gordon,

truly a great job, it is in my top three!!!!! What else can I say other than I want to see more!!!

Dale - Thanks alot. This one I really enjoyed doing. The tough part was going through 6 hours of footage.

Gordon Hoffman

You got some incredible footage. I've never heard elk bugling so clear and I'm glad you were using a long lens to get those bears, it doesn't pay to get too close to those critters.

I think you captured the feel of that "neck of the woods", and I really enjoyed the look at those wildlife specimens you gave us.

That tripod you mentioned sure had to have helped, your long lens footage looked pretty steady to me.

Bruce - Thanks. So far I'm happy with the audio recorder. I recorded everything at 96khz and it cleans up fairly good.
Bears can be fairly tolerant but require some common sense when around them.
A long lens is a necessity in this area if you want some good shots of wildlife. With that and usually there is some kind of wind blowing around here, a good heavey tripod really helps. At least until you have to pack it any distance.

Gordon Hoffman