Elk from the house
- Springville Shooter
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Elk from the house
One of my favorite winter pastimes is watching the elk on the Wasatch Mts above my house. On a good day I've seen over 200. I see a few shed hunters lower on the mountain, but they never seem to get up where the big herds hang out. I see deer, Mt Goats, sheep and moose. Here's a little herd that was in the good light today. The pics are through my spotting scope on 20 and 40 power.-------SS
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Re: Elk from the house
Gotta love that about the west! What a view even from a developed area! My Dad just sent me a picture of about 150 head of elk on the edge of town.
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Re: Elk from the house
Very cool, I'm betting more shed hunters make it up higher than you believe though.
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pretty cool! I wish i could step out my door and look at elk.
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That's a great view you've got there. I wish I lived that close to the mtns.
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+1killerbee wrote:pretty cool! I wish i could step out my door and look at elk.
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My sister called me the other day and told me there were 100 elk across the street from Smith's Market Place grocery store in Highland, Utah. I drove up there with the kids about two hours later and watched them for awhile. It is nice to be so close to the mountains.
Nothing like the great outdoors!
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thats definitely one awesome thing about living so close to the Mtns. you get to see the wildlife without going too far. haha.
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the utah valley has a lot to show for elk and deer. i just hope more would respect them and not harrass them so early after their sheds. It is cool and all to get the sheds but I thinks all to often they overstep the ethical bounds.
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Nice view, but I believe it shows exactly what is unfortunate about winter range. If your house was not there, those elk would be in your back yard. The development of these critical winter ranges puts so much more stress on animals. I see your development is fairly new, it has been a elk winter range for 100K years.