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First Snowy Owl of 2026

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My first two raptors of the 2026 year.
 
Got 2 tips this morning on a snowy owl back in my home county. As soon as I was done with my noon haircut, I headed to go see if I could find her. Sure enough within 1/4 mile of where I was told she was last seen. Not a great photo, but more of a documentation type shot. The close up photo was shot at 1200mm f8 out the car window. The full frame shot was at 500mm to show just how hard it can be to spot this beautiful creatures. I actually really started liking this shot as I was processing it. We are doing our best to keep this female snowy owl’s location off all the birding site. Who knows, but my story is this is one of the Montrose Owls that was pushed further South. I sat and watched her for 87 minutes until she decided to fly deeper into the field.
 
On the drive home I spotted what I thought was a Juvenile American Bald Eagle, so I spun the truck around and went back. To my surprise, it was the largest red tail hawk I have ever seen. Maybe fresh blood on it’s beak.
 
 
All in all, a good day out glassing the back roads.

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Kent

Candy Cane

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Finally getting some colder night and “Rut” is in the air.  This evening for 4 nice whitetail bucks chasing does.  

Introducing “Candy Cane”. He was the largest Buck I found so far this season.  I named him Candy Cane due to his G2’s both being hooked like a candy cane.

I’m only guessing but guess him to be 3.5 years old and in the 140 – 150 class buck.  What do you think he would score?

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Drop-tine checkup

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Been home from the Wild West Trip for a month.  Decided it was time to go check on this years crop of Whitetails.  Rut is still 2-3 weeks away and saw no bucks chasing does yet.  I was able to find (Little Drop Tine) LDT.  He looks way better after getting rid of his summer coat and rubbing off his velvet. No other mature bucks found yet.  Seems to be a ton of small bucks, but the big boys aren’t showing up yet.

8/11/25 still in Velvet

10/23/25  Beefing up for Rut.  Neck and chest filled in nicely.

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Elk and Grizzly

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Only 7 miles from our campsite in Yellowstone was the famous Elk Carcass and Grizzly story that unfolded while we were there.

There was a 700+ Bull Elk that tried to get a drink from a small pond that ended up getting stuck in the mud.  After almost 30 hours from the first report the park rangers decided to humanely put the elk down.  Within a day a huge boar grizzly drug the elk carcass out of the mud and covered it with grass.  The Grizzly that the locals called Big Red then proceeded to  guard his buffet for the next 10 days.  He pretty much ate the entire thing in 10 days.  By the end of it, he had grained a ton of winter weight.  He was successfully able to defend his prize from several other grizzlies.  Every time I checked on him, he was always eating of sleeping on it.  Pretty cool to be able to witness.  There was so much more to see and do in Yellowstone that I didn’t hang out there for hours on end waiting for a fight or something more exciting to happen.

Look at his claws!

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Day 13: (Sunday 9/21/25)

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Day 13: (Sunday 9/21/25), Got up early and was out the door at 5:45 with a projected 7:05 sunrise.  Started off on Gros Ventre looking for more moose.  Found 7 total, 3 bulls, and 4 cows.  Headed to Moulton Barn to try and get a decent landscape without too many people in my photo.  Then I headed to Schwabacher Landing to try and get a landscape with a reflection.  Ran back to the camper for lunch.  Sharon and I had planned on hiking around Jenny Lake.  I was shocked by the crowds when we got there.  There was ZERO parking spots.  I circled the lot for 45 minutes, and it started to rain, so we headed back to the camper to cook a batch of chili and watch Da Bears play The Boys.  I’ll head back out for one more round of glassing for bulls (Elk or Moose).  The Bull Elk was last night, but I hadn’t posted him yet.

  

Moulton Barn

Schwabacher Landing

I have always been known for my wildlife photos, but I have been working hard on my landscapes.  I’m happy with both of these!  Tomorrow is another travel day to Salt Lake City, half way to Moab UT.

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