As you can see by the image below...

we had snow.

Which you would expect to heighten the activity of the opening day of an elk season.

But it didn't. Checked one bull. Lots of hunters driving the main road, and hiking the hillsides. And there were elk to be seen, too.

But rarely did the twain meet.

Took over 400 pictures. Some of which should eventually end up in the entry currently hidden in draft form. But here's one taken in today's winter world: