The hills and dales were full of elk hunters, many busy scoping the valleys for elk from the road. Others had left horse trailers and trucks parked in larger pull-outs, from where they had ridden off in search of big antlers and heavy quarters of meat.

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Moon over Auke Lake, Auke Bay, Alaska, circa ~1986.

Now we've met the enemy — and he is us.