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    Anybody finding morels?

    I’ve been picking morels in Idaho units 10 and 10A since April 5th. Found a few in Montana this weekend too.
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    Nope spring is early. It is usually end of April before this part of the north fork is accessible and that is with opening the road up! A blade hasn’t even been put down yet up there and I only had to walk my TW-200 a total of 100 feet through snow.
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    Here’s the North Fork Clearwater this afternoon. Guess there’s really not a reason to plow this year.
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    Idaho Spring Bear

    Already seen 1 dead bear pic. I honestly forgot it was April until I looked at the calendar for the first time in a while 😂
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    North Fork Clearwater isn’t fairing any better. Talk about ugly from the ground and from the sky! At least I’ve been seeing lots of healthy elk and not many wolf kills!
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    Thought it’d bump this one back up. It’s looking really bad under 5000’ here. Got up to 7k today and there was only 7’ of snow in the shade. Snotel sites don’t tell the whole story of what is going on Lower down in the woods. Location is Idaho Unit 12.
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    Idaho Spring Bear

    West Aspect, 2000 feet. 6C Idaho. We’re a month earlier from last IMO regarding access. I looked back at last years pictures on my phone compared to this weekend and at this time last year, there was 4+ feet of snow at around 3k’. This year 1.5’ max. This exact area where this picture was taken...
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    Idaho Spring Bear

    Amazing what little nooks and crannies they’ll hibernate in
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    Idaho Spring Bear

    Seen my first bear of the year today. Woke it up from having its head resting on the bottom of a cat faced cedar, stuck its head out to look at me then climbed higher up inside the cedar.
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    Here’s one taken from my flight back to Idaho looking down the Salmon from the North Fork area.
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    Idaho Grizzly range?

    Given the criteria be able to call a grizzly a resident or not, I believe a few of those purples are close with just a little bit more boots on the ground. I know biologists have been doing some decent surveying the past few years and some don’t want them here fearing the unneeded bullshit regs...
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    Snowpack not looking very good :(

    I’m not a climatologist, but the Selway ponderosa pine stands shouldn’t be this dry this time of year.
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    How many have strictly done a predator hunt (Wolf)

    Patterning wolves I found is very difficult and there’s a reason there’s been a handful of very successful wolf trappers. I talked to biologists before placing cameras for the winter in areas to try to figure out rendezvous sites and this is one of them. Problem is that this one is 59 miles...
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    How many have strictly done a predator hunt (Wolf)

    What region you going to?
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    Driving through Idaho

    Lots of trees down this last Wednesday. Bring extra gas for sure!
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