Don France - The Rocky Mountain Elk & Deer Watch
Don France - The Rocky Mountain Elk & Deer Watch
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SNOW Storm Begins Nov 6, Junction Hwy 120 & 434 #Angel #Fire new warnings: 36 inches possible
Noon: 28 degrees, visibility is low. This is the beginning of a several days long snowstorm for Eastern Sangre De Christo Mountains. Forecasts estimate 24 to 48 inches for high elevations here.
Tip - Fill your gas tank and be prepared for extreme conditions. Drive with your lights on please so we can see you.
Showing Angel Fire, NM and various interesting mountain living conditions. Come prepared or the mountain might not be nice to you. Real deal above 9,500'.
elk and deer will move in these conditions out into graze areas and return to the lower areas of trees. not on the mountain top as they were during warm clear weather.
La Niña is special this year forecasting drier and colder than normal Winter for our area.
The Rocky Mountain Elk & Deer Watch, Angel Fire NM
More than you can shake a stick at Productions.
See what happens next ... the saga of mountain life continues ....
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#freemovie #short #video #animalcomedy #buckfight #peace #solitude #earlymorning #wakeup #talktoanimals #ice #iceroad #country #life #new #country #life #weather #short #rain animals. #thunder #strike #lightning
humble beginnings from the backyard .... if you are looking to become a peaceful warrior with a healthy life focus then climbing the mountain can provide where a country boy can survive.
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Feisty! Decaffeinated Coffee for You - Nov 5 SNOW #videoshort @ Mountain Daybreak
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No Injuries & No Hurt Animals, but Grandma Doe may raise her hackles and hold back her ears, stomp and strike out to get her way as the dominant one .... Freezing morning temps feels like 19f cold @ 6:30 am Listen to the baby deer complain to momma, "how cold this is and where's all the grass now?". Goats LOVE their people and deserve nice treatment ... blue sky day and high temp might get to 3...
Coffee-Thirty Deer Watch #videoshort - Deer & Goats @ 7am Mountain Daybreak -#NM #True #Angel #Fire
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Freezing morning temps feels like cold @ 7 am Watch the excitement when old boss Grandma deer hooves a chicken and then a goat to get what she wants. Goats LOVE their people and deserve nice treatment ... blue sky day and high temp might get to 50. Animals should have the good life. Showing Angel Fire, NM and various interesting mountain living conditions. Come prepared or the mountain might no...
Feisty! Decaffeinated Coffee for You - stomp our chicken #videoshort @ Mountain Daybreak
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No Injuries & No Hurt Animals, but Grandma Doe did raise her hackles and hold back her ears to stomp and strike out to get her way as the dominant one .... Freezing morning temps feels like cold @ 7 am Watch the excitement when old boss Grandma deer hooves a chicken and then a goat to get what she wants. Goats LOVE their people and deserve nice treatment ... blue sky day and high temp might get...
Coffee-Thirty Deer Watch #videoshort - Deer & Goats @ 7am Mountain Daybreak -#NM #True #Angel #Fire
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Coffee-Thirty Deer Watch #videoshort - Deer & Goats @ 7am Mountain Daybreak -#NM #True #Angel #Fire
#Frosty the Indoor dwarf Nigerian #Goat -Good Morning- Enjoy the Good Life #family #comedy LONG V
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#Frosty the Indoor dwarf Nigerian #Goat -Good Morning- Enjoy the Good Life #family #comedy LONG V
Good Morning @ Daybreak - Deer are here with our Goats -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
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Good Morning @ Daybreak - Deer are here with our Goats -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
Where the Elk Are - Real Deal with Vocals talking #new, #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
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Where the Elk Are - Real Deal with Vocals talking #new, #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
Mountain Country Ride - #nmtrue Angel Fire, NM, Tree Color Report - #jeeps like it here
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Mountain Country Ride - #nmtrue Angel Fire, NM, Tree Color Report - #jeeps like it here
BMW GS F-800 Test Ride - Color View toward Wheeler Peak #nmtrue #weather #short
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BMW GS F-800 Test Ride - Color View toward Wheeler Peak #nmtrue #weather #short
Good Morning @ Daybreak - Deer are here with our Goats -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
