Today was my first trip out for the Deer Hunt of 2008. I went with another deputy and one of my Sergeants. We went about 20+ miles up into the mountains north of the Kellogg area. As is often the case, we saw a lot of fresh sign (poop) of deer/elk, but had no luck. We had to cut it short around noon because I had to get back to the local area for a court case. I did learn one thing: I make a lot of noise when I walk through the woods.
Here is a shot of the area from the top. Don't believe the liberals we're not running out of trees.
Here we have an elk rub. The bull elk scrape their antlers against little sapling trees to get rid of the velvet covering. These were all over and a lot of them were quite fresh.
