winds were near epic, but we decided to give it a go anyway..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5Xb-OcRpg2UT2WI283kOL0eCwexumjA8aEoq__R8nwrYcBSYf9GSCQ07v17BElrFGDFYW3eghTpTpw_ZM5Q_5_C0P8KsEr8LuJvKpNBArC_kIcdTYJqCG_zme8bVaLlYT7uVmRt3pXM/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5Xb-OcRpg2UT2WI283kOL0eCwexumjA8aEoq__R8nwrYcBSYf9GSCQ07v17BElrFGDFYW3eghTpTpw_ZM5Q_5_C0P8KsEr8LuJvKpNBArC_kIcdTYJqCG_zme8bVaLlYT7uVmRt3pXM/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695482802285010" /></a><br />I split the costs for gas with my friend and coworker Allen from the shop and we tried a spot he knew about that likely held birds; and had some success!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQV4ykn6GAI64VVq44XACnDNq8LiBJNKUogsq5UKGhnj-CeAqKP-GrwGaP4wCc2n5QzbYuZzD6CXkDCxY-g3fSRTWX9qlROiv3rv-INEay8SX1CYGx4fgIUwz8tkbc0FhH8_Ztg6cxnQ/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHQV4ykn6GAI64VVq44XACnDNq8LiBJNKUogsq5UKGhnj-CeAqKP-GrwGaP4wCc2n5QzbYuZzD6CXkDCxY-g3fSRTWX9qlROiv3rv-INEay8SX1CYGx4fgIUwz8tkbc0FhH8_Ztg6cxnQ/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695372898781986" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwpAbzIrdop_krqUFtYtVhSprzWhhgIq4XvykCkgVUD22nCdIsrYCvzIeblwul83l4SixVCirhlMXvE_R7LUczFbn89PZ2AyYF5vElxUaHfxU1sIdSOD0i9LpUqeB4V9TN-MeCr3lhno/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggwpAbzIrdop_krqUFtYtVhSprzWhhgIq4XvykCkgVUD22nCdIsrYCvzIeblwul83l4SixVCirhlMXvE_R7LUczFbn89PZ2AyYF5vElxUaHfxU1sIdSOD0i9LpUqeB4V9TN-MeCr3lhno/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671694876253766978" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3L34-6rUydk5UxVF8NLfPM19-9FKa_oXqvQy-MCxwsyvi9TzgP2Rn1z273XIzKPPUXevggxRq8w86jiWTD7MNgVVpEQo6BGEzAHkqV2_8VpMMtWn4rsiPQd7wL7Omy-PT-uyBmJVdcA/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 217px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3L34-6rUydk5UxVF8NLfPM19-9FKa_oXqvQy-MCxwsyvi9TzgP2Rn1z273XIzKPPUXevggxRq8w86jiWTD7MNgVVpEQo6BGEzAHkqV2_8VpMMtWn4rsiPQd7wL7Omy-PT-uyBmJVdcA/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695051705484546" /></a><br />"Nice hat dude!?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkO6oE7fTQxFN0DqU1gOcfKFRCtn34HR5uif73kJNEB7fB2hJcB-6j9XrrKBzOqKjYGLqxZwsF9ZyDMO0Cw9sgTRxjRss-cLzCtIhnIh99xOCThniGCm3h4UnMzfNZrgA2AsXRLWQMVo/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+095.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkO6oE7fTQxFN0DqU1gOcfKFRCtn34HR5uif73kJNEB7fB2hJcB-6j9XrrKBzOqKjYGLqxZwsF9ZyDMO0Cw9sgTRxjRss-cLzCtIhnIh99xOCThniGCm3h4UnMzfNZrgA2AsXRLWQMVo/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+095.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671692969264754850" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADCD1wGxoRXLNz1IBVxvYPF3nn6wG78uajjBzOC5tVhq0KvVyxaOP5kGuMAsucGUost_X9XDHuaTngC8p0FAbCtt7zXHMZ7gAjWO8wCLP2ey9eDsXH6yRgJqVn5KgZzit5FSBQgdvy14/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+074.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhADCD1wGxoRXLNz1IBVxvYPF3nn6wG78uajjBzOC5tVhq0KvVyxaOP5kGuMAsucGUost_X9XDHuaTngC8p0FAbCtt7zXHMZ7gAjWO8wCLP2ey9eDsXH6yRgJqVn5KgZzit5FSBQgdvy14/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671693979474105810" /></a><br />Cold as it was and winds at 40+, Mocha still worked hard enough she apparently felt a chilly dip in a farm pond was in order...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ozcxD-Y-ME8KmpYKrZmkCellxE14N87aV_z1dex-1ehfUf_2xsy8lxHuldPv1lEy1OZyZhLRRkjpvZmOO9Yl1yPN6NAjmNE1vLOg6_l_o1FuWmEtbcrHceExi3HGgIXvzSM2GUS7JM4/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+063.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitYkmc5t-n69RS89q65dm7eTa-eM2zt_eAdNGA2RU6A9EUqYmszK6lgLIPuHS_w0SSyS58vhMev32xqF3tp1PVSAM1P7MJeSVJt2nVGxwOUq-kQMxB3sEZ7QHRNed-b2Y4q5oCiS1_XOs/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+085.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671693338697237122" /></a><br />"Good Girl.."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bzple15KdGPsN9GEvjPFvLsk9klmVk9MRPlHYw_FuroKuf3H4ACeKG7ZA3KDLBfBUecrSWpDot3ZRGIX6qwCVcdBTdY9OIx-hcR3hgfRUWCayR6hEPWdo4U9Zr7BbEnM45mD8Nd0byk/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Bzple15KdGPsN9GEvjPFvLsk9klmVk9MRPlHYw_FuroKuf3H4ACeKG7ZA3KDLBfBUecrSWpDot3ZRGIX6qwCVcdBTdY9OIx-hcR3hgfRUWCayR6hEPWdo4U9Zr7BbEnM45mD8Nd0byk/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671693230728256514" /></a><br />"Now do your victory dance.."!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqCpVq1hz3-DrO2UgZb5mpvSw9bXMKc-dV5HWZmll2etyDq0TecfHUvQ3MqrbZcUAh6VWAtiglx6BzauciVkkpJ_97qvVfuz9yRIAM_NIAM2HkcwnFfTOKRN1_2YrmT1g18KWEOsEdc1k/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+099.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B1Q7wtJzPlrgCQ7ffi5lF9kgQJdUpA0brqRNSYvvTxL_aR2EiQVd06PJwtqRCzwlP6G1A3kAZtnjuHDOXfjf6beyvTtMnT8FwQVXfEkOMgNBWeb4d8lGMDtNa-it3obzVx0VHprDELQ/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671692267283664866" /></a><br />"Winner"!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrA1QnGyDrhO20_tXTSnoAYIKIvJ0EMxkBAwOMONeUMK7TyBn_rFsXRa8joHZG8OPtviZzO-3_xr2aD9Ynq196EAJod7bt4IvyOKj1S5K6qK89w5jdLctuzsIJ9TVceDw-nb-wADR2fbo/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrA1QnGyDrhO20_tXTSnoAYIKIvJ0EMxkBAwOMONeUMK7TyBn_rFsXRa8joHZG8OPtviZzO-3_xr2aD9Ynq196EAJod7bt4IvyOKj1S5K6qK89w5jdLctuzsIJ9TVceDw-nb-wADR2fbo/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671691609424268002" /></a><br />Spotted a nice rooster crossing a road while we were driving along it, so we stopped quickly and put Suzie down for 'the sure thing';...and she didn't disappoint us!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_1YOOyl14xJ5v6mz7Iu6BfEtawC4phLvaVM8Wdteoey_JfcSHFqmHblIUmLNgMUbGdZWQgGfbKKKeKPSbHqFyZ61QE98-T6DeMTerK3MYVmPt1NFkAFISHuT-0inIDJ5Gjk0dtufIjNo/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+130.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG4hurk9bJ2WPjlt9onbRc4TfcDQg7hbnYcWm2oFnHHHzBLiA4qTCBDl-ApInaQFP5jHZ8y4XgqDD7kiyLKuV5LUuR6SmXsPul2ziw2DPgKFssAi23acaKs03P24QYczPVZ_M984ivds/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+166.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671690995332899506" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW8Y6Io-vd3TCUCWwtb0Xlk88evYQRmnlz7d9r7kZ5Me-0f718q6n81RpeFTdNcYfpWt0fmyjOIa93jwEOT3Apn2LBH63BYSTADQBRxNUoLxTjewccCBQpNBM4P7ykF8pSBHM741iIOo/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+170.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdW8Y6Io-vd3TCUCWwtb0Xlk88evYQRmnlz7d9r7kZ5Me-0f718q6n81RpeFTdNcYfpWt0fmyjOIa93jwEOT3Apn2LBH63BYSTADQBRxNUoLxTjewccCBQpNBM4P7ykF8pSBHM741iIOo/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671690746143173474" /></a><br />Mocha's somewhere in there - on point!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D13073SG0GOJtw_We5cX2a-QN4MyqQciKlZKX9d-MwmldClW02_bIYK3P00XQGqmgthsl1WXJ23JXOjz0Sc-F3XEDtp9WwpjkVfD5bfxEpm0LT45CEpGnE5DUwtEUaG-Qxykq70UfhI/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D13073SG0GOJtw_We5cX2a-QN4MyqQciKlZKX9d-MwmldClW02_bIYK3P00XQGqmgthsl1WXJ23JXOjz0Sc-F3XEDtp9WwpjkVfD5bfxEpm0LT45CEpGnE5DUwtEUaG-Qxykq70UfhI/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671690628574901202" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVbmKrMVDrBUOAYCw_CXiXJ5DmGabSQhk1M4z0ETNd2I8CEL8VK4YJX5f6o-LDNWsAl4_MjiGOyE8X7ORwgPYN6Vr1Zp9Rzd_VIRuW_p8VcN49RPsV7PQvbntp50-BrbZJxnIjmROGIc/s1600/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+184.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJVbmKrMVDrBUOAYCw_CXiXJ5DmGabSQhk1M4z0ETNd2I8CEL8VK4YJX5f6o-LDNWsAl4_MjiGOyE8X7ORwgPYN6Vr1Zp9Rzd_VIRuW_p8VcN49RPsV7PQvbntp50-BrbZJxnIjmROGIc/s320/Nov+2011+elk+and+bird+hunts+184.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671690444211943346" /></a><br /><br />It was a great time and I cant wait to go again; and think its safe to say both of the girls can't either...?!!<br /><br /><br />Moe<br /><br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-87535075688534602742011-10-29T18:17:00.001-07:002012-03-14T05:10:05.382-07:00"I’m so Broke all I can do is Elk Hunt…"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3N6FTTmryGB6FFQhx_rrxA_JwVn4U4BfegDTb2My8EPUUQRxpkOhe2GyZ8wGirr1pLIqUXcK9L8IbAbywBRhv9uVv5KcqxyBaLqVGbXvNV86ChDwFxCPr6KflVyODBSl2fq1si2iEZw/s1600/Elk+Action+250.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3N6FTTmryGB6FFQhx_rrxA_JwVn4U4BfegDTb2My8EPUUQRxpkOhe2GyZ8wGirr1pLIqUXcK9L8IbAbywBRhv9uVv5KcqxyBaLqVGbXvNV86ChDwFxCPr6KflVyODBSl2fq1si2iEZw/s320/Elk+Action+250.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669091844102183538" /></a><br />..That those words actually came out of my mouth, without a hint of intended sarcasism still has me shaking my head...<br /><br />I was explaining why I hadnt been taking the girls out after birds yet this season' with a coworker named Allen when it was mentioned. He's a local of Bozeman, born and raised, and understood without even hesitating; before we continued on in our conversation about hunting and fishing (as thats pretty much all we talk about at the fly shop).<br /><br />..It was a few minutes later when I stopped and had a chuckle to myself at what I'd just said and the pure absurdity of it all'...especially given everything I went through to get up here to my lifelong dream state of Montana, and to now be complacent enough I'm essentially bitching - 'I can only afford to hunt elk instead of birds' when I'm off work for a few days every week.(at a frickin fly shop)..?!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRZJYkDQIpUg5T0tcsokNa8t3i3upTtNig2WN1xNsVoHL3UHt0wNh29n5QdN3zZ7SiF7tcaVe-2pOcsNvtOOQZbvygry5W5E99nocI_HIQ-mYVYF80LTFWeHN6ORTs3EGdNK78bNay4Q/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRZJYkDQIpUg5T0tcsokNa8t3i3upTtNig2WN1xNsVoHL3UHt0wNh29n5QdN3zZ7SiF7tcaVe-2pOcsNvtOOQZbvygry5W5E99nocI_HIQ-mYVYF80LTFWeHN6ORTs3EGdNK78bNay4Q/s320/elk+hunts+2011+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669089966509300002" /></a><br />Thats not the kind of thing one should take lightly, myself especially as I could - had I not decided to throw caution to the wind instead stayed where I was unhappy - be doing something far less atttractive right now in this crazy world...<br /><br />Truth is, I couldn’t have wished for a better predicament to be in and like nearly everyone else out there, have certainly faced far worse over the years leading up to this.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtCIE8nehitSxFR1CYkFbdPDsbW1r98xJHQ1HIQEe-M9DL_4KAqAxfi4Ef53EYucYzHlmP-xG5NV2aXlYivSXk3d4vaSK_f8wHTaZwG0oZA6mWnBoVQO70APVsvR-kby69A8Wv-TlSXc/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtCIE8nehitSxFR1CYkFbdPDsbW1r98xJHQ1HIQEe-M9DL_4KAqAxfi4Ef53EYucYzHlmP-xG5NV2aXlYivSXk3d4vaSK_f8wHTaZwG0oZA6mWnBoVQO70APVsvR-kby69A8Wv-TlSXc/s320/elk+hunts+2011+026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669090083798029186" /></a><br />..And so since moving to this part of Montana I find solace in the mountains surrounding town, when things get especially tight and my future doesn’t look so bright compared to others more financially fortunate. So I go elk hunting or chase mule-deer; or at least dress the part' and do an awful lot of exhaustive hiking around areas where I see tracks and poop that is.<br /><br />Sad fact is I really am flat broke and busted (again), and now with my hours being cut back already at the fly shop; it looks like this' Winter will require some sort of additional 'odd job' to get me through it.<br /><br />"%$#@"<br /><br />...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIwX78xJnvgppbasqZzXO2IUNNgQ8QKOHU0hFABJnS7jkEujiRPkur00qSucLWhCecE0xhggMTOSCXI0fDvvvd496TqB8UyvHenwFf0sXCbwq24akygbCjZJvqbdrfcjsdvpipM_nU5I/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIwX78xJnvgppbasqZzXO2IUNNgQ8QKOHU0hFABJnS7jkEujiRPkur00qSucLWhCecE0xhggMTOSCXI0fDvvvd496TqB8UyvHenwFf0sXCbwq24akygbCjZJvqbdrfcjsdvpipM_nU5I/s320/elk+hunts+2011+040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669089499067130306" /></a><br />All that concern can wait till December though, and even if I dont have the funds to pay all my bills and rent, or gas and motel to take long trips this season; I can jump in the pickup truck on any given afternoon and be in and amongst elk within 40 minutes if I plan it right(?). <br /><br />Never a bad thing as long as you’re not a Brittany or GSP living in the same household; then you’re bummed – big time!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-9GSn4QWeAPUdQuM393XbwbcCtywdxe1FdTzDphYShMrK_i8rFYnO1f7rHtiFxrYRmlQ-H53byI8cUZZ3UdQx8MHWuRcQhke5r11A1utHT6OHi-hHz4c8hYOTsZgrzkInNJ0-HIEywI/s1600/river+040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS-9GSn4QWeAPUdQuM393XbwbcCtywdxe1FdTzDphYShMrK_i8rFYnO1f7rHtiFxrYRmlQ-H53byI8cUZZ3UdQx8MHWuRcQhke5r11A1utHT6OHi-hHz4c8hYOTsZgrzkInNJ0-HIEywI/s320/river+040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669105828563118498" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq2F7vwxBAPlNd-sBHRXEguWExtD3IFURaQUPTHwPVHoFUrfxROi6kpflnG6njuSk9Vw-_-Fni_dbyyJQq7EGWT42egsv4qn_xvohEOZtG_05AZN2dZaVUCJ4Og0ACuEIdKb9TzsJLx0/s1600/river+028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq2F7vwxBAPlNd-sBHRXEguWExtD3IFURaQUPTHwPVHoFUrfxROi6kpflnG6njuSk9Vw-_-Fni_dbyyJQq7EGWT42egsv4qn_xvohEOZtG_05AZN2dZaVUCJ4Og0ACuEIdKb9TzsJLx0/s320/river+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669105551638822610" /></a><br /><br />Worse, I’ve twice in the past two weeks laid my shotgun and vest near the door, torturing the two of them as I thought I could swing a bird-hunt, but then went elk hunting instead. I’m usually gung-ho the night before and will even promise them both “we’re going hunting”, but then I awake and sadly determine “a road-trip just isn’t in the budget” (note- Bozeman has little to no public bird-hunting available). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibzVJQ-jWw2vre-CFge2ta8irfD8YgaKhhNt85UeLD6o8TG2CSfOYMVb8_qGeKJ9WTK4P1DY0xTTQ6FP3_ZPDhrZrlTrIBaSzAXmOtx79yTjcTaIHV_L59HGypECPKVG_KGW14NGrzTc/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibzVJQ-jWw2vre-CFge2ta8irfD8YgaKhhNt85UeLD6o8TG2CSfOYMVb8_qGeKJ9WTK4P1DY0xTTQ6FP3_ZPDhrZrlTrIBaSzAXmOtx79yTjcTaIHV_L59HGypECPKVG_KGW14NGrzTc/s320/elk+hunts+2011+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669090442242369794" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bcCLGNZ9NjnPgABZ_ZDGaDDkjUdEMYRWKOiM_rKJRaNWJ9G9ZslzaDPIc3pG1lGc1k-GjcfyxMF-u9gsSvMl9t6dWoxtoQCrEQzY9VeBBc3wMf7WLRElAgSng4RJg5tkVYz3fQozBk4/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9bcCLGNZ9NjnPgABZ_ZDGaDDkjUdEMYRWKOiM_rKJRaNWJ9G9ZslzaDPIc3pG1lGc1k-GjcfyxMF-u9gsSvMl9t6dWoxtoQCrEQzY9VeBBc3wMf7WLRElAgSng4RJg5tkVYz3fQozBk4/s320/elk+hunts+2011+024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669090199917060546" /></a><br /><br />.......<br /><br />I’m also fishing a lot less since my accident. I was wading below the Dam on the Lower Madison about two weeks ago and took a tumble in amongst the boulders I won’t soon forget. In the fall I nearly broke my neck, leg, and brand new Winston B-IIIX in that order.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUNnjzu72CeI58ghnl9P1YDyiTtWB4sp7GJE63SnTmAsnbw-FonFhHss7rlRg3Hzx-Br5v54AK_Yk_KwFAL7nPtMnYPtKOWj3ueP7RKUYUm3sSFBrLzeghw_G1ICv_rnv8YFnGrc9RjY/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUNnjzu72CeI58ghnl9P1YDyiTtWB4sp7GJE63SnTmAsnbw-FonFhHss7rlRg3Hzx-Br5v54AK_Yk_KwFAL7nPtMnYPtKOWj3ueP7RKUYUm3sSFBrLzeghw_G1ICv_rnv8YFnGrc9RjY/s320/elk+hunts+2011+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669091349114826546" /></a><br />Little known fact, when guys who can’t afford $700.00 fly rods work in fly shops selling them; once they sell enough (12) they’re rewarded with a complimentary one (custom engraved no less, so I can’t then sell it on Craig’s List to pay my rent – which sucks as I'd been debating doing so).<br /> <br />Since it arrived right about the time I was in hunting-mode and nothing else, I decided last minute to “give it a go..”<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNPnK-CvkLNW-cYwpyHeStxT8LZrELorob6qAA2ye2-OJgVNc5_XmQmUjn5-Hm96S4LxxKAkV26WI3DoHVuRAnUFMXWq01gylMT-URo17NEMAtflf_js8bg7kyfAbTQkTULjx7LdLqLA/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNPnK-CvkLNW-cYwpyHeStxT8LZrELorob6qAA2ye2-OJgVNc5_XmQmUjn5-Hm96S4LxxKAkV26WI3DoHVuRAnUFMXWq01gylMT-URo17NEMAtflf_js8bg7kyfAbTQkTULjx7LdLqLA/s320/elk+hunts+2011+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669091158925631202" /></a><br />Bad idea, not only was the fishing less than stellar, when I slipped on the slick rocks in the rain and smacked my skull and twisted my knee to where the bottom of my boot was up around my shoulder; I determined I’d likely never walk-and-wade ever again and instead - stick to drift-boat fishing from here on out (all this becoming much clearer after my concussion finally subsided that is).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEHY2518AZMSS59rDXWrAzBzzloj_vE43Pk1vv_LJ1U4sND-SGnAffPW12yxXSUfYocU967PmtV8OuoKAFVOCN19k0lyQXQraG5O4IjgxvKlGr7B3L8l8rn-xt8WBM_kDZAMki6Z3ngE/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+008-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisEHY2518AZMSS59rDXWrAzBzzloj_vE43Pk1vv_LJ1U4sND-SGnAffPW12yxXSUfYocU967PmtV8OuoKAFVOCN19k0lyQXQraG5O4IjgxvKlGr7B3L8l8rn-xt8WBM_kDZAMki6Z3ngE/s320/elk+hunts+2011+008-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669091003169607778" /></a><br />(Above was taken only minutes before I fell)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q9icErRgKFbSzXP0nhGCyzSgiUi27u36a8imzvRMHX0F4sdr4VJpu8TaEd-83O-eKh_wb4i_9XbzEJUx22UONn9nphJHFcloMncw1DjaQxzFzhnYQjmNtToTttCpB5U72GnSiIPCGnM/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4q9icErRgKFbSzXP0nhGCyzSgiUi27u36a8imzvRMHX0F4sdr4VJpu8TaEd-83O-eKh_wb4i_9XbzEJUx22UONn9nphJHFcloMncw1DjaQxzFzhnYQjmNtToTttCpB5U72GnSiIPCGnM/s320/elk+hunts+2011+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669090565878120354" /></a><br />(Ennis Lake at Dusk)<br /><br />......<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwttiaJ7ibP7Dh-Ge37WIOlluwTfUMLSPOlpfgsuWYHGl7gMmq0O7J21Br1z1FESjtgK69TeHVan0a2Fm6l7F8-TobDj5N5k753VkMZjvCPrnkaWNpd7aDLf0oObPtMFfMdO2ZwuoCYM/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwttiaJ7ibP7Dh-Ge37WIOlluwTfUMLSPOlpfgsuWYHGl7gMmq0O7J21Br1z1FESjtgK69TeHVan0a2Fm6l7F8-TobDj5N5k753VkMZjvCPrnkaWNpd7aDLf0oObPtMFfMdO2ZwuoCYM/s320/elk+hunts+2011+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669089840036324738" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfF4bLWm6xFY7OrjVxFGxOzD9VrfW-KQvdujE0IsKm30sR62dtR5bXzZV7A5FFg4GpqZ353AfCZdE4w2y_CIH8LTe_2d1RycB5Eu-0pexG9rblKRop3sor5let8QhND0xd84OMN_NZkM/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+036.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfF4bLWm6xFY7OrjVxFGxOzD9VrfW-KQvdujE0IsKm30sR62dtR5bXzZV7A5FFg4GpqZ353AfCZdE4w2y_CIH8LTe_2d1RycB5Eu-0pexG9rblKRop3sor5let8QhND0xd84OMN_NZkM/s320/elk+hunts+2011+036.