Exploratory trip

[Mad Mikey]

Had a half day to go check out an area I got permission to coyote hunt on. Had to make it out of town first!


Always something to see, this guy almost jumped over my truck.



I should have brought snow shoes. Looks pretty good to me, quite a few tracks, both bunnies and dawgs. I made time for three different stands, best I could do was get some magpies to fly in. No biggy, I just wanted to know the lay of the area before me and a buddy come out next week and get real serious. Not a lot of cover so we'll bring the pop-up blind next week.



A few shots of the area.










I needed to meet a friend in Baker by 3PM to pick up a scope I let him borrow so I had to take a different route home, wish this picture did the scene justice.


Thought I could sneak back into town the scenic route, maybe get pics of the Elk herd(s). Nope, had to get back on the freeway, understandably.



I can only imagine parking on the roadside edge to hunt pheasants in drifting snow to come back to this. I guarantee you this truck has been there since Friday afternoon. Now THAT's buried.

Quite obvious why all the county roads and Ladd Eastbound were closed since Friday. It's amazing how fast that drifting snow piles up.


Hoping for some carnage next weekend when I can put a full two days into it. Meanwhile, enjoy more of my pictures where nothing died. Seems I excell at that.

[Blacktail Slayer]

Thanks for sharing the pics. Good luck to you on those two days off.

[Santiam338]

Emailed this link to the parents in Arizona...They bug out of Lagrande first of October very year and don't come back until May...LOL

Show them what they are missing...

[lentz]

Man Mikey, you guys still have the snow. Atleast they plow the roads over there. When i got up this morning to go hunting it was 43 and by 9:00 it was 50. We only have patches of snow left.

Now that you know the land, you and your friend better put the hunt'in on a few dogs.

[Nw dukn]

Great pics..

[Small Fry]

Now that looks way to familiar, Temp at 5:45 was 41. We left La Grande at 9:30 this morning headed west. I was impressed how the city cleared the roads of the 8 inches of new snow we got Saturday.

Not to hijack your thread.

We hunted out off Foothill Rd this morning. The road was blocked by a 4 foot high snow drift right in front of Smutz place. We walked in the rest of the way. There was a herd of about 100 out in Ladd marsh. I had the lead cow within 80 yards before she winded me. The kid couldn't get in the right position before they crossed the road. He got a couple more days so hopefully he will get his elk.