Woke up this morning to the first big snow on the mountains this year. 32 degree temps make gardening tough! Had a really big gnarly buck pass thru the yard yesterday. He was on patrol and had strips of dried velvet hanging all over his antlers. He is a grandson of our old buck we called Too Wide or Four Brow. This fellow had forked brow tines and lots of extra points. He was already across the yard and into the deep grass of the pasture before I could get the camera out! We had two big wild fires, one on the old ranch on the Northfork that burned right up to my brother in law's cabin which the firefighters managed to save. The cabin and area are used to hunt disabled hunters for elk. The other fire was in the mountains right behind the ranch were I live now. Smoke jumpers, helicopters, planes, and ground troops fought that fire for two weeks. Hunting season has already started for some tags. I have a bull elk and antelope tag for the ranch. Thanks for reading! Joe
