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Just got back from a bushwhack. I went to check on, then relocate, one of my trailcams. It had a few videos, one of a deer that walked right up to it, but nothing on two feet. I decided to move it further into the forest and the footing was difficult. Tall grass, ferns, and uneven ground made it impossible to see where you were stepping so it was slow going. I was able to find two game trails which were in/along a small creek that is now dried up. I put the trailcam near where the two meet. We'll see what happens. This is in Timber Rattler territory so I decided to wear my snake chaps over my snake gaiters. They both weigh nothing and are not clumsy at all. It was a breath of fresh air to not even think nor care where I stepped. I was protected to my hips. Bring 'em on!

Dinotopia, A Land Apart from Time: Hunting a T. rex Artwork by James Gurney When James Gurney's Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time first appeared in 1992, it was immediately hailed as a fully imagined world of the caliber of J. R. R. Tolkien's. Gurney's premise — of an undiscovered island where a race of mystical humans co-exists in harmony with intelligent dinosaurs — has been since reiterated over and over in numerous films and by scores of other writers. Now, Calla Editions brings Gurney's spectacular artistry to a new generation in this 20th anniversary edition. Digitally re-rendered from the original transparencies, Gurney's dramatic panoramas of Dinotopia and close-up character studies of its inhabitants — both human and saurian — take on new vitality. And as a tale of high adventure and discovery told as entries and sketches in journal form, Dinotopia presents a shipwrecked visitor's glimpse into an imagined social order, a culture, and even a cooperative interspecies technology that will satisfy lovers of fantasy and science fiction of all persuasions. This edition includes a new Afterword written by author James Gurney as well as a special section of behind-the-scenes studies and maquettes he used in developing his paintings.

A lifelong Nebraska plainsman, I've never quite found the necessity for a bear or moose rifle. Sadly, bison were eliminated three or four generations ago. I've long cast a desirous look upon a .45-70, I never quite convinced myself. I do cherish my early 90s Marlin 1894 in .44 mag. For me, a do anything rifle, especially as I'm in the east of my state, and typical ranges rarely exceed 150 yards. And with its magazine capacity and ballistic performance, a stealthy "social" rifle, if must needs be.

I like the .45-70 govt shell for track size comparison! That area looks about as "Squatchy" as it gets.

I don't ask the question could they be in x, y, or z anymore. I'm from NYS and your post is accurate, although more rural with patches of remote, IMO.