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Pappy · « **Reply #16080 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:12:16 am »

A trip up to big fish lake and a little more fishing.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16081 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:15:25 am »

A view of the lake, it was about a 3 mile hike, that is where we set our first spike camp, they had a burn in 2004 so wasn't like I remembered in 1989 the last time I was there. Beautiful in a different way.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16082 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:18:25 am »

First spike camp set with a nice view of the lake and mountains all around, spike camp was at about 9500 feet base cam a little over 8000.
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Pappy · « **Reply #16083 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:20:41 am »

Pictures of the land we were hunting, some pretty rough and open , other parts dark timber.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16084 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:23:23 am »

Pumping water, that was a constant job, and supper in spike camp.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16085 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:25:28 am »

First spike camp was pretty nice.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16086 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:28:41 am »

On the way to the Flat tops, it was a bout a 4 mile hike and 1100 + feet, beautiful once you get up there, you could over look all of Big Fish valley.
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Pappy · « **Reply #16087 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:32:13 am »

Made it up to the top and did some hunting around the area,Lots of sign but no live game, had lunch at one of the twin lakes on top. Just breath taking.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16088 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:34:17 am »

Beautiful view, no game but well worth the climb.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16089 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:36:01 am »

More from the top.
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Pappy · « **Reply #16090 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:38:42 am »

Beautiful and big, you can really realize how small we are when up there.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16091 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:48:03 am »

Then we decided to check out Bolder another area about 4 1/2 miles to the West of Big Fish valley. My buddy Ronnie Poston took a picture of me in 1989 over looking Bolder peak and Beau wanted one this year in the same spot 30 years later. Pretty cool although I am a little grayer.

We set up a Minny camp at Bolder lake, not as nice as the one at Big fish lake but worked.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16092 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:54:47 am »

View from spike camp, Beau set up a hammock tent and I set up a small bivouac army tent in a small patch of Blue spruce. We were seeing a lot of Mule deer at Bolder, not so much on the Elk, it was hot/windy and the Elk were staying high in the dark timber so we decided to concentrate on Mule deer, HA meat is meat.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16093 on:** September 20, 2018, 03:58:00 am »

More of Bolder peak and area around it.

You can see why the Mule deer loved it, it had everything they needed.

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Pappy · « **Reply #16094 on:** September 20, 2018, 04:02:53 am »

More of the view, and Our little hide away with our own water supply, their was a small spring coming out of the hill side above camp so I dug out a small hole to hold water, was handy to wash and get drinking water.

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