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669089656123445010" /></a><br />And so I’m now in my fourth week of elk season and still at it. I came very close to tagging one with bow two weeks back, but passed on the small calf at forty yards, as I was waiting for momma or something bigger to choose the same path. <br /><br />Nothing did, but I knew they were nearby and rewarded with the sight of two cows and two calves the very next day, but well out of range.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_qHx4WCA_-MegXk1GvAJ6QxKS3lLDdP27-Gt0IjC4cNaW8dJhRUGKN2kON4xQr2u9cCfz84d1YhQ9_rhdW-ROTrFR-P1r4p59kSamB1yeAaqgCk0wXhRHpJLbsxPc_XNiwEoHiiZWbQ/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+047.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_qHx4WCA_-MegXk1GvAJ6QxKS3lLDdP27-Gt0IjC4cNaW8dJhRUGKN2kON4xQr2u9cCfz84d1YhQ9_rhdW-ROTrFR-P1r4p59kSamB1yeAaqgCk0wXhRHpJLbsxPc_XNiwEoHiiZWbQ/s320/elk+hunts+2011+047.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669089116507076754" /></a><br />They teased me into thinking they would still be nearby' every single day since then and I not surprisingly haven’t seen hide nor hair of them since...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HbjfGBs8iE8Sf__rngkVfyAhpemXLRGCyNX7kxFh3eTVVmwuFnuqSatGiQhT31E9tPrfEFPy972I6101hLR5tjtq17haU9m0DCf8fGACgisw6051X0T4Z6oqg_Z8gcTfmEitcHpMmjU/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+049.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HbjfGBs8iE8Sf__rngkVfyAhpemXLRGCyNX7kxFh3eTVVmwuFnuqSatGiQhT31E9tPrfEFPy972I6101hLR5tjtq17haU9m0DCf8fGACgisw6051X0T4Z6oqg_Z8gcTfmEitcHpMmjU/s320/elk+hunts+2011+049.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088992994605090" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vHpi-M9MbDAdAVRQxSDataciD5YSvemxRm96qnsLlflHv2b1UemJDlyu19rXXY6ogsvIry_JfEXV25ROht2COmoAysb2V9MG75zrgfHhYxyfeQOw38KNVmfI3izkqPWJzYhnW-iLHAQ/s1600/elk+hunts+2011+052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vHpi-M9MbDAdAVRQxSDataciD5YSvemxRm96qnsLlflHv2b1UemJDlyu19rXXY6ogsvIry_JfEXV25ROht2COmoAysb2V9MG75zrgfHhYxyfeQOw38KNVmfI3izkqPWJzYhnW-iLHAQ/s320/elk+hunts+2011+052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669088799186220066" /></a><br />With my hours cut the way they are currently, it appears I’ll have about 15 days remaining in the Montana Big Game Season to continue to pursue elk and deer; but am pretty sure I’ll fit a few of those into chasing after birds since my two girls won’t last another week without accompanying me on one of these camo-clad adventures...<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-76866309121411591262011-10-16T19:35:00.000-07:002011-10-16T20:05:43.425-07:00"A bad day of fishing...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpdpQprDFJhp9elshmPSVoF9v3Vk6iMs-q7XMOGMZJPyZXR7vw-qazqBbvyvzad7frNJdRCl_T4xgrhWRFID_1fcALrJhi1binqCnsE0m1RnZvLFdHxJiTcddH5jeLAx_37oRwSj5tzM/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+071.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpdpQprDFJhp9elshmPSVoF9v3Vk6iMs-q7XMOGMZJPyZXR7vw-qazqBbvyvzad7frNJdRCl_T4xgrhWRFID_1fcALrJhi1binqCnsE0m1RnZvLFdHxJiTcddH5jeLAx_37oRwSj5tzM/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+071.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664286591005503586" /></a><br />...is better than a good day of work any day".<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gbeL7SfxQ07HTSVs4_dPDxPUap23FGOvMeMHLKG7PMuLeG7QQI042mlDAS-kitIfJgR0boOGe6UOKyXCoVDUPIN44LjK_Cc9x3RbQ1FQHTouJGeI1vOHQ3LzdOVUT9-pwyDdDeWsNMM/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9gbeL7SfxQ07HTSVs4_dPDxPUap23FGOvMeMHLKG7PMuLeG7QQI042mlDAS-kitIfJgR0boOGe6UOKyXCoVDUPIN44LjK_Cc9x3RbQ1FQHTouJGeI1vOHQ3LzdOVUT9-pwyDdDeWsNMM/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664286463887004274" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLGC5B2Ua5gqO6W2QQAp4piSGSIjlUHgkiUR58xCsmksOiNGgm5iRlgmn7UCgbg4nS9Yb0N_7b2Ih6a7gjAAzHfSAMHCkdfRBAEQ88iX04Ee_kBTvTk5beJZoxLBIKncLYp9SznadBQE/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLGC5B2Ua5gqO6W2QQAp4piSGSIjlUHgkiUR58xCsmksOiNGgm5iRlgmn7UCgbg4nS9Yb0N_7b2Ih6a7gjAAzHfSAMHCkdfRBAEQ88iX04Ee_kBTvTk5beJZoxLBIKncLYp9SznadBQE/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664286344373042770" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtJ_t9bShWXoZwYrDTNou8dXYmrysySVDX6YRgYXYX7QZhN4oE7E7KNUFBX5wiPzoGy88sLgODmN-8LOZpTK-keDnvCL2SAAEf5x8snlSLTx7qHHzapp6yMPIxrHpChpg0kAsYdVKkD0/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtJ_t9bShWXoZwYrDTNou8dXYmrysySVDX6YRgYXYX7QZhN4oE7E7KNUFBX5wiPzoGy88sLgODmN-8LOZpTK-keDnvCL2SAAEf5x8snlSLTx7qHHzapp6yMPIxrHpChpg0kAsYdVKkD0/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664286222674263362" /></a><br />Grabbed the boat for a quick float on the Yellowstone with the intention of getting some pics of the Fall colors and of course getting into some fish..<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z9zd-zg8lFlD1vNk7ik34vS6iH_39fkQcRZ8JQNbVzgJZYwkJ2q6uC46DPzNgzzwdRaJ1YjcgRUpUrGwsFxy8l6mn5oWdIRugh3-DkID-o4Z1vuU6yad9V9NX673lbZCTWvhi7yEUWE/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-z9zd-zg8lFlD1vNk7ik34vS6iH_39fkQcRZ8JQNbVzgJZYwkJ2q6uC46DPzNgzzwdRaJ1YjcgRUpUrGwsFxy8l6mn5oWdIRugh3-DkID-o4Z1vuU6yad9V9NX673lbZCTWvhi7yEUWE/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664286055241984002" /></a><br />I invited Tom and another college kid I know from the shop named Travis, and we had a great time!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wRbAjP_BPoYMkH0-YAwTFReMdin4seslmJ31qW8rc47MfgIC9PadjkCMLPsRq9huqikHc3MLEhe6gpfT-8m13eNBDzKcpd2vn8AM0XuwxvhNMT9ZVs8nkrY0I-8X6vzm6Awt8Ns2V8s/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wRbAjP_BPoYMkH0-YAwTFReMdin4seslmJ31qW8rc47MfgIC9PadjkCMLPsRq9huqikHc3MLEhe6gpfT-8m13eNBDzKcpd2vn8AM0XuwxvhNMT9ZVs8nkrY0I-8X6vzm6Awt8Ns2V8s/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664285911954770370" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz6BW5PojjMy12-yqOFDGAwX3zB-4onLSPO8RESD0xToplyRrvwcNEDnbf__U-1mMXqLV5JDb6AH3kcLIGGfgNP5nW__s1nuSqrnrncSy7WyOQEl4gvbN9pyCX7aTHLn54nlFucAIAqA/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJz6BW5PojjMy12-yqOFDGAwX3zB-4onLSPO8RESD0xToplyRrvwcNEDnbf__U-1mMXqLV5JDb6AH3kcLIGGfgNP5nW__s1nuSqrnrncSy7WyOQEl4gvbN9pyCX7aTHLn54nlFucAIAqA/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664285715714484386" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUiPYWa79QvG2pmRKGlXqTrChw7YdDektl9Cp_WBwOGUI29uzFqlphLDIY-CubfrLR4HNFjl9cOBfad7MLiPf5T-P2gOilcVDx8nTtk6uj9WO1rLeS22_4oP79HEpR26214spICVIE_Q/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglUiPYWa79QvG2pmRKGlXqTrChw7YdDektl9Cp_WBwOGUI29uzFqlphLDIY-CubfrLR4HNFjl9cOBfad7MLiPf5T-P2gOilcVDx8nTtk6uj9WO1rLeS22_4oP79HEpR26214spICVIE_Q/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664285233007029938" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6ujHkBCf_7AoWSsySwaH7DNpKHzA999Vdcx_lsRW2RRlvHYv6qlWKna4gBGN2Xc5yCzdlu-mqaLqyblayUxiWqnRkmVFoB446eeWvUZhg1cZwfVCCLFi4t4D5vy2EasnEVIBxu3wsCk/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6ujHkBCf_7AoWSsySwaH7DNpKHzA999Vdcx_lsRW2RRlvHYv6qlWKna4gBGN2Xc5yCzdlu-mqaLqyblayUxiWqnRkmVFoB446eeWvUZhg1cZwfVCCLFi4t4D5vy2EasnEVIBxu3wsCk/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664285061947110354" /></a><br />The colors weren't as expected and neither was the fishing. I think the trees need maybe another week to come into their epic foliage I had witnessed last Fall; and the browns haven't quite gotten into the right mood either..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2JuBCYna70KFCG9aKeqoip9ju7OZpNIKt5rxrpuUjwnBFVY_CkOAjXhm1IdTFj_MNl69Kk9B0TeHKOOPcufnoKC8Zv9dl8Duq_l0TiltCpCOFAAvOkhmM4kiJxGMudEj_hCYjhH2dA9w/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+076.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2JuBCYna70KFCG9aKeqoip9ju7OZpNIKt5rxrpuUjwnBFVY_CkOAjXhm1IdTFj_MNl69Kk9B0TeHKOOPcufnoKC8Zv9dl8Duq_l0TiltCpCOFAAvOkhmM4kiJxGMudEj_hCYjhH2dA9w/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664284875771183474" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFTKbMRzQLrAmrnQD219CaEWkAXdUYvqk6Es7UA5e0fa1eWjCKocjbt82BpZJSDDciyMoH11orKF1MgsWSlEIUHShN46nh2qYNdMzt7dCKB7OLLC4gDmwOiyscQPXn_aksIRLCrvNOjpS/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFTKbMRzQLrAmrnQD219CaEWkAXdUYvqk6Es7UA5e0fa1eWjCKocjbt82BpZJSDDciyMoH11orKF1MgsWSlEIUHShN46nh2qYNdMzt7dCKB7OLLC4gDmwOiyscQPXn_aksIRLCrvNOjpS/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664284703889836258" /></a><br />We managed a mere 12 fish to the boat (on a 6 mile float) and that included mostly small cuttys and at least 4 white fish - none of which I bothered pulling the camera out for;..convinced as I was we'd eventually catch something bigger..?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTMW-_EdOZDnG7tUoVxR4bqi3bu-3wV_fnf_T1lVTdZo2jwk7MRJLShUDQW_ZxoJyUbflCwC4oV7XQVeqv3qizRpGFcsXsjPnMgKBZv7JjB1ZsyiLVHvKvjHRO175AAkP8LT26nv9jgk/s1600/Fall+on+Yellowstone+089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTMW-_EdOZDnG7tUoVxR4bqi3bu-3wV_fnf_T1lVTdZo2jwk7MRJLShUDQW_ZxoJyUbflCwC4oV7XQVeqv3qizRpGFcsXsjPnMgKBZv7JjB1ZsyiLVHvKvjHRO175AAkP8LT26nv9jgk/s320/Fall+on+Yellowstone+089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664286728293613698" /></a><br />We didn't, but still had a blast and though I intend to now 'finally squeeze some hunting into the mix this upcoming weekend'; this wont be our last float down the Stone and that's for sure.<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-7518032715605706922011-10-09T18:50:00.000-07:002011-10-09T19:29:48.561-07:00Lower Madison....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7CqnuSfyeSSBmky1IQebrA8GVxRhZ8WsWbQ_rw9VIQ7Ffjdv27ZItzHzD77jfU342UwJYBfFSerjMLAlP00b8xhHfcr8c-ww0oGMzRQ5VrvSs00AogPCcGemCs6HuFV615SEwCccw8aG/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+005-2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7CqnuSfyeSSBmky1IQebrA8GVxRhZ8WsWbQ_rw9VIQ7Ffjdv27ZItzHzD77jfU342UwJYBfFSerjMLAlP00b8xhHfcr8c-ww0oGMzRQ5VrvSs00AogPCcGemCs6HuFV615SEwCccw8aG/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+005-2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661678165329879378" /></a><br />Calm before the Storm...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbN9IOqnhB_7YGKDyUb244PBgqi-FwMsmi6WVU01RNj3hsdk_nwcyfbDztmKTVFN2s_0m5DgkfK-2jcLFlVKjrxUM7vC1ktaorqPCl_NMBeXr5WjyAfXIYEMjZpaAtiBFGoH8IZsjcEVnA/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbN9IOqnhB_7YGKDyUb244PBgqi-FwMsmi6WVU01RNj3hsdk_nwcyfbDztmKTVFN2s_0m5DgkfK-2jcLFlVKjrxUM7vC1ktaorqPCl_NMBeXr5WjyAfXIYEMjZpaAtiBFGoH8IZsjcEVnA/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661677796190163634" /></a><br />I lifted the suspension on Tom after only one week because honestly we get along as good or better than most of the other guys I float with. <br />Granted he's young enough to be my son, but I'm immature enough we sound like brothers...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw28T76CdQl41TA1Xb9cGQjFatWPgkLzBJm1tqwRQl-qOrC7cE0JVmIADvE-RagHe_vUfPjYwFFNYWRXjQv5Fbg_AyfYZcZGlFvNhoqXB9sZ03o-TuiOJ8PVIkzGQOrLwt1bEpKdsy4HNb/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw28T76CdQl41TA1Xb9cGQjFatWPgkLzBJm1tqwRQl-qOrC7cE0JVmIADvE-RagHe_vUfPjYwFFNYWRXjQv5Fbg_AyfYZcZGlFvNhoqXB9sZ03o-TuiOJ8PVIkzGQOrLwt1bEpKdsy4HNb/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661677424097592594" /></a><br />...That and after learning the oars right there with me (on over a dozen trips this season); he now rows better than any of the others' so far combined.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4fWX7Nwg1YXfndRDdN4QrmTA_WuIGZXEgUhVFHSdul34yGBW65xdmnGJJzC6hCUzZHx8kD9kFXXNCZ_-MqAvnD1m6IIFUdFmgdOWSRUbIxWZdKhxgncSH1Q4Ua0d41G3ozg63wsXzKfF/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4fWX7Nwg1YXfndRDdN4QrmTA_WuIGZXEgUhVFHSdul34yGBW65xdmnGJJzC6hCUzZHx8kD9kFXXNCZ_-MqAvnD1m6IIFUdFmgdOWSRUbIxWZdKhxgncSH1Q4Ua0d41G3ozg63wsXzKfF/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661677033073073458" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO86NZKBT3LaX85_KXZ3bjSYbGOa5A-u-t8R8MvQyMNEkAFYpMXrZch0hLBcd81hsHBBrrV_u3JNYg3h2eihmwaJZUB8PzL-dMeqfpCAKPH8IrrxqPCS0954tmfCVaLDMYbGDBjJkDRa_f/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+020-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO86NZKBT3LaX85_KXZ3bjSYbGOa5A-u-t8R8MvQyMNEkAFYpMXrZch0hLBcd81hsHBBrrV_u3JNYg3h2eihmwaJZUB8PzL-dMeqfpCAKPH8IrrxqPCS0954tmfCVaLDMYbGDBjJkDRa_f/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+020-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661676797394184162" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpJQMSx5PZVvox15U-Lo_-N-VywvE3m53RK_aY6k-UyF4L5YGSiLefUHNXxhmmlV_LTW9lwAWF9VjZTMZ70vEFpZyPcTTW2mfn_DMilL7w50yjwbXgIfVi77CBqftwcf80lkAG951WiaP/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+035.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinpJQMSx5PZVvox15U-Lo_-N-VywvE3m53RK_aY6k-UyF4L5YGSiLefUHNXxhmmlV_LTW9lwAWF9VjZTMZ70vEFpZyPcTTW2mfn_DMilL7w50yjwbXgIfVi77CBqftwcf80lkAG951WiaP/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+035.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661676542137606962" /></a><br />The storm was coming and a major one at that, but I thought we might be able to sneak in a short float on the Lower Maddy and went for it...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmH11Ed1FdoyhKfBo8k_g-_hvdiouELZnO3fvgG2chKhQavIJiK6T3M2KqAHBjj9luMEu4cUdDahxvA06GGImDvCumJgp7BamQkPiZGUGYcqO2WjGA0P3tCJzTaMNY2NAgjSuewf5Q-Hdm/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmH11Ed1FdoyhKfBo8k_g-_hvdiouELZnO3fvgG2chKhQavIJiK6T3M2KqAHBjj9luMEu4cUdDahxvA06GGImDvCumJgp7BamQkPiZGUGYcqO2WjGA0P3tCJzTaMNY2NAgjSuewf5Q-Hdm/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661676275133305394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuixtT7uOJtl4jOM07Ml61RySpe1BxuQy15dgjuoxvMWuhHI30ruyhmdhl-Tvkdoi1IHhC5vl3IMadL3O3LpvxZOaig0qTlCmcb9cdkl7RXW8IEphxdgzvLHFQf2mZSpWQO5ZZJyB3RRY/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+039.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuixtT7uOJtl4jOM07Ml61RySpe1BxuQy15dgjuoxvMWuhHI30ruyhmdhl-Tvkdoi1IHhC5vl3IMadL3O3LpvxZOaig0qTlCmcb9cdkl7RXW8IEphxdgzvLHFQf2mZSpWQO5ZZJyB3RRY/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+039.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661675951080311170" /></a><br />We did surprisingly well, given what we were up against weather-wise; and in just 2.5hours before we took out.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nHR9uUFINaUSDDgW1Ast9rsVz1zion6bTkny51khRRFgPieOpBL1r1HHOwYlNLkGlekjQoRU7Z7JstgtNJ8-I0eXoiRgQfVneAq4iF324vrhyphenhyphenKIJW2LmG-X6iR5t7mHIfrquwM6MGMPZ/s1600/Lower+Madison+Fall+041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nHR9uUFINaUSDDgW1Ast9rsVz1zion6bTkny51khRRFgPieOpBL1r1HHOwYlNLkGlekjQoRU7Z7JstgtNJ8-I0eXoiRgQfVneAq4iF324vrhyphenhyphenKIJW2LmG-X6iR5t7mHIfrquwM6MGMPZ/s320/Lower+Madison+Fall+041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661675528682811314" /></a><br />It wasnt the cold as bad as the wind and rain combined, along with a ramp that was closed (Cherry Creek, which is being modernized apparently); and having to make-do by pulling out at a primitive campsite instead. Plus wanting to get home before the snow really set in that evening.<br /><br />Not surprisngly however, when I awoke the following day the mountains surrounding my home were, and are still, now blanketed in the thick white stuff; and its not likely it'll be melting anytime soon.<br /><br />..Oh well, I enjoyed the heck out of this past Summer fishing as much as I did; I knew it wouldn't last forever, but thankfully 'the memories will'.<br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-13041281810701252622011-10-02T20:39:00.001-07:002011-10-03T18:32:36.003-07:00Missouri River...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXWzRAJcEt5-Dvsyr77eXEGzVXeHKHJCtQV1L9rDGcWaUXOPjW_9Td_aI-NGkuO4HJq_CrjZ-IuRRV8kt3ya81h-l-uMAlTwcPWmtt0SKdjed0b5Wn3CLzgywaxfl4FdcTyoGF9umLJYB/s1600/Missouri+River+021-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTXWzRAJcEt5-Dvsyr77eXEGzVXeHKHJCtQV1L9rDGcWaUXOPjW_9Td_aI-NGkuO4HJq_CrjZ-IuRRV8kt3ya81h-l-uMAlTwcPWmtt0SKdjed0b5Wn3CLzgywaxfl4FdcTyoGF9umLJYB/s320/Missouri+River+021-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659107242846477138" /></a><br />...Better too late than never...<br /><br />.....<br /><br />On a whim (and a couple good reports), I called a guy on my list of folks to float with named Arty, and we were on our way...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN3Y91oi27JT8aAA4U77itm43ZbUIhi2piFCBJ3P3cJiEq2MjJzOKxO-blA0JIW2MFuXBCpuWgx22ZYfrLDGZg4cSYHEnQYkTWr4u4FFlfz6UFteMpDyDtQ-k1Qi7eBF-I3WMC6iFnOQJ/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMN3Y91oi27JT8aAA4U77itm43ZbUIhi2piFCBJ3P3cJiEq2MjJzOKxO-blA0JIW2MFuXBCpuWgx22ZYfrLDGZg4cSYHEnQYkTWr4u4FFlfz6UFteMpDyDtQ-k1Qi7eBF-I3WMC6iFnOQJ/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659108717260691218" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUjlQ-bBUZMHaphHnIsfxljYyawUHy7gITvB82yiVlquTmnA9EsuW0ZrIb9_Rf2GRycbkfDTj7vtH3JkqjoHXLmnIld2PpqOp1FwlOIdWAfKs_AmZ8qay6iQfYSok7jiExqw2Pfmr_zoI/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIUjlQ-bBUZMHaphHnIsfxljYyawUHy7gITvB82yiVlquTmnA9EsuW0ZrIb9_Rf2GRycbkfDTj7vtH3JkqjoHXLmnIld2PpqOp1FwlOIdWAfKs_AmZ8qay6iQfYSok7jiExqw2Pfmr_zoI/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659108594197573346" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ev4i7HvlnRbUsImwBEKIDb7ZfJNOvtX55kWqbOMHxnJJayMMHVK85iGB9G27RixvUZ5VSfZLYxxqqLnBanbNzTIipzzcjf1TVtNOdB69oYi1xWc8aK67QiZnngS_7609JOfHLTho___H/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ev4i7HvlnRbUsImwBEKIDb7ZfJNOvtX55kWqbOMHxnJJayMMHVK85iGB9G27RixvUZ5VSfZLYxxqqLnBanbNzTIipzzcjf1TVtNOdB69oYi1xWc8aK67QiZnngS_7609JOfHLTho___H/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659108058265186386" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnSvnKHhhWADOLmKzrlcCNfG3MTj8D-T_9Rji2wt0iA2RVFnPVTgCsj6AWHWzFs8AsGFmHhZR5BIVfPOmGhLFkpNuT85OMZEpWvRwEFDfp49TseV5dJdpJGyHrrYyMv7mNXjA6vviVICk/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnSvnKHhhWADOLmKzrlcCNfG3MTj8D-T_9Rji2wt0iA2RVFnPVTgCsj6AWHWzFs8AsGFmHhZR5BIVfPOmGhLFkpNuT85OMZEpWvRwEFDfp49TseV5dJdpJGyHrrYyMv7mNXjA6vviVICk/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659108287823904514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNKeiRe44KL1RYAq1_jZaAwvwqKeV1B3qFVo_lCdF8exYs4TMlXkQDbG_NXNpYBIjS2ZN7OK6V_2MKbgMQ4R0DsuHn7E0Y-fot2PX2lmlhOf-BWEsDxQZxKeMHHHEd6QyjbJNOS8Dkr9C/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+021.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNKeiRe44KL1RYAq1_jZaAwvwqKeV1B3qFVo_lCdF8exYs4TMlXkQDbG_NXNpYBIjS2ZN7OK6V_2MKbgMQ4R0DsuHn7E0Y-fot2PX2lmlhOf-BWEsDxQZxKeMHHHEd6QyjbJNOS8Dkr9C/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+021.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659108450862026834" /></a><br />All the while dodging antelope that appeared to be in RUT, on the trip up toward Helena...