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I reach the plateau below Tortoise Shell Mountain and spot a deer in the distance on the hillside

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youtube-VmbO6rjnIXE-60a70d6ced5d8.jpg At a bend in the canyon, I decide to climb up the hill where it's not too steep to get some views of the areaThumbnailsI arrive at the top of little Tortoise Shell Mountain and notice there's a rarely used register here for me to signAt a bend in the canyon, I decide to climb up the hill where it's not too steep to get some views of the areaThumbnailsI arrive at the top of little Tortoise Shell Mountain and notice there's a rarely used register here for me to signAt a bend in the canyon, I decide to climb up the hill where it's not too steep to get some views of the areaThumbnailsI arrive at the top of little Tortoise Shell Mountain and notice there's a rarely used register here for me to sign

S/he sees me and darts off. This seems like bighorn sheep country, but I think it's a deer, which are more common out here.