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Good Morning @ Daybreak - Deer are here with our Goats -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
Where the Elk Are - they disappear once the hunters arrive - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
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Where the Elk Are - they disappear once the hunters arrive - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
Rain & Snow Mix 48 hours - Low areas Flash Flood Watch -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
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Rain & Snow Mix 48 hours - Low areas Flash Flood Watch -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
Rain & Snow Mix 48 hours - Low areas Flash Flood Watch -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
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Rain & Snow Mix 48 hours - Low areas Flash Flood Watch -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
Hard Rain & Snow Mix 48 hours - Low areas have Flash Flood Watch -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
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Hard Rain & Snow Mix 48 hours - Low areas have Flash Flood Watch -#NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
OG the friendly Goat gets to come Indoors to Rest during Rain - #NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
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OG the friendly Goat gets to come Indoors to Rest during Rain - #NM #True #Angel #Fire #short
Take your Goats for a Ride, Rottweiler exercise 3-wheeler ATC style - #NM #True #Angel #Fire
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Take your Goats for a Ride, Rottweiler exercise 3-wheeler ATC style - #NM #True #Angel #Fire
Blue Sky Day - Goats friendly spar for fun - #NM #True #Angel #Fire #weather #Report
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Blue Sky Day - Goats friendly spar for fun - #NM #True #Angel #Fire #weather #Report
Where the Elk went - Rifle Season Began and hunters miss seeing elk - #nmtrue #newmexico #short
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Where the Elk went - Rifle Season Began and hunters miss seeing elk - #nmtrue #newmexico #short
Blue Sky 8 am - by Frosty & deer friends- #NM #True #Angel #Fire #weather #Report #short
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Blue Sky 8 am - by Frosty & deer friends- #NM #True #Angel #Fire #weather #Report #short
#Frosty the Indoor #Goat - Fur Babies get the Good Life - every morning #family #comedy
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#Frosty the Indoor #Goat - Fur Babies get the Good Life - every morning #family #comedy
Where the Elk Are - Rifle Season Begins during rut roundup - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
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Where the Elk Are - Rifle Season Begins during rut roundup - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
Full movie of Bull Herding Cow Elk September - rut roundup, real audio - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
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Full movie of Bull Herding Cow Elk September - rut roundup, real audio - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
Bull Herding Cow Elk September - rut roundup, real audio - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
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Bull Herding Cow Elk September - rut roundup, real audio - #nmtrue #newmexico #gmu
Bears, Elk, and a Lion in September at the water troughs - #nature - #new #Angel #Fire #nmtrue
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Bears, Elk, and a Lion in September at the water troughs - #nature - #new #Angel #Fire #nmtrue
Large Black Bear on trail here - #bear - #nature - #new #shortvideo #Angel #Fire
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Large Black Bear on trail here - #bear - #nature - #new #shortvideo #Angel #Fire
Mountain Lion - Big Kitty - #cougars - #nature - #new #shortvideo #Angel #Fire
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Mountain Lion - Big Kitty - #cougars - #nature - #new #shortvideo #Angel #Fire
Bears, Elk, and a Lion in September at the water hole - #nature - #new #Angel #Fire #nmtrue
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Bears, Elk, and a Lion in September at the water hole - #nature - #new #Angel #Fire #nmtrue
Sunset Jeep Ride with big Dog - #nmtrue Angel Fire, NM, Tree Color Report - #jeeps like it here
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Sunset Jeep Ride with big Dog - #nmtrue Angel Fire, NM, Tree Color Report - #jeeps like it here
Sky Sunset - NM True Angel Fire, NM, Tree Color Report #nmtrue #weather you won't like it here
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Sky Sunset - NM True Angel Fire, NM, Tree Color Report #nmtrue #weather you won't like it here

