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Elk Pictures on the “Big Muddy” – Oregon

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I am sharing some of the many pictures that I have taken of elk in Oregon, with many of them taken on the famous “Big Muddy” ranch outside of Antelope, OR.  There is much history to this place that encompasses some 60,000 arces and has about that much in BLM tied up.   The place has been known for monster mulies and big bulls that were reachable during the hunting seasons.  One could spot animals miles away and stalk them without interuption from other hunters.  It has change now with another group taking over the ranch and having the big bucks come in to hunt.   The fires have changed the landscape these days leaving little cover for game.

All of these pictures are of live animals during, before and after the hunting season.

I have always had some fun to go out during the season especially during archery season and take pictures of legal animals.  The one’s that got away from someone else!

Cobra

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Antelope – Pronghorn Oregon Harvest Pictures

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Many of these harvest pictures and the success of many of these hunters are due to the fact of them utilizing a GPS and preset coordinates that I had given them prior to the hunt.  With the gas and fuel prices up, one wants to get in the field and not spend their time scouting before the season a couple of times.   Using my GPS mapping system of key hotspots, you can get in the field the day before and be setup for the opening day of hunting.  I have yet to have a hunter not be successful with my contacts or mapping of spots.   My old running partner told me when he got back with the kill pictures “You were right on the dot with the where I found the bucks Frank.”   They took a number of shots at different bucks and finally harvested a dandy.   On that hunt Frank P. had a number of chances on big bucks.

Artistic Taxidermy, Portland, Oregon will have Receiveing Stations for Antelope Trophies taken during the 2008 season at Hampton, OR and Burns, OR.   Garret Heying             503-771-DEER   http://artistictaxidermy.net/

Bwana Bubba “Cobra”   bwanabubba@hotmail.com

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Gerber Reservoir Archery Pronghorn – Antelope

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               Gerber Reservoir 78 P&Y Antelope

My good friend Steve Tandy and I had Archery Antelope tags for the Gerber Reservoir near the Sycan Marsh in South Central Oregon.   We made an early scouting trip near the marsh below Thompson Reservoir.   There was no doubt that there were a lot of lopes in the area.  We were not disappointed at all with the numbers.   We saw a number of dandy big bucks in the area working the water holes.

 It would make for easy setups on stalking or waiting for the lopes out near a waterhole.  The biggest problem that we had on the scouting trip were the mosquitoes, oh my were they bad, one couldn’t even take a leak without them attacking you.  Reminded me of the days in Nam with the blasted things.

 Anyway Steve and I were not able to hunt together on the opening weekend of the hunt.

Gerber Reservoir Antelope are a bit different from other antelope in the typical nature in that they work the timber in the Gerber Res. Unity and not just the open sage brush pockets.   Makes for great ambushing when you know their routes.

Anyway I was very fortune to harvest a nice respectable Antelope that scored 78 P&Y.  I made a 45 yard shot as the buck was coming out of the timber en-route to a waterhole near the power-lines.   In those days I was a shooter for PSE Archery out of Arizona.

I would recommend this area to hunt for Antelope during the Archery season, Youth Hunt or Muzzle-loader season.

Cobra