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Maybe it should read "Grizzly Island 7 mile hike with gun and amazing elk herds encounter"
Put in some major hiking on a Grizzly Island for several hours across wet, dry, grass, mud, levee and fields until dark and saw absolutely no sign of a rabbit of any kind. Nada. Game warden was helpful and said he would have been surprised if I had seen anything but maybe a jack.
At my furthest point, tired and irritable I sat down on the thorniest grass ever for a drink of water, a granola bar and to stare out at the windmills.... Only to turn 90 degrees and see a group of 9 or so cow elk with fawns resting about 100 yards across one of the waterways. They appeared so huge compared to the blacktails. That made it all worth.
Then in the hike back in fading light, I turned a corner to see at least 10 huge bulls with full antlers all standing side by side staring me down 50 yards off. It was like a gang showdown but ten on one. I have to say I got a little nervous and was wondering if the boys would even feel #4 steel shot when they turned and began a stampede of at least twenty bulls that kept streaming out of the ditch brush. These guys had to be 1000 lbs. the ground was shaking. They had full racks as well. Really a sight to see against the sunset. If you haven't seen it, I would recommend bringing the binocs and a camelbak out to take a look. Bring a wide hat and some sunscreen. It's scorching out there. But it's a fantastic experience after chasing cagey little blacktails for the last couple of years to see these really impressive animals blocking out the sunlight out in the wild.
But no bunnies.
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Put in some major hiking on a Grizzly Island for several hours across wet, dry, grass, mud, levee and fields until dark and saw absolutely no sign of a rabbit of any kind. Nada. Game warden was helpful and said he would have been surprised if I had seen anything but maybe a jack.
At my furthest point, tired and irritable I sat down on the thorniest grass ever for a drink of water, a granola bar and to stare out at the windmills.... Only to turn 90 degrees and see a group of 9 or so cow elk with fawns resting about 100 yards across one of the waterways. They appeared so huge compared to the blacktails. That made it all worth.
Then in the hike back in fading light, I turned a corner to see at least 10 huge bulls with full antlers all standing side by side staring me down 50 yards off. It was like a gang showdown but ten on one. I have to say I got a little nervous and was wondering if the boys would even feel #4 steel shot when they turned and began a stampede of at least twenty bulls that kept streaming out of the ditch brush. These guys had to be 1000 lbs. the ground was shaking. They had full racks as well. Really a sight to see against the sunset. If you haven't seen it, I would recommend bringing the binocs and a camelbak out to take a look. Bring a wide hat and some sunscreen. It's scorching out there. But it's a fantastic experience after chasing cagey little blacktails for the last couple of years to see these really impressive animals blocking out the sunlight out in the wild.
But no bunnies.
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