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<blockquote data-quote="The Trinity Kid" data-source="post: 1379002" data-attributes="member: 91382"><p>On to the 26</p><p></p><p>I couldn't get out to hunt until almost 11pm. Partly it was weather. The other part was because my grandma was parked behind my truck and slept late. It gave me a chance to walk my dog before going out though, so I guess there's that.</p><p></p><p>I went to an area that is close to where I have been, about 5 miles as a bear meanders. 4 miles by highway, with an added mile or so of walking uphill. The weather was cloudy in town, and the place I parked my truck at the gate was fogged in. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]86683[/ATTACH]100 feet up the mountain and conditions had gotten worse. About 10 yard visibility.[ATTACH=full]86684[/ATTACH]With this picture I was trying to show how steep the road was. The camera was level, facing the road. In the area covered by the frame, the road goes up almost 15 feet.[ATTACH=full]86685[/ATTACH]Another 100 or so feet up, and the fog was starting to thin out...[ATTACH=full]86686[/ATTACH]Until it broke 900 feet above where I started out.[ATTACH=full]86687[/ATTACH]I was heading up to the tree line, which is another 100 feet.[ATTACH=full]86688[/ATTACH]This picture was from a little farther up than the last, showing one of the areas I was planning on glassing later on.[ATTACH=full]86689[/ATTACH]And this is at the tree line. [ATTACH=full]86690[/ATTACH]The reason the mountain is so devoid of trees down low is because of forest fires. This mountain has had a major fire burn all or part of it in 2001, 2006, 2008, 2014 and 2017. Every time the replanted trees get a foothold, they burn down. This particular area last burned in 2006. I started hunting in 2007, when all of the trees here were still saplings. Some of them are 15 feet tall now. And there is no shortage of deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds (including turkeys), coyotes or bears. I see at least one bear a year up there. But not since May this year,[ATTACH=full]86691[/ATTACH]And this brings me to my first glassing spot. This is the edge of the burned area, which for some reason hasn't burned in almost 100 years (1920s, according to the local newspaper). In any case, it was logged a couple of years ago, making an excellent place to glass for game. At the widest, it's about 250-300 yards, and 500 yards from top to bottom. I glassed for nearly an hour before it got fogged in. Then I packed up and went to that spot I showed earlier.[ATTACH=full]86692[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>On to part 2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Trinity Kid, post: 1379002, member: 91382"] On to the 26 I couldn't get out to hunt until almost 11pm. Partly it was weather. The other part was because my grandma was parked behind my truck and slept late. It gave me a chance to walk my dog before going out though, so I guess there's that. I went to an area that is close to where I have been, about 5 miles as a bear meanders. 4 miles by highway, with an added mile or so of walking uphill. The weather was cloudy in town, and the place I parked my truck at the gate was fogged in. [ATTACH=full]86683[/ATTACH]100 feet up the mountain and conditions had gotten worse. About 10 yard visibility.[ATTACH=full]86684[/ATTACH]With this picture I was trying to show how steep the road was. The camera was level, facing the road. In the area covered by the frame, the road goes up almost 15 feet.[ATTACH=full]86685[/ATTACH]Another 100 or so feet up, and the fog was starting to thin out...[ATTACH=full]86686[/ATTACH]Until it broke 900 feet above where I started out.[ATTACH=full]86687[/ATTACH]I was heading up to the tree line, which is another 100 feet.[ATTACH=full]86688[/ATTACH]This picture was from a little farther up than the last, showing one of the areas I was planning on glassing later on.[ATTACH=full]86689[/ATTACH]And this is at the tree line. [ATTACH=full]86690[/ATTACH]The reason the mountain is so devoid of trees down low is because of forest fires. This mountain has had a major fire burn all or part of it in 2001, 2006, 2008, 2014 and 2017. Every time the replanted trees get a foothold, they burn down. This particular area last burned in 2006. I started hunting in 2007, when all of the trees here were still saplings. Some of them are 15 feet tall now. And there is no shortage of deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds (including turkeys), coyotes or bears. I see at least one bear a year up there. But not since May this year,[ATTACH=full]86691[/ATTACH]And this brings me to my first glassing spot. This is the edge of the burned area, which for some reason hasn't burned in almost 100 years (1920s, according to the local newspaper). In any case, it was logged a couple of years ago, making an excellent place to glass for game. At the widest, it's about 250-300 yards, and 500 yards from top to bottom. I glassed for nearly an hour before it got fogged in. Then I packed up and went to that spot I showed earlier.[ATTACH=full]86692[/ATTACH] On to part 2. [/QUOTE]
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