<br />.....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv00Zm1JSTbHefIvme1MzYdlL-fd73pHhh2BChG4BK_SYRNDzwXzjRd_t11Ckg8aw19WmbTS-0vwp8BwgI6HM8d0yNSiyEP1pX5ZZX4ToeFZ9NjMDr2cDEUkwHIRMyHc_5E7JTJV16RkV/s1600/Missouri+River+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGv00Zm1JSTbHefIvme1MzYdlL-fd73pHhh2BChG4BK_SYRNDzwXzjRd_t11Ckg8aw19WmbTS-0vwp8BwgI6HM8d0yNSiyEP1pX5ZZX4ToeFZ9NjMDr2cDEUkwHIRMyHc_5E7JTJV16RkV/s320/Missouri+River+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659107106124780242" /></a><br />We arrived in the tiny town of Craig and checked out some local fly shops -(the town) has at least five all within fifty feet of each other - but my favorite was Headhunters; as they seemed most knowledgeable and hooked us up with proven patterns and informed us of 'the short-leash method' guides were using to catch fish.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLFEybFkMFd3_Pl9Tfx78GjNUJyTrgAGAj0-NudM1nKnnaCY9YKLHzQHatHaJm3ShTfT6zX2THQ8P7ckY4gDR-SBEqiSdEd4Gy3qck2OCTlsA1cNX2_dU3EYxhWHyQ3SUoNYPGEOQJgo6/s1600/Missouri+River+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLFEybFkMFd3_Pl9Tfx78GjNUJyTrgAGAj0-NudM1nKnnaCY9YKLHzQHatHaJm3ShTfT6zX2THQ8P7ckY4gDR-SBEqiSdEd4Gy3qck2OCTlsA1cNX2_dU3EYxhWHyQ3SUoNYPGEOQJgo6/s320/Missouri+River+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106996832703346" /></a><br />They also informed us they "had fourteen trips out that day"; so when we got to the Dam, we knew we were in trouble when we spied at least 20 more (boats) a few hundred yards down (just out of frame).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDvtoLi7MQND_rVwlwgb7wA4xSxJTiuK1vV62GJRhkYnr6EXZqIKQxheuW7vpREVGjlEQokn7ampa2Vhq-0niofCKn08DgCTo4zPP2KUzScvCwF02WemSpuUH-kuYZ2TsU9hKXSNyf4ci/s1600/Missouri+River+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDvtoLi7MQND_rVwlwgb7wA4xSxJTiuK1vV62GJRhkYnr6EXZqIKQxheuW7vpREVGjlEQokn7ampa2Vhq-0niofCKn08DgCTo4zPP2KUzScvCwF02WemSpuUH-kuYZ2TsU9hKXSNyf4ci/s320/Missouri+River+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106502178973842" /></a><br />They call it “the Shit Show” and for good reason, as before us were no less than 32 drift boats (I counted) hovering over an area roughly 200 yards long and only 50 yards wide and all seemingly working in a choreographed sequence to catch as many of the fish stacked beneath them by the thousands; and doing so quite well it seemed as double-hookups were spotted all around as 'the bite was clearly on’.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJkGKAUy4DK49LWg9184xnAvMMrjalUCWlhzaKFJiI1Y85kfPVp23n-LmNEYUUP67_3zIl1GIwK46ZZtCpH2RUbTOIikzosIb1bdKJ5ddnGzagM9xoaHjZcXOHGvW_Vg1yBqr3WB8TwhA/s1600/Missouri+River+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJkGKAUy4DK49LWg9184xnAvMMrjalUCWlhzaKFJiI1Y85kfPVp23n-LmNEYUUP67_3zIl1GIwK46ZZtCpH2RUbTOIikzosIb1bdKJ5ddnGzagM9xoaHjZcXOHGvW_Vg1yBqr3WB8TwhA/s320/Missouri+River+016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106379106738242" /></a><br />What appeared to the untrained eye to be a seamless group of boaters and anglers all happily getting along and working as a team, was far from it the closer you got to the chaos as slurs' were hurled freely and cursing seemed par for the course. <br /><br />The guides seemed to have the system down pat, but were also the ones throwing around the most expletives when some interloper who was just trying to enjoy what the Missouri offered; attempted to ‘ease into the pack’ and God forbid got even slightly out of sequence - when he foolishly tried to take a picture of a big fish Arty caught - which meant letting off the oars for more than a few seconds....<br /><br />"Hey you sorry &%$#@"...!<br /> <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQySptWNuDMHTgFQXeQ0mK6465JBBpbfvePbE_FytlRxb8Pt5ldFRXtcDTkOK62N9XcUGHylooQjg3uOkB4muxE54uDhr7HR4FrJbWSO4HFZsKgurxVfaBhTtwxhMWNEKFh4PuHh-R2GsB/s1600/Missouri+River+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQySptWNuDMHTgFQXeQ0mK6465JBBpbfvePbE_FytlRxb8Pt5ldFRXtcDTkOK62N9XcUGHylooQjg3uOkB4muxE54uDhr7HR4FrJbWSO4HFZsKgurxVfaBhTtwxhMWNEKFh4PuHh-R2GsB/s320/Missouri+River+008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106643703248562" /></a><br />The shit show pretty much comes down to this – the drift boats would float sometimes a mere ten or at the most twenty feet from each other with anglers on-board casting toward the outer banks and then once they reach a certain tail-out point - get over between the two visible thick mats of weeds, suspended in the middle of the river, and 'row like sons of bitches back upstream' only twenty feet apart - until they reached some invisible point where they let off the oars and drifted back outside ...and the flotilla continued without end for hours at a time. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrUxioqskVnwm1ljg31nob3mlbyH6S_hJfdE39ms7K9KhHC-Ugd8mu36ZezUrHKlHpisZ0FemppBBL1tSain4sG5wPhjfqxN5eg6tsLeagby_c4NVHpvKNyj7faAHL09L-ty9GtVyzU3G/s1600/Missouri+River+029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrUxioqskVnwm1ljg31nob3mlbyH6S_hJfdE39ms7K9KhHC-Ugd8mu36ZezUrHKlHpisZ0FemppBBL1tSain4sG5wPhjfqxN5eg6tsLeagby_c4NVHpvKNyj7faAHL09L-ty9GtVyzU3G/s320/Missouri+River+029.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106189510413346" /></a><br />Without built-in rearview mirrors for the rowers’ seat, and/or constantly turning around so you don’t ram into one another; it’s a cluster&%$# of massive proportions I just couldn’t, and wouldn’t want to get into ever again. <br /><br />Being from the South I felt obliged to hurl my own share of expletives around as well, complete with threatening life and limb if they wanted to pursue it further on shore, and it was at least nice to know Arty 'had my back' he said (though thankfully no one took us up on the offer).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEp-FGKV3PSIrDOxSmYgOEsc4YJIXT0b4-xBJN8WL9bN6hdiiwgPYoz_QiBB1onokVBDlzJq1DHtxlO7HrUK0TNm6fu4EIM9RcmULXl6K90XEFaNvtZEjQyZQsbtUiliprOdaLpubjsqt/s1600/Missouri+River+030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEp-FGKV3PSIrDOxSmYgOEsc4YJIXT0b4-xBJN8WL9bN6hdiiwgPYoz_QiBB1onokVBDlzJq1DHtxlO7HrUK0TNm6fu4EIM9RcmULXl6K90XEFaNvtZEjQyZQsbtUiliprOdaLpubjsqt/s320/Missouri+River+030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659106073983679746" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdMEGj8vNFLUzFk4_6qSJgCI7TWrwpEU8Vi0dNCUGWjxY8CrsJwcKaFoDI4DXaZ7ifk3uuIqbCWqg8FcBN6ZmPrvKf1B6pYD6CHmtEaVf19yvYoRSNtpL5TkEaeX_WREnVu9PHKTm6Qg5/s1600/Missouri+River+032.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdMEGj8vNFLUzFk4_6qSJgCI7TWrwpEU8Vi0dNCUGWjxY8CrsJwcKaFoDI4DXaZ7ifk3uuIqbCWqg8FcBN6ZmPrvKf1B6pYD6CHmtEaVf19yvYoRSNtpL5TkEaeX_WREnVu9PHKTm6Qg5/s320/Missouri+River+032.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659105926997361538" /></a><br />Because of this I recommend if you ever get an opportunity or invite to do it you turn it down and try a different stretch of river on the Missouri below Craig' or elsewhere in the state maybe. Especially if it’s your first trip up here to Montana, as it has the real potential to turn you off in such a way you never want to come back. <br /><br />...Or its possible this is exactly what you want when you come up for a float, and if numbers are what your after then “a 60 fish day” on the Missouri might be the just the trip to book (those fellas catching that many didnt seem upset about it at all).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAQnoXzTiebJp2Z8-XTDtXeZRB19ErgN8xnWcuGOK_mLDJ7_E-34K4i50UL5GY437bv9k4_pRmgCXUK4Oi7EVR-maqatYjS_V9nqG7yA0174WV70qnlPDdvh16PlDHyXSRejbce__j_gy/s1600/Missouri+River+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAQnoXzTiebJp2Z8-XTDtXeZRB19ErgN8xnWcuGOK_mLDJ7_E-34K4i50UL5GY437bv9k4_pRmgCXUK4Oi7EVR-maqatYjS_V9nqG7yA0174WV70qnlPDdvh16PlDHyXSRejbce__j_gy/s320/Missouri+River+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659105797694468162" /></a><br />For the most part though, we had the river about to oursleves' once we passed by the chaos just below the Dam. Only problem being the hopper fishing, though it was apparently 'the best they'd had in years up there', was now officially over (and the weeds at this low a flow have now taken over).<br /><br />Still, as the last frame above shows, there's a whole lot of the Missouri River yet unseen by myself or the new boat; and judging by the looks of the amazing canyon ahead...'one that I will be revisiting again very soon.'<br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-14377371674452443482011-09-25T20:48:00.001-07:002011-09-26T05:06:58.541-07:00My Epic Elk, deer, and monster fish ..."Fail"....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOlqMpazgZacF2RpflQzz0XVFQI-AhQQzOWH6YOANJvOE0rbcVxqXbOyitZTkGq7jRniFtKRc2UF061QuHxfNSU8FUzMC-45qSewUsA_ZjpZWgIxLNdxscpIHVCEOdANiD5sYYANuwDRD/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+208-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXOlqMpazgZacF2RpflQzz0XVFQI-AhQQzOWH6YOANJvOE0rbcVxqXbOyitZTkGq7jRniFtKRc2UF061QuHxfNSU8FUzMC-45qSewUsA_ZjpZWgIxLNdxscpIHVCEOdANiD5sYYANuwDRD/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+208-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656632198581217570" /></a><br /><br />.....<br /><br />Day one of my 3 Days off...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoPnfCNsD3dIX0VLoVtiB_eORc3HITkf_3bK7ml3LfbfREvpOfz-dnX9yf87UWibrVGA0afPxIvIfaIor8XFMG38udhVy2s_c6RcdEpSnDlCf98B7eAgCSU5NS0w0pZlaI5IPNRvhKuNL/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+107.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoPnfCNsD3dIX0VLoVtiB_eORc3HITkf_3bK7ml3LfbfREvpOfz-dnX9yf87UWibrVGA0afPxIvIfaIor8XFMG38udhVy2s_c6RcdEpSnDlCf98B7eAgCSU5NS0w0pZlaI5IPNRvhKuNL/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656521174844846162" /></a><br />I decide to bear hunt in what I know to be "elk country" (first mistake)...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6F6dMCgFVNSHv1C1wTTIYpqffzRbufksYRkKvoBqkBGmZAxyJd638V6fuNJysATtJgetcIHZfdAluLSQ4GrestS0k42Qygv_koaaeSD4iXxnJbVDYyqQ4dwRIVlu4VjXA3Zb7UlkLzC0M/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+109.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6F6dMCgFVNSHv1C1wTTIYpqffzRbufksYRkKvoBqkBGmZAxyJd638V6fuNJysATtJgetcIHZfdAluLSQ4GrestS0k42Qygv_koaaeSD4iXxnJbVDYyqQ4dwRIVlu4VjXA3Zb7UlkLzC0M/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+109.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656521079165649442" /></a><br />The mountain I must climb...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW9QV7cnwSg3Fmc4mqftQDpoeBhq3wuElxvj4h7Dh_lRwZpMzIMFKu1KNWHnri8UTAdcX37nYFCgzDjv07ScPvewV3dEsnAHhXzv4FdUq8GlI11EV9DZrRFA7lSqpTYW0t0-oGnphTxWU/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaW9QV7cnwSg3Fmc4mqftQDpoeBhq3wuElxvj4h7Dh_lRwZpMzIMFKu1KNWHnri8UTAdcX37nYFCgzDjv07ScPvewV3dEsnAHhXzv4FdUq8GlI11EV9DZrRFA7lSqpTYW0t0-oGnphTxWU/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520961486943810" /></a><br />The 'view' from as far as I'm willing to go, as big and out of shape as I am...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lVmvIBchz6hSf4Fx6-ratdyxAleRHTtY6x6YK9nL9Jo2T4j2LHgpU6JyfvhxtysIbbyyFTwawVchWUJo1WGAu8W1MVUDdhdhrwE8CO4ZqX9tSyWMwOcnpWD65GKJEXkNTh4W-IvKJ0sp/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+114.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5lVmvIBchz6hSf4Fx6-ratdyxAleRHTtY6x6YK9nL9Jo2T4j2LHgpU6JyfvhxtysIbbyyFTwawVchWUJo1WGAu8W1MVUDdhdhrwE8CO4ZqX9tSyWMwOcnpWD65GKJEXkNTh4W-IvKJ0sp/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+114.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520858626945218" /></a><br />Tight courters in pure Griz Country had me on-edge the whole day, so I was glad to be packing my .270 instead of my bow; which I left back in the truck (mistake number 2)..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CmKM6yQs5PDgYAmfZNKpUWECIDy9ZS8_OrIJ92QszQVNBVMXfEBAfhHy1va4F5laUxBx4epLHOSXKf6SbpGLc4QdN0JorxcfB7cIWdOvD3ip0JFUQoxDBv9SjKiYYdOJiz68Pj-t6dau/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+115.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CmKM6yQs5PDgYAmfZNKpUWECIDy9ZS8_OrIJ92QszQVNBVMXfEBAfhHy1va4F5laUxBx4epLHOSXKf6SbpGLc4QdN0JorxcfB7cIWdOvD3ip0JFUQoxDBv9SjKiYYdOJiz68Pj-t6dau/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+115.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520746724282162" /></a><br />...And of course after four hours of stalking through dense underbrush and over rocky terrain with 'my gun at the ready', I grew tired and stopped briefly at an outcropping to rest, take a few pictures, and have drink...Only to look down the trail I'm actually standing on, and see a huge cow elk heading my way...<br /><br /><br />"%$#@"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjZgg-GotuW3Ys5n-HOOIeX0GHMjY8j7sf5t48ZWdHdAKEjYltI8L4Lh4u_SVbhpywRR0wM8VsyvoJ-JdNSkqdKQ872ddzHWvg2CRzPulmkgecojuCNQPANlH6b7GTbwB8kGpw_CGhkeU/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjZgg-GotuW3Ys5n-HOOIeX0GHMjY8j7sf5t48ZWdHdAKEjYltI8L4Lh4u_SVbhpywRR0wM8VsyvoJ-JdNSkqdKQ872ddzHWvg2CRzPulmkgecojuCNQPANlH6b7GTbwB8kGpw_CGhkeU/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+119.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520628369163330" /></a><br />At this distance she's at 30 yards and completely unaware I'm in the world..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmX2TLNWpi_i_ESD8tMBkvsp_7dUZ2mEJidFCFR6IrbY2AxDmJJpwORjV5StFO60Go0IDrf5WWtr3Cu2UTwXw09gvC-IAJK13r90jvzkbxdpisWx2pqRESZqz_sNJEcW-YZVtkXrpWGq5/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZmX2TLNWpi_i_ESD8tMBkvsp_7dUZ2mEJidFCFR6IrbY2AxDmJJpwORjV5StFO60Go0IDrf5WWtr3Cu2UTwXw09gvC-IAJK13r90jvzkbxdpisWx2pqRESZqz_sNJEcW-YZVtkXrpWGq5/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520516718048658" /></a><br />She's now at 25 steps and wondering what that 'thing' is over there taking snappy pics of her and decides to get the hell out of town before I can take anymore..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewVDRbV7kwydGpJcJd653MJegKfQ08nfinB8nXK4p9jOn0qOUQMf1wmZZOLrjnqfVAVTzUp434JllfPUfsHtNsJ-GwFqFEH8CLmkkx7ZZxWzvqFB8yFMwu3IAxlOh29fn8hik71YQ_7p0/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewVDRbV7kwydGpJcJd653MJegKfQ08nfinB8nXK4p9jOn0qOUQMf1wmZZOLrjnqfVAVTzUp434JllfPUfsHtNsJ-GwFqFEH8CLmkkx7ZZxWzvqFB8yFMwu3IAxlOh29fn8hik71YQ_7p0/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520297718830146" /></a><br />Or shoot her with my gun, which I'll admit did cross my mind for a split second or two..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHaTVfJIN5n-P5zoF_ggOObC6eMcA4iAUpytSdWlAnAVhTp6YsoPz-MwfHOxwp2cmTK9oNDHHt3DK_EtpdZ59ydMwFe0cH6aYDYb78t2yK9FKw87gYrnH3WvTv-TpjDKCpptjyJd5XCk-/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+128.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHaTVfJIN5n-P5zoF_ggOObC6eMcA4iAUpytSdWlAnAVhTp6YsoPz-MwfHOxwp2cmTK9oNDHHt3DK_EtpdZ59ydMwFe0cH6aYDYb78t2yK9FKw87gYrnH3WvTv-TpjDKCpptjyJd5XCk-/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+128.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656520144272927970" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUc6o75kzKfZt1W5PEgcYAO5Y6QeYlZytn47_rOzNU1WFxpAxrgAKl4CWLxZAbmj1hggazIo26ffKgBDpxdH72vxiZAshhC45dtSJjNbRqpa13pk3qHY3S50rk3gV-dhrevz1tuMaPgq9/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+129.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUc6o75kzKfZt1W5PEgcYAO5Y6QeYlZytn47_rOzNU1WFxpAxrgAKl4CWLxZAbmj1hggazIo26ffKgBDpxdH72vxiZAshhC45dtSJjNbRqpa13pk3qHY3S50rk3gV-dhrevz1tuMaPgq9/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+129.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656519995203110674" /></a><br />The hike back to the truck wasn't nearly as long as the lonely ride home - empty handed - and cursing myself' the entire way...<br /><br /><br />...<br /><br />Day two - and I slept till 3, then decided spontaneously to go back after that big buck on the Boulder (not entirely convinced the first try' was a bad idea afterall) Or that a big muley was neccessary as apposed to just a big buck of any species; given its been four years since I've taken one over a yearold.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0TcN3Bit78fTQcp_jFU2L8HHTq8aAsznF36sbsaBX0y6FUlq4OPsgi4QLhk3WK4f0zFxuf5cFMqjB014Lz_A_gMT2LK4ZB4IgBjwWqhJ9r6JGQWdg8nz62CgSx8ihZ4fLfGHEBTQwjMK/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0TcN3Bit78fTQcp_jFU2L8HHTq8aAsznF36sbsaBX0y6FUlq4OPsgi4QLhk3WK4f0zFxuf5cFMqjB014Lz_A_gMT2LK4ZB4IgBjwWqhJ9r6JGQWdg8nz62CgSx8ihZ4fLfGHEBTQwjMK/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+137.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656518880587461522" /></a><br />Upon arrival (1.5 hours later) though I was surprised to see not one, but three helicopters parked next to a dozen firetrucks "right exactly where I intended to hunt and was not pleased..."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity8IluC741jVyjKK3oE5roa-r2Xsays-E0DniH1q3LZ8WQdSZJB2JofO3OhF_huflatGIAq10zzTr6aUbYwya6Pv7HgAM0D54bAmkPfWzdkDY8PIv0C2LaflximldGfjFU2r52Lt4ZRhN/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+139.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEity8IluC741jVyjKK3oE5roa-r2Xsays-E0DniH1q3LZ8WQdSZJB2JofO3OhF_huflatGIAq10zzTr6aUbYwya6Pv7HgAM0D54bAmkPfWzdkDY8PIv0C2LaflximldGfjFU2r52Lt4ZRhN/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656518770518238418" /></a><br />"WTF"?!<br /><br />A 'prescribed burn' apparently got out of control and required the presence of 200 firefighters from across the state. So after hearing this, I said "%$#@ it!" and hualed ass into 'bear country' to try and slavage another hunt if I could help myself....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmQPkGggJbbNiHJGMlazlnYufjjsKwjEOwZ2yUBVGYK3Y5Xi9YCg5Wktxzn3lAdsPg78JRIwg481h9pMNBaiwjApxE_SxgGW8Nv1K1Y3jXSeGba06g2pk0ER9AoTBrNQdsMpbw6dCbaQq/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmQPkGggJbbNiHJGMlazlnYufjjsKwjEOwZ2yUBVGYK3Y5Xi9YCg5Wktxzn3lAdsPg78JRIwg481h9pMNBaiwjApxE_SxgGW8Nv1K1Y3jXSeGba06g2pk0ER9AoTBrNQdsMpbw6dCbaQq/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656518635185553346" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyrda_1mFlvFifJo_HGigFKocOsQjyJaoOrpHJ_QLsCc-tW7KAo70WYA-GvJZ_j5wd1ma2azYaH7BwK9P3kREKRe_4lTU_2Dt3yH7PiTQow5CIt4__t32E1aG5aodpV6zHX8VVdgp6I87/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+142.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyrda_1mFlvFifJo_HGigFKocOsQjyJaoOrpHJ_QLsCc-tW7KAo70WYA-GvJZ_j5wd1ma2azYaH7BwK9P3kREKRe_4lTU_2Dt3yH7PiTQow5CIt4__t32E1aG5aodpV6zHX8VVdgp6I87/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+142.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656518473964315010" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvHuml6c1zBueeNA2E20Sf6HQfiiVg43u_-1dk3szNRaxi6YPUJS_NNI4ijmNQhZQErtnjhXgQZMG-uxvO_aM3GC004qf8ED3UhBdukHln5L2x3w7r6B6p9kRL2Yhr2iY6FLJM8vuBUQF/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+144.