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#91
Hunting Photos / Re: Visited Rocky Mountain Elk...
Last post by FinsnFur - August 23, 2026, 05:03:28 PMWell that looks interesting. Nice way to spend some time.
#92
Hunting Photos / Re: Visited Rocky Mountain Elk...
Last post by nastygunz - August 23, 2026, 01:35:23 PMMagnificent creatures.
#93
The Tailgate / Re: Wandering to Arizona in a ...
Last post by nastygunz - August 23, 2026, 01:34:06 PMWander!
#94
The Tailgate / Today in history 8-23
Last post by remrogers - August 23, 2026, 12:59:02 PM1823
August 23
Mountain man Hugh Glass mauled by a grizzly bear
On or around August 23, 1823, Hugh Glass, an American frontiersman and fur trapper, somehow survives a brutal grizzly bear attack in what is present-day northwestern South Dakota. After being abandoned by companions, he is forced to travel more than 200 miles alone to reach safety—crawling, stumbling and eventually floating his way downriver in a makeshift canoe.
According to the Museum of the Mountain Man, which has analyzed all the contemporaneous 19th-century accounts, Glass was on a fur-trading expedition that started in St. Louis and traversed the upper Missouri River with more than a dozen men. While in the Grand River Valley, they encountered hostile members of the Mandan Indian nation who attacked them and killed two of their group. A few days later, Glass reportedly encountered a protective mother bear with two cubs; the big bear charged and severely mauled him. Members of the party heard Glass' screams and killed the bear.
Glass suffered extensive wounds, including a broken leg, punctured throat and deep back lacerations exposing several ribs. His fellow frontiersmen felt certain he would die from his wounds by the morning, but he didn't, so they carried him for two days on a litter made from tree boughs. Deep in hostile Indian territory, the group felt an urgency to keep moving. So the leader recruited two volunteers—a man named John Fitzgerald and a youth (likely named James Bridger)—to stay with Glass until he died and give him a proper burial.
Despite eye movements and breathing being his only signs of life, Glass lived for five days after the group departed. The two men, anxious to rejoin the group and convinced he couldn't possibly survive further, decided to abandon Glass next to a flowing spring. They took his weapons and survival tools.
Somehow, Glass, with an iron will to survive, summoned the strength to crawl toward the Missouri River. Very slowly, he moved through the wilderness, surviving on berries, roots, insects, snakes and scavenged animal meat. When he reached the river—depending on the account—he was gifted a hide boat from friendly Lakota Indians or fashioned a crude raft and floated downriver. By mid-October, Glass limped into Fort Kiowa, the location of a major trading post, after traveling more than 200 miles over six weeks with serious, festering wounds.
After purchasing a rifle and ammo, he set off to find the two men who had deserted him. Ultimately, he forgave Bridger, who was still a teenager, and was thwarted in his quest for payback against Fitzgerald, who had joined the Army. According to one account, Glass accepted a $300 settlement in lieu of seeking vengeance.
August 23
Mountain man Hugh Glass mauled by a grizzly bear
On or around August 23, 1823, Hugh Glass, an American frontiersman and fur trapper, somehow survives a brutal grizzly bear attack in what is present-day northwestern South Dakota. After being abandoned by companions, he is forced to travel more than 200 miles alone to reach safety—crawling, stumbling and eventually floating his way downriver in a makeshift canoe.
According to the Museum of the Mountain Man, which has analyzed all the contemporaneous 19th-century accounts, Glass was on a fur-trading expedition that started in St. Louis and traversed the upper Missouri River with more than a dozen men. While in the Grand River Valley, they encountered hostile members of the Mandan Indian nation who attacked them and killed two of their group. A few days later, Glass reportedly encountered a protective mother bear with two cubs; the big bear charged and severely mauled him. Members of the party heard Glass' screams and killed the bear.
Glass suffered extensive wounds, including a broken leg, punctured throat and deep back lacerations exposing several ribs. His fellow frontiersmen felt certain he would die from his wounds by the morning, but he didn't, so they carried him for two days on a litter made from tree boughs. Deep in hostile Indian territory, the group felt an urgency to keep moving. So the leader recruited two volunteers—a man named John Fitzgerald and a youth (likely named James Bridger)—to stay with Glass until he died and give him a proper burial.
Despite eye movements and breathing being his only signs of life, Glass lived for five days after the group departed. The two men, anxious to rejoin the group and convinced he couldn't possibly survive further, decided to abandon Glass next to a flowing spring. They took his weapons and survival tools.
Somehow, Glass, with an iron will to survive, summoned the strength to crawl toward the Missouri River. Very slowly, he moved through the wilderness, surviving on berries, roots, insects, snakes and scavenged animal meat. When he reached the river—depending on the account—he was gifted a hide boat from friendly Lakota Indians or fashioned a crude raft and floated downriver. By mid-October, Glass limped into Fort Kiowa, the location of a major trading post, after traveling more than 200 miles over six weeks with serious, festering wounds.
