Yeah I saw that after I had posted it. I took the guide out of the picture so just my wife was in it.

Shoot, I like to hear people’s stories,, it’s all good.

Thank you for taking the time to research this It is confusing to determine which Black Hills he is referring to while talking about the Indians. From where the Laramie Fork of the N.Platte hits the N. Platte north up Rawhide Creek to the Lusk/ Mule Creek Junction area where the Black Hills as we know them kind of start is 3-4 days travel I would think,even farther from the confluences of the N. and S. Plattes. When he mentions crossing the Laramie Fork of the North Platte (future site of Ft John aka Ft.Laramie) on June 1st this puts him on the west bank of the Laramie and south side of the N.Platte To arrive at what he describes as high,stony mountains called the Black Hills on June 2nd the party would about have to travel west to the Laramie Peak area (west of Glendo and south of Douglas) it usually has snow on it most of the year. It would be an easy days travel. The Laramie Range curves off to the northwest and is still rugged but not as high as Laramie Peak tapering out around Red Buttes and I can see them coming down out of one of the many drainages (La Bonte,La Prele,Boxelder,Deer Creek etc) through what he calls the Black Hills of the Platte but is still the same mountains/foothills. Guess for me anyhow the thing to keep in mind is that they are not always referring to what we know as the Black Hills.Thanks for letting me air my thoughts about this. I can see I need to track down a copy of Townsend’s book

I thought you Southern folk had them all year?

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good stuff there, Pete, thanks

Never seen this few in northern Utah. It's been over 10 years since we had much of a population. You see 1 on the road for every hundred you saw in the past and 1 for every 500 when numbers were high. I miss a good rabbit hunt. It was easy to shoot a carton of .22 in a few hours. Oh the good old days.

Prayed again. God Bless.

I like birds of prey. I've done a lot of falconry. There's too many birds of prey and their numbers need reduced. There needs to be a legal, controlled take of birds of prey. There also needs to be legal Animal Damage Control options for people having livestock killed by birds of prey.

Small game numbers would grow with less birds of prey taking them, especially when the game is young and more vulnerable. I watched a Cooper's Hawk take every newly hatched bobwhite quail chick, out of a hatch, over the course of an hour once.

Keith

A good bloody mary is also a great snack. Harrisons has a great one and it comes with snack sticks of meat, cheeses, and olives in it. Zing Zang is a good mix. I prefer Titos vodka.

Red beer = large glass, 1 can ice cold budweiser (down the side), 1 ice cold small mini can of campbells tomato juice (down the side), quick stir to mix, top with a punch of salt in the foam. Try not to chug it, its good.

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