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpvHuml6c1zBueeNA2E20Sf6HQfiiVg43u_-1dk3szNRaxi6YPUJS_NNI4ijmNQhZQErtnjhXgQZMG-uxvO_aM3GC004qf8ED3UhBdukHln5L2x3w7r6B6p9kRL2Yhr2iY6FLJM8vuBUQF/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+144.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656518295147056786" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUGlnQg6GAj5qLcIaiWgeHPf7UMMTdRpEvY1GKxdtbXRSFSz_Vk2Vg3NhX3ubcEZC0WoouXDp3KX3OQNgzowxZXZKuXjzZc0Njx7wL_9b1XRymiglI7jmiKkWd-FmqP08BOSZH7UUA2IA/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUGlnQg6GAj5qLcIaiWgeHPf7UMMTdRpEvY1GKxdtbXRSFSz_Vk2Vg3NhX3ubcEZC0WoouXDp3KX3OQNgzowxZXZKuXjzZc0Njx7wL_9b1XRymiglI7jmiKkWd-FmqP08BOSZH7UUA2IA/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+148.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656517846625031634" /></a><br />I essentially 'road hunted' till dark and the futility of the entire evening began to sink in like the crappy pizza I had on the long ride back home..<br /><br />End of Day 2 and "Bust number two" as well.<br /><br />.....<br /><br />On Day 3 I'd reverted to what I now 'do best'; when I'm not hunting all that well..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYr3PhMrxw6YXncOYLQ2lbECaISf93QNsra7_wU58YRiEHLX2E27tEi7Tyv4ys1exiobK0Rt8YQI69zS1tYDWnLAr-RXjXIfab0LXFge1seOE7a47S7ekqSOPXKCnRbh7LbP_Be-_iaEec/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+256.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYr3PhMrxw6YXncOYLQ2lbECaISf93QNsra7_wU58YRiEHLX2E27tEi7Tyv4ys1exiobK0Rt8YQI69zS1tYDWnLAr-RXjXIfab0LXFge1seOE7a47S7ekqSOPXKCnRbh7LbP_Be-_iaEec/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+256.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656511979469100290" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PzScXNLGQIcBZwEvn27TBdTz5lA-GZJLXsKV02j-U9DI-xS2H40xdZi57d7S88DS11ZsYQfEXMAk3KJKn40Sy0Tpif3q147oVDLMNnnjGt24vosNk6N808jQpPdZCKJ1jnDfp9ptonru/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+262.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PzScXNLGQIcBZwEvn27TBdTz5lA-GZJLXsKV02j-U9DI-xS2H40xdZi57d7S88DS11ZsYQfEXMAk3KJKn40Sy0Tpif3q147oVDLMNnnjGt24vosNk6N808jQpPdZCKJ1jnDfp9ptonru/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+262.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656511603712845362" /></a><br />I called Tom and we floated from Sheep Mountain to Springdale (below Livingston)...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHm3VOVue_6to87D4JhMzmUz4KTztI6qn0qpVoHl9ACGX-kPN6Rtd8ZlDZRORoQf8jgWeTTJYvqRueL3RUyTiXM7-5UGFMF29n-866joOa1hLOmJQnyh7YEewtw-bxBKIhDCIzYm0Y35C/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHm3VOVue_6to87D4JhMzmUz4KTztI6qn0qpVoHl9ACGX-kPN6Rtd8ZlDZRORoQf8jgWeTTJYvqRueL3RUyTiXM7-5UGFMF29n-866joOa1hLOmJQnyh7YEewtw-bxBKIhDCIzYm0Y35C/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+185.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656523182489610338" /></a><br />..And had a blast!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf-DZx6s5UC_N1C0E9KSHyqLS4kjz5ORnCiznFinQeu-xHN1Qj-Y98lHQIGRuJDUZ1DWKSX5WokLPwbKa7E7_D7WByOuTo9je390q8O9Vhb0CHTIBGs7XFYDpPzn8dEwDXh8kADHMrJ_H/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+189.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqf-DZx6s5UC_N1C0E9KSHyqLS4kjz5ORnCiznFinQeu-xHN1Qj-Y98lHQIGRuJDUZ1DWKSX5WokLPwbKa7E7_D7WByOuTo9je390q8O9Vhb0CHTIBGs7XFYDpPzn8dEwDXh8kADHMrJ_H/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+189.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656628813679779570" /></a><br />This fish was a bit of a challenge and refused to be netted at one point, wading as we were at the time. The big brown swam into a hole in the undercut bank and with the sediment we'd both stirred up neither of us could still see the fish. <br />At this point we changed roles and I held tension on Tom's fish (or snag we weren't sure); and he threw the net on shore, removed his hat and vest, and began to 'noodle the big boy out' by hand where it once again ran for 20 feet till I brought it back in and he finally caught his prize.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00mp5olpJXJgLmuHuh5lZwT5hrGJnpc2xRd6Ykunqu9rJwWu3EO47Hai_tw7GA8eY1Tr0js_PoxVvFUsXkIBwABLw_9WRtkntgX9i_aW7A57ZieJ2fG1BamM7zXQpSfkoPyPYC8wgDwiv/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+206-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00mp5olpJXJgLmuHuh5lZwT5hrGJnpc2xRd6Ykunqu9rJwWu3EO47Hai_tw7GA8eY1Tr0js_PoxVvFUsXkIBwABLw_9WRtkntgX9i_aW7A57ZieJ2fG1BamM7zXQpSfkoPyPYC8wgDwiv/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+206-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656631421835488786" /></a><br />While I too at one point prior to this had "a big one on", Tom decided it a good time to pull up anchor and move in such a way I had no chance in Hell of catching it. This manuever which threw us into a 180 and was completely unexpected, since we'd just pulled in to an island when I hooked him, now cut off any chance the fish could run downstream or I could climb out and 'play it'. <br />Instead the boats' position, which was only now a few feet from the fish, forced it to head toward the branch covered bank instead; which of course broke me off in the process.<br /><br />Tom immediately began apologizing even before the fish got off or I had a chance to curse at him; and has me thinking 'this kid might not be right in the head afterall..?!' <br /><br />I found the whole thing suspect as a bit of jealousy perhaps with me finally catching a bigger one than him (as I'd witnessed similar attitude when his girlfriend caught one much bigger than either of us have so far); or just plain stupid I'm not sure? But because of this he's on temporary rowing suspension and/or floating at all until further notice..(he just doesn't know it yet).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOW8WIEV8VoqFV_a5qi6Mq2_kM2ZZ1dOhkV9gMxd04uFtgtnzv_pn8z1lf-9_XOAdBgBczN2MUH6CLecXxxkPelu59xFz9ihCvGzBptSdI20ZbBTfg-RKN8WrSyuYMAbbG-8bbSEkmKd0/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+224.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizOW8WIEV8VoqFV_a5qi6Mq2_kM2ZZ1dOhkV9gMxd04uFtgtnzv_pn8z1lf-9_XOAdBgBczN2MUH6CLecXxxkPelu59xFz9ihCvGzBptSdI20ZbBTfg-RKN8WrSyuYMAbbG-8bbSEkmKd0/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+224.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656513189566277570" /></a><br />He did however get a chance to redeem himself when I later "hooked the fish of a lifetime" and screamed it so loud he came running across the island we were on; thinking I 'was being attacked by a bear' (he told me later)..?!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyPzBMCDmpxw81rtPwh1yZHenXkp9wOSD4jUXoMj9AoylBPzEhr94hSV4WpEZNSXJjnO5KVEG8HeNwGbFWtEAQjTxuPZZg_1nN5gtwXoz7Z70YZ2XDLkGEqKABbmdMH7TEng-GE9OAVj6/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+246.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguyPzBMCDmpxw81rtPwh1yZHenXkp9wOSD4jUXoMj9AoylBPzEhr94hSV4WpEZNSXJjnO5KVEG8HeNwGbFWtEAQjTxuPZZg_1nN5gtwXoz7Z70YZ2XDLkGEqKABbmdMH7TEng-GE9OAVj6/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+246.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656513026840906194" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6K_fdOc5xOCvYHC2Ew2ipP6Ermc2ptxfpxneVuz6EJwFPdszjKFV6Vfq6-vwcg9-INKz_5gi0z-uBjD2cZrgAhdOj3vLj-1sBHPrZSAneBkJwPigc7QA4Lm2XVXOt9lbPKW-Tmczh75Y/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+230.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6K_fdOc5xOCvYHC2Ew2ipP6Ermc2ptxfpxneVuz6EJwFPdszjKFV6Vfq6-vwcg9-INKz_5gi0z-uBjD2cZrgAhdOj3vLj-1sBHPrZSAneBkJwPigc7QA4Lm2XVXOt9lbPKW-Tmczh75Y/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+230.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656512739847382658" /></a><br />When this massive fish that fought even better than my first, or his fish had, took out 90 feet of line and another twenty into my backing I was at a loss for what kind of monster I'd stuck in too...?<br />I fought him and regained only 60 feet of line before it was 'a draw' as he gave no indication it would EVER swim back upstream and I didnt want to lose him by unhooking him either. I was by then stuck on a bar and faced with a deep bottomless run between myself and the fish, Tom thankfully waded around 50 feet to net 'the beast' and when he yelled back "its a huge foul hooked whitefish.." I almost cried from the frustration of the last 3 days combined.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lKhWF014Zgf7gD7zD_uUWYoXlskDrfgpYpRJfiN-kOhqIeCXTQXp2_lClclAjszXxHPWFr20yfqiHSTiNqdg8UjhLh-2lDac3xXoJGO4EyE_zsbfm0TjBVCapBS_D2IKnqhS7f4BrszV/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+235.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3lKhWF014Zgf7gD7zD_uUWYoXlskDrfgpYpRJfiN-kOhqIeCXTQXp2_lClclAjszXxHPWFr20yfqiHSTiNqdg8UjhLh-2lDac3xXoJGO4EyE_zsbfm0TjBVCapBS_D2IKnqhS7f4BrszV/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+235.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656512626438767042" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WExjFhQ9OMK_RZjCfgvpwN18_2sZEknA8AAVd9O-sMyOLLQ2YDDh2klh6JqYqnjYnKZypLuhxNUqPD7BGxBwrUwnKQr5EMvJhV5JKFIg7YI9N3gyrmi8S6369phR6S0fu69PcytM_fwA/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+236.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMBpaRJQkSAiAlsTwiyPtOMdV2HYZSLICFZyaNCruLINLCK_gb3ceFEg2JVR5X7N4yd_xTN5Qj-AWphBaC4sonYP8mxsVyPy30e0UhaUuhvtJvDtUsaMUxpMJqkwevUf1emVjil9Hwjcu/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+271.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656511258610350914" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Sa1zoCaap6p_QxqScOKCtp3Bj_Dbkvd2tCxLldSbXxTp8tawOMxo8i9YiLAnnTxds6ul8Y7RCAvMmBACm90uhTT7HuRfZHUfX3s1mif4rOwp7-iiX86hTgGCZs2IaXN0_XhAVxhJesHB/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+275.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Sa1zoCaap6p_QxqScOKCtp3Bj_Dbkvd2tCxLldSbXxTp8tawOMxo8i9YiLAnnTxds6ul8Y7RCAvMmBACm90uhTT7HuRfZHUfX3s1mif4rOwp7-iiX86hTgGCZs2IaXN0_XhAVxhJesHB/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656510989152049826" /></a><br />The rest of the trip we caught a dozen more small ones on hoppers and nymphs, but was uneventful otherwise; (except for nearly hitting this old bridge above)..which scared the shit out of me as we got closer looking through the viewfinder!?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwN_VXm9vh-sBC3IVFh5sVn9hGEBk8gE4XTPxYM5gPSNO6D_7Mw13yiL1EaPJMDgiacxivebshsdFrK8c0hsgwwCN120Mj3pXaM4sqPY0-rFTSD1KYjYHFr-1E3UBpk3P8ewrW6FAuafF/s1600/Boulder+and+Stone+285.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwN_VXm9vh-sBC3IVFh5sVn9hGEBk8gE4XTPxYM5gPSNO6D_7Mw13yiL1EaPJMDgiacxivebshsdFrK8c0hsgwwCN120Mj3pXaM4sqPY0-rFTSD1KYjYHFr-1E3UBpk3P8ewrW6FAuafF/s320/Boulder+and+Stone+285.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656510753198794034" /></a><br /><br />...<br /><br />...And so, after looking at the new schedule, I now have '3 more days off this week'. <br />What on earth I will choose to do during this time is still up in the air...Should I go back after that cow elk (which of course will never stand in that exact same place <em>ever</em> again), or maybe chase after whitetails, or muleys instead, or rainbows and browns on a big river here in Montana...<br /><br />Hell, I dont know...we'll see...together I hope...<br /><br />- Thanks for loggin-in weekly guys...I know there's a couple hundred of you doing so..and appreciate it..<br /><br />Later<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-47642994173346734112011-09-19T19:51:00.001-07:002011-09-25T20:48:09.303-07:00I should have gone fishing...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGwBNLWWOL9FOgL6m2cytNhlzCp3xtzBQYFobYFv7O2pIX1rTijwG4fuKMDWGo0yGFYe1-GnEAOjOsd4NrmeLPeNp52mbM5P3mxg28UQ-ac6A5lzRxGkvRxKWhgY3W-KQMfuyTcQFoSVp/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGwBNLWWOL9FOgL6m2cytNhlzCp3xtzBQYFobYFv7O2pIX1rTijwG4fuKMDWGo0yGFYe1-GnEAOjOsd4NrmeLPeNp52mbM5P3mxg28UQ-ac6A5lzRxGkvRxKWhgY3W-KQMfuyTcQFoSVp/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654271628166795522" /></a><br />..Thats what I told myself only moments after being busted by a doe while bowhunting last night.. <br /><br />I mean sure it was fun to stand there motionless for two straight #@&% hours and not move a muscle, but I could have been fishing instead.<br /><br />..But nope, I decided to only float one day (picture above and those that follow) and on my second day-off instead I went "bear hunting"... Or that's what I told folks anyway. <br />Truth is, I just went and checked out the Boulder River for the first time (ever) and fished all of ten minutes and though I did in fact have my gun loaded just in case, to say I was 'hunting' would be a stretch. <br />Mostly I just cruised around like I often do and "vege'out".... <br />Not sure thats a word, but you get it...I just turned off my mind and forgot about everything and focused on nothing....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWquUsTpSRtP4Hm-odi5qMVrQXLJ_a0g1C8dfYR_jCOo0DgPXGrADd2P5wvCOyoFzQFutK154VFvtE5XohE7rmBiJ5FbpsEbsR8XA2Nnfa4PaCwN4PkBSuQKNyHaatDYHfWW5B3tEVLmJq/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWquUsTpSRtP4Hm-odi5qMVrQXLJ_a0g1C8dfYR_jCOo0DgPXGrADd2P5wvCOyoFzQFutK154VFvtE5XohE7rmBiJ5FbpsEbsR8XA2Nnfa4PaCwN4PkBSuQKNyHaatDYHfWW5B3tEVLmJq/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654271197601833922" /></a><br />Montana is perfect for that mindset and is why I stick around and now call it home. I dont need to be wasted on drugs or whiskey to get there (anymore); instead it just comes with driving backroads you've never been on, nor likely will ever be on again; and before long your 'lost'...but the kind you know you'll find your way back from.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VgHCsSBv-AdS971k7bs8JaDte9gdMblmKtmlreGbaXhqPncVRDpPPTJh6XLrNGkT6skA5erxKC9MvxmFeHsqhk1T1UTIqy2TtkG3pA7Ny6ESl02UZExJpUjkv2S4dgvujAqlkc0L0ZJU/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VgHCsSBv-AdS971k7bs8JaDte9gdMblmKtmlreGbaXhqPncVRDpPPTJh6XLrNGkT6skA5erxKC9MvxmFeHsqhk1T1UTIqy2TtkG3pA7Ny6ESl02UZExJpUjkv2S4dgvujAqlkc0L0ZJU/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654271337195622738" /></a><br />Either way, I hunted instead of fished, and my random ideas were as futile as my last minute efforts. <br />I'd spotted by pure chance a monster buck cross a small parcel of 'public land' right at dusk, before it entered another massive piece of 'private' and thought "I could maybe cut him off if I timed it right..."?!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5apNXJ5TPQ9-AFdW-MLMI_hKrpT9vlXSLdhU5Re2qbFe3RXZVVCWJEGKAQnuU0Ieo6Ie3-uCPPSVOb6Qfds3ummpO4CQR9PSJWiiR9QD95trjLb6FS6F0cmTgOxdVU9wQERhpTf0KaekE/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5apNXJ5TPQ9-AFdW-MLMI_hKrpT9vlXSLdhU5Re2qbFe3RXZVVCWJEGKAQnuU0Ieo6Ie3-uCPPSVOb6Qfds3ummpO4CQR9PSJWiiR9QD95trjLb6FS6F0cmTgOxdVU9wQERhpTf0KaekE/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+016.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654271031604920098" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGiCHhdy-FXS1ARXSZR4tf6WBt80t6y3tb58J449UCURIOsrqi-10K90HPuOhxUlK4LvgDW6IxIZBKNx8-30hkZbO7wQoTvIOVDv-qsjmtymfuWAt5bhyphenhyphenDwxtHUcCBrFY6rd0_dTo2Z9n/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGiCHhdy-FXS1ARXSZR4tf6WBt80t6y3tb58J449UCURIOsrqi-10K90HPuOhxUlK4LvgDW6IxIZBKNx8-30hkZbO7wQoTvIOVDv-qsjmtymfuWAt5bhyphenhyphenDwxtHUcCBrFY6rd0_dTo2Z9n/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654270892329590098" /></a><br />This discovery took place on my way back from the Boulder, and had the younger buck travelling with him not stopped directly in front of my truck, I'd have never seen "the monster" in the first place (an easy 140 class whitetail) that is who was waiting for his pal just off the side of the embankment...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cWp8TSP9hQjSD3fWZ6emcjMCe1tGz327gbD2xBgOgW8jpV-6UBM6BuNMuJx1eYxwGCFn7tsdBXAWQF3MmN6-1g9lyg1paRNq7srS8dtA3X4xivFROtr8cJf2SSqwAYTAWRNT5-xMJrAq/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cWp8TSP9hQjSD3fWZ6emcjMCe1tGz327gbD2xBgOgW8jpV-6UBM6BuNMuJx1eYxwGCFn7tsdBXAWQF3MmN6-1g9lyg1paRNq7srS8dtA3X4xivFROtr8cJf2SSqwAYTAWRNT5-xMJrAq/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654270745523735730" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpj5KDP47beyNTdJErxOxSFAngh3nc4u2S0uoWIPdjHZQoCKSaPYxVlEzQ_RDo2x8VN_wzoWpIo_49fyb4I4-qybDbOm_EQPmiJ7HNyJi7no-8f81PuYaTt7XBWw5Ksn0V7M9asy3EpwBt/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpj5KDP47beyNTdJErxOxSFAngh3nc4u2S0uoWIPdjHZQoCKSaPYxVlEzQ_RDo2x8VN_wzoWpIo_49fyb4I4-qybDbOm_EQPmiJ7HNyJi7no-8f81PuYaTt7XBWw5Ksn0V7M9asy3EpwBt/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654270624378073106" /></a><br />...So I couldn't sleep all that night, and when my ealry-shift at the fly shop ended at 3PM I hopped in my truck and hightailed it back toward the Boulder (a 1.5 hour commute) on the brief chance those same two bucks 'might just take that same path the very next day...'<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBFiarym1WJrUe6z16FcioVpMCKYHuWhJh9KMpsoufWL7RgndPvl39NgwKTFJNPQUHLn8AKxvMoJrACZGTXXyH81EWhRnyHPtAfIzTlL-Ez610_mDKOtJY6FrLFpOoiF95O1bmhtHlTuv/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+051.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDBFiarym1WJrUe6z16FcioVpMCKYHuWhJh9KMpsoufWL7RgndPvl39NgwKTFJNPQUHLn8AKxvMoJrACZGTXXyH81EWhRnyHPtAfIzTlL-Ez610_mDKOtJY6FrLFpOoiF95O1bmhtHlTuv/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+051.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654270459654684642" /></a><br />...and instead was met with a big momma doe traveling with her fawn along the same exact route instead, and she promptly stood mere feet from me and snorted for ten or fifteen minutes till I finally waved my hat at her so she'd "buzz off and go away.."!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQPXhO5aajeoC4IV4pC2U8dlHLgS3fIk6RUitXVSZvtJSJX4LIWOF5ZX2nZiU5KtKa1fTVoK1ZmfaAkqPqyfLxrZN1aPs1YnpZ5d5WUIALZnLk1FMgbyi7ucfldQlBaW0KXIZ2whRxfmb/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQPXhO5aajeoC4IV4pC2U8dlHLgS3fIk6RUitXVSZvtJSJX4LIWOF5ZX2nZiU5KtKa1fTVoK1ZmfaAkqPqyfLxrZN1aPs1YnpZ5d5WUIALZnLk1FMgbyi7ucfldQlBaW0KXIZ2whRxfmb/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+057.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654270321087037282" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUXUn1-ElyJfGsybqnlgNsVWtmblXQnL2T4fP49GeT-E0qqKT762gkyVcegY8M69PtOPlFmOQ4DvzZE8C7t5i9MoHHMDXx9VnoHhP-myawEKGAcliMoO7pjpEqVZdRBOCljQn4cttJh-H/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPUXUn1-ElyJfGsybqnlgNsVWtmblXQnL2T4fP49GeT-E0qqKT762gkyVcegY8M69PtOPlFmOQ4DvzZE8C7t5i9MoHHMDXx9VnoHhP-myawEKGAcliMoO7pjpEqVZdRBOCljQn4cttJh-H/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654269984360848658" /></a><br /><br />..........