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I managed to get a nice long day in the mountains, with fellow BFFer MagniAesir and another sasquatch seeker, Robert J. It was a beautiful sunny fall day, cool in the morning, but warm enough to sit in shirtsleeves at lunch time, overlooking a deep wooded valley while we ate, glassed the area, and chatted for a couple of hours. Though we were about 40km off pavement, the great weather brought out lots of 4x4s, quads, and bikes, so chances of spotting any sasquatch or game near the logging roads was very slim. Our ace up the sleeve for that situation was the drone that Robert brought along, and piloted like a pro. He got in a long flight across the valley to a peak on the far side, and another later in the afternoon, along the large creek that feeds the lake in the S end of the valley. We couldn't spot any creatures on the small cell phone screen while it was in flight, but we will study the high res images after he gets them uploaded, and yes, I will post a link to them here when that's done, he's already OKed that. We stayed in the valley till dusk (much too early now that DST is over), then headed back out to pavement, over an hour away on the less than smooth logging roads. For now, all I can offer are my usual phone cam shots of the valley. The peaks at the N end of the valley The lake below to the South A late season butterfly came for a visit at lunch time Down at the beach near dusk. Yes, the fish were rising, and we had no fishing gear :-( Zoom in on the water between the trucks, and you'll see the rings from the rises! The large creek feeding the lake.

I have been a lifelong hunter, hunting mostly public land. If someone "messes up my hunt", I smile and say to myself oh well, it's public land. I have had great conversations and made great friends with people who have "messed up my hunt". I also have messed up peoples hunts. None of these instances were intentional. It just happens. In the past 50 years, though, I have encountered viciously acting "hunters" that had me, shall we say concerned for my well being. I'd say 87% of the people in those 50 years were well behaved and even cordial. About 10% verbally lashed out at me with very colorful language. When I was young some calm hunters let me know ethics and what to look for when someone is hunting the area such as direction of parking there vehicle is the direction they are headed in a walk in area that has more than one road heading in. If a vehicle is parked at a walk in area of a timber company, you hunt some where else, since they may have several people of their group in there. 2% were real jerks verbally, with some threatening physical harm and in 3 instances in those 50 years, I had "hunters" steal elk from me before I got to it which took me about 20 min. to get to it. I gave up when they all chambered rounds and said sorry about your unfortunate situation. They never fired a shot at the elk. Mine was the only shot and I saw them approach my elk as I struggled through devils clubs to get to it. The other 2 times a short argument took place and I left before it got too escalated. Over all the vast majority of hunters are great people, just as in any case anywhere, there are bad apples. Wearing hunters orange and try to be aware of hunters in the area and avoid them is what I do when I'm out in the woods during a hunting season I'm not participating in. I should say that these are my experiences during Oregon hunting seasons, since I don't hunt out of state.