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @sydneyR-v6p
    @sydneyR-v6p 2 години тому

    i love the view

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 2 години тому

      thank you -- sorry cannot see long distance today

  • @Lloyd-h3n
    @Lloyd-h3n 3 дні тому

    Looks like you had a chicken wake up too for that

  • @biochemicks2709
    @biochemicks2709 3 дні тому

    Deer can be meaner than I thought 😂

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 3 дні тому

      the oldest deer will tell anyone else with a hoof what they want but the young one rarely do that. I've seen this same deer now for almost 5 years and she was already mannered like this.

  • @mujermesoamericana
    @mujermesoamericana 3 дні тому

    Incredible. What a magical place.

  • @mujermesoamericana
    @mujermesoamericana 4 дні тому

    How cute is this. ❤

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 4 дні тому

      they are fun to have around - thank you

  • @noise921
    @noise921 8 днів тому

    he wanted pets bro 😭 wayyy too cute he makes me want to be more comfortable

  • @jameslatimer1432
    @jameslatimer1432 10 днів тому

    ❤❤😊😊❤❤

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 12 днів тому

    OG has her own UA-cam play list now. Momma goat is in Peanut's play list since her daughter was killed by a bear.

  • @anonymosly_ux8xk
    @anonymosly_ux8xk 15 днів тому

    Aaaww..😍.. he's so adorable 🥰

  • @sdgoodnough
    @sdgoodnough 16 днів тому

    How are you cleaning your pipe

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 15 днів тому

      so turns out there is not much cleaning of the pipe if you flip the back lever to engage the catalytic converter and properly use the stove as designed. Honestly I only cleaned it one time after 5 years just to be sure no problems and it wasn't needed then but made me feel better about safety. However, if I let it burn straight thru without closing the back converter then we get some black pine pitch build up at the top where it exits outside, so the best advice is do both: use the converter soon after your fire gets hot and burning nice and double check the chimney pipe once in awhile to make sure everything is ok clear. When I ran a regular stove we had to clean about once of month, but not with this stove. It is truly unique and efficient. I'm no salesman but surprised how well it works and when there is so much extra dead wood that could be used for free fuel instead of forest fires - why not skip the utility fees to heat your home - and get outside to get the exercise. Should be a win-win-win for most people if you have the wood and I believe hardwood will yield better results. Just here we have lots of Aspen and Douglas Fir so I burn a mix of that and works out well for us. Hope this helps.

  • @mujermesoamericana
    @mujermesoamericana 17 днів тому

    Awww, man, snow has arrived a little early.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 17 днів тому

      most years we get a Mid-October storm and then it is back to blue sky sunny weather again. A couple 6-years-ago the worst happened with a 14-incher on Halloween and the big ski areas opened early (limited terrain and days - while Angel Fire remains closed since they fly in much of the Staff from South America on work visas). Super muddy everywhere as it melts and rains now. Thanks for watching !

  • @danielcroft7698
    @danielcroft7698 17 днів тому

    Brrrr

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 11 днів тому

      you can feel it is ten degrees colder after the storm each morning

  • @bonniebrown6960
    @bonniebrown6960 17 днів тому

    Awwww, that's so sweet. I just want to hug em...❤❤❤❤

  • @PhylissMcCreary
    @PhylissMcCreary 17 днів тому

    God bless you for being a kind man.❤❤

  • @PhylissMcCreary
    @PhylissMcCreary 17 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @emmasigala9250
    @emmasigala9250 17 днів тому

    Where?

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 11 днів тому

      above Angel Fire in the country

  • @christianpnorris
    @christianpnorris 18 днів тому

    ...and still green aspen leaves. ach, fix me a toddy, eh?

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 18 днів тому

      indeed. aspens just began to drop the yellow leaves at high elevations ..... what kind of toddy would you like sir?

    • @christianpnorris
      @christianpnorris 17 днів тому

      @@donfrance3 oh whatever is handy... and whiskeyish. Thanks!!

