First hunt in the books

[MHWASH]

Spent the weekend in the Idaho wilderness looking for bear, but didn't find any. Lots and lots of tics though. At least 30/day. Saw a 15 elk including 5 bulls. Went in a mile the first night to set up camp.

Arrived about 3 and watched the hill side until it started raining about 7, crawled into the tent and watched tics crawling around until day. It rained all night and most of the next morning. Moved camp down the trail another mile.

Got to my spot about 2, stayed until 7, the only wildlife I saw was my partner on the next ridge. He was able to watch the hillside below me as well as another drainage. He did not see a bear either.

 

[skierhs]

how was the snow levels?

 

[92xj]

Looks awesome.
Did you have to cross that River to get to your ridge from the trail in? Looks like it's moving pretty good with all the snow melt going on.

 

[larryschwartz]

Here ya' go...I rotated them for you.

 

[MHWASH]

Snow level was patchy @3700', solid @4000'.
Luckily we didn't have to cross the river, didn't see a spot where we could. Kept looking for a way across in case we saw a bear on the other side.

 

[MatheusB]

Amazing photos! Sorry to hear u can't find any bear

 

[npm352]

Cool pics!

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[MHWASH]

Thanks for the comments. My partner went back last weekend but still saw nothing.

We're headed back next week!

 

[fly1tie6]

Those are some beautiful pics. To bad you didn’t see any bears.

 

[Downeaster]

I hear ya on the tick thing. Absolutely horrible year already. Nice pics, the bears should be picking up soon.