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El Destructo:
Hey Frank.....when they say Hunting.....nothing says that you have to use a Gun or a Bow.....I have always been partial to the Shutter myself!!

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Sparrow:
Margie Anne had never seen the sage grouse before and they let us drive right up to them for a picture,Also the wild rooster pheasant let us get close,same with the barbwire buck.He was distracted by a half dozen does,was'nt paying us much attention.We walked up on some nice deer and got very close.The rut really puts them at a disadvantage as far as paying attention to predators like me.We saw hundreds of deer. We came up on a ancient kill site.The bones were totally fossilized and were washing out of a gully,that was pretty exciting and then I saw a nice flake right in there with the bone.That put me over the top.I had to call Margie Anne over to see it.She thought it was of course,way cool.I did'nt have the camera with me 'cause I was serious hunting at that point.We were miles from the rig.So,no pictures.There was alot of petrified wood there also, but none of it was agatized,so no knapping stone. One of the reason's I love that country is because it's history and pre-history is all right there to see.I love the bad lands,That is where all the cool stuff is eroding out all the time,(Dino. bones included).Lots and lots of lithic's laying around in some spots.I wanted to take pictures of some teepee rings while over there,but we went places I'd never been and did'nt stumble on any.We saw hundreds of antelope as well,but no really big bucks(Over 14") they were still pretty antsy as the season had only been over for a few weeks. We came back to Idaho yesterday to spend thanksgiving with my sisters and brother.On the road out of missoula,there was a freshly whacked whitetail doe laying a few feet off the side of the road,(A really big one) The hiway was really busy or I would have salvaged her.(Probably against the law these days) Really a shame to let her rot.We saw alot of whacked deer in the two thousand miles we've put on the van since getting here. I love deer.Just seeing them is exciting.Margie likes seeing them too so we were constantly bringing them to each others attention.She had never seen antelope either and rally liked them.  Frank

cowboy:
Those are some very nice pictures Frank. That doe sure does look tasty cooked just the way you described :). Sounds like your having a blast - the kind of trip I wish I was on right now..

bootboy:
this is the tastiest vacation i have ever seen Can I come??

Sparrow:
 Hanging out with my friend in Benton city,Wa. Coach has a place right on the Yakima river and so I have been sitting on a bucket knapping down there for the last two days.The whole stream bank along here is an archy site. Several tribes lived up and down these banks for thousands of years.Yakima's,Wanapum's,palus(Created the Appaloosa Horse) Umatilla's,Cayuse,others.No doubt about the paleo occupation of the area,Kennewick man was found just a few miles from here. Alot of fresh water mussel shell middens and knapping flakes and fire cracked rock to be seen.My other friend,Clint came by yesterday and brought 3 chunks of glass buttes to break up and make spalls.It was good.We knapped for several hours and got a bit chilly,then coach showed up down there with a bottle of rotgut and we warmed our innards for an hour.Really benefitted from the little knap-in I attended at Puyallup fairgrounds last month.Thanks again to all them guys.The Reduction techniques I learned there are really coming in handy and I am turning out the best work ever.I've even made a couple good enough to send to Keenan (Point swap) which I will do in the next couple of days. Leave tomorrow for Long beach washington to spend dec. with Margie Anne's mom.Will be doing some renovating for her and hopfully some stave acqusitions for me.Also want to work on my BL bow and make some arrows. Been a good vacation from the rainy southeast Alaska weather.Mostly warm and dry.   Frank

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