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Apache Sitgreaves - a day in... : To see the pics enlarged click on a pic to put in at the right, then double click and you can pic a larger size to view. A day camping in the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Heber/Overgaard, Arizona. Day starts out with morning coffee over a warming fire and watching 30 to 40 elk or more trotting through the forest. The herd was approximately 2 to 4 elk wide and around a hundred yards long. The gang of elk included a spike and a small 3 or 4 point bull. The herd was being pushed by a huge bull, identified below as megabull, with a very tall rack and extremely long tines. If that weren't enough, this moving train was being charged by a small herd of bulls! There were 4 or 5 mature bulls with 5 and 6 points and several smaller bulls. They were trying to cut off the herd probably to separate megabull from his "property". All of the bulls were roaring, bugleing, and just raising hell. The two groups collided after they past over the ridge so we never knew the outcome. The next morning, however, we were surrounded by roaring bulls again. We were awakened at 3 am by two bulls paring off to fight. It soon started about 100-200 yards from us and was too dark to see. However, the clashing of antlers and the crashing of small trees was awsome. Back to the day in Sitgreaves.... the bulls trying to break up the herd was a great start to a day. By end of day we had seen numerous deer, singles and a small herd, several turkeys, and of course Abert squirrels. Great day! The pictures are "weak" as all I had was my point and shoot camera but was lucky enough to get some images to see the racks on megabull and one of the smaller ones. All photos by Dan Pietropaulo.

Apache Sitgreaves - a day in...

To see the pics enlarged click on a pic to put in at the right, then double click and you can pic a larger size to view. A day camping in the Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Heber/Overgaard, Arizona. Day starts out with morning coffee over a warming fire and watching 30 to 40 elk or more trotting through the forest. The herd was ...

Updated: Oct 12, 2009 7:20pm PST