Elk & Muskrats Down The Salmon River of No Return!

[@IdahoHillbilly]

Good Morning 🌄

[@virginia7191]

Beautiful! I am so glad to hear that we still have some real wilderness left! I thought that only Alaska had wilderness. Thanks for showing us this beautiful place!

[@Skidderoperator]

There are many wilderness areas, far from cities.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It is! Nope, Idaho has a huge one, and Montana has the Bob Marshall Wilderness.

[@Skidderoperator]

@@MuskratOutdoors The largest area of undesignated unbroken wilderness in the lower 48 is Californias Sierra mountains. 400 miles long, 50-80 miles wide.

[@williamkirkpatrick8314]

Makes me homesick

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I bet! Any chance of coming back?

[@jogeorge9752]

That's a nice sized herd. Beautiful country for sure.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It is! Herds like this used to be common, but not so much now.

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Great drive in the wild!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸

[@w0qnx598]

To be continued....good. I like this road. On to Corn creek I hope!

[@dannysollis1063]

Hello Muskrat! Nice country! Have a great weekend!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks, you too!

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Good morning Gary, That sure was a nice looking Elk herd. Beautiful along that Salmon river. Nice that there are areas that are still untouched by vehicles. Have a good day my friend.

[@clayhaddon3968]

Very interesting thank you for sharing have a wonderful day

[@Chevrolet1994]

Amazing part of the country!

[@impalaman4546]

Good morning brother be safe out there

[@MuskratOutdoors]

You too! Thanks!

[@johndavis2720]

Good morning! Hunted the Frank years ago.pretty amazing place. Thanks for drive. Love that country.Have a good day!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It's an amazing place!

[@GarrettGalloway-c8h]

no wolf huh Mr muskrat 😢 ... lots of food 4 them I see... well have a good day man and God bless you and your family ❤

[@MuskratOutdoors]

No there's not. Not as many wolves as people think. Pretty good herd here, but its a winter ground. We don't see herds this size the rest of the year anymore.

[@jimelifritz8700]

Sure is some Beautiful country.Have a great day

[@masstrapper7645]

Neat to see the muskrats hanging around. Good they keep the old roads open and useable. Enjoy the day 👍👍

[@reginaldwinsor2759]

Good morning Gary. It sure is nice seeing that herd of elk. Wilderness areas are increasingly under threat from developers for many reasons. One area that is under tremendous threat in the US, is the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which has a lot of oil potential. It is also critical for the porcupine caribou herd calving grounds. Thanks to that reserve, I am guessing is the reason you have wolves showing up. Keep moving forward.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I think so too. The Frank Church Wilderness isn't that far away. I think the wolves do drift in from there.

[@bennyboiii4774]

Beautiful scenery, I’ve it all.👍❤️🐇🦌🦫🐕🐿🦝🇨🇦

[@darreldwalton8763]

It'd be a beautiful drive along the river all the way through. They fought tooth and nail to keep the few airstrips and roads that are left in there. They sure cut access off to a helluva lot of people that have trouble hikin' or sittin' a horse! Guess Frank didnt have another Jellystone in mind. Take er easy!

[@cliffyarboro1163]

Mornin brother enjoyed the video👍👍

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good! Thank you!

[@kevinkline6835]

Good mornin and many blessings. Today's Idaho Hillbilly video was about how regulations and laws being a problem. Thank God for the Laws created for Wilderness areas. May not be good for travel but oh so good for Gods country. I was laying here thinking about Honey Molasses Wheat toast and Orange marmalade. LOL. Have a wonderful day!

[@homegrowncountryhomeplace]

That is a nice drive down by the river. I didn't know about the wilderness area. That is amazing how big the area is. I hope they leave it untouched because it sounds like it is one of the last untouched area where you can still hunt that keeps vehicles out of it. I bet that is a nice area to hunt. Do you and Miss Cindy ever hunt in that area? Look forward to the rest of the video! Have a Blessed Day Friend! Justin

[@michaelfye6521]

Down river love it it to is one of my favorite places ,,, and yes Gary you might of seen my truck my son in law drives it some no more long 40 hr drives from pa for me that’s what those big iron birds are for ha see ya in the spring ,,,

[@ronwatson4902]

Wilderness indeed!

[@eastcoastcabinfever]

Awesome 👏 good Morning an evening Muskrat ❤ great views

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@jackkeeble9272]

Hello to everyone. Thanks for sharing Muskrat, stay safe brother 👍

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Hello! Thanks and you too!

[@jasonaffeldt7838]

Good evening Gary. We all got a long ways into winter with nice weather. Have a good night. 🇺🇲🌲🔥🔪

[@paulporter4684]

Beautiful area Muskrat, thanks for the ride along.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you too!

[@stingray8585]

Like you said, its supposed to get cold, most of the states are going to be getting it. Im in east TN and we're expecting it by early next week.

[@billiep4338]

Morning 👋🏻 Pretty country. Have a great day ❤🙏🏻❤️

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks, you too! Good morning!

[@texlahomagirl9809]

Beautiful scenery! Thank you for taking us along. How are you feeling?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! I still have a cough, but much better. Thank you for asking!

[@toddschultz7477]

Good stuff , great fishing on the Salmon River.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thanks! It is!

[@glenwise2631]

That was a nice drive. I'm looking forward to more of that!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good! More coming up!

[@pauldavis6242]

Hey Morning !!! Great scenery & nice elk heard there. You talking about rocks in the road. I was traveling around want to in Idaho west side following a river. It got very wide maybe half mile + or - .. I came along a boulder , huge & completely out of place. The ridges were far enough away that it couldn't have just tumbled down a slope. How long had it been there? Since the days of Noah ??? One of them how did it get there.

