Got out today for my walk in the woods. Headed to the higher country, head of Piah Creek on the McCall property.

We have an area up there that has been good to us in the past that we call Ambush Saddle. It is a deep saddle on a long ridge that animals usually come through to get down to a water source in the bottom of the draw. It is a still hunt most of the time, sitting and waiting for the animals to come through. It is decent walk back into the old logging unit to get back to the saddle and I was really surprised that it did not look like the 4-wheelers had been back there at all.

The walk along an old log haul road was un-eventful. There seemed to be a good amount of older elk sign in the road way - but I never crossed anything fresh... which I think might have been a first for this walk. It did disappoint me. Also very little deer sign in the road. But I decided to go back in and set up a look-see spot.

The upper shot lane provides a really decent view of the north side of the saddle and it also offers a decent shot. It also gives you a very good view of where the saddle dumps out on the old skid trail. Normally they work their way down the sidehill to the saddle then out across the skid trail - then back in the timber below the road and on down the second shot area where the water is. The range to the bottom is a little deceptive because is really a steep angle when you make the shot.

It was also a un-eventful wait... a couple of Whitetail doe made the trip down and through the saddle, but by the end of light they were the only animals to come down.

So it leaves me with another day to catch them if i can...
Here are some pics... I did not like the way they turned out - they do not seem to show enough detail...

Thats really some pretty country of there SL

Dang that's pretty Sabotloader. Wish I were sitting there with you.

It sounds like that is your favorite spot?? I have a favorite spot like that on Electric Mountain in CO. My spot is a funnel just above a small mountain meadow and a large slide above the funnel. We have done very well in that spot over the years.

It sits at about 11,000 feet in elevation. I sure wish I had a picture to share with you. I know I can close my eyes and see it clearly in my mind. I probably won't ever be able to get to that elevation again, but it is still my favorite spot.

Thanks for posting your pictures. Please post some more.

I did have the opportunity to hunt in ID once. Back in the early 80's. Man that was some rough hunting. It was the toughest country I have ever been in. Straight up and down, and full of dead falls. You couldn't move around at all. You live in a beautiful, but clearly rugged place. Tom.

That's some pretty country SL! Sometimes it's just as much fun being out there as it is to shoot something.

Very nice looking country there Sabotloader...

For me... that is one huge statement - i spend most of my life working in the woods for the Forest Service so it is like my home.

Even yesterday when hunting the chances of me taking a shot were almost nil because I need to make the season last through Thanksgiving so I have the excuse to carry all that stuff on my back and the rifle in my hands. It makes life important...