Elk Country

[dogknot]

Just spent over a week chasing the elusive wapiti. No luck this year, but as always, had a great time.

A few pics of the scenery that recharges my batteries.

 

[brad kaste]

Dogknot,....nice photos. Where were they taken,...in Oregon or in Canada? Heap big bonfire. What was grilled over it,...rack of elk?

 

[dogknot]

Mt. McLoughlin country in the southern Oregon Cascade Range. About an hour from my house. We camp between Butte Falls and Prospect.

LOL! No elk to grill, but when the flames died down and there were some nice coals......I did grill a grouse. :d

 

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

As a former Talent/Central Point resident I've hunted up that way several times - good elk country but if its dry and warm your basically hooped.

-Ed-

 

[Snuffy]

Ooooh! Pretty!

Thanks DK for sharing!! :ernae:

 

[dogknot]

You've got that right, Ed!
That's just what we had too! It was too darned warm, no snow, and just a bit of rain drizzle for an hour or two for one day.
They were spread out and tucked in tight in the steepest, thickest stuff around. Even if you got one down in some of those areas, the only way to get it out would be to pack in a loaf of bread and a bic lighter.

 

[lifejogger]

Oh wow those are nice photos, I gotta get up to Oregon sometime, thanks for posting them.

 

[OBIO]

Very nice pics! Check out the size of the pine cones on those trees...I'm glad the pine tree beside the house doesn't have cones that big...would seriously beat my car to pieces.

Besides elk country, isn't that also Bigfoot country?

OBIO

 

[PeteHam]

Stunning scenery ..... thanks for sharing Dogknot :ernae:

What mountain is that ?

Thanks.

Pete.

 

[JoeW]

You need to paste a Cub or Beaver in those. Thanks Brent.

 

[Lionheart]

Are those owls in that first photo up in the tree?

Very cool country... Down here in Arizona, we have some nice pines up near Flagstaff. That mountain 'almost' looked like ours, but ours is smaller and I dont think we have that much snow on it.

Must be nice to live up there around that much forest.



Bill

 

[brad kaste]

Are those owls in that first photo up in the tree?

Very cool country... Down here in Arizona, we have some nice pines up near Flagstaff. That mountain 'almost' looked like ours, but ours is smaller and I dont think we have that much snow on it.

Must be nice to live up there around that much forest.



Bill

Bill,......I thought the same thing. Birds of some sort. But the more I studied the photo it looks like pine cones. Pine cones. But why would they be growing up side down if they are pine cones? I always thought pine cones grow or hang downward from where they attach to the bough. Maybe Dogknot can answer this stupefying observation of Oregon pine trees......

 

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

Most likely those are the cones of Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var shastensis) or maybe straight red fir (Abies magnifica). Either way it is a true fir with upright cones and the cones disintegrate on the ground so you almost never see them in one piece. If your worried about true pine pine cones hitting you in that area watch for sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana) with cones commonly over 12 inches in length - I've had a few just miss me. Those mixed conifer forests of southern Oregon Northern California are really beautiful. Also there are pine trees with bigger/heavier cones - just not in that area. Coulter pine and digger pine in central and southern California come to mind.

-Ed-

 

[dogknot]

Yep, they are the seed cones of fir. I'm not sure which breed. Like Ed mentioned, it can be many different firs...even the Grand.

Usually the girlie cones are at the top of the trees, males toward the bottom. That way when they release their pollen there is a greater chance the boys below will catch it.

 

[Cloud9Gal]

Awesome pictures Brent!!

Did your sons join you on this adventure?

 

[Panther_99FS]

Great stuff!
Remind's me of that old beer commercial....

"Pure Brewed In God's Country".......