This Evening's Hunt (pics) [Archive]

dana

12-01-2007, 09:34 PM

Went out for a little hunt this evening and came across 2 of these rare Region 3 critters. Both bulls are 6X6's. Spotted them at 100 yards and was able to crawl up to 25 yards and snap a few pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14063a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14062a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14065a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14074a.jpg

dana

12-01-2007, 09:34 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14054b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14056b.jpg

Will

12-01-2007, 09:37 PM

Man you are Blessed to live in some Beautiful country ! :smile:

The last Elk that showed up around here got shot...fella figured it was a whopper Muley.....:shock::oops:

ryanb

12-01-2007, 09:50 PM

Wow, was this around Clearwater I assume...never seen one anywhere even close to there.

.308win

12-01-2007, 09:51 PM

Nice lookin bulls!!....Pics aren't to bad either!!.....LOL!

Perry

Fisher-Dude

12-01-2007, 10:01 PM

Great lookin bulls. Do you think there is a huntable population there?

Jetboater

12-01-2007, 10:10 PM

wow ... awesome pics ... both cool looking bulls...

dana

12-01-2007, 10:17 PM

Fisherdude,
Nope, not a huntable population. There was an open season years ago, but I doubt we'll ever see an open season again. A few years ago the elk foundation was looking at doing some transplants but had to jump through way too many ministry hoops. The excuse was that it would just be a feeding program for the wolves.

dana

12-01-2007, 10:30 PM

I took this pic this past May. I would imagine it is one of the bulls I saw this evening. I'm thinking it is the smaller of the 2.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/May29001a.jpg

Steeleco

12-01-2007, 10:32 PM

Always a treat to view your pictures. Signed Envious!!!

Derek_Erickson

12-01-2007, 10:41 PM

Just two days ago, I seen a cow and calf, same herd :p:eek:

bsa30-06

12-01-2007, 10:59 PM

excellent pictures as usual.

LeverActionJunkie

12-01-2007, 11:00 PM

Thanks again for sharing some beautiful photo's Dana. I've heard about them elk but never been lucky enough to see one myself. You must be one hell of a sneaky Bush Creeper.

Will

12-01-2007, 11:14 PM

You must be one hell of a sneaky Bush Creeper.
That would almost be Funny...........unless you like sleeping in tents :shock:

rock

12-01-2007, 11:15 PM

Great picks dana as usaul you sure have a few different critters running around your neck of the woods as for the last muley you got awsome

BCrams

12-01-2007, 11:18 PM

There never was a huntable population a few years back in the interior of BC (Prince George and area). There sure is now and more elk are showing up in places they never were before every year!

Elk are like a bad weed. Eventually there will be enough elk running that country to have a season! What we don't know is -- how long, whether it will be 5, 10, 15, 20 or more yrs from now.

Those are nice bulls you took photos of!

Derek_Erickson

12-01-2007, 11:19 PM

Hopefully 5-10 years!

Gamebuster

12-01-2007, 11:20 PM

There never was a huntable population a few years back in the interior of BC (Prince George and area). There sure is now!

Elk are like a bad weed. Eventually there will be enough elk running that country to have a season!

I agree....they're showin up all over the place....

Sharkey

12-01-2007, 11:26 PM

That's a pretty cool photo - I'd love to get into wildlife photography myself.
~D

puppychow

12-01-2007, 11:39 PM

Dana, great picture. Thanks for the woody!

Allen50

12-02-2007, 12:57 AM

great pic, nice to see and get pic of,, cool..

hunter1947

12-02-2007, 05:56 AM

Dam wolves ,thin them out and let the elk populate in areas that have good habitat and can carry them. I wish i would have seen one of them two elk in the EK this year ,one of the two would be in my freezer. Great snap shots ,thanks for posting them.

M.Dean

12-02-2007, 07:38 AM

Great pics, nice to see the Elk moving in, What kind of camera are you using?
what zoom do you have on it?

6 K

12-02-2007, 09:12 AM

Great pics! You did well to get so close. I love it when new critters come to town. This June I saw a Whitetail in my M.U. a first that I have ever seen in my 35 years.

3kills

12-02-2007, 09:18 AM

I agree....they're showin up all over the place....

they are for sure...they are in places around merritt that i would never expect to see them

mikek blacktail

12-02-2007, 09:18 AM

keep those great pics coming DANA, what kinda camera do you use???

Orangethunder

12-02-2007, 11:07 AM

I'm guessing that there were no whities out and about? Nice pics though, were they further down the valley again?

Last year when we ran into you guys out there they were right above where we were cruising.

dana

12-02-2007, 11:40 AM

OT,
Never saw a whitey although lots of sign in those new blocks that you cruised last year.

Mikek,
I'm using an Olympus SP-55OUZ. It's a point and shoot camera with 18x optical zoom and 7.1 MP. I really love it.
Here's some more pics from it to show what the camera is capable of doing. These pics are probably at about 75 yards. They have been cropped.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14004a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14019a.jpg

Here's a little guy I encountered a couple weeks ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov12010.jpg

hunter1947

12-02-2007, 11:52 AM

OT,
Never saw a whitey although lots of sign in those new blocks that you cruised last year.

Mikek,
I'm using an Olympus SP-55OUZ. It's a point and shoot camera with 18x optical zoom and 7.1 MP. I really love it.
Here's some more pics from it to show what the camera is capable of doing. These pics are probably at about 75 yards. They have been cropped.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14004a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov14019a.jpg

Here's a little guy I encountered a couple weeks ago.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/BCBOY/Nov12010.jpg Dana you should open up a business selling wild life pic ,you would go far.http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon6.gif

tooley

12-02-2007, 03:02 PM

you know Dana , if you ever need a hunting partner, packer, cook, anything really, call me i'll cancel my not to busy schedule to tag along with you anytime.

farside

12-02-2007, 03:11 PM

you know Dana , if you ever need a hunting partner, packer, cook, anything really, call me i'll cancel my not to busy schedule to tag along with you anytime.

And a Hunting Ho is born!!:wink:

hunter1947

12-03-2007, 08:16 AM

That one elk on the left looks like he really rutted hard ,his back is curved down ,that's a sign of age and a loss of body weight. Thanks for posting the elk ,i made the two in the pic as desk top back ground , as them being my favorite animal to hunt ,Thanks.http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/images/icons/icon14.gif

browningboy

12-03-2007, 09:26 AM

Nice pics, as for spreading elk seem to be very adaptive and seem to thrive in most areas, I know in the lower mainland they used to be quite plentifull in the chilliwack valley and then they were gone?? Now people are starting to have sightings again as well as road collisions, wonder if they get lungworm or something that decimates them for awhile??