<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwsVY8KM5oT391Ep6-noDtjU9CQunZD7So81urEhlvUJvuZrTyJUzH8wXsSUTm7IncV5jre4jhfPQJjRAWpmipVTxdplmwtJpJRCvRsSSbc2YV_t-vdyTYWA1DW8fbEobxRMxv6ubK1Kh/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwsVY8KM5oT391Ep6-noDtjU9CQunZD7So81urEhlvUJvuZrTyJUzH8wXsSUTm7IncV5jre4jhfPQJjRAWpmipVTxdplmwtJpJRCvRsSSbc2YV_t-vdyTYWA1DW8fbEobxRMxv6ubK1Kh/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654269561628467474" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9N8uBQYMSez2XbG7DG_pDxbCYdF0dOilkyjA1B5OC9E0Glj-1olND855In_jwrr7BARM11Saf8RV6zeaKKHEXLlXtvX0DqqHnUbIxw5zsEkMPk8EwxMl0dhnW_At9kAqU6BojvCdx0ya1/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9N8uBQYMSez2XbG7DG_pDxbCYdF0dOilkyjA1B5OC9E0Glj-1olND855In_jwrr7BARM11Saf8RV6zeaKKHEXLlXtvX0DqqHnUbIxw5zsEkMPk8EwxMl0dhnW_At9kAqU6BojvCdx0ya1/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-14-11+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654269400446908130" /></a><br />No biggie really, since I'm still near dead set on 'a big muley' since moving here; and while that whitetail buck was huge, he wasnt near as big as this fella (above).<br />Unfortunately he too spends most of his time on private land, so we'll see whether its' fishing I choose for the next few days off, or hunting, or a bit of both...<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-519877399991405092011-09-13T20:18:00.001-07:002011-09-21T22:47:16.917-07:00Carbella Access....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6nUENWlCyH-EwwCTHyjd2V3-Aal1HNuy9xtSced_za0uIZR-jamF7s8NkD2VA4Jpn9F7QerZLpiv3u1-FSB2UFIu0f9JMOBHp0Ud-Xj5yxExaN3WLzmZT6U9BlTsjduwlAsnlYxelQzZ/s1600/Carbella+044-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6nUENWlCyH-EwwCTHyjd2V3-Aal1HNuy9xtSced_za0uIZR-jamF7s8NkD2VA4Jpn9F7QerZLpiv3u1-FSB2UFIu0f9JMOBHp0Ud-Xj5yxExaN3WLzmZT6U9BlTsjduwlAsnlYxelQzZ/s320/Carbella+044-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652053239974379394" /></a><br />..At about 20 miles north of Gardner - considered 'the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park' - this public fishing-access is the first one most drift-boats can take downriver directly below "Yankee Jim Canyon" (the famed Class IV whitewater section of the Yellowstone).<br /><br />I've now done this particular float from Carbella down a few times too, but thought we might try it again this past weekend; and I invited two guys along I've grown familiar fishing with as things have worked out just fine so far...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvJUiSe61EiCc3RvSVnWPw9Wk3AADhGaprJH1xNGNGQds4WM9_N6GQINhFZK3rAgckbF3RkVc3utfrNf-hBSPPPoGDNTaVHhaYHz_U6-6-xY0aPA4DUGyvQgnFtNSn0megvlsJEoWFw15/s1600/Carbella+002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvJUiSe61EiCc3RvSVnWPw9Wk3AADhGaprJH1xNGNGQds4WM9_N6GQINhFZK3rAgckbF3RkVc3utfrNf-hBSPPPoGDNTaVHhaYHz_U6-6-xY0aPA4DUGyvQgnFtNSn0megvlsJEoWFw15/s320/Carbella+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652053041425386418" /></a><br />Here's Tom rigging-up before the float...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcSoSwyPMAFiew5QKdQv7LRpfci8DJsaVo2zwUYP0EM63tb8OkMBnCcufM-hXPDEeTjHl1OAGVIrI136povfRwA_Mqn85IB2ToRxJLDsATdR-oy8Uwiog3JqrhJZ4cV1RDxFS5xlOU6hs/s1600/Carbella+001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcSoSwyPMAFiew5QKdQv7LRpfci8DJsaVo2zwUYP0EM63tb8OkMBnCcufM-hXPDEeTjHl1OAGVIrI136povfRwA_Mqn85IB2ToRxJLDsATdR-oy8Uwiog3JqrhJZ4cV1RDxFS5xlOU6hs/s320/Carbella+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652054619924376994" /></a><br />Chuck doing the same, as I almost always take 'firsts at the oars'; though am still not sure quite why I offer..?<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW40T9Kqe1m4e1kMpjlllnfJAIKRvdCUbtXOZNdsN8lpRHPyCZTm_QbolspSJysSyGC_ukZpFC3pJ3v-vkuBbZRFc8O7gqMiF5d3HY4EG6ox5W7Np5NnHrnaS8R42rZdlBsKMZE54jgar/s1600/Carbella+003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfW40T9Kqe1m4e1kMpjlllnfJAIKRvdCUbtXOZNdsN8lpRHPyCZTm_QbolspSJysSyGC_ukZpFC3pJ3v-vkuBbZRFc8O7gqMiF5d3HY4EG6ox5W7Np5NnHrnaS8R42rZdlBsKMZE54jgar/s320/Carbella+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652052478983705586" /></a><br />Chuck sticks the first fish and its a huge whitey...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuqNyteWgBSAesplKe1YMYl378bSVzAPd_Ey2i4e8djdy769BnzsRaulh6_21eE8_e5Sf4dHpXIVl0QNrrO0a935dek4VNV3iDwx8M1u-aGLPiCgSPyHGyFO3sAWok04QLJT6XT88b-bR/s1600/Carbella+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxuqNyteWgBSAesplKe1YMYl378bSVzAPd_Ey2i4e8djdy769BnzsRaulh6_21eE8_e5Sf4dHpXIVl0QNrrO0a935dek4VNV3iDwx8M1u-aGLPiCgSPyHGyFO3sAWok04QLJT6XT88b-bR/s320/Carbella+008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652052295270090402" /></a><br />But he recovers quickly and lands a nice rainbow as well...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72da1KoASC6IfxlBUISznm54Hh4-JL5gJA2TOwPomwyNDGqurZDJAvtFCLtIVi7rghviT5AOTSKWpcq1SIiBqb3Q9jjFCKdY7w3gi4YXLJk8YcE9cTYpUIjX5GS85esXt_Nepj_MCCmTS/s1600/Carbella+017.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg72da1KoASC6IfxlBUISznm54Hh4-JL5gJA2TOwPomwyNDGqurZDJAvtFCLtIVi7rghviT5AOTSKWpcq1SIiBqb3Q9jjFCKdY7w3gi4YXLJk8YcE9cTYpUIjX5GS85esXt_Nepj_MCCmTS/s320/Carbella+017.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652051863990244194" /></a><br />Tom lands a few cuttys to even the score..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamuGOpv8H7X5ybbB-yNmyABUYaBcIft9rNtEDxJUk2409SL_yBwpbd7lcJdyCukayuFi6tvtEZ8yUsdNair3KX-NADaEStU1JvcxgSDKgi2xY-JcQxkgmNsUvIHfr1HNjZU5HRJ0rdYLK/s1600/Carbella+020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamuGOpv8H7X5ybbB-yNmyABUYaBcIft9rNtEDxJUk2409SL_yBwpbd7lcJdyCukayuFi6tvtEZ8yUsdNair3KX-NADaEStU1JvcxgSDKgi2xY-JcQxkgmNsUvIHfr1HNjZU5HRJ0rdYLK/s320/Carbella+020.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652050745479530050" /></a><br />Though I never asked Chuck, I'm beginning to think that must be 'a lucky shirt, hat, and shorts,' he's wearing as he's got the same damned thing on even though we've floated now down the Stone at least four times already - (only just noticed after reviewing my own pics)?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2X1gmY7mB3g4Smns4nlXObWGAes9IasrlwE8VlGi2oNsFj4Pa4W1bCnjgjff3yz7JcVxZ_qI4-QiX6dS818RqEsR2gGFc1JG4eN7qIYmgpGQ5Kj1TXYEFdbhoKJZ-cL8EpzPFKmNMsRW/s1600/Carbella+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2X1gmY7mB3g4Smns4nlXObWGAes9IasrlwE8VlGi2oNsFj4Pa4W1bCnjgjff3yz7JcVxZ_qI4-QiX6dS818RqEsR2gGFc1JG4eN7qIYmgpGQ5Kj1TXYEFdbhoKJZ-cL8EpzPFKmNMsRW/s320/Carbella+025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652050622152076482" /></a><br />Not that I'd ever say anything anyway since the dude's a stick when it comes to fly fishing (and landing big fish), though still needs improvement when it comes to a strong headwind and rowing us home sometimes'.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUoiyRa7oTP1UHmtjW6ywpLVxFuFGG2JWhZwjpIZRxC-vOcS-jNaAdYweWqkMgixNclId38AMmJOMYC5MoOLLccE9LFBPOleAKU9GQRmW022_dTo-hnMOP7HqDp_ncOT_Rj9rf66eJrIQ/s1600/Carbella+028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUoiyRa7oTP1UHmtjW6ywpLVxFuFGG2JWhZwjpIZRxC-vOcS-jNaAdYweWqkMgixNclId38AMmJOMYC5MoOLLccE9LFBPOleAKU9GQRmW022_dTo-hnMOP7HqDp_ncOT_Rj9rf66eJrIQ/s320/Carbella+028.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652050437227442658" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUtcEiC1ijKQxiSK8RE6Bky-9dpEJn6un8O8wmU9wcr3tV1eLGbSp3Rj4K_P7bvzn9Wyu1msEwnKtxcRMXieoYeSRMB4lwunCzy4a3dV6GVl4IdQfZ4EdvgDNDcxNOoNz6FkswTJ7k-iY/s1600/Carbella+033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirUtcEiC1ijKQxiSK8RE6Bky-9dpEJn6un8O8wmU9wcr3tV1eLGbSp3Rj4K_P7bvzn9Wyu1msEwnKtxcRMXieoYeSRMB4lwunCzy4a3dV6GVl4IdQfZ4EdvgDNDcxNOoNz6FkswTJ7k-iY/s320/Carbella+033.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652050303423998226" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7QsLq4eu6bBi2tS4_vc63g37NkY-JfUSlM6GBM57nZCUwzd_OeBZJv05AwM0N7ZvkO04_P5Atvlx0PwejCC0FGiFcShZYDYmyciY70fwJHFIW3Uv_B4NLgqY922axckwo70h11ihGjVd/s1600/Carbella+038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7QsLq4eu6bBi2tS4_vc63g37NkY-JfUSlM6GBM57nZCUwzd_OeBZJv05AwM0N7ZvkO04_P5Atvlx0PwejCC0FGiFcShZYDYmyciY70fwJHFIW3Uv_B4NLgqY922axckwo70h11ihGjVd/s320/Carbella+038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652050174215226450" /></a><br />No huge fish on this trip but numbers wise we did excellent and boated 30 easy, and nearly all on pink hoppers again.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WNk2DWGEXH_9vVmOqqqubrWBVzwywPyzwKLBRpmQe7ZppGKcR-XGceGu-kHLOvVyuRACm5KMDWwPZZ69SExq_PMQcqS5HIhQ0-yP6dvUP077GjcZgmwYZxfcZztp2Gd4UQYthBy2xUz9/s1600/Carbella+054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WNk2DWGEXH_9vVmOqqqubrWBVzwywPyzwKLBRpmQe7ZppGKcR-XGceGu-kHLOvVyuRACm5KMDWwPZZ69SExq_PMQcqS5HIhQ0-yP6dvUP077GjcZgmwYZxfcZztp2Gd4UQYthBy2xUz9/s320/Carbella+054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652049776152727842" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_8O8Mq_iaP4wmGA6PQcEg1CVkj5qyEqOZaKc2KoozxbG7UdSY1TtwNo0anTeoKP_DtRROjSurJmwkuUsTCzIIP-DciZ_f2u8-82bOH8uF59611HDEN0LYAW63POGzI-Yh9AqFK6QX8LK/s1600/Carbella+056.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_8O8Mq_iaP4wmGA6PQcEg1CVkj5qyEqOZaKc2KoozxbG7UdSY1TtwNo0anTeoKP_DtRROjSurJmwkuUsTCzIIP-DciZ_f2u8-82bOH8uF59611HDEN0LYAW63POGzI-Yh9AqFK6QX8LK/s320/Carbella+056.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652049959064300562" /></a><br />It was afterall another super long float, now that flows have dropped even more to 2,200cfs, and though we started at 11AM becuase of this we didnt get off till about 8PM.<br /><br />We started the season floating the Yelloowstone as some might recall, when it was at 9,000cfs and a little nutty I might add, but what a difference this river has changed in the past few months/ "..and this year" if you ask a fulltime guide that is...<br /><br />It seems both myself and guides who have seen this river day-after-day for the past few are all experiencing the change together as this seasons' epic snow fall and runoff that caused equally epic flows litterally changed the river enitirely as far as what was once a shelf is now a pool and vise versa.<br /><br />I like hearing this as it puts me at an even playing field with some of the younger guides out there (and they're almost all younger than me) as to how to now fish the Stone.<br /><br />I still need work on several fronts though, and one important is 'timing my departures at access-points with my arrivals at others it seems'. Thankfully once again the fullmoon shown bright and combined with a fella in front of us who left his tail-lights on at the ramp (thank God); we managed to find 'the takeout' and were on our way back to Bozeman in no time.<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-68947110147042749702011-09-08T19:32:00.001-07:002011-09-09T21:48:44.378-07:00The Bird Float...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6eHtK_q48WAAwD54WTIJWx_VmstKz60LYVUdFzjpE_osdSYxR3_lDlSXDc-vlYf1My72_3rBfbpzDLfbawltcpZNbVlgs3Re7zkZx7DMrnadj_qzpZZoYCY5BfwV4lZrb2aPjYShShwd/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6eHtK_q48WAAwD54WTIJWx_VmstKz60LYVUdFzjpE_osdSYxR3_lDlSXDc-vlYf1My72_3rBfbpzDLfbawltcpZNbVlgs3Re7zkZx7DMrnadj_qzpZZoYCY5BfwV4lZrb2aPjYShShwd/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650184957263233010" /></a><br />..Thats what its called floating from 'Grey Owl Access to Mallards Rest' on the Stone...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEo06GpS3oyRHNtrZkiw2e1TByIOKc3w3SKh8moYKvW7BvtWS239oCf6AFfbIxZWDsaNA7Bxdw-wXf_0HL7c5jKSEMUB78bB7Xq1Q7_VHiys-5T07LXcp8kxeKfPGMWF2ghK1A_Num7ZO/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUEo06GpS3oyRHNtrZkiw2e1TByIOKc3w3SKh8moYKvW7BvtWS239oCf6AFfbIxZWDsaNA7Bxdw-wXf_0HL7c5jKSEMUB78bB7Xq1Q7_VHiys-5T07LXcp8kxeKfPGMWF2ghK1A_Num7ZO/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+030.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650184445932414338" /></a><br />Thats what guides call it, what locals know it as, and now what just about everyone whose ever booked a trip does too. Because of this unfortunately, its one of the more crowded stretches on the Yellowstone (but still consistently fishes well)...'if you know what your doing'...?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwgq_p_uHrLiiikpW_DKLG3hyiyD-UMyc-UvHroz7ndFXF1HfhExLW9EGb7U7ZWyDqhfBtbCyz6Oa2yBRkpg-EEPU-1jMiw-PhUZUL_JyBft0A0Quc78KVWe6go-C4omhSgJ3RiLCdViP/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDwgq_p_uHrLiiikpW_DKLG3hyiyD-UMyc-UvHroz7ndFXF1HfhExLW9EGb7U7ZWyDqhfBtbCyz6Oa2yBRkpg-EEPU-1jMiw-PhUZUL_JyBft0A0Quc78KVWe6go-C4omhSgJ3RiLCdViP/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650184229377086834" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzcHXDxYuVKIlctOBcl7w_R1jjj32wFYC6si1I9bbHhBFm6aTyTmXzzFJDFPmeKJJIZEBlzD3NVyGZpOUUI6HhJ3gCXZ3K20wJBlxTF_4xrYiajWRwxTyJ-kCB6BvvWrUqMtN28fpB_dq/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzcHXDxYuVKIlctOBcl7w_R1jjj32wFYC6si1I9bbHhBFm6aTyTmXzzFJDFPmeKJJIZEBlzD3NVyGZpOUUI6HhJ3gCXZ3K20wJBlxTF_4xrYiajWRwxTyJ-kCB6BvvWrUqMtN28fpB_dq/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650184048471334802" /></a><br />Its rare I can claim such things, but have to say my friends and I are boating just as many if not more than guides at our shop are; so think (maybe) I'm catching-on a bit better than years before...?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zJJkrp37zT1i-gAGR_tos9XtyjVtz5CsyN-7lJG_SyXuoKQ66uTSBeqETkaR8BfKXK2ow_g8WRyLWuqE7Je_hUIckCj-XNYelNC2GKqjZ_-hyegjzsJs86LFigYMBhBaGJt6mWC5F0Ne/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zJJkrp37zT1i-gAGR_tos9XtyjVtz5CsyN-7lJG_SyXuoKQ66uTSBeqETkaR8BfKXK2ow_g8WRyLWuqE7Je_hUIckCj-XNYelNC2GKqjZ_-hyegjzsJs86LFigYMBhBaGJt6mWC5F0Ne/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650191928009138946" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4ammOCi1JLdAxp8bYuF4aKtHOt8H-DBZWsggjjmWAufrOlJyqBypb4uBb5TgUhux4Y5jf7GKo53ixVmNLRtEbSDqBDvtSQpEZ0dcTIxhm2i44GNkgZehbQwY-448wYfnJWxI7XUlmnNG/s1600/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh4ammOCi1JLdAxp8bYuF4aKtHOt8H-DBZWsggjjmWAufrOlJyqBypb4uBb5TgUhux4Y5jf7GKo53ixVmNLRtEbSDqBDvtSQpEZ0dcTIxhm2i44GNkgZehbQwY-448wYfnJWxI7XUlmnNG/s320/Yellowstone+River+9-4-11+025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650190145454260194" /></a><br /><br />...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbZSB_k1zqnRPHPbLu2o-k1DZ3yiYh8OlxaeT4a-jxff1ou80huPctkijRbHl7fxxsNu2IGbtxYxSw448-kwwVcm55yb3kgHfwPvuT8LO2mbWUSEZIri2EJAmmjhwIZiIWVd5CPEtNXYi/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbZSB_k1zqnRPHPbLu2o-k1DZ3yiYh8OlxaeT4a-jxff1ou80huPctkijRbHl7fxxsNu2IGbtxYxSw448-kwwVcm55yb3kgHfwPvuT8LO2mbWUSEZIri2EJAmmjhwIZiIWVd5CPEtNXYi/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650183777526512386" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGIFI9UaNAkfs3YJ3FvPvuMkSQGGWY7GYMtR2blqNY9prv8fDrMSoSiXArx8u3ZforMwsnVU65Aa9FTREwI6i_gfVLmlMsHMPbnC671k7DWiiMfTnjf6kUiXXsVNZk2dsGqLRihEif6Bi/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+018.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGJAXtiqYl79Ue7tqiGYpJcLaomYY0tYYnQJLR89f5tx2uaQww1VjU918Ree6O5GDNZDC2TNWqZUJopRAxlcPjl8rnKwl2TwUZUsXvhpbRP4omAP0miGn9xZYfYh1FMcS0iB0SysKpa9D/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+082.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650182634118827170" /></a><br />This was just two more floats down the same stretch this past week (a few pics from each, as one post); which makes the last 'Bird Float' about my 7th on that particular stretch I think, and close to my 15th on the Stone this season... <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8AfjBY1-4ufZCx3fc13OCTLSnNnJv7jg941QvlWUIXB8t72dVno6shhejkIYu1qwdXH1m3ZZfivMAA_ccJxjaOYAa08xUYdfqrQ_CGlc40OGY8m0oEATWANYP7cAD2cJs19S0QxL5TN7/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+077.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8AfjBY1-4ufZCx3fc13OCTLSnNnJv7jg941QvlWUIXB8t72dVno6shhejkIYu1qwdXH1m3ZZfivMAA_ccJxjaOYAa08xUYdfqrQ_CGlc40OGY8m0oEATWANYP7cAD2cJs19S0QxL5TN7/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+077.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650182496965454786" /></a><br />I'm thinking I need about a dozen more though before I'm ready to call it quits, and then store the boat through Winter..<br /><br />Might have to incorporate some actual bird hunting in here somewhere or maybe a cast-and-blast...?<br /><br />We'll see...<br /><br /><br />Moe<br /><br /><br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-29059162400105339282011-09-03T20:42:00.000-07:002011-09-05T16:39:55.497-07:00A cutthroat, a rabbit, a 22, and a broken toe…<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv2PVMBufpjQLz1oQaYQobr2nqP_tsvlZ12WnsuWxdo8vfEWUyC1jdtvhOM8FGx7mwqBwoT5eXM5rz8u2AWIIUXBF61L_Dx3uDQBNUiNKoT5xjXmT9fkPOlI8cfw8mH8jQnrHx4AByMPA/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDv2PVMBufpjQLz1oQaYQobr2nqP_tsvlZ12WnsuWxdo8vfEWUyC1jdtvhOM8FGx7mwqBwoT5eXM5rz8u2AWIIUXBF61L_Dx3uDQBNUiNKoT5xjXmT9fkPOlI8cfw8mH8jQnrHx4AByMPA/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648347159426885874" /></a><br />For weeks that blasted rabbit had been torturing my dogs behind the fence and when they gave chase this morning and disobeying calls raced across the road after the bloody thing; I said enough is enough or I’m gonna have two dead bird dogs right before bird season.<br /><br />So tonight after sharing my dilemma with my coworker Allen, he went home during lunch and returned with an ancient Savage 22 that he lent me to kill said rabbit, along with five rounds and I promptly went home and chased the bloody thing throwing my hat and a fishing net at it to corral it back into ‘my yard’, and out from under the neighbors’ car, and then went about missing it with four straight shots and losing the fifth somewhere in the grass while trying to reload!<br /><br />“%$#@”!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqajwXj_cb6NngPU3pxksOgQQ8JSaSwtmsazF5JDTe9wUCxy1kyaU9Insy7taa1n9Sr9BQGylDLqJfIpAwbtng1wP_oVMIUWkLJhDSHe-KDo8sBUdpcW7tNsq4R_Kf2VBPvzgp5yYWzNsO/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqajwXj_cb6NngPU3pxksOgQQ8JSaSwtmsazF5JDTe9wUCxy1kyaU9Insy7taa1n9Sr9BQGylDLqJfIpAwbtng1wP_oVMIUWkLJhDSHe-KDo8sBUdpcW7tNsq4R_Kf2VBPvzgp5yYWzNsO/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+119.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648347043920811330" /></a><br />“Screw this” I said and went inside and rooted around in the dark till I found two shells of some sort of load and went back out with my 12 guage and then couldn’t find the damned thing in the dark. The cows were also a concern since they were close, like less than 100 feet, but I surmised the 22 hadn’t scared them off; “what’s a quick blast of the 12 gonna hurt..?”