  • @TorresD92
    @TorresD92 18 днів тому

    Im jealous of your lifestyle!

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 18 днів тому

      thank you ... the goats are super fun !

  • @ShajuAhmed-RecitationOfQuran
    @ShajuAhmed-RecitationOfQuran 21 день тому

    Nice!

  • @derekvigil2273
    @derekvigil2273 24 дні тому

    Man I have a hunt there in unit 48 October 19th. I hope they are still somewhat rutting then.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 24 дні тому

      they are rutting mostly at night when the weather is blue sky. listen for bugles where you hunt 2 hours before sunrise and get closer for a early sunrise shot.

    • @derekvigil2273
      @derekvigil2273 24 дні тому

      @donfrance3 I appreciate the response it's beautiful up there. Myself and my daughter will be there, I'm excited to show her that area and hopefully have some awesome encounters🤞

  • @JuneWood-qh5py
    @JuneWood-qh5py 28 днів тому

    Love the videos hopefully you won’t mind me saying but would just love to hear the wildlife noises instead of music but I do thank you for sharing

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 28 днів тому

      Thank you ... you are right to say so and I will do that whenever the cameras actually work to pick up sound. unfortunately this particular camera doesn't record sound so I also will need to invest in more cameras that include the real audio. So, I don't mind -- I agree with you 100%.

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    I edited out the hunter that drove thru here during archery. So, elk do not use the same areas every day, nor every week. Once the hunter drives thru here it is a full 9 days before they returned. The UTV buggy is much more engine noise than my jeep and the hunter's timing was during the peak activity times when you might see an elk here - therefore bumping them over to the next mountain. if you can see before dark -- do not drive thru looking for elk or you will not see them ever again during your hunt. if you drive close to daylight morning or close in time to darkness they will run from your headlights. Being elk sneaky is a learned skill. You need to become a nocturnal mountain ninja to be close and not shut down your hunting area. your scent control is much less of an issue than this tip I share now. it is easy to say the elk are not here; except this is false. they just go where no-one bothers to look.

  • @ericmarquez2287
    @ericmarquez2287 Місяць тому

    Love the content. Looking forward to my hunt in a couple weeks. Inspired from your videos since I didn’t see much action for scouting this weekend for 48.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      Great, thank you. Yes this was a tuff hot week and almost all rut action has been nocturnal. Best recommendation during warm times is go to the top of the ridges and expect the elk to be in the shade just over the slope. They head to open grass at night and return to the trees by first light so you have to find them in the dark and be ready when the sun rises. If you have to post on one hunting spot make it a good one near water and stay all day for random activity. Other hunters will move the elk, but they go where the boss cow takes them. Good Luck -- tons of elk are around.

    • @ericmarquez2287
      @ericmarquez2287 Місяць тому

      @@donfrance3 I greatly appreciate the advice. I will surely use it since I am a beginner and open to any and all feedback. I’m watching all of your videos and trying to come up with a game plan based on their patterns. I will look forward to watching more of your videos leading up to my hunt on Oct 19th. I was looking around aspen hill area and it looked nice. Very flat though and surrounds private.

  • @mujermesoamericana
    @mujermesoamericana Місяць тому

    Absolutely live this. ❤

  • @pamfrance3102
    @pamfrance3102 Місяць тому

    Reminds me of CCR❣️

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    more bear videos are on the way ... currently this is hunting season until quotas are met ... please LIKE & Subscribe, thank you.

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Nice footage

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      thank you ... lucky to catch the image

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Nice clip

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      thank you ... we hope these bucks are even bigger next year

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Great video

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      thank you much ... you are too kind.

  • @robertconner5126
    @robertconner5126 Місяць тому

    Is that a fenced-in spring? Seeing all that fresh meat on the hoof makes me hungry.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      the fences roughly designate property lines and were for cattle a long time ago. LOL - you also like the fast food! me too

    • @robertconner5126
      @robertconner5126 Місяць тому

      @@donfrance3 Yep.

