Flight Pundit

Elk Hunting is hard work and the experience is well worth it.

here are some pictures from this last week

 

 

Trying to be an extreme hunter I packed everything I would need for my hunting trip to stay on the mountain. After 3 nights I figured I would relax in the comfort of a cabin.

 

Here are some views form the Colorado Mountains (near Winter Park/Mary Jane Ski park)

In Grand Lake area, The two little hills are call little chicken for snowmobiles. the mountain in the back ground is called supper chicken also known as gravel mountain.

 

Here are some pictures of the devastation of the beetle kill in Grand County. It really is a bad sight

This is from the mountain above Bowen Lake on Bowen Gulch at about 11,600 ft above sea level.

for the area see google maps

 

This was walking on Blue Ridge from Bowen Mountain south at 11,500 Ft.

 

Looking West from Blue Ridge over Lost Lake

Grand Lake (Far Left), Shadow Mountain Reservoir, and Lake Granby ( right in the next picture)

 

And the Ice age is coming back soon. (even with global warming in the news). This snow pack was hard as ICE and was not from any snow this season.

 

 

Looking back at Blue Ridge after I walked this whole distance.  It seemed longer than it looks now. my legs are still sore after this day of hiking.  And this whole time I didn’t see a single Elk that I could get close to with a Bow.

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I bet they would rather do elk hunting Colorado style.

Motorcycle hit by flying elk

An unusual traffic accident occurred on the E18 highway between Årjäng and Töcksfors in western Sweden late Thursday night when a motorcycle collided with an airborne elk.

A man and a woman in their twenties were riding the motorcycle at the time, following a long-haul truck.
Suddenly an elk rushed out into the road and the truck driver slammed on the brakes.
The driver of the motorcycle swerved to avoid hitting the truck, only to then collide with the elk which came flying through the air after having been hit by the truck.
Both the man and the woman were taken to hospital with serious internal injuries and fractures.
There was no report on the condition of the elk.

TT/David Landes (news@thelocal.se)

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