<br /><br />Then I spotted it not twenty feet out into the pasture and if its ear hadn’t twitched I’d have never seen it again as dark as it’d gotten. I took careful aim and clean missed it with the first load and after the dust settled I could no longer see the rabbit or the cows.<br /><br />The herd disappeared to about a 1,000 yards out and I jacked another round and spotted the rabbit just 30 feet further to the right and set the bead on it and let another one rip.<br /> <br />“%#@&”!?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9qOSfMy-s9DtXoHxrP1Itrqz9y13JELViOCgWoQ7BVaXnC-rTf3Mq6PnRC_vwjCyV0tdP-x4uN_3z6EMpw2dXq_PPv5V6_wPrUKwOVGiEN5XCxSAeyQnycTSbiAz6HquI-KbW0bxHPCp/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+103.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9qOSfMy-s9DtXoHxrP1Itrqz9y13JELViOCgWoQ7BVaXnC-rTf3Mq6PnRC_vwjCyV0tdP-x4uN_3z6EMpw2dXq_PPv5V6_wPrUKwOVGiEN5XCxSAeyQnycTSbiAz6HquI-KbW0bxHPCp/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+103.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648346666517369250" /></a><br />I could see the rabbit take off even further to the right and toward the fence, but I was out of shells and had likely 'pushed the tolerance level of my neighbors’; so thought best of continuing - even though my mind told me to run back into the trailer, grab more shells, and keep shooting... <br /><br />Still, I was convinced "that last blast had to have done some damage"; and told myself so as I searched my truck for a flashlight, then letting down the cattle gate, I walked the fence line till I saw where I’d hit the ground.<br /> <br />“No rabbit, shit!”<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0BLOCnK_3ZGRPnkrxu6sxpaBghyLKiMvl5YRifhnjg-RSenAICW3rfgB4HPYJnr19DwfHdpgqjmwP3h6SFRnUO5t9Isc6oQOW6JPskAPY7CfpN9Sw0ZJH9zO_AegyMchP65q6r3SZNcc/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+112.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0BLOCnK_3ZGRPnkrxu6sxpaBghyLKiMvl5YRifhnjg-RSenAICW3rfgB4HPYJnr19DwfHdpgqjmwP3h6SFRnUO5t9Isc6oQOW6JPskAPY7CfpN9Sw0ZJH9zO_AegyMchP65q6r3SZNcc/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+112.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648346527977628290" /></a><br />Then I walked a little further and spotted it shaking not two feet to my right in amongst some tall grass and I promptly stomped on its' neck and felt it squirm underneath.<br /><br />"Gotcha ya"! <br /><br />I’m not the tortuous type, nor do I enjoy death; in fact I’d been up till now reluctant to deal with the cute little fella in such a way, but I’ll be damned if I’ll have my two best four-legged friends die because of him; so I picked up a large stone and threw it hard toward its head with my left hand and hit my right big toe instead and about died from the pain and stupidity of such a move.<br /><br />“%#@&”!!<br /><br />My toe was throbbing in pain and the rabbit had been protected by my boot the whole time, but eventually he succumbed to the weight of a 300lb man standing on his' neck; along with some injuries I later discovered which occurred when I blew his back legs off at some point in my shooting foray.<br /><br />I gathered the little guy up and slipped him onto the barbed wire as I let myself out and secured the gate behind me, then threw him in the bed of the truck to let the girls out for 'a look see'. At first they bolted off as expected toward where they’d last seen him play hide-and-seek, but when I called them to heel, I held the grand prize and both jumped for joy at the reward, then I dropped him to the ground so they could get a good sniff.<br /><br />Neither seemed to enthused to grab it and run, both content it was finally dead’ which was nice to see, so I picked it up promptly and threw it back in the bed and sent them inside for dinner and a bag of ice for my toe and some aspirin for my head.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rs3JCTy37qIc-ONYvd-EN52jzWVBtRpZgzBgaEVxJ4JT2vKknxRfzlKe5aDHoGFc7OarWpk2zQNWPMCR7tLWmF16pHbABbT8t_iFISAhyrewTizeVAk_gXWD-Pq0Je-jAx3hrGWsBoZF/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2rs3JCTy37qIc-ONYvd-EN52jzWVBtRpZgzBgaEVxJ4JT2vKknxRfzlKe5aDHoGFc7OarWpk2zQNWPMCR7tLWmF16pHbABbT8t_iFISAhyrewTizeVAk_gXWD-Pq0Je-jAx3hrGWsBoZF/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648346408228914706" /></a><br />Oh, I also went up to Hyalite Reservoir yesterday and caught over 15 bows and cuttys using dries at dusk - a cinnamon ant pattern was the ticket and it was a blast of another sort...<br /><br />- This little bird above almost got taken by 'a monster' (something)..take a look below?!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0yDNbYv_H1tE8WuJ_EQLaCxiwDvKvOWtHdOGKasOMvq8NA0eT5-hkuAj987FcS5SJ68DDDNQqzkcSolb3uT0luixS5lfz6XwjD4ZTu_FSNN1-qJqT0OoPbsYCzj1V3p6j1LqlEBqJXpD/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+141.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0yDNbYv_H1tE8WuJ_EQLaCxiwDvKvOWtHdOGKasOMvq8NA0eT5-hkuAj987FcS5SJ68DDDNQqzkcSolb3uT0luixS5lfz6XwjD4ZTu_FSNN1-qJqT0OoPbsYCzj1V3p6j1LqlEBqJXpD/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+141.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648346294617085026" /></a><br />"WTF"? I actually didnt see the fish till later when reviewing my images this afternoon...WOW that's a big fish to go after a bird?!...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ksqcdCghBQq1Bw4oW_rMgK5rTltrLXwD07n71p-EG_O6ZPDx6jher1uluMXTX1kfQNuFuKqp7kyYdBIwWEyNWFND8eGvXuKsIKvlLxzji-zy4r48U05TvIaJ4HeDrOssnFepx8f2j2XF/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+144.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ksqcdCghBQq1Bw4oW_rMgK5rTltrLXwD07n71p-EG_O6ZPDx6jher1uluMXTX1kfQNuFuKqp7kyYdBIwWEyNWFND8eGvXuKsIKvlLxzji-zy4r48U05TvIaJ4HeDrOssnFepx8f2j2XF/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+144.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648345597821749922" /></a><br />Was a beautiful evening and I enjoyed the solitude, as I was fishing alone...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHPjp-yiFBuyUAJQnmlac9Ofs8bI6SErHBOjFzGALZkitweJv3mjP5YzqD7aB-PH5ceMxy3KlX6O5lfNijdVj62p_0AGz8rEx3BWl0soz_DwrkDeSzv162blb4_QgvbwgiEIuDUH1VZLI/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+129.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHPjp-yiFBuyUAJQnmlac9Ofs8bI6SErHBOjFzGALZkitweJv3mjP5YzqD7aB-PH5ceMxy3KlX6O5lfNijdVj62p_0AGz8rEx3BWl0soz_DwrkDeSzv162blb4_QgvbwgiEIuDUH1VZLI/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+129.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648345862241496370" /></a><br />Right at last light though I was granted the presence of this toad of a Westslope Cutthroat and felt sort of deserving of such a prize; after catching nothing but little guys all night.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQKUTHsGc0kDT2hLwMaHV92iM0tRT4Rj4K2tCjlVAXfksTU8OVPJ2dtVjAjX3fi6hrxtrkfbsTGDUKZaKf62bfW_wqGr2w6MlPvc1q9uwhtmaH6Xsqc9l0JZiWf5db8DbzEWDeRoVPIWZ/s1600/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+143.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQKUTHsGc0kDT2hLwMaHV92iM0tRT4Rj4K2tCjlVAXfksTU8OVPJ2dtVjAjX3fi6hrxtrkfbsTGDUKZaKf62bfW_wqGr2w6MlPvc1q9uwhtmaH6Xsqc9l0JZiWf5db8DbzEWDeRoVPIWZ/s320/Yellwostone+and+Hyalite+Res+9-1-11+143.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648345456236542914" /></a><br />Till next time...<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-67268581937996908162011-08-27T19:43:00.001-07:002011-08-28T19:47:48.887-07:00A Change of Scenery..<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDnuSLBycR6voy-rmuXomzdPwfJxmmP7YXiwQJ2Frr1In_sh_8N_BJm529LcZYuu6CIwPp6YVEZ0VHLfnkhFbYg1MRh-2cZPfKXTs-qYUXGtcizErHMlvTp4XMJ1CIesgi0K4r1Kfvcpg/s1600/Yellowstone+River+8-28+081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDnuSLBycR6voy-rmuXomzdPwfJxmmP7YXiwQJ2Frr1In_sh_8N_BJm529LcZYuu6CIwPp6YVEZ0VHLfnkhFbYg1MRh-2cZPfKXTs-qYUXGtcizErHMlvTp4XMJ1CIesgi0K4r1Kfvcpg/s320/Yellowstone+River+8-28+081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645747234316481138" /></a>
<br />Searching out new stretches of the Stone....
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<br />First up was <em>'Loch Laven to Pine Creek'</em> (6.3 miles)
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B3MQF3A-hztyfvg34EdOXsmjVSaRgT-iEm2r9GNlq9Xl9uTvOR7JQ4x-UiZglFfGbt3wSj6zI_vXEny00ePdNAvEC-zQ6SoKEZKhYBVYwW7Lg9R91bpa16ueuAKc_EkNe8WKWHTAoWo-/s1600/Yellowstone+Aug+25+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B3MQF3A-hztyfvg34EdOXsmjVSaRgT-iEm2r9GNlq9Xl9uTvOR7JQ4x-UiZglFfGbt3wSj6zI_vXEny00ePdNAvEC-zQ6SoKEZKhYBVYwW7Lg9R91bpa16ueuAKc_EkNe8WKWHTAoWo-/s320/Yellowstone+Aug+25+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645742814090885458" /></a>
<br />Things were not looking good on my way to pick up my friend Tom for our 'last minute decision to try new water...'
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIHp_G46_V44DidphZ7C8NZ3MFG7JyhU9WY-sh6HNnmMp7AOmc0DEDzYFsiq7M0dHIxe0mJwuWeMCDQgHh5zWM-GTVNcHFuOdAkSxtK8cAN8DlGfble8njZSQcXvGngERyjCYBUFVPnB3/s1600/Yellowstone+Aug+25+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIHp_G46_V44DidphZ7C8NZ3MFG7JyhU9WY-sh6HNnmMp7AOmc0DEDzYFsiq7M0dHIxe0mJwuWeMCDQgHh5zWM-GTVNcHFuOdAkSxtK8cAN8DlGfble8njZSQcXvGngERyjCYBUFVPnB3/s320/Yellowstone+Aug+25+008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645742682330887602" /></a>
<br />The 15 minute hail storm still didnt deter us as bad as we wanted to float..'
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg38Cm5zgBAE8MyHcP5bPy2LIUX4BvK92eba7Ud5y9g_HDVvly5QP5g11ZmxRz3xa2LhWcI_5KKnoUXgpVGMXdhELFx4Y3_tOwiff2Tdr7PLwrgPv-0KSV_htfwTnJ4VZRXVOEGWKAppV/s1600/Yellowstone+Aug+25+011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg38Cm5zgBAE8MyHcP5bPy2LIUX4BvK92eba7Ud5y9g_HDVvly5QP5g11ZmxRz3xa2LhWcI_5KKnoUXgpVGMXdhELFx4Y3_tOwiff2Tdr7PLwrgPv-0KSV_htfwTnJ4VZRXVOEGWKAppV/s320/Yellowstone+Aug+25+011.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645742561959338946" /></a>
<br />..I'd theorized "this is Bozeman, certainly things will be different over below Livingston.."
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<br />"Wrong!"
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<br />With wind gusting to 35 miles per hour we were kinda asking for trouble before we even put on, but the shuttle had already been called-in'; so we went for it...and paid (dearly)?!
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<br />"%#@&"
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S4Dy2eIynuDKxsrfWdJ6KoGsjgJmaMQoCAW-NcqRVRHZYTgPbtv3Fcikhq1fPBuaLrZGy1rDJSTrOf7GkGddOjbnBSBZcaZtlFN1I6SnZ21I_n2fDYUJo_LFxSZZYQYJaGin1Xl240tL/s1600/Yellowstone+Aug+25+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-S4Dy2eIynuDKxsrfWdJ6KoGsjgJmaMQoCAW-NcqRVRHZYTgPbtv3Fcikhq1fPBuaLrZGy1rDJSTrOf7GkGddOjbnBSBZcaZtlFN1I6SnZ21I_n2fDYUJo_LFxSZZYQYJaGin1Xl240tL/s320/Yellowstone+Aug+25+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645742418279049250" /></a>
<br />This little bit of a clearing gave us hope that the trip could be salvaged, but...
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31XBkiRQpGEAh7XvBO2potjVFZ_l3Ql13uF4v3FOiayiGJY6Ioxpv6P4ofC9tuBFgPtzoBYHy_vd2zH4yMcawhorB4O5d9M1BH6S3GFNRruJiuLBbiShNYcRxYlmjUKenZVte7ghXCb5a/s1600/Yellowstone+Aug+25+018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31XBkiRQpGEAh7XvBO2potjVFZ_l3Ql13uF4v3FOiayiGJY6Ioxpv6P4ofC9tuBFgPtzoBYHy_vd2zH4yMcawhorB4O5d9M1BH6S3GFNRruJiuLBbiShNYcRxYlmjUKenZVte7ghXCb5a/s320/Yellowstone+Aug+25+018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645742298843508354" /></a>
<br />..ten minutes later we were tying up to some random island and running for shelter as lightning split two trees before our very eyes on the opposite shore.
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<br />"%$#@"
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<br />For all our efforts we were rewarded with only two fish in the 2.5 hour float; not bad considering we only fished about 20 minutes of it. The rest of the time we rowed our asses off and prayed we wouldn't die while trying to navigate a much narrower and faster river the closer we got to town.
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<br />Next up was "a 2 Day Float" first, I went with Tom and Chuck down a familiar stretch <em>'from Emigrant to Mallards Rest'</em> and we had a blast!!
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<br />At the ramp we me met a crazy friend of mine Angus who was about to float alone the first few miles before he picked up a friend; I suggested he take Tom (who could row) and he agreed and we floated nearby each other the rest of the day bantering back-and-forth'.
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<br />My mistake though, as with Chuck's "limited rowing ability" I was now pretty much stuck on the oars, but we managed to boat about 14 nice cuttys on hoppers; on what we all agreed was "...a pretty slow day"*.
<br />Tom, Angus, and his' friend they picked up at <em>Mill Creek Bridge</em>; "..managed to boat 20" - so they said?
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<br />* Thats (a 13.8 mile float) and only 14 fish computes to about one-per-mile or 2 per hour depending on how you look at it...
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<br />- Lately I'd begun asking random customers I'd never met before 'if they could row a drift boat' and a few could; so that's how I met Jack. He was friendly sort and had extensive experience behind the oars having guided whitewater in the famed 'Yankee Jim Canyon' for several years; so because of this we ventured further upriver to float <em>'26 Mile to Grey Owl'</em> (9.2 miles).
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<br />For all our combined river rowing experience (mine very questionable) we only caught 7 fish between the two of us; and at the end of that week I was about in need of a doctor afterward as I was plum whooped, my equaliberium all out of whack, and had the beginnings of third-degree sunburn to boot?!
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<br />Because of the 'limited footage of big fish caught' (or <em>any fish pictures</em> for that matter on the latter trip), I've condensed these two trips into one short photo essay below)...
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<br />Lastly, after a few days of work at the fly shop 'squeezed in to my busy fishing-schedule', Tom and I hit <em>'Carbella to Emigrant'</em> yesterday (15.5 miles) and made up for some blunders in the weeks' past...
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<br />Amazing views on this stretch and not very crowded on this particular Friday. The high winds were a factor early in the morning, but calmed before noon. The fishing wasn't epic, but good and we boated over a dozen nice sized cutty's, two bows, and a few foul hooked white fish as well (the latter on black whooly boogers, they tried but couldn't ingest).
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<br />We'd attempted huge and wild patterned streamers early, based on some 'good reports days before', but only "turned some nice fish" and I personally like to catch them' so we stopped all that nonesense and switched back to little pink hoppers once it warmed up a bit.
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<br />It's always nice to be able to pull over into a shady spot and have lunch or just rest a bit...its actually one of my favorite parts of floating.
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<br />The predictable afternoon storm on the Stone, is something I've now grown used to and yet we got drenched still; even though we were wearing Gore Tex hoodys. The wind whipped us silly and before we could even pull over the boat had a few inches in her once the first storm passed.
<br />The second one looked "really bad" though, so we 'pushed on through' as the lightning accompanying it was fierce.
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<br />Leaving Emigrant Access..(around 7PM)
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<br />The forest fires in the western part of the state have created some very cool sunsets as the smoke makes its way across the Monatana horizon; and made for some neat rides home after floats on the Yellowstone.
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<br />..I still have several stretches of the Stone to search out, and fish for the first time; so check back and see what we find...
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<br />Later,
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<br />Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-52891687356639103342011-08-13T19:35:00.000-07:002011-08-13T20:53:36.266-07:00Hopper Time!!...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1iMX_AZfutjqWaf3Kr8VKVzQQlGrFMxNcxfinHWiVQ_932CbVAvH3s8wdGbWEv9xXUNwc6mW1zEnaIDJr26RqoaxrCzfU04x-ZNAcClTes8FjYAeWc39fO9ouc0q1-Nf5pHjbHXj5ED7/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Aug+11+014-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1iMX_AZfutjqWaf3Kr8VKVzQQlGrFMxNcxfinHWiVQ_932CbVAvH3s8wdGbWEv9xXUNwc6mW1zEnaIDJr26RqoaxrCzfU04x-ZNAcClTes8FjYAeWc39fO9ouc0q1-Nf5pHjbHXj5ED7/s320/Yellowstone+River+Aug+11+014-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640542429843531746" /></a>
<br />Just spent two more Wonderful Days on the Yellowstone River...
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<br />- Above is a gorgeous Native Cutthroat... One of a half dozen we caught on a short float and each as beautiful as the other; all on dries (hoppers) no less....
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<br />"The Girls" obviously miss me when I spend my days-off afloat - instead of devoting my every second to them; so I play extra long games of "catch the tennis ball" and at least Mocha seems content at the end...
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<br />Suzie seems to miss me to the point of biting me almost sometimes when I finally do 'get home', but even she is content once I throw her a bone.
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<br />Small rainbows taking hoppers at dusk..(7:00PM)
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<br />And 'a few bigger bows' began biting around 8:00PM ..(night float)..
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<br />Now thats what we're talking about; a nice big brown taken with a dry at 9:00PM on "a purple chubby" (stone fly imitation).
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<br />Not that we didnt keep fishing, using the moonlights' reflection as a way to spot strikes (aside from sound)..and landed a few more hungry fish before take-out...
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<br />The full moon and its reflection was bright enough to cast a shadow of me onto the front of the boat, and 'just light enough' to guide us into Mallards Rest at 10PM last night.
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<br />The end of Another Great Day here in Montana.
