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[Eastenerwesterner]

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Crab time

I was up working on my retirement house and saw a neighbor pulling his boat go by
An hour and a half later he called, I missed you at Christmas come down and get some crab
He handed me a bag with 2 cooked crab
I will never eat a store bought crab again. Didn’t even miss not having butter. Those crabs were still in the water that day.

Going to like this neighborhood (and I usually don’t like neighbors). Next time up, he is going to get a huge bag of fresh lemons from my ranch here.

 

[Eastenerwesterner]

 

[Javbike]

I was up working on my retirement house and saw a neighbor pulling his boat go by
An hour and a half later he called, I missed you at Christmas come down and get some crab
He handed me a bag with 2 cooked crab
I will never eat a store bought crab again. Didn’t even miss not having butter. Those crabs were still in the water that day.

Going to like this neighborhood (and I usually don’t like neighbors). Next time up, he is going to get a huge bag of fresh lemons from my ranch here.

Sounds great

 

[xchecker]

Man we’re having a great time. Guess where we are?View attachment 124

Obviously a shot of Downtown LA, Cypto.com Arena far right(blue lights). From the angle, I'd say Griffith Park Observatory.

 

[Eastenerwesterner]

On my way home Sunday

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

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Nice neighbor to have.

I have an @$$#O!E across the street that has been harassing me for 20+ years, and I'm waiting to settle with the water district, which he is the President of their board of directors.

You wouldn't want to trade that crab guy for him, would you?

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

On my way home Sunday

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Holy cow, you have elk around your place?

 

[Rusty tweezers]

Obviously a shot of Downtown LA, Cypto.com Arena far right(blue lights). From the angle, I'd say Griffith Park Observatory.

Absolutely and it did not disappoint.

 

[Eastenerwesterner]

Holy cow, you have elk around your place?

That was driving through Orick last weekend. My house up north, I have heard a bull bugling. I have seen cows at my property line at the Bay Area ranch

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

That was driving through Orick last weekend. My house up north, I have heard a bull bugling. I have seen cows at my property line at the Bay Area ranch

I have a friend that lives on the Eel river, just outside of Garberville, but I have never seen Elk at his place. I have never seen deer either, but they must have both as his wife grows fruit trees, and my guess is the deer and elk eat off those fruit trees.

That top corner is the bottom of the cascades, so those are Roosevelts. I honestly don't know how to tell the difference without looking it up. I once went up when they were cleaning chickens, 23 of them...damn, that's a lot of work to feather and clean chickens to store in the freezer. An Elk is a much better haul of meat.

 

[Eastenerwesterner]

The ones near my ranch are Tule, migrated up from San Louis Resivoir. Seen along Calavaras Rd and the 84.
Edit: I might go a year and half between sightings. My pictures tell me that.

I have seen Elk in Laytonville and Willets, south of Garberville. Probably Rosevelt. I might see once a month for sightings. 3 spots in Orick, once every 2 weeks. Crescent City area, twice a weekend, so 4 times a month.

I may spot them, doesn’t mean I can hunt them as evidenced by the picture

I believe tule are the smallest of elk species. Hardest tag to get too. My ranch zone was open for 1 tag about 7 yrs ago.

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

The ones near my ranch are Tule, migrated up from San Louis Resivoir. Seen along Calavaras Rd and the 84.
Edit: I might go a year and half between sightings. My pictures tell me that.

I can't believe they're down there, I've driven out to Livermore many times and don't think I've ever seen one along there.

I have seen Elk in Laytonville and Willets, south of Garberville. Probably Rosevelt. I might see once a month for sightings. 3 spots in Orick, once every 2 weeks. Crescent City area, twice a weekend, so 4 times a month.

I know that Laytonville area, Bailey's used to have a place there when the mill was open, but I think nowadays they only have one in Woodland. Nick Bailey is a stand up gent, IMO.

I think that's what we have around Lake County. I'm going to submit for an Elk tag in either Lake Pilsbury or Blue Lakes. I *think* those are Rosevelts, and I think they go up into the Cascades, but NorCal is where they come in from Oregon. I've been along the Smith River, I think that's 199 from Grants Pass. That's a scenic route, been through there twice, once to avoid 5 in a snow storm. I need to check what is BLM or public land, that would be beautiful to hunt.

I believe tule are the smallest of elk species.

Possibly, I'm not sure. All Elk are desirable. If one can draw a tag in CA, it is actually reasonable. I know several people that go to Idaho.

 

[KonoctisWigwam]

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That's classic Cali, with the surfer waiting/praying for waves. Is that somewhere between Ventura and SB ? No oil rigs though...That's a classic west coast sunset...