  • @rickking6757
    @rickking6757 Місяць тому

    I've had the same problem in the past with neighbors by my land. But because there grandpa owned it 60 years ago they think they have the right to trespass. I finally told them I don't care what the reason is the next time I catch them on my land I'll press trespassing charges. Seems to be working although I had a camera stolen this summer.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      yes, that is frustrating ... I had cameras stolen once and on a search warrant we got a couple of the cameras back thru the local sheriff now I put out so many cameras that they cannot carry them all and every camera has another camera covering the activity.

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Great clip

  • @rickking6757
    @rickking6757 Місяць тому

    Wow.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      fun when they bump the cameras ... I think they show off on purpose

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Nice footage

  • @kindness81
    @kindness81 Місяць тому

    Hey Don!! Love seeing these beautiful views. This is your cousin Steve. You’re living the life that I’ve always wanted to. I always need to be in nature to feel at peace. Hope all is well!

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      Thank you. I appreciate you. This is a special ranch where I help with security cameras and cannot take quests, but I can share some of it here.

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    this bear is a 2-year-old female -- please do not feed bears

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    we have a very high concentration of bear in our area since the big wildfires came close 2 years ago. we are close to the burn scar

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    the subtle noise elk make is different than all the TV shows trying to see a game call for elk. notice how little sound they usually make and pulling grass is more realistic, munching content sounds. So when you do your cow elk calls, try to break and pull up grass for additional realism.

  • @NMgravel
    @NMgravel Місяць тому

    We have 12 goats in mora with beasts and lions. You need two things. 10’ fence or a barn to keep them in at night and real at least 2 livestock guarding dogs that stay out all night around the pen and in a fence so that they don’t pursue I to the forest. That how we have had success. Otherwise they are just lion bait.

  • @Spoton1shot
    @Spoton1shot Місяць тому

    I'm actually up here at poor boys. Really cool to see footage from here.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      hope you get an elk ... I bet you have a great adventure and hope you come back again.

  • @broken_bones_acres
    @broken_bones_acres Місяць тому

    We purchased 1 it started fine but tje light on the boom wont work and wouldn't shut off. Any suggestions?

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      the T-handle on the driver side next to the seat is the master switch so you can shut off the light with that. The error is likely in the light switch itself and needs to be tested, and likely replaced if you want to use it in the normal way.

    • @broken_bones_acres
      @broken_bones_acres Місяць тому

      @donfrance3 why wouldn't the engine shut off though

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    when the drums stop it happens ... his real sound and follow up call ... the one to study how to make this call

  • @davehoodatcorvidcraftworks
    @davehoodatcorvidcraftworks Місяць тому

    One bugle and then a marching band??!?wtf

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      you gotta wait for it teaser na na na then at 2 min it happens.

  • @pamfrance3102
    @pamfrance3102 Місяць тому

    Love this. Great sounds! Love the pictures.

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Nice clip

  • @friendoutdooradventures
    @friendoutdooradventures Місяць тому

    Good clip

  • @alainbolduc7909
    @alainbolduc7909 Місяць тому

    great temporary solution. Anyone found a replacement switch?

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      you can hook up anything you have handy or search the plug - for us that's how it works and no-one else can figure it out like a redneck security device -- of course the get away driver would be very slow

  • @mujermesoamericana
    @mujermesoamericana Місяць тому

    So majestic!

  • @jimfrancemusic4813
    @jimfrancemusic4813 Місяць тому

    Nice video, Don.

    • @donfrance3
      @donfrance3 Місяць тому

      why thank you - even if you are a cousin ! I shall subscribe to your music and be enlightened.

    • @jimfrancemusic4813
      @jimfrancemusic4813 Місяць тому

      You won't find much enlightenment, just noise. But thanks! ​@@donfrance3

  • @donfrance3
    @donfrance3 Місяць тому

    these elk are about 5 feet from my bear blind