After purchasing a rifle and ammo, he set off to find the two men who had deserted him. Ultimately, he forgave Bridger, who was still a teenager, and was thwarted in his quest for payback against Fitzgerald, who had joined the Army. According to one account, Glass accepted a $300 settlement in lieu of seeking vengeance.
#95
The Tailgate / Wandering to Arizona in a coup...
Last post by Okanagan - August 23, 2026, 11:51:56 AMA granddaughter is getting married on a ranch in Northern Arizona next week and I decided to drive down rather than fly to a big city, rent a car etc. Don't know if I will drive straight home after the wedding or wander. Lotta great country to see.
#96
Hunting Photos / Visited Rocky Mountain Elk Fou...
Last post by Okanagan - August 23, 2026, 11:48:15 AM #97
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Mountain Man
Last post by Okanagan - August 22, 2026, 09:38:34 PMWhat a great view! What a great place for this young man to carry in his memories through life.
#98
The Tailgate / Today in history 8-22
Last post by remrogers - August 22, 2026, 10:41:08 AM1992
August 22
Shootings continue at Ruby Ridge
In the second day of a standoff at Randy Weaver's remote northern Idaho cabin atop Ruby Ridge, FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi wounds Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris, and then kills Weaver's wife, Vicki.
Randy Weaver, an alleged white supremacist, had been targeted by the federal government for selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns to an undercover Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) informant. On August 21, 1992, after a period of surveillance, U.S. marshals came upon Harris, Weaver, Weaver's 14-year-old son Sammy and the family dog on a road near the Weaver property. A marshal shot and killed the dog, prompting Sammy to fire at the marshal. In the ensuing gun battle, Sammy and U.S. Marshal William Degan were shot and killed. A tense standoff ensued, and on August 22 the FBI joined the marshals besieging Ruby Ridge.
Later that day, Harris, Weaver, and his daughter, Sarah, left the cabin, allegedly for the purpose of preparing Sammy's body for burial. FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi, waiting 200 yards away, opened fire, allegedly because he thought Harris was armed and intending to fire on a helicopter in the vicinity. Horiuchi wounded Weaver, and the group ran to the shed where Sammy's body was lying. When they attempted to escape back into the cabin, Horiuchi fired again, wounding Harris as he dove through the door and killing Vicki Weaver, who was holding the door open with one hand and cradling her infant daughter with the other. Horiuchi claimed he didn't know that Vicki Weaver was standing behind the door. Harris, Weaver and Weaver's three daughters surrendered nine days later.
The controversial standoff spawned a nationwide debate on the use of force by federal law enforcement agencies, and a U.S. Senate panel accused the federal agencies involved of "substantial failures" in their handling of the Ruby Ridge operation.
August 22
Shootings continue at Ruby Ridge
In the second day of a standoff at Randy Weaver's remote northern Idaho cabin atop Ruby Ridge, FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi wounds Randy Weaver and Kevin Harris, and then kills Weaver's wife, Vicki.
Randy Weaver, an alleged white supremacist, had been targeted by the federal government for selling two illegal sawed-off shotguns to an undercover Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) informant. On August 21, 1992, after a period of surveillance, U.S. marshals came upon Harris, Weaver, Weaver's 14-year-old son Sammy and the family dog on a road near the Weaver property. A marshal shot and killed the dog, prompting Sammy to fire at the marshal. In the ensuing gun battle, Sammy and U.S. Marshal William Degan were shot and killed. A tense standoff ensued, and on August 22 the FBI joined the marshals besieging Ruby Ridge.
Later that day, Harris, Weaver, and his daughter, Sarah, left the cabin, allegedly for the purpose of preparing Sammy's body for burial. FBI sharpshooter Lon Horiuchi, waiting 200 yards away, opened fire, allegedly because he thought Harris was armed and intending to fire on a helicopter in the vicinity. Horiuchi wounded Weaver, and the group ran to the shed where Sammy's body was lying. When they attempted to escape back into the cabin, Horiuchi fired again, wounding Harris as he dove through the door and killing Vicki Weaver, who was holding the door open with one hand and cradling her infant daughter with the other. Horiuchi claimed he didn't know that Vicki Weaver was standing behind the door. Harris, Weaver and Weaver's three daughters surrendered nine days later.
The controversial standoff spawned a nationwide debate on the use of force by federal law enforcement agencies, and a U.S. Senate panel accused the federal agencies involved of "substantial failures" in their handling of the Ruby Ridge operation.
#99
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Mountain Man
Last post by nastygunz - August 22, 2026, 06:44:40 AMThere is actually quite a few people that pan for gold up in these parts.
#100
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Mountain Man
Last post by FinsnFur - August 21, 2026, 09:45:26 PMWhat a sweet view 
How much gold do ya think is down there?
How much gold do ya think is down there?