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<br />Moe
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<br />Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-55415972592796358312011-08-06T22:41:00.000-07:002011-08-06T23:39:44.406-07:00Yellowstone River...Finally...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix5xmMumbyPozD_FskIa7BSFNbqm3m0buAntvefg9YG6C2Iw6rD5Dkz2XkDxoFJkOrqtCy0sFNq8GUX3U8G44LIGVhasN8I6eZsl_18gkYuz37TdBWHFxNcxPHDUnn77u3YH10uqf-zl7/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+142-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiix5xmMumbyPozD_FskIa7BSFNbqm3m0buAntvefg9YG6C2Iw6rD5Dkz2XkDxoFJkOrqtCy0sFNq8GUX3U8G44LIGVhasN8I6eZsl_18gkYuz37TdBWHFxNcxPHDUnn77u3YH10uqf-zl7/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+142-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637986880211937154" /></a><br />...And some great fish caught as well...<br /><br />...<br />I did back-to-back days on the Yellowstone in the new boat; the first was with a coworker from the shop named Allen and the second with a young college couple who frequents our store. These two floats marked my own first two days floating "the jelly" in over 10 years (having been guided on it myself back in 2000) out of the very same shop I now work at - what are the odds...<br /><br /><br />Day One was all rainbows and white fish and an absolute blast!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEtmp91Y2TErGqpjVqzLIdXm34njckdHU68V4XqniHEYEZcLxwXKIVYJpVL7shiat4rCaVMtF6rXQ9p8nlD-n7bf1yHnIRgKdWG93QtaiNxqf3Gkl-mD395pO8xK9HtZ2NjSy-urm-Ls_/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEtmp91Y2TErGqpjVqzLIdXm34njckdHU68V4XqniHEYEZcLxwXKIVYJpVL7shiat4rCaVMtF6rXQ9p8nlD-n7bf1yHnIRgKdWG93QtaiNxqf3Gkl-mD395pO8xK9HtZ2NjSy-urm-Ls_/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+027.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637988558624388802" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8wm107dbXDmuagyGCG3nE1Py8XCcYAKEMqBEceo1No2f6Y4gfASfHft3KKrkLPI4aoseSoEH0pDhOPBOOKujGxCnA4foaXOVJ6EtqD6reAw-TmpkHWa8NiXx0GRZP9t49WJFLBcgSt5w/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+036.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc_AXjMNObSscV-qrGTX8M9Xm-fEgy2CcdKhVQI3XBWTC1zRjpXmlsrOo8Evd4-0wRKUs6wlQirQm3h0d4fvXPYlY9jTApr-lT5D-1xCJJDyWIGNviUZ94PLU3qfCBByX_N__xSHi_id-/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637988711879999762" /></a><br />The weather changed dramaticly over there both days and we pulled over to seek shelter from heavy rains and lighting under cottonwoods twice; not that the latter would have helped much, but what can you do...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJiyq7SOXe0T3FpxW6ZUTNycA1d-NaAVCa3h-2Z78ofTY5sxhJEMNjSqMsLJQAYTEH2pZLWmjsnnRGD4HegRhKfafvzAc8pb0V-zozFvCE1pu4f2lImVGDFgczYic71OBP7WeoU0R60V8/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJiyq7SOXe0T3FpxW6ZUTNycA1d-NaAVCa3h-2Z78ofTY5sxhJEMNjSqMsLJQAYTEH2pZLWmjsnnRGD4HegRhKfafvzAc8pb0V-zozFvCE1pu4f2lImVGDFgczYic71OBP7WeoU0R60V8/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+063.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637987887814322290" /></a><br />Within 30 minutes it was back to floating, fishing, and catching...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhuCqdCQxNbaP1iy7_r8dCbB5yvYvHDiXZOxSIRoWH4lHZAg5toXywldohUA-BoSfA3_dy9r1Gdm2fH8A3FYxIE_AlJ1br0aPZvii71hYGlu32ZLi5dyRtg9ixfn-GoSkok8Fkd38Z7xe/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+081.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirhuCqdCQxNbaP1iy7_r8dCbB5yvYvHDiXZOxSIRoWH4lHZAg5toXywldohUA-BoSfA3_dy9r1Gdm2fH8A3FYxIE_AlJ1br0aPZvii71hYGlu32ZLi5dyRtg9ixfn-GoSkok8Fkd38Z7xe/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+081.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637987706646862946" /></a><br />We had floated 'Emigrant to Mallards Rest' and it was a very long trip indeed (9 hours and off at dark). At one point, not very far from Grey Owl Access, we just happened to pull over to change flies and turns at the oars - when I spied this HUGE dude not twenty feet away on the bank. We freaked at the proximity to such a wonderful creature so close!<br /><br />I took several pics before he nearlly knocked poor Allen from the boat when he'd finally 'had enough' of our staring contest and swooped over our heads at mere inches before disappearing forever downriver...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tw4brOUwRq8dNCfvIX-OlyLWZ_BKDeZ7x6QoKQyZNvXO9vFeFRLgQgrGcg6ERQOJSxj6h_s9JXrY3yIimDlEOmiTt79ahemMxK2t1yAp1pguZWmbzfjfCWgZvJfjgLreZdsOnfoYUFaH/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+093.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1tw4brOUwRq8dNCfvIX-OlyLWZ_BKDeZ7x6QoKQyZNvXO9vFeFRLgQgrGcg6ERQOJSxj6h_s9JXrY3yIimDlEOmiTt79ahemMxK2t1yAp1pguZWmbzfjfCWgZvJfjgLreZdsOnfoYUFaH/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637987571271162754" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS31yFCtyZNPy0yQbryf7KVMq0sFT5jYNebhb05QyGtTQiuVhri0SFhv4a6kNYHFv-IgIPKOkpjAs6zl9BGBX0Zp8DugxE29Drth7jkwlbTdHic3jMsofK9xI7Kq8SoBouK3UQ8KmEo8ro/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS31yFCtyZNPy0yQbryf7KVMq0sFT5jYNebhb05QyGtTQiuVhri0SFhv4a6kNYHFv-IgIPKOkpjAs6zl9BGBX0Zp8DugxE29Drth7jkwlbTdHic3jMsofK9xI7Kq8SoBouK3UQ8KmEo8ro/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+101.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637987417464498706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhauaeC1_4AWNn5f_MmZml5LN5qAKp4suMALJOnS4jjBYbniukgirWW1Fto-52BwtXd1NGkoGBS7Oq1O4419MmdSaJjHAiYnrE5RxMUWnrf7AwQSz9JGqQrAI5dtvboKmWMYf0OqFroe4/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMhauaeC1_4AWNn5f_MmZml5LN5qAKp4suMALJOnS4jjBYbniukgirWW1Fto-52BwtXd1NGkoGBS7Oq1O4419MmdSaJjHAiYnrE5RxMUWnrf7AwQSz9JGqQrAI5dtvboKmWMYf0OqFroe4/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637987239668297522" /></a><br />End of Day 1 Trip and what a beautiful day it was..<br /><br />....<br /><br />Day 2 Begins...<br /><br />(Grey Owl to Mallards)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYYLNKsQU6KefGol-JHl3IyIhFcYdr6Mgyxjf3G_6HHl9hXNrD62k-OoaMa26FuVaVPdwfqjfcdoInfD597gH5LetG4bYCQiTZkhkyCFvPRqWP_Xj6N-mXRV-q-rzMFjt7MZeXtEfZ7nX/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYYLNKsQU6KefGol-JHl3IyIhFcYdr6Mgyxjf3G_6HHl9hXNrD62k-OoaMa26FuVaVPdwfqjfcdoInfD597gH5LetG4bYCQiTZkhkyCFvPRqWP_Xj6N-mXRV-q-rzMFjt7MZeXtEfZ7nX/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637987059286686866" /></a><br />And right off the bat it was monster browns that took the whooly boogers, mega prince, and anything olive and sculpiny lookin' we threw at them..<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAXz7k1ooPHYefNYdJrRdrZgkFC08oVpumK-peNM3RFI0PG34m0rCMgZsqq3WVomEFJKj8OvxCvA8M7Y5fj0xQ4aEBx7p_N7N6qrLLw5MOQRE84HEnTWbDo85FmJztzMJ8H69d_KmIyqQ/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+147-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAXz7k1ooPHYefNYdJrRdrZgkFC08oVpumK-peNM3RFI0PG34m0rCMgZsqq3WVomEFJKj8OvxCvA8M7Y5fj0xQ4aEBx7p_N7N6qrLLw5MOQRE84HEnTWbDo85FmJztzMJ8H69d_KmIyqQ/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+147-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637986706712118498" /></a><br />I'd not really intended on doing two days back-to-back, but when I woke on the following morning and realized I was so wired from such a good first-day and it was only 7AM instead of 10 as I'd assumed (having wanted to sleep in); I litterally said aloud:" That was too much damned fun.." and stood up walked to the phone and called the young couple to see if they "wanted to float..?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfipd2CYG94uU72jLaefmAowioMTMdcNYL2Hy0lzGkSmpBtRWenkDRTlkDa0oAbgbruSiYI84UMPaLbxDJNZRWN9Z3Eh5VW2hDvPC7mPD1rhplHWc9fHB1Ob9lziIz0Tj_5LadqHqdKvg/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+163-1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfipd2CYG94uU72jLaefmAowioMTMdcNYL2Hy0lzGkSmpBtRWenkDRTlkDa0oAbgbruSiYI84UMPaLbxDJNZRWN9Z3Eh5VW2hDvPC7mPD1rhplHWc9fHB1Ob9lziIz0Tj_5LadqHqdKvg/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+163-1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637986506708184242" /></a><br />They did of course, and we had another great day of fly fishing on the Yellowstone...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYheZ_crGuION7I-apDyJ7F2_T8MPN0aB6BX9ls1d49K6kMlcUOEcFQxn79puGXDui2nYZBJyoK3kIJW_XVgJzJooqBEeAR_SlXMEo7dBcDFLsnY9uUWkgnrBRBN9KnQegzyUViNuzCrqz/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+170.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqoNvUgAJaJe8ParSOxRnjzNGJ7rv1kvFmY5akmcf7x-DhCVcupzUTa1-MESHtpCcEnW-MCI_64QawMbfXpeXsc8K0iD9Bud0JFjF_CcBB0f7adC1hSqAHdQnoWEDRlu-iGeH9o3hQcb9/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637985786777652178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7bjlp8VCtmHoHapVwnCFGlRDbHRP6mKILsvSaS-hxaGdzPqgdg7TWPsZ5G5ff9lf7jj1YZwKDFmdgRv5fKMT_EU58nUm3xiid9ymQo0jlN-tUY9oUobDwGdM-j9XxSNdEJuuJiYNUyd1/s1600/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd7bjlp8VCtmHoHapVwnCFGlRDbHRP6mKILsvSaS-hxaGdzPqgdg7TWPsZ5G5ff9lf7jj1YZwKDFmdgRv5fKMT_EU58nUm3xiid9ymQo0jlN-tUY9oUobDwGdM-j9XxSNdEJuuJiYNUyd1/s320/Yellowstone+River+Trip+1+and+2+183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637985621018546690" /></a><br />All nymphing and dead-drifting streamers and zonkers at this point, and no dries or hoppers yet, but flows are still a bit high at 8,000cfs; so wont be long now and we'll be back on the water and doing what 'I now live for..'<br /><br />Floating the Yellowstone River with good friends and after good fishing..<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-80514676748363738342011-07-31T20:28:00.000-07:002011-07-31T21:07:30.295-07:00Signs of Life...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSnJ79EwrtoRV4aiEelNmva2SMQXSuNdUJ9cGUzf1c4EvrayS-KhHrn0xdW5blwlGPtKbxqdydh1sFgr8DUhoOZDCzLhPnhCSieyVLibdji8pOQCJ9icISqluNmitgWq7y6HN7t_7R_4M/s1600/2011-07-29+Gallatin+Valley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSnJ79EwrtoRV4aiEelNmva2SMQXSuNdUJ9cGUzf1c4EvrayS-KhHrn0xdW5blwlGPtKbxqdydh1sFgr8DUhoOZDCzLhPnhCSieyVLibdji8pOQCJ9icISqluNmitgWq7y6HN7t_7R_4M/s320/2011-07-29+Gallatin+Valley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635730997007168610" /></a><br />The camera now works...!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfigSQSTCfxWSsdWdwB1GtU3ckK7NhP8-FLYqqBLG2V7xcsYfLBDXrpEbuwXHtKqeAAaHx92f-VTeb4TTtFXYzxLmly9K5Z_rJjugWDStbIcSeST18fbRRQKXEs3s8TlhXwGrAkStCIco/s1600/2011-07-29+Gallatin+Valley2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfigSQSTCfxWSsdWdwB1GtU3ckK7NhP8-FLYqqBLG2V7xcsYfLBDXrpEbuwXHtKqeAAaHx92f-VTeb4TTtFXYzxLmly9K5Z_rJjugWDStbIcSeST18fbRRQKXEs3s8TlhXwGrAkStCIco/s320/2011-07-29+Gallatin+Valley2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635730884844931858" /></a><br />This was great news as I enjoy taking pictures wherever I go, ...and enjoy sharing them too...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijamKrv8NBt2h0JWflLXcJ2Ccaw2WpYPOXvFniq_DJK-rb5Q8aQrzeTwRlx5Yccc4pGhyNX9_suDUhm2LFpwic0wCM_4Y0Xj6vmatYx8y0s4z7YAZuGBzE23IIL7SqjN2qZHzNTCSXuBQ1/s1600/Collages2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijamKrv8NBt2h0JWflLXcJ2Ccaw2WpYPOXvFniq_DJK-rb5Q8aQrzeTwRlx5Yccc4pGhyNX9_suDUhm2LFpwic0wCM_4Y0Xj6vmatYx8y0s4z7YAZuGBzE23IIL7SqjN2qZHzNTCSXuBQ1/s320/Collages2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635730744467330690" /></a><br />Though I floated this week, it was on a public stretch that I intend to keep "sacred"; as it was that nice and uncrowded because others' before me did the same thing. <br /><br />..I do however intend to fish it again this week and if the pictures-posted after the trip reveal its' location;...well that'd be just 'good detective work' on the veiwers' part..<br /><br /><br /><br />Moe<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-839850972140522292011-07-24T20:45:00.000-07:002011-08-11T21:51:29.637-07:00I killed my camera…<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs-TpEo0FyBhcE3qK3PYhmaabJp4Kz_CxXop5JmEWnWb3j3z5e_Xd_0wyc9u9jVN7lTBNX3KVPlEd7jZ6Npp36vsCR-JPeh3Xg4Fp7ASfgo4534a85wyyB-RHGDPxjZqcRF-IXfE6VfXs/s1600/stoner+008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs-TpEo0FyBhcE3qK3PYhmaabJp4Kz_CxXop5JmEWnWb3j3z5e_Xd_0wyc9u9jVN7lTBNX3KVPlEd7jZ6Npp36vsCR-JPeh3Xg4Fp7ASfgo4534a85wyyB-RHGDPxjZqcRF-IXfE6VfXs/s320/stoner+008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633133047048549058" /></a>
<br />....and boats apparently need plugs before launching..?!
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<br />- These two are directly related and I’m still cursing myself for such stupidity.
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<br />I was quite busy rigging up rods and the boat for two new floating friends Eric and John early this morning, and while doing so assuring them both “..no matter what happened on the river today we were sure not to have a cluster %$#@ as the last trip I took with a stoner friend Paul on the Lower Madison".
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<br />I then began to relate the short day trip last week when I invited Paul, who was another one of our customers and a nice enough guy, but had some issues I soon realized. One was his inability to do anything most people do so without a buzz - like go fishing at 9 in the morning. He also was shit for offering to drive and haul the new boat, as this meant I was putting my life and the new boats’ in his hands and when he took them off the wheel and drove with his knees so he could light his one-hitter I cringed at every approaching semi.
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<br />He’d smoked in front of me before but it was weaker weed he explained and “had scored some primo cannabis from a dispensary that had just closed”. Not surprisingly Paul was obliterated by the time we reached the ramp and could barely talk, much less operate a vehicle so I took over the chore of backing in the boat.
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<br />I could see him in the rearview mirror using all his strength to try and pry lose the small drift boat from the trailer, but it wasn’t budging for some reason and a few fishing guides began scowling at us and blowing their horns for us to move. By now he’d backed me so far into the river I thought the whole trailer might wash away and when he waved to me in frustration I applied the emergency brake and got out.
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<br />When I pointed out the chain was still attached, not 2 feet from his airhead, he said:”Oh duh” and then once he loosened the boat it nearly floated away without us.
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<br />"Oh shit!"
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<br />..He immediately jumped in the river up to his waist and grabbed it with all his strength and held-on as two impatient guides launched right on top of us. By jumping in though he’d forgotten his cell phone was in his pocket and it was now ruined and worthless.
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<br />“Oh well, no biggie” he said, then went up to park his truck while I waited and held the boat in place. I asked Paul several times if he’d left the key for the shuttle-driver, as this is "very important" and he just nodded. I wasn’t so sure, but let it go (bad move).
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<br />He’d politely rigged the oars before I took the seat to row and we drifted out into the main current quite quickly. This is always good fishing right on the other side of the river after you launch, so I began backstroking with all I had only to quickly realize the oars were in wrong and the locks were on the outside, and not in.
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<br />He turned around in a panic and helped me with this task before we lost both of them, and in doing so we missed a pretty good stretch and put on quite a show for some local fishing-guides I hoped didn’t recognize me from the fly shop.
<br />Finally he took his first cast, but only one before he began cursing.
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<br />“Oh man, I missed a guide on my rod”
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<br />..As he was redoing it...which of course meant taking the flies, spilt shot and indicator off and was about to retie them on; I pointed out he’d actually missed two as the second one from the reel itself had been bypassed.
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<br />“You idiot”
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<br />He tried to blame it on ‘the bikini hatch’ (above), but I told him it was because he was a stoner instead. Three miles further down river and with zero fish to our combined efforts he somehow out of the blue realized that while he’d left his key for the shuttle; he hadn’t left any money on the visor, and it was determined in all likelihood they would not do it for free.
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<br />While I just shook my head at yet another stupid move on his part; he seemed especially upset over this one as apposed to the others..
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<br />"Oh man I wish I hadn't remembered that now and instead when we were down at the take-out ramp"
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<br />"What the %#@& difference does it make?" I asked
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<br />"It just ruins my buzz is all" he said and in mid-cast before bothering to retrieve, he reached into his vest and procured his silly looking faux cigarrette one-hitter and proceeded to remedy this situtation.
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<br />"Oh for Gods sakes!"
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<br />Consequently the rest of the trip resulted in 'putting the very first skunking on the new boat'..and I was determined to remove it.
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<br />Eric and John assured me they "...would do their best" as to not experience anything remotely close to such disasters and with complete confidence we launched with little fanfare and were on our way across the river in no time.
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<br />They’d both rigged up without incident and were confidently casting nymphing-rigs instantly off both sides of the boat; while I pulled on the oars with all I had.
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<br />Within less than a minute though I knew something was terribly wrong' as with each backstroke a literal wave of water would wash around my feet in the boat and I screamed;
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<br />”Oh shit we forgot to put the plugs in!”
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<br />Eric, who’d always seemed cool and calm in the shop completely lost it' and began yelling:”...we’re gonna sink for sure!"..."Oh man your gonna lose this new boat”... and began threatening to “jump out”?!
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<br />“Don’t jump out, help for God’s sakes”! I yelled
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<br />and began searching for the plugs hidden beneath my seat. It was pandemonium and I really did think she was going down, and not two hundred yards from the ramp no less. Once I found the plugs I found them completely disassembled for some god damned reason and I cursed Alex aloud for this and began putting them back together then said”%#@& it”..and immediately rowed to shore as fast as I could to drop anchor!
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<br />"Holy shit that was close.."!!
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWsvepXKBOQP8BP4RclQIcHU6I9RtcllIibP-8PPL0p929qVj_LoQSH__NRnellzmFfs7lqO7VqNcb9dMQZ-4Rs0yPAj5tjX3QvrahMTpivM7yXaDG_1DCxfuEZjyNafKUOeM1gQWIXKu/s1600/BWO+005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkWsvepXKBOQP8BP4RclQIcHU6I9RtcllIibP-8PPL0p929qVj_LoQSH__NRnellzmFfs7lqO7VqNcb9dMQZ-4Rs0yPAj5tjX3QvrahMTpivM7yXaDG_1DCxfuEZjyNafKUOeM1gQWIXKu/s320/BWO+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633139204762347330" /></a>
<br />In the mayhem we managed to successfully plug the two large manufactured holes and stop the inflow, but quickly began bailing as things were still sketchy. It was several very tense seconds, maybe five minutes combined, and included a moment when John without any warning decided to climb out; which nearly capsized us in the process - even though we were now safely on shore!?
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<br />“You damned idiot, don’t ever do that again without saying so”! I yelled
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<br />“Who you calling an idiot you forgot to put the plugs in?”
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<br />He was right and I apologized as we’d only met a half-hour earlier and I did feel somewhat responsible. I should mention though in my defense, I had woken with a severe case of projectile vomitus and diarrhea after eating something rotten at a local BBQ place last night and it was a miracle I showed at 6AM when I did.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvWCUBp3yNQ4A1S4IRxaqXxwm3J2LuxTatSHLLlX3bmQcHEemwVrWjF3TSiuwr79gA3jsikZHbsWGY_qL1ctjv6EYuo1gWj8fwodlwh_5CdPak4wi05t4rCa-n7nf06qB6-_JmIbwmmg8/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvWCUBp3yNQ4A1S4IRxaqXxwm3J2LuxTatSHLLlX3bmQcHEemwVrWjF3TSiuwr79gA3jsikZHbsWGY_qL1ctjv6EYuo1gWj8fwodlwh_5CdPak4wi05t4rCa-n7nf06qB6-_JmIbwmmg8/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633140041562881698" /></a>
<br />While we cut two Gatorade bottles in half Eric suggested I "keep a bucket or pump on board in case it happened again"; stating the obvious’ as would later realize he is noted for (asshole). In the chaos I looked down and spotted my camera bag floating on the floorboard and not in its waterproof protection either. At first I opened it and all seemed fine, more than a little wet all around, but still it would come-on at least.
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<br />Later, once downriver further when I reached to take a picture though, I noticed it was stone cold dead and not surprised or happy either.
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<br />"Shit!"
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<br />The whole event exhausted me, but I still had ten miles of river to go. An entire bottle of Pepto and John, a pharmaceutical salesman from Phoenix, suggesting the 4 Tylenol I’d just chewed up was not the best idea; and I stubbornly swore at him to “..just try and catch a damned fish and forget about me”.
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<br />It was all I had and wished I’d taken some Benadryl or something stronger, but between his' nearly dumping us once we were safe and Eric’s panic and threatening to jump out I was wondering how I found such a pair of pussys to go float with. By now we were well on our way down river and I rowed hard to stay in the shade of the mountains and canyon walls as even this early in the morning we were feeling the heat and rays down upon us.
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<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjTQAmX8sSOR5kKOqZuKR-ZVyt8wSRnyNlijgsMcb7CQRMVT-jmJlBTMIZ02lUO3kXZliM32OBcMpkz2bK0Lm3ya1GjeEKgfd4ndqdiYQJ8go5HlW3_xOEF8qR3DJMvU5CF3FTwrzKx1v/s1600/Caddis+045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQjTQAmX8sSOR5kKOqZuKR-ZVyt8wSRnyNlijgsMcb7CQRMVT-jmJlBTMIZ02lUO3kXZliM32OBcMpkz2bK0Lm3ya1GjeEKgfd4ndqdiYQJ8go5HlW3_xOEF8qR3DJMvU5CF3FTwrzKx1v/s320/Caddis+045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633144113316750642" /></a>
<br />The boat was responsive and I was glad to be back behind the oars of it, instead of: "the Tank" I was in last week; which felt like it was made of pure metal and the rocks made of magnets.
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<br />Still, with my condition and inexperience I wasn't 100% yet and when I nearly hit a submerged boulder and split the boat in two Eric began laughing at my panic. I got angry and told him I’d laugh if he ever wrecked his car and his whole family died.
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<br />“Whatever” he responded and this further infuriated me.
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<br />I told him with that attitude I likely wouldn’t trust him at the oars, and he casually said:”that be fine, I’ll just fish…” (and he meant it and never offered to row once, not that he knew how anyway).
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheD7SEqUUFSBZcIH-Tdv2FSaNPROBAnVFbZMwgrD-GeGOiyj-xCZMq1a4xh8y2ARL-4gJA_MLtTNZccoP1x5BWeqeeeTBYiSvbaXZ95Xxh4uyJTzJ7PuxENEWddP-vtMxDP1HwbNJjXzs/s1600/Caddis+019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheD7SEqUUFSBZcIH-Tdv2FSaNPROBAnVFbZMwgrD-GeGOiyj-xCZMq1a4xh8y2ARL-4gJA_MLtTNZccoP1x5BWeqeeeTBYiSvbaXZ95Xxh4uyJTzJ7PuxENEWddP-vtMxDP1HwbNJjXzs/s320/Caddis+019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633142009899667378" /></a>
<br />Eight miles later I was wishing I’d brought someone who could, and wasn’t so moody to boot. His brother-in-law John wasn’t very talkative either and the five fish we 'could have caught' unfortunately hit his rig; and his reaction time was retarded slow and he missed them all - apparently unaware that when an indicator was a foot under water this meant you should actually try and set the hook..?
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<br />So by day’s end we’d put the second ‘blank’ on the boat and even though I never left the oars or wet a line myself; I still felt the effects of a skunking just as if I had. Especially having watched carefully as John the novice standing in front of me whipped every single cast – hooks, line, and sinkers - inches away from my ears and head and I winced every other time.
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<br />..And so my camera is dead.
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<br />It showed brief signs of life again this evening, after a thorough drying out period and battery recharge, but there are clearly issues' that require professional rehab/repair to make it work properly again.
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<br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BzSCcB2vppNIeAjJGRaQBzLdKzL9rVdAMwVBi9nQJQeexhAQihX-FXMoitJ9sbAwIfxr40Wrh3amS7mYXenFlJs_zDb8QCr-lEkgVzf66wN3jxM6tVK9L3WccEAodrymDXiibgYBLXZM/s1600/stoner+010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BzSCcB2vppNIeAjJGRaQBzLdKzL9rVdAMwVBi9nQJQeexhAQihX-FXMoitJ9sbAwIfxr40Wrh3amS7mYXenFlJs_zDb8QCr-lEkgVzf66wN3jxM6tVK9L3WccEAodrymDXiibgYBLXZM/s320/stoner+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633132741553729138" /></a>
<br />(Above - is the very last image taken with it, and ironically 'exactly the stretch across from the ramp' that we nearly sunk her in - and taken only minutes before we launched too.)
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<br />No telling when I'll be able to fix this as I'm still behind on my rent, electric, and everything else which requires money; but I think I’ll still fish this week and take the boat out to get that skunk off it...
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<br />...We’ll see if I’m able to record any images along the way..
