Yesterday Gregg and I decided to try hunting in a new area so we headed out to Pasagshak. I've never even gone hiking out there - so we really did not know the area very well, or where the deer like to hang out. Needless to say, but we did not get a deer. But we did see 32 deer and had a great hike. Most of the deer were on neighboring mountains, and out there the mountains are so rugged that it is hard to go from mountain to mountain. There are either huge chasms or hairy knife ridges between them. Unlike the rest of the road system where the rocks are made of slate and greywacke, out at Pasagshak the rock is rotted granite.
We did see a lot of goats and even some buffalo. At one point we saw a brown deer like animal within range. I was examining it with the binos and noted that it seemed to have horns. Then it came out from behind the alder, and gregg exclaimed bear, and we both realized it was a buffalo. Too bad the buffalo belong to a local rancher. I am sure they would be very tasty - and a lot of meat too! It did look remarkably like a bear. Patrick
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