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Title: Remembering the high country
Post by: Conner Parry on January 05, 2010, 12:23:00 PM
I took these pictures while on a bivouac hunt for muledeer. I am stuck in my office today thinking of the high country in late August. I know it's only January but, who else has cabin fever?

 (http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv172/connerparry/wolver3.jpg)

 (http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv172/connerparry/wolver2.jpg)

 (http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv172/connerparry/MtWolverine.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: just_a_hunter on January 05, 2010, 12:29:00 PM
Beautiful! From one native Utah'n to another....

Have you done any extended season hunting at all?

Todd
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: joevan125 on January 05, 2010, 02:20:00 PM
That what i call roughing it.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: dragonheart on January 05, 2010, 02:41:00 PM
I hunted in Utah last August around the La Sal area.  I am thinking about the experience and really want to do a backpack bowhunt to Utah.  Can I PM you about some different areas to hunt.

Jeff
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: mmgrode on January 05, 2010, 04:54:00 PM
Nothing quite like the mountains!  Beautiful!  

Cabin fever?...You better believe it!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Tater on January 05, 2010, 07:16:00 PM
(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/Bowhuntater/mountainpictures024.jpg)

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/Bowhuntater/mountainpictures004.jpg)

(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa282/Bowhuntater/mountainpictures015.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: lpcjon2 on January 05, 2010, 07:37:00 PM
Dude your killen me!!!! I hate liven in Jersey
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: gregk on January 05, 2010, 07:42:00 PM
WOW thats beautiful country.   :notworthy:  

.........and im surrounded by cornfields  :(
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Cherokee Scout on January 05, 2010, 07:47:00 PM
Beautiful country. Are tags available over the counter or are they draw for out of state hunters?
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Tater on January 05, 2010, 08:55:00 PM
Depends on Species, Elk tags are available over the counter for specific areas Mule Deer are draw state wide. Moose you got a better chance of winnin' the power ball lottery.
   Sheep, Goat, take a few years to draw (10)maybe, some get lucky and draw with less.
    Check out the Colorado Division of Wildlife web site.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Over&Under on January 06, 2010, 12:37:00 AM
Conner

Ya buddy, Im feeling the cabin fever somethin fierce!!!  Great pics!!

I lived in Vernal for 10 years and really miss some of that country!!

Come on September!!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Conner Parry on January 06, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
I thought my pictures were cool until the Colorado ones came up. My dad hunts it quite a bit with his mules in the back country but I haven't had the chance. Spring can't come soon enough, I am sick of being snowed in.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: FerretWYO on January 06, 2010, 01:09:00 PM
That is some awesome stuff. Lets go to the backcountry.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: saltwatertom on January 06, 2010, 01:18:00 PM
Cabin fever? are you implieing that you can get over it or that there is a time when I won't have it?

Nice pics, my favorite kinda country!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Gatekeeper on January 06, 2010, 01:57:00 PM
Idaho

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/ada2fba5.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/31f45c4b.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/95f30368.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/c955a9b1.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/66ce6cf1.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/2bbd0691.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/2008%20Elk%20Trip/28c8d071.jpg)

 (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/91e44aaf.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Gatekeeper on January 06, 2010, 02:02:00 PM
Utah

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/Storm1.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/ChrisandSlipRock5.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/Posing1.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/MainPeaktotheNorth-1.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/Peak4.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/Fence.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/WallowPond.jpg)

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc168/Gatekeeper100/Utah%202009/PeakPan1-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Conner Parry on January 06, 2010, 02:02:00 PM
I thought this thread would help me but... It's making it worse. Great pictures though.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Whip on January 06, 2010, 02:27:00 PM
Cabin Fever?  Is that what it's called when you spend the entire morning searching all the draw odds, harvest reports, looking at Google Earth, downloading maps, etc, etc?  I thought I was the only one....

