Here's a picture to keep you motivated till the hunt starts.
The snow is melting and the elk are headed back to the edge of the timber. This bull will be a bit bigger and should just about make a guys heart come outta his chest when he comes screaming in.

woohoo!!!!!!!!  

But it won't come soon enough, Sigh

You must be way over eastside. There's still 4ft. of snow in parts of central Oregon. I always look forward to heading out of the valley and joining up with my friend in Burns and head out to hunt elk! Thanks for the picture...gives me something to dream about.

that's just plain sick to do to us this early in the game.  Nice photo though.

Still plenty of snow just up the hill from here Snag. The wind clears this open stuff and fills the draws, the elk can get to the grass down in the open stuff.

This is another shot of the same group, a few rag horns & spikes in the bunch. Nice to see the number of calves that made spring, bout half should be spikes.

I took this shot with the pickup moving so they didn't spook, a little blurred up close.

Thats a dandy Robin, Love them big bulls.

Thanks for the pictures

Tracy  

Thanks Robin, just what I needed to see!    

You been up looking for big cats this winter?

Just plain mean to do this with almost 7 months yet to go.  

I hope that bull is headed up into Murder's creek.

John

Boy,that does make the blood flow faster!I can't wait for September,that seems to be allI can think about.  Ben

Great pic. I will head out west to hunt them one day...

Thanks guys.
Ron, had dogs in the back when I snapped these pics    
It' getting close to when the Bio's do the spring counts. Should know soon what impact our works having.

Here's a bull that died of natural causes this winter, he belongs to the people of Oregon and will be used as a display.
 

I need to move..... Black Bear & Elk are the next 2 big game I want to try for with a long bow.

Should ask My Mom if she knows who in the family that lives near Portland, Oregon hunts... Maybe I can get out there & Hunt.... Great Pic's... Y'all so lucky to have game like that around....

Next time we hunt together I want to go to this new place... of course anywhere with a nice fire in the wall tent, nestled into a snow bank sounds good to me.  

Nice pictures, reminds me of North Powder country.

:D  I've been thinking bout the same thing Charlie. Course it was fun watching CK get aclimated to the white stuff, but I'd just as soon do without it    
Where we were before is rumoured to have the wolves now, just hate competeing.

It was a shock finding a bull this big dead, it's not a area known for 350 class bulls. Kinda nice knowing one can die naturally though.

Hope your making sawdust in that shop  

Robin,
Nice pictures and that was a real nice bull.  We had lots of them like that around my place before the wolves.  You Oregonians might want to consider sending your newly arrived guests back to the other side of the river.  

Oh ya, when you decide to retire, let me know, I want your job.  :D

Walt, wished we could figger out a way to send em back. But, gotta think positive, never trapped one of those yet  :D   Maybe we can get archery tags for them.

You better look over this rock pile they gave me for you take this job, dang country's bout to make me old    well older  :rolleyes: