Favorite Placenames?
 

I'm blessed with the opportunity to cover lots of ground here in MT, and one of the joys of scouting and hunting is all the strange and wonderful placenames. I live in the Bitterroot Valley, and that name was the first one I fell in love with.

I'll list just a couple of my favorites, I've actually driven hundreds of miles to scout new areas for hunting based on a strange or picturesque creek or river name. Here's a very short list:

Bullwhacker Creek (in the Missouri Breaks in central MT)

Bloody Dick Creek (Big Hole Valley, MT; actually there's local jokes about the girls in the Big Hole).

Please list your favorite names for rivers, creeks, mountains or whatever in areas you hunt.

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

No fancy names around here:(

"Pine Barrens" Just as it is - Piney and Barren. Throw in some scrub oak and thats all I got:)

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

Small individual areas I hunt are:

"The Strip"
"The Slough"
"Alumbaughs"
"The Ole Barn"
"Jims' Moms's Woods"
"Mt. Carmel Woods"
"No Name Woods"
"The Hill"
"West Woods"
"Dead River"

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

Hell, Mt., I always thought that would be a scarey place to hunt, even more scareier camping there by yourself. It kinda makes you wonder what goes on at nighttime there, but I don't know if I want to find out. Thats the general area that Lewis/Clarke heard those explosions at night regularly. ;) Bobby

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

Ok, which one of you PA guys wants to post the names of some of the wonderful locales? I am laughing too hard to even consider it. :D

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

The only one that comes to mind is Blood Lane.

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

We always called our places by the name of the roads they were near:

Rim road
Mike Road
Bill Road
Truck Road
Joe Road
Log Loader Road
Dozer Road
Loop Road
Guy Road
Knobby Road
Middle Road
Led Road
Lewis Road
Lake Road
Yates Road

Then you have:

The Double Dips
The Deep Depression
Little Texas
Seldom Seen
Silent Shade

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

Hurricane Hollow. It's what we call one particular area of our farm because if the wind is blowing, and it usually is, it's gale force winds. The deer don't seem to mind the winds at all but it makes for some interesting shots with a bow when the wind picks up.

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

These are not real names, just nemes we have given certain places.

" Blue carpet road"
" ant hill camp road"
" turkey bowl"
and my personal favorite... " crazy bear lady road" :D
Camo

RE: Favorite Placenames?
 

One of my turkey/deer hunting spots (public land) is named "Spooky Hollow"--I've been busted there a few times but not Spooked---as yet!!!