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/2009%20Western%20Hunts/CONM2009C144.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/2009%20Western%20Hunts/CONM2009C151.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/2009%20Western%20Hunts/CONM2009C159.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/2009%20Western%20Hunts/CONM2009C219.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/CopyP1010430.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y80/Jlasch/CopyofP1000428.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: ron w on January 06, 2010, 02:52:00 PM
All nice photos....real nice!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: PV on January 06, 2010, 03:33:00 PM
Not the only one Whip. Imagine there's a few others also............
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Shortbldtr/IMG_0065-1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/Shortbldtr/IMG_0046.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Sheepshooter on January 06, 2010, 04:44:00 PM
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/FishingHunting1stAnniversary054.jpg)
 (http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/FishingHunting1stAnniversary062.jpg)
 (http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/FishingHunting1stAnniversary077.jpg)
 (http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/FishingHunting1stAnniversary081.jpg)

These are from a sheep hunt in 2009
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Sheepshooter on January 06, 2010, 05:17:00 PM
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/Sept08075.jpg)
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/Sept08072.jpg)
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/Sept08080.jpg)
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww255/randyhermann/Sept08077.jpg)

These are from a solo hunt I went on in 2008. I can't wait to get back into that country!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Ben Maher on January 06, 2010, 08:24:00 PM
just awesome lads ... just awesome ...

ben
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on January 06, 2010, 08:38:00 PM
please keep the pics coming,  i can look at them all day!!   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Jeff D. Holchin on January 06, 2010, 09:27:00 PM
I love the high country.
Montana....

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/SCJeff/west%2006/101_0048.jpg)

Wyoming...

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/SCJeff/WY%2009/Picture268.jpg)

Colorado.....

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/SCJeff/CO%20Sheep%2007/100_0412.jpg)

Utah.....

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/SCJeff/PBS%20Youth%20Hunt%2009%20UT/Picture042.jpg)

Arizona....

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y26/SCJeff/Arizona/view1a.jpg)

I'm hoping to get back to the high country of Wyoming this fall.  Good hunting to all.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: knobby on January 06, 2010, 09:59:00 PM
Impressive pics, guys. Thanks.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: knife river on January 06, 2010, 10:24:00 PM
These were taken way back when in the early 80s.  All shots from Montana.

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c360/krf123/mountaingoat1.jpg)

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c360/krf123/mountaingoat2.jpg)

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c360/krf123/bighorn2.jpg)

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c360/krf123/Bighorn1.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: ishiwannabe on January 06, 2010, 10:26:00 PM
I need to get out West at some point in my life...  :banghead:  

Outstanding pics.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: knife river on January 06, 2010, 10:34:00 PM
(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c360/krf123/bighorn4.jpg)

(http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c360/krf123/bighorn3.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: knife river on January 06, 2010, 10:43:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by ishiwannabe:
I need to get out West at some point in my life...   :banghead:  
You definitely should.  It might ruin you, though.  You might be affected like so many others -- nothing else will ever compare to the big mountains.  It's a feast for the eyes and nourishment for the soul.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: wapiti792 on January 06, 2010, 10:46:00 PM
Rio Grande Nat'l Forrest Colorado

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/wapiti792/bpt.jpg)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/wapiti792/wayhigh.jpg)

(http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r296/wapiti792/shed.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Missouri Sherpa on January 06, 2010, 11:00:00 PM
(http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/nucduke/IMG_0459.jpg)

 (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/nucduke/IMG_0311.jpg)

 (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/nucduke/basin.jpg)

 (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/nucduke/IMG_0156.jpg)

 (http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c324/nucduke/IMG_0164.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: steadman on January 06, 2010, 11:50:00 PM
Sheepshooter, those are awesome pics. I need to go to Canada hunting!
Here's a couple
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h160/steadman_2006/IMG_0411.jpg)
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h160/steadman_2006/IMG_0402.jpg)
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h160/steadman_2006/IMG_0459.jpg)
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h160/steadman_2006/IMG_0091.jpg)
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h160/steadman_2006/IMG_0041.jpg)
Thanks Conner, this definitley made it worse!!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Jerry Wald on January 07, 2010, 01:55:00 AM
Conner Parry your tent looks like a human Pita for a griz - tee hee - beautiful country though

Here's some of the yukon and Northern BC

Love this place....two seasons - WINTER and POOR SLEDDING  :biglaugh:  .