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<br />Moe
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<br />.Moe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-16690140199434670152011-07-17T20:12:00.000-07:002011-07-17T23:01:39.822-07:00Salmonflies on the Upper Madison....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcnnbaXi6t1g_Lp_epHtW62Eppz-VQS-9nbaq1fZD5hNaLOKVMK5MVE-EyUURBB3hCRGOY-hxqsbsJYO1k0AfEqcuwo9BqRPS3oPQtgRS-heZFUtukvT9yLIMpssePSgFxBpkeIYFMotF/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIcnnbaXi6t1g_Lp_epHtW62Eppz-VQS-9nbaq1fZD5hNaLOKVMK5MVE-EyUURBB3hCRGOY-hxqsbsJYO1k0AfEqcuwo9BqRPS3oPQtgRS-heZFUtukvT9yLIMpssePSgFxBpkeIYFMotF/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630528944783445186" /></a><br />Great day on the water..<br /><br />....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmw-Y-xXXUBNtFe_1unDKaDwolH4PUOXuFZGUDTot6zhgZjL09ivUReCJnYBwH8XySO3VKzFVal54T2iIlEgi8vPH0WI0ODo_joQ_aJ0BNrY01Ivfo6-yal0RvOFjc7oo7xk1eCRZ7Tue_/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmw-Y-xXXUBNtFe_1unDKaDwolH4PUOXuFZGUDTot6zhgZjL09ivUReCJnYBwH8XySO3VKzFVal54T2iIlEgi8vPH0WI0ODo_joQ_aJ0BNrY01Ivfo6-yal0RvOFjc7oo7xk1eCRZ7Tue_/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630528795198065042" /></a><br />We put in at Palisades (meaning - A line of bold cliffs usually along a river) and not only was the description of the access accurate, but the fishing was just as reported too; 'hungry trout were still taking salmon fly patterns'...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmGMegjV8wyaX12acZqutHaugoq4r2Tjjw74VRmhcgbWo6wv-8m4-9h8tjsmSSkT_HgvrkgsPHUvL2O8sKcHA9jwfZ3QJPWf8s30_v2MrWlBkBwoTJCl46EE04tFr2Y2EbXAXPpZpK9gC/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmGMegjV8wyaX12acZqutHaugoq4r2Tjjw74VRmhcgbWo6wv-8m4-9h8tjsmSSkT_HgvrkgsPHUvL2O8sKcHA9jwfZ3QJPWf8s30_v2MrWlBkBwoTJCl46EE04tFr2Y2EbXAXPpZpK9gC/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+045.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630527636886349874" /></a><br />Clarity was improving which helped the fish see our surface presentations..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0thhvqCfTkxmrPOZ8GPs29ADgjvGltjIVn4kqJPUGsiopZSDV0VUl1KbzUlSbYD0Gz0r6aJ89G3wkUJNW20ctX5Tqc0XxWuLVkVxsrlKYOIWKOnGoz0EQEXpNXikOkBnL-MociO4NCmv/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0thhvqCfTkxmrPOZ8GPs29ADgjvGltjIVn4kqJPUGsiopZSDV0VUl1KbzUlSbYD0Gz0r6aJ89G3wkUJNW20ctX5Tqc0XxWuLVkVxsrlKYOIWKOnGoz0EQEXpNXikOkBnL-MociO4NCmv/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+023.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630528627741476802" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZV4kx2fDpkACRK-1KqaYNQadsV54gxa8rclJysOujtqficPAy0tuH5m9aEbyCq8_5nJrO3A8BDU08gf8KAxVjYcIFhpuLWoO2ISY8f2e-PzGkfBOlQi10Wqe6xMDWuEZ0hykTMy4Au9B/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+044.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZV4kx2fDpkACRK-1KqaYNQadsV54gxa8rclJysOujtqficPAy0tuH5m9aEbyCq8_5nJrO3A8BDU08gf8KAxVjYcIFhpuLWoO2ISY8f2e-PzGkfBOlQi10Wqe6xMDWuEZ0hykTMy4Au9B/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630527766403742306" /></a><br />Scenery wasn't bad either...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7-eESLoLbvQK8vT1GhGy3rVd0vTDI7Ex3QdUNmfT_Cc-LfxYgTDA_mqSGB0ooKev0rmSe4wQQCJZ7ZyjzebXtIMns9mYNt_HctKfwE0NyMsvF7jG5alakc2fBli2v9hwlx1DUSaB8eSO/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+054.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7-eESLoLbvQK8vT1GhGy3rVd0vTDI7Ex3QdUNmfT_Cc-LfxYgTDA_mqSGB0ooKev0rmSe4wQQCJZ7ZyjzebXtIMns9mYNt_HctKfwE0NyMsvF7jG5alakc2fBli2v9hwlx1DUSaB8eSO/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630529108216515538" /></a><br />Fish were responding well and though I missed far more than I boated, we still caught a fair amount given the conditions and circumstances. The latter being I'd spontaneously invited a customer of mine Ralph, who though he'd once worked at a fly shop and was an avid fisherman; apparently knew less than I did how to row a drift boat in sketchy conditions?!<br /><br />Because of this Bob was none to pleased and he and I continued to switch off several times and Ralph never took the controls once (over the 19 mile float). <br /><br />It was white knuckle nearly everytime I did anyway and we came very close to sinking "the tank" once while I was at the sticks; so Bob decided it best we not experiment anymore than we already had.<br /><br />(The above picture is of 'another' nice fish Ralph caught while I took a quick snap without looking thru the viewfinder and continued rowing as hard as I could away from the next boulder..)<br /><br />"Holy shit!"<br /><br /><br />....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoULthdYM6piIau2A8SZtM1AKzZBVHFBv6vvJ920VeH6Aiyx6j0-ZgwWovs2GPUdNLUgzbEzw_QfcbGz3kk4CB_Bpn3ZdK70jQAixoNTWTwHdrfsVjP4Yz87sw2-TxS6oADL7R0pRLPTdz/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoULthdYM6piIau2A8SZtM1AKzZBVHFBv6vvJ920VeH6Aiyx6j0-ZgwWovs2GPUdNLUgzbEzw_QfcbGz3kk4CB_Bpn3ZdK70jQAixoNTWTwHdrfsVjP4Yz87sw2-TxS6oADL7R0pRLPTdz/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630528496073308594" /></a><br />'The Tank' wasn't the name I'd given the boat, but instead Bob himself refered to it by this often and almost lovingly so. I should have asked more about this odd nickname for a boat before we went out, but given I'd wisely left my own 'new boat' at home; I didnt want to push my luck given he'd initially invited me. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAknd7tjavioppknbLpaOWa3ET0K4i2LRQz4dE3Xf9TiYaKJBBtk_lUsExAwtIMMNjrA44RbshHGQwUEnGsij-_HdiN24tin525SupUzF7uDDogHyHtkcrCTp77Qkw-kRhBwcZEsL-vLH/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAknd7tjavioppknbLpaOWa3ET0K4i2LRQz4dE3Xf9TiYaKJBBtk_lUsExAwtIMMNjrA44RbshHGQwUEnGsij-_HdiN24tin525SupUzF7uDDogHyHtkcrCTp77Qkw-kRhBwcZEsL-vLH/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630528365455689938" /></a><br />I soon realized though the Tank looks somwhat like a drfit boat, it instead reacts alot more like an old Jon Boat than anything else I've ever rowed before. I was convinced it was built using wood and concrete instead of fiberglass; and once when the oars had come loose from the locks for the umpteenth time I think I yelled something to the affect - of it being:"a piece of shit..", but thankfully Bob was too busy readying himself to bailout he didn't hear me and once safely by the obstacle we continued on and he said very little.<br /><br />I had nineteen miles to inspect this particular antique watercraft and it was determined to be built sometime around 18 years ago (that much we know). Though it had no name or serial number, it is considered: 'a drift boat' by most people (but not all) and we got the deserved boatload of stares as we passed other floaters comfortably sitting and fishing in higher-end rigs. It might have been the Tank most times, but could have been the sight of all 3 of us in a panic that sometimes resembled a chinese fire-drill; usually when I'd wimp out as we headed toward emminent disaster and insist Bob "..take over the controls" (or a combination of the two..)?! <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI13BDwNnwkEOTyK2MzjKk4r6Yb6G8xGWgQ_D9erU4Y7_X1EBmyTHYYvqdIhQrCyTP59cWt6E4CVG2nNqQkuBRKcTfmnMahET0A3IL2RWgR7veWd0145-ll4WEW7wjPTwbCtSLpsSYdTNN/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+038.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI13BDwNnwkEOTyK2MzjKk4r6Yb6G8xGWgQ_D9erU4Y7_X1EBmyTHYYvqdIhQrCyTP59cWt6E4CVG2nNqQkuBRKcTfmnMahET0A3IL2RWgR7veWd0145-ll4WEW7wjPTwbCtSLpsSYdTNN/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630527917489506274" /></a><br />NOTE: When I start taking pics of snakes, feathers, and flowers, it usually means the fishing slowed down at some point; and on this trip it did and coincided with the forty mile and hour wind that hit us at the 14 mile point (and pretty much shut everything top-water down).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Wka5zdXhHk849o5kP41cO9ngpScf5IxzTAgy_7jsyP2I_1QyGR7DS6kbv1FnfZVJR2kAYxduqhQpH23LBChv5M8MdKnLWZTtqB25SmZX7pKMNh472ANgXqz_IXUyL5HiP16vB_7uyOPy/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Wka5zdXhHk849o5kP41cO9ngpScf5IxzTAgy_7jsyP2I_1QyGR7DS6kbv1FnfZVJR2kAYxduqhQpH23LBChv5M8MdKnLWZTtqB25SmZX7pKMNh472ANgXqz_IXUyL5HiP16vB_7uyOPy/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630527373523113042" /></a><br />We still found a few places to stop, but still no wading; as the flow was still too strong. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUc9gQFySFhjbhtHgSSMNKOT_WMywhSba5aFHx7vVQQqroKDbi8EbxyWkrzw6aPYXiEzlVxatNB0dKcOpM1UlwXM9c4OwK-CcoX-TN0Hrlp428mg2IRwJmxa6VSuEFobYyQDYFP5ZP0rL/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+055.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUc9gQFySFhjbhtHgSSMNKOT_WMywhSba5aFHx7vVQQqroKDbi8EbxyWkrzw6aPYXiEzlVxatNB0dKcOpM1UlwXM9c4OwK-CcoX-TN0Hrlp428mg2IRwJmxa6VSuEFobYyQDYFP5ZP0rL/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+055.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630527237344827410" /></a><br />The fishing slowed considerably the further we went down-river and the fish seemed wise to our imitations. Though a few nice ones were later caught, they were of course snagged by Ralph who'd quitely sat behind me catching them the last two hours, and rarely asked for his' picture to be taken - knowing full well the expleteives headed his' way if he got too excited about a certain one.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRfg_CPBfuvQr7ssARqBWM6nS-QhN6jpTNQnEqkh4DCN-EW2qtqdJVe60_gvQEIJeRjHX_Un1Fwx8iN55NJuTyiC8ZSL3FVkDK1_hpGp3odrvK2armACHR-l6MDZW1Jp2zL_kvwUFpB4Z/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRfg_CPBfuvQr7ssARqBWM6nS-QhN6jpTNQnEqkh4DCN-EW2qtqdJVe60_gvQEIJeRjHX_Un1Fwx8iN55NJuTyiC8ZSL3FVkDK1_hpGp3odrvK2armACHR-l6MDZW1Jp2zL_kvwUFpB4Z/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630527058608450130" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyruZ-CllZiT9iPfzTufKaq3H__C1WS0Txhs9MC6lrgwXSSmKhMGxT40f4LlWsUOUVYotXtphxEH3dOVVIBJeTjQLwKjmgk4E5fbpZS7dMG9MYySQjIn-0iDm92-CFuvNvt2ahr8nbYfB/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+087.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyruZ-CllZiT9iPfzTufKaq3H__C1WS0Txhs9MC6lrgwXSSmKhMGxT40f4LlWsUOUVYotXtphxEH3dOVVIBJeTjQLwKjmgk4E5fbpZS7dMG9MYySQjIn-0iDm92-CFuvNvt2ahr8nbYfB/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+087.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630525628688715506" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsDm_egk-htYLTuJJkeXq9-13JdUI3WzQcbKmGzjlEtfEi4S6g8wTHN0g2YYIbO61grUYXuiHR961-klg_Deb2Zpw-c5qX2mYG_IKipB3aS-kiEsjoRoqlcCh82tf55AaW0UYL32uQvPE/s1600/Lower+and+Upper+floats+088.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHsDm_egk-htYLTuJJkeXq9-13JdUI3WzQcbKmGzjlEtfEi4S6g8wTHN0g2YYIbO61grUYXuiHR961-klg_Deb2Zpw-c5qX2mYG_IKipB3aS-kiEsjoRoqlcCh82tf55AaW0UYL32uQvPE/s320/Lower+and+Upper+floats+088.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630525477075780114" /></a><br />....<br />Bob and I were beat to say the least, and I had a prefectly good German tourist sunburn to match my tired windblown head and face (as my hat had been whisked away 8 miles earlier) and the ride home only made nicer by some welcome AC in my truck, a fancy steak dinner in Ennis at the Sportsmans' Bar, and having almost a fulltank of gas for the rest of the week (the latter two paid kindly by our guest Ralph) who was beaming from having caught a mess of fish on salmon fly patterns he'd tied himself.<br /><br />Even if its not me catching all of them, and instead catching only a few on such a long trip; the day wasn't anything less than awesome and as far as breathtaking stretches of river; I think I've found one better than any before...<br /><br />The Upper Madison.<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-631097672367431103.post-2832602060303837772011-07-12T18:40:00.000-07:002011-07-12T19:26:35.738-07:00Upper Madison....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9NCBH_rB_SmLloM05mHq_P2GSKW8iXI6MAZ-efwEcIFaMHC7Z6LF6_ZGfyBft_3IMu0Qo9vyX6K6pEU8okbhjQH_zBZi_3FXZJjZUZCWh75PyCi3KAw6SRGJkMyZL1NPF3C9vz3LsljW/s1600/Upper+Maddy+024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO9NCBH_rB_SmLloM05mHq_P2GSKW8iXI6MAZ-efwEcIFaMHC7Z6LF6_ZGfyBft_3IMu0Qo9vyX6K6pEU8okbhjQH_zBZi_3FXZJjZUZCWh75PyCi3KAw6SRGJkMyZL1NPF3C9vz3LsljW/s320/Upper+Maddy+024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628651071268855266" /></a><br />...A Double Rainbow Day....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiOEIJSZSN8c_DWKtyWarJ67Wx4m7uodnATQj7NBYZ-UHs9hyphenhyphen__35MZvrvLd5-yv-Ybxpg1amO2L9lrEEpEyaanVlHBCP_yX753gBYYShCm6zSLp4Au-5NvuZxAX8hhUhmuO2v8lGVs8Of/s1600/Upper+Maddy+030.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdGWOkL5s_KEkWxwumTcn9vmZcY1w0F60nP3q4z3MDkqc98Uq633cabhh0JeFAvN5FE7lrj3VZSWSn6akiLki4LftFUuJo3_6T9zr4Vp1EuBrRSoubZBC0QBQ29nogVcQsAwyEMJWEB1D/s320/Upper+Maddy+041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628648411755821570" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCvaYtcBfJxT6GMJzKnFPGyc1yZedc0mVFdcaxeJ8jpIV_ore-aWUHKVWwvunYPp5y-uUspRKUOZrnV01vxnxpcfRSknPbkqT1V0_k9MAfqr8GIzZ_og_Nm07NJPsxKFexNoob93m8bmI/s1600/Upper+Maddy+047.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCvaYtcBfJxT6GMJzKnFPGyc1yZedc0mVFdcaxeJ8jpIV_ore-aWUHKVWwvunYPp5y-uUspRKUOZrnV01vxnxpcfRSknPbkqT1V0_k9MAfqr8GIzZ_og_Nm07NJPsxKFexNoob93m8bmI/s320/Upper+Maddy+047.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628648254351766130" /></a><br />Last one of course NOT considered: "fish food", but a cool bug still; so I took his picture....<br /><br /><br />....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGojq60_4-vX_AslXQDn36mEy1sVDzNW8PgVICsromgfJ2fNo-fbcNOdBcStewGJFmi5QD4Q-SZhRHSpWjTWT-kNuYcovo1B9LuBDvfHGmOtY5i92g_mKcwigzBTQP_oThW3mFB8dzJS2/s1600/Upper+Maddy+048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPGojq60_4-vX_AslXQDn36mEy1sVDzNW8PgVICsromgfJ2fNo-fbcNOdBcStewGJFmi5QD4Q-SZhRHSpWjTWT-kNuYcovo1B9LuBDvfHGmOtY5i92g_mKcwigzBTQP_oThW3mFB8dzJS2/s320/Upper+Maddy+048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628648073313056610" /></a><br />..."Oh look a rainbow...?"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9U7Z9tm_MTF5xhRBNva27Ikz-PDPfk9mv0qcbU6-ukhNoMFXl45UQ3ZBJvA3IBKZIQ_Koq55MIY_6zvIMzgjIguwylSU7AviXC9hXkIdKRdJRNMtNTYVD7Iv5H2RjBoUECrBixuDHQ1ND/s1600/Upper+Maddy+052.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9U7Z9tm_MTF5xhRBNva27Ikz-PDPfk9mv0qcbU6-ukhNoMFXl45UQ3ZBJvA3IBKZIQ_Koq55MIY_6zvIMzgjIguwylSU7AviXC9hXkIdKRdJRNMtNTYVD7Iv5H2RjBoUECrBixuDHQ1ND/s320/Upper+Maddy+052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628647602830825282" /></a><br />"Oh wait,...its a DOUBLE RAINBOW"!?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCLCMytmyKnzVbP_WrjC9h5W8nXrsxCzPmQ5IhcDUnyJ8fLSxc7A5Pq5i7fn3y9S6Oodssmz8Ctndi14dJljmFzyLk6uVbgKvUZCXCIQyrf4STkWI5PSYk-P3ZqzsAEjnDPPaTDFtS9jF/s1600/Upper+Maddy+053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCLCMytmyKnzVbP_WrjC9h5W8nXrsxCzPmQ5IhcDUnyJ8fLSxc7A5Pq5i7fn3y9S6Oodssmz8Ctndi14dJljmFzyLk6uVbgKvUZCXCIQyrf4STkWI5PSYk-P3ZqzsAEjnDPPaTDFtS9jF/s320/Upper+Maddy+053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628647459745429202" /></a><br />"Oh my God its a DOUBLE %#@$& RAINBOW..!!!"<br /><br />.....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xL9Gof0imWPltuMBK9rBqCJiMffdoCcyKCohh6Z1ezDZk1lDoYvsp7C2jNCkhD2WS9aaIV_BYF9X4posssQ2AQHbZI5pYygnDDdqa2XkeovBfmmG7kXLSuBxPDHgTJVFAHIqk3I-Gkor/s1600/Upper+Maddy+061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3xL9Gof0imWPltuMBK9rBqCJiMffdoCcyKCohh6Z1ezDZk1lDoYvsp7C2jNCkhD2WS9aaIV_BYF9X4posssQ2AQHbZI5pYygnDDdqa2XkeovBfmmG7kXLSuBxPDHgTJVFAHIqk3I-Gkor/s320/Upper+Maddy+061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628647287625713890" /></a><br />This however was one of only three small browns that ever made the bank...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNI4Lxy-xj-jbaiYNlERrOXplG3aW-B1a8wci-hUyZvBsHoYmUQiPEaaZBNTJ96iFoOcREKTt9I6lCXeYCza3-HBA7Vm2m7FcLa5K7SNCIiT-tV8wQEqHbZJHJDt9jJjQd3uuhr_KvoJcc/s1600/Upper+Maddy+068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNI4Lxy-xj-jbaiYNlERrOXplG3aW-B1a8wci-hUyZvBsHoYmUQiPEaaZBNTJ96iFoOcREKTt9I6lCXeYCza3-HBA7Vm2m7FcLa5K7SNCIiT-tV8wQEqHbZJHJDt9jJjQd3uuhr_KvoJcc/s320/Upper+Maddy+068.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628647132513489010" /></a><br />Caught not on a salmon fly, nor a nymph; instead all were caught on a Kelly Gallop Sex Dungeon Streamer. (below/wet)...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscgvaIALinjtEcAOo0F8LqMKTctpge3JlNpV6ipv5huvhmqVvN4Eux2s_JYGZ_tKHQdxaYucQa3hfmGAdgUEi5Ud47zdOWGIhCEQOkl10CHDIzPcB7Gso74qUbJ9jTBgTsx4UsoaJ5_QM/s1600/Upper+Maddy+069.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgscgvaIALinjtEcAOo0F8LqMKTctpge3JlNpV6ipv5huvhmqVvN4Eux2s_JYGZ_tKHQdxaYucQa3hfmGAdgUEi5Ud47zdOWGIhCEQOkl10CHDIzPcB7Gso74qUbJ9jTBgTsx4UsoaJ5_QM/s320/Upper+Maddy+069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628646925111705954" /></a><br />..Last bug of last resort ('a streamer' in my book, but worked)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNUNwAl_eeYIbq7CbcVrnbcYEVoloLaWI5mnbuREwtPG0xt3cjolIiNje6pyMhJ_YHjt7pwdk-y4-2Far2DQMO_WwKO18t8cmuQKkFEA7rRLeiYwpkvf_1iuQlTAnB4Dje_TiY9dHEo4T/s1600/Upper+Maddy+075.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnNUNwAl_eeYIbq7CbcVrnbcYEVoloLaWI5mnbuREwtPG0xt3cjolIiNje6pyMhJ_YHjt7pwdk-y4-2Far2DQMO_WwKO18t8cmuQKkFEA7rRLeiYwpkvf_1iuQlTAnB4Dje_TiY9dHEo4T/s320/Upper+Maddy+075.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628646808563481746" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjzyOiI66-71DZ8V77KYQqoFnmj0D2wfVk9sS4UyuKZpKSoye5l2_YM_v1j2ikG-HogJVkuXwEmrl7HB7n7lmQWxnEauFC2WRIeyIaKmXClFfPSfX4eZHYtmWAMp6OiMnm-zp2HriYVlt/s1600/Upper+Maddy+082.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVjzyOiI66-71DZ8V77KYQqoFnmj0D2wfVk9sS4UyuKZpKSoye5l2_YM_v1j2ikG-HogJVkuXwEmrl7HB7n7lmQWxnEauFC2WRIeyIaKmXClFfPSfX4eZHYtmWAMp6OiMnm-zp2HriYVlt/s320/Upper+Maddy+082.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628646678252700946" /></a><br />Content with the few I caught, I ate in Ennis and moved on home from there about ten.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJmkQR1R2Hgq9bZYty7brgMx09LCS2pQu_RXiFHkSoctO47LJJugppYwvVZhOHDiGOyEL32uckxJtGTREFu-FV2dSGc67rnt9GuUk_6-yW2xL4Ka1-K34o1qmQrfIE2WrYaTQ3pdp1L3g/s1600/Upper+Maddy+086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJmkQR1R2Hgq9bZYty7brgMx09LCS2pQu_RXiFHkSoctO47LJJugppYwvVZhOHDiGOyEL32uckxJtGTREFu-FV2dSGc67rnt9GuUk_6-yW2xL4Ka1-K34o1qmQrfIE2WrYaTQ3pdp1L3g/s320/Upper+Maddy+086.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628646469775565826" /></a><br />Was tempted to steal this cool sign, but realized it was a memorial of sorts for children with some disease so passed?<br /><br />....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES_cnDTHlhuYWZHl7Lxev9C9wiYGfiCMnMmBSCp2kP5Kb-Wi2aK62tsZXY18n3upCZyiW9xa1p-ZOZxAG0ioAJbepa9NNDG6nQrjsEANA2FOCpbME8EhRcyqce2PzLtees6dZPoUAa3kX/s1600/Upper+Maddy+083.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES_cnDTHlhuYWZHl7Lxev9C9wiYGfiCMnMmBSCp2kP5Kb-Wi2aK62tsZXY18n3upCZyiW9xa1p-ZOZxAG0ioAJbepa9NNDG6nQrjsEANA2FOCpbME8EhRcyqce2PzLtees6dZPoUAa3kX/s320/Upper+Maddy+083.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628646310704481842" /></a><br />The ride home was a little louder than usual when I decided on a remastered lick of Dure Strait's to set the mood (truck-stop purchase)....<br /><br />..Made for the end of a nice day actually..<br /><br /><br />MoeMoe Birdshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13167173982098463876noreply@blogger.com0