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Camera hunting

jodywy

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Fed the cows yesterday and set out a few bales to bale graze for today. We got up and went north down the valley then up Snake River Canyon then a few miles up the Hoback. We spotted 3 bighorn ewes and 2 lambs, watched them for awhile but never could spot a ram. Went into Jackson and did some shopping. Then drove up the Gros Ventre to where the road was not plowed and turned around, got a few pictures of some Trumpeter swans and Canadian geese on Kelly Hot springs, saw a good size herd of Bison , a few elk and a couple of Moose. The 3 feed grounds we past all had some Elk in them even thought they are not getting hay yet. Had a nice lunch back in Jackson went to Flat Creek Saddle shop then back down the canyon we went back up to Camp Creek watched the same ewes and lambs spotted a ewe farther down the canyon and a few elk up high but no Bighorn Rams.
Pictures are coming
 

Northern Rancher

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Jody we camped along the snake river just out of jackson on the way home from New Mexico-if you are anywhere close you live in some pretty country.
 

jodywy

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Upper or Narrows of the 2 valleys called Star Valley in Western Wyoming, and Eastern Idaho. My place would be about 60 miles south of Jackson. Flat Creek saddle shop is really not too bad of prices, and better quality then most saddle shops. Main stop was to the Super K-mart, lunch was a little pricy compared to the eating places in Star Valley. We did hit the big grocery store looking for a few things we can’t get at home.
Pic hereof most my country.
http://s5.photobucket.com/home/Jodywy/index
 

jodywy

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Ewe and lamb
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next frame
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what you looking at
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they like the moutain Mahogany
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more Moutain Mahogany
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hey what do you want
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anothe ewe we spoted later in the day.
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more interisted in getting her belly full
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jodywy

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Canadians at Kelly hot springs



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think they would go farther south



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Trumpeter swans

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signet is bigger then mom



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got to warmer then down on the Salt River on the ranch

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forgot our swim suits

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some elk up high

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no big bulls but a nice spike

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Season is open further north in Teton Park above the Refuge
 

Hereford76

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have you ever heard of the Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch? supposedly they have the only grazing lease on the grand teton... their herd was destroyed several years back from bangs and it sounded like a real strange deal.

enjoyed your pictures
 

jodywy

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Hereford76 said:
have you ever heard of the Jackson Hole Hereford Ranch? supposedly they have the only grazing lease on the grand teton... their herd was destroyed several years back from bangs and it sounded like a real strange deal.

enjoyed your pictures
there still a couple grazing permits in Teton County. though the ones in the park as they have been taken over as the next generation that got them has died or moved off.
We got a few Teton county people down here as they sold out up there and bought here , some over in the Bear Lake Valley I know one went to Lost River country.Only about 4% of the whole County is private land and 1/2 of that was bigger ranches.
Jackson Hole hereford ranch is just out south of town and north of the big rafter J subdivision.
 

Hereford76

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the guys on that ranch had told me that a group of developers had got some laws changed to say that if their cowherd was exposed to elk for more than a 24 hour period that the gov't had the right to bangs test the cattle. their herd was tested and found a couple with a strain that supposedly doesn't affect humans.... but still had 500 some cows destroyed. they had said it was the developers intention to make sure they would lose their grazing permit and make the ranch not as viable with the hopes they would sell the ranch so they could develop.
 

Hereford76

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i found an article on it. it was a few years ago but it seemed like a crumby deal and a case of environmentalist and developers doing anything to reck a ranch.

http://www.jhnewsandguide.com/Archives/Environmental/2004/041201-enviro.html
 

jodywy

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tnoticed the loose hay stack have been gone, there a new rail fence around the barn and house , some new rail horse run ways and alot of horses on the meadows
 
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