 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/DSC_0051-1.jpg)

 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/DSC_0062a.jpg)

 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/DSC_0072.jpg)

 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/IMG_0928.jpg)


 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/IMG_4537.jpg)

 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/MVC-010F-1.jpg)

 (http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg163/jerbearyukon/MVC-004F-2.jpg)

Not too shabby..Jer bear
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Wolfkiss on January 07, 2010, 09:15:00 AM
I feel so lucky to have been there, some fantastic pics on this thread. Threads like this keep the passion burning bright.:-)


There doesn't seem to be as much beetle damage in Idaho as there is in Colorado.


  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3774-1.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3771.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3767.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/Copyof102_3750.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3754.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3769.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3776.jpg)

  (http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn273/andyabersoch/102_3777.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: centaur on January 07, 2010, 09:27:00 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/ceastes/P1020540.jpg)
Summer in the Bighorns
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/ceastes/mountaingoat.jpg)
A mountain resident (Montana)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: twitchstick on January 07, 2010, 10:30:00 AM
It must be a cabin fever pandemic. (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/IMG_0843.jpg) (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/KolobReservoirRoad.jpg) (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/IMG_0107.jpg) (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/IMG_0108-1.jpg) (http://i580.photobucket.com/albums/ss248/barebow13/IMG_0104.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Conner Parry on January 07, 2010, 11:33:00 AM
Thanks to everyone for contributing. I didn't think the thread would go anywhere but it took me to the high country, thanks again.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: riivioristo on January 07, 2010, 03:10:00 PM
Good lord what landskape ! One must be thrilled just walking in those mountains yet to hunt there...you luky dudes!  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: unregistered on January 07, 2010, 06:03:00 PM
Beutiful stuff thats for sure. But I will stick with my swamp spruce forests. Don't seem quite so steep.
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Sheepshooter on January 07, 2010, 06:56:00 PM
But Justin you live so close now!! You'll change your mind the first time you lose your boot in the swamp that those spruce grow in. LOL!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: LoneWolf73 on January 07, 2010, 09:58:00 PM
Colorado
(http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff14/LoneWolf73_photo/P8290234.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: LongbowGuy83 on January 07, 2010, 10:10:00 PM
I've never hunted out west, but I've been to Montana a few times. It definately gets in your blood and it won't come out either. One day.... You guys keep sending them. I'm already green with envy. Might as well make it really rough on me. Thanks guys
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: 4runr on January 07, 2010, 10:16:00 PM
You guys are making me homesick for a place I've never been!


Thanks for the tour!
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: Homebru on January 07, 2010, 10:31:00 PM
Thanks, Conner.  I didn't get cabin fever 'til I got back from my high country elk hunt in late September.
homebru
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on January 07, 2010, 11:08:00 PM
Some where outside of Durango
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4255925666_dc7c714e6d.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: LITTLEBIGMAN on January 07, 2010, 11:10:00 PM
eagle caps in NE Oregon

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4255164943_240ef2c343.jpg)

lake Wallowa
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4255926246_1bf00c4505.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: FerretWYO on January 07, 2010, 11:57:00 PM
Some wyoming wilderness.

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii51/rburtis1/elk08097.jpg)


(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii51/rburtis1/elk08050.jpg)

(http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii51/rburtis1/DSCN0360.jpg)
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: knife river on January 08, 2010, 01:26:00 AM
FerretWYO, is that an old conical lodge in your first photo?
Title: Re: Remembering the high country
Post by: hayslope on January 08, 2010, 10:34:00 AM
You guys HAVE to quit posting those photos....cabin fever is bad enough in Jan......you're likely to turn it into H1N1!!!!!

Seriously....some great photos!!!