[Paladin2]

The Deer and the Antelope play all over the West. Often at dusk and dawn they want to try to collide with you. Be careful out there.

[Flycatcher]

I spent two summers at Hart Mtn Antelope Range about 8-9 years ago doing riparian botany surveys. And pronghorn really are everywhere. Even on the dirt roads, I've had to swerve to avoid hitting them.

The refuge is also a huge sanctuary for Greater Sage-Grouse. More there than anywhere else. Again, I've had to swerve to avoid hitting them sometimes too.

As I recollect, Vesper Sparrows are crazily abundant there as well. And bushy-tailed packrats. Don't get me started on the bushy-tailed packrats! Ha!

[Flycatcher]

Ping to Jaz.

Not far from your neck of the woods. Ever explored/hunted in this area?

[Trapper6012]

I had a black powder muzzle loader tag for mule deer on Hart Mt. about 20 years ago. Spent almost a week there, missing shots at some tremendous 25 to 30 inch mulies. Finally sored, as well as my two buddies. Stalked some Big Horn sheep with a camera and took some fabulous shots. Have had a few tags for antelope and pursued them in various eastern Oregon hunting units.. Lovely animals...

[Gay State Conservative]

The closest that I,a lifelong resident of American suburbia, can come to your story is the drive we made from Winnipeg to the Ontario/Michigan border.Moose the size of small houses just standing on the side of the road...with racks that I've only seen in nature films.I wish I had stopped to take a few shots.

But unlike so many others who look on in envy, I don't think about doing this illegally. If somebody wants to pay me mucho dinero to post on the internet from your basement suite so I can meet the requirements, I am one more vote in the right column!

I know where you're coming from.I fell in love with Australia about 40 years ago but just recently,having hit retirement age,I discovered that I don't qualify for permanent residence there thanks mainly to my age.It's understandable that they don't want old farts like me.And I wouldn't consider violating their laws even though I might be able to pull it off...just as you could probably pull it off here.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That’s a coincidence...we just bought a place in the Idaho Panhandle and are looking to exploring southern BC north of Idaho to western Alberta. Recommendations?

The Tule Elk population in California has really rebounded from near extinction in the late 1800s. You can see magnificent herds at Point Reyes National Park north of San Francisco. A hiking group I was with spotted a good size Tule Elk herd only 14 miles from downtown San Jose, CA last month. That was quite a surprise and treat.