Got home yesterday to elk meatloaf, homemade mac and cheese and fresh peas. After nearly 3 months of being afield it was a welcome homecoming. I'll be quite happy to hang by the fireplace for a while now and plan next year's adventures. I'll also be cleaning gear and putting things away for several days now.
Dogon: Saw very few elk this year, which was unusual for the area my buddy had his tag in (he didnt fill it). It has, as you mentioned, been unseasonably warm here this Fall, but that seems to be only part of the problem. Our governer and his kooky boyfriend/husband's efforts to reintroduce wolves here was discussed with a local (who is a very credible source of information) and while he's very concerned about the wolves, he thinks disrupted habitat is a bigger issue. He cowboys for several local ranchers and he says there are very few really "quiet places" left anymore because of the proliferation of electric bikes, ORVs, and hikers going everywhere and almost all the time now. He also mentioned the recovery from the winter kill of 2022/23 wasn't going as quickly as he'd like to see either. So...no clear answers to that question just yet, just lots of troubling developments.
Last edited by Lloyd3; 12/02/25 11:08 AM.
