Elk from the house

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Elk from the house

Post by Springville Shooter » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:30 pm

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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Wasatch Elk from Springville over the scope
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Re: Elk from the house

Post by sneekeepete » Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:30 am

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

Post by MuleyMadness » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:20 pm

Very cool, I'm betting more shed hunters make it up higher than you believe though. :)

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Re: Elk from the house

Post by killerbee » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:16 pm

pretty cool! I wish i could step out my door and look at elk.

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Re: Elk from the house

Post by Lunder » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:58 am

That's a great view you've got there. I wish I lived that close to the mtns.

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Re: Elk from the house

Post by WinMag » Sat Mar 19, 2011 9:57 am

killerbee wrote:pretty cool! I wish i could step out my door and look at elk.
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Post by Bowtech43 » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:51 am

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.
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Re: Elk from the house

Post by shmobag » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:29 pm

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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Post by spoofman » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:54 am

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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Re: Elk from the house

Post by Clackamas » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:11 pm

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.

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