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First day of deer season continued. We went further up into the mountains, and came across these ladies. I'm a disabled vet, so I'm allowed to tag one deer of either sex. Guess I'm going soft. Instead of shooting one with a gun, I shot all three with the camera.
We drove on up to some higher elevations, looking for a buck, and scouting for elk. Elk season starts the 14th, and the places where my tags are legal were affected by the fires, plus there are still road closures due to the fires, so it pays to do some scouting beforehand. This is a view of the Cascade Mountains, from a point about midway if heading up to the top, looking south west.
From here we drove east further into the mountains, and this is a view of the Cascade Mountains, looking North East. Crater Lake would be off to my right about 50 miles in a straight line. It had been raining off and on, so the haze to the left is mist rising up.
Here is more vine maple taken at a higher elevation. Our maple trees out here are a soft maple. They get really large, but as a general rule, they are no good to tap for sugar. However, in some years with all the conditions just right, they can be successfully tapped. Doesn't happen very often though. The maple trees leaves turn yellow, and they hadn't really started to turn yet.
Believe it or not, a seven point royal bull elk can run through that stuff wide open. They tilt their head back, laying their antlers along their body, and take off.
There were some elder berries that the bears hadn't eaten, and also some red berries, but I don't know what they are called.
We drove on up to some higher elevations, looking for a buck, and scouting for elk. Elk season starts the 14th, and the places where my tags are legal were affected by the fires, plus there are still road closures due to the fires, so it pays to do some scouting beforehand. This is a view of the Cascade Mountains, from a point about midway if heading up to the top, looking south west.
From here we drove east further into the mountains, and this is a view of the Cascade Mountains, looking North East. Crater Lake would be off to my right about 50 miles in a straight line. It had been raining off and on, so the haze to the left is mist rising up.
Here is more vine maple taken at a higher elevation. Our maple trees out here are a soft maple. They get really large, but as a general rule, they are no good to tap for sugar. However, in some years with all the conditions just right, they can be successfully tapped. Doesn't happen very often though. The maple trees leaves turn yellow, and they hadn't really started to turn yet.
Believe it or not, a seven point royal bull elk can run through that stuff wide open. They tilt their head back, laying their antlers along their body, and take off.
There were some elder berries that the bears hadn't eaten, and also some red berries, but I don't know what they are called.
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