[@paulsisco7595]

Appreciate the ride enjoyed it awesome country.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@christmastree5496]

Everyones lost their head gear.time for shed hunting.Enjoy the weekend all.

[@valcoman5593]

Not yet. The big bulls group up and go off by themselves this time of year.

[@amyeteel5379]

Good morning😊

[@j.c.curnes]

Mornin' !

[@valcoman5593]

The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness is not that far north of Frank Church and is over 1.3 million acres. It is about 3 miles west of where of where I'm sitting right now.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It's actually pretty much connected. There is a road through it separating the two is all.

[@tonyfelts1512]

wow so pretty....hows the fishing? love to come sometime and make a few cast :)....I been working on my cabin a bit I posted a vid thee other day of an update on my outdoor kitchen build, be glad to get that finished. I enjoyed this vid beautiful elk, muskrats , and country!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I think the steelhead run must be over? I didn't see anyone really fishing, but it can be really good.

[@foresthomesteadidaho]

Great video! Good morning.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Good Morning! Thanks!! Have a great day.

[@jamestboehm6450]

The elk sure are magnificent animals. I'm sure cow tags are few and far between, and bulls aren't like bucks in Ohio numbers wise. A lot of good meals in the animals.

[@cottrellshuntingandtrappin3016]

Beautiful country you live in out there. Pretty good size elk heard.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It is! Good size bunch of elk.

[@martybritton267]

Those dam elk are everywhere when your not hunting for them or someplace your not allowed to hunt for them can't win lol

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Ha! They are! This is an area they spend the Winter.

[@texlahomagirl9809]

Muskrat films a Muskrat. 😊

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Ha! I DID!

[@tomknoll2919]

How is the Stoddard bridge project coming at the Middle fork?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I haven't heard. I've been wanting to go take a look. I think the forest fire might have caused the work to stop?

[@blueyes0152]

Have the elk shed already, or were those really all cows?

[@MuskratOutdoors]

All cows and calves. They don't shed until April.

[@robdavidson4945]

I think the last time I was on this road was 1960 when I was 5. My Dad worked for a ranch South of Salmon at Baker, Idaho. I don't remember Shoup. I think we were there on ranch business. Dad was friends with Elmer Keith in Salmon. Idaho Hillbilly my Mom's family came to Council in very late 1800's. The old Cottonwood Cemetery is where my great Grandpa is buried. Salmon area and Council both used to be good hunting but all the crush of new people to Idaho kind wrecked the solitude.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Neat! I never met Elmer. He died before we were here. Too many people always ruin things....

[@howmanable]

Just wondering how long you’ve lived in Salmon, and did you know Gene Hussey ?

[@steveb1776]

Road trips-way more fun than watching Oprah reruns and eating bon-bons😂 Not that I have ever experienced that torture!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Ha! ANYTHING is better than that!

[@Oldminerdon]

I just checked mileage from Salmon to Yachats. 735.3 Then looked up the map for the Frank Church and I sure don't see anything close to half the mileage if a road was cut across the F.C. Even if Idaho and Oregon teamed up and built a freeway straight as a arrow from the fairgrounds to your mom's house I still don't see the mileage cutting even close to half. We will nvr know will we lol. Thanks for another wonderful video Gary.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Depends on how you go. I don't go on freeways, we go though the center of the state by John Day.

[@iddddaduncan]

Is this north of Salmon? Shoup? great video

[@tomritter493]

Nice heard of elk at lleast they came down to bottom landv

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It is. They winter on that flat quite a bit.

[@patriotpreacher43]

I wonder if the Native Americans hunted elk and deer when they were yarded up in the winter? Beautiful place, but worried about you on those icy roads so close to the River of No Return. Have a good one!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

I'm sure they did. It wasn't a sport back then, it was survival.

[@999montanaguy]

It’s the largest forested area in the lower 48. Death Valley is larger.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Maybe? I don't think Death Vally is designated Wilderness area though?

[@999montanaguy]

@ Yes, a significant portion of Death Valley National Park is designated as wilderness. Over 93% of the park is designated wilderness, making it a vast and protected area.

[@paulwatterson5992]

Is that in Idaho?

[@MetaFortune-f3t]

Good morning. I hope you can show Idaho Hillbilly too

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Me too. I would love it if they could come out here!!!

[@msgtjim4692]

Wilderness designations are good for preservation; however, it makes it for the most part inaccessible to most anyone other than a select few.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

It does. Most people will never get to see it.

[@StevenMMan]

🙄 ok are you trying to jinks it? To complain, or Bragg about mild weather is among the four letter words that dare not be thought or spoken of in Wyoming. Key four letter = WIND😮 Rest assured if mention the calmestnes of it, 50mpg will soon follow. Here we are hoping for a cold snap to help ice formation on key lakes. Hoping to fish for Rainbow smelt. Not to be confused for the sacred Delta fire walleye smet of comistan. Anyway it's been two years without safe ice so we are jonesing for the little 🐟. So these are delicious 😋 Mountain man

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Ha! I know!!!! You gotta be care and wait until it's over before saying it's "mild"!

[@Vester661]

Howdy Friends

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Howdy!!

[@shelbyburgey884]

Ohio was a wilderness at one time. They cut a roadway through it and now we have this mess! lol Just sayin!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Very true. I like it the way it is.

[@TendoyD]

I like the petroglyphs along that road

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Me too! Kind of fun to try to figre out what they are.

[@999montanaguy]

Climate change

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Who knows?

[@999montanaguy]

@ scientists know