Re: Vanity yr - Baker's dozen (long)
Phil Davis (pdavis@ix.netcom.com)
Tue, 29 Sep 1998 23:32:08 -0400
Hmmmm .... any seats left in that chopper ?
Phil
At 08:18 PM 09/29/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>Phil,
>
>Thanks for the input!
>
><snip>
>> Himalayan Snowcock - Need it. Isn't Oct too late - snow and hunters?
>> I thought Aug or early Sep was best?
><snip>
>
>*** You're right. August is better. Sometime in September marks
>hunting season. Here's a quote from an Elko, NV local who knows about
>the Snowcocks:
>
> "Nobody in their right mind would be up there at that time."
>
>Great, eh? So when am I going? Bingo. Late October. However, still
>having half a brain left (or some fraction thereof), I'm going to be
>doing the helicopter ride to find the birds. It's pricey, but my only
>sane option left. The guy who flies the chopper says if the weather
>permits him to fly, he's got a >90% success rate (flown 40-50 trips) for
>finding the birds in any month. Maybe he's a good salesman, but he
>sounded convincing to me. Climbing to 11,000 ft in inclement weather
>did not sound too enticing.
>
>So, a helicopter. Isn't that cheating? Do you use a boat to do a
>pelagic trip? It sure beats swimming 40 miles out to the Gulf Stream!!!
>
>Anyhow, is sounds like an adventure!
>
>-Greg Miller
>Lusby, MD
>
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