As the bugles were now 40-50 yards away, the bull started raking a tree. Our goats paused from feeding, watched up the mountain in fear, and ran to Benjis side as they knew what they had just heard had much bigger horns than them. I could hear him coming in slow and caught a small glimpse of his antlers just before he quickly bombed off the steep rocky hillside. There he was 5 yards in front of me, covered in mud, he paused for a split second.
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After the 3rd or 4th stoke job for the fire of the night, the alarm was now going off in our little wall tent on the prairie. Sub zero temps made it hard for us get out of bed that morning. With crusty snow that had blown a stalk earlier the day before, to say we were overly excited to climb the ridge where we had seen some elk the night before, would be a lie. The smell of bacon and coffee cooking on the hot wood stove helped me get out of my fluffy down bag and up off my cot. When we reached the spot we had planned to hike, a side by side was already there and...
At 100 yards, I knew to aim straight on this time. As I squeezed the trigger a huge cloud of smoke filled the air. Benji watched as the buck laid his head over and never moved from his bed.
There once was a time when the Snake river was a free flowing river form source to sea. In the short time that man has been on this earth, we have chopped it into many pieces. Not thinking how it may affect the life cycles of the many native fish who were here long before us, many of the sections between dams became long reservoirs of slow moving water, which is not natural for the reproduction of the White Sturgeon. Although Salmon and Steelhead get most of the media attention, the White Sturgeon still suffer greatly due to the many obstacles man has created. Free flowing water is vital for the reproduction and survival of these native fish. Although these fish...
