Thanks for representing our beautiful PNW 👍🏼. Keep up the great work!

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. These elk are a great way to represent of our wildlife.

I love your channel

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. More to come, especially wildlife as I got a lens to actually see them now.

Always happy to see a Matt Cook video come up....... another good one! I've been along this hwy and nearly every time see the elk. Thanks for the video.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Wish I had more to upload but things are busy. Elk are a beloved part of our wildlife so I had to cover them.

Thank You, Matt, that was some grand footage. I've found an essence with nature there. A felling that has been strong, especially during the evenings. I've grown a real sense for the area from many evening visits over the years as a resident here. I felt you captured that here with such fine Aerial and Tripod work. Thanks, Pal, it was a great video for me. Mike.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike! I was thinking this one might hit close to home.

Stopped there many times to view elk and bathroom break.Nice place to relax .

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Classic bathroom stop!

Beautiful shots. Enjoyed the birds along with the elk. I didn’t realize I was seeing different varieties of elk in different areas of the state…they’re so skittish in the backcountry that it’s hard to ever get a good look at them, let alone get a camera onto them. When I do stumble upon elk up close, I’m always surprised by how enormous they are. This has become my preferred route to the coast, always fun to get a look at the elk if they’re out in the meadow. Thanks Matt!

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Donald. I big timed you no reply for a whole month wow. Busy times. I am having fun choosing random things to cover at my leisure. If going for growth my next 3 videos would be crater lake, multnomah falls, cannon beach. But instead videos are a stress relief for me.

Beautiful video. A nice surprise to see this.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Rob. Out of nowhere with a video! That is life for me lately. Randomly have time for something here and there.

I live right down the river in Elkton and still stop here on my way by usually. You spent all day there. Thanks for the continued content.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'm so fake. I actually visited in morning, went to a job, then came back at dusk.

I love your channel. This is a nice view. I’ve been here many times before.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Outdoor education and fun is what the channel is all about. Hope you enjoy more.

Really beautiful and so fascinating, love seeing all the wildlife 👍🏻❤️

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Arielle. These easy wildlife viewing areas are a great thing for the people to have.

Very Cool 🦌

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks I think so too!

Those were some great shots of the elk! The Roosevelt Elk are impressive. Dean Creek looked like a nice location. I laughed out loud to your ending, was not expecting that haha Nice video!

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Northcoast. New zoomy lens is going to have me showing wildlife a lot more. I will also be good for one joke per video.

Thanks Matt !

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for showing up early. I left at home because she would have caused a disturbance.

@Oregontrailblazin

2 ай бұрын

Next time with the rest of the ladies !

Love your work Matt! Makes me want to explore more of my home state.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. Do it! I always try to put less on the agenda of a trip and enjoy less things for longer at each.

That heron kept photo bombing your shots. I think he was actually an alien trying to probe the elk.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

I just can't escape these comments! Get out of my head!

@toandfro2377

2 ай бұрын

@@MattCookOregon I work with a guy who thinks aliens created all human technologies

Great video! We are actually headed down that way in about 2 weeks. It's been a few years since I went by Dean Creek so I'm looking forward to this.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Did you get to see the elk?

@johndej

2 ай бұрын

@@MattCookOregon Sadly no. Apparently they were all on a coffee break when we stopped there.

Hello from Douglas county 😊

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for allowing me safe passage for this video.

You could do a video about Oregons old growth Douglas firs. I don’t think most people know that Douglas firs are the second tallest trees in the world, only beat out by coastal redwoods for height. There’s 2 little known places I know of within an hour of Springfield where you can see 7 foot diameter Douglas firs.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea. I have floated around some timber topics. That sure would be controversial.

Matt, I've been a fan for years. Love your videos, taking the family along on some of the most awesome view point hikes ever in Oregon. I'm a 61 year Oregonian from both sides of the Cascades. I've searched as best I can to find any of your work on the Pete French round barn, and can not seem to find any. Have you considered doing a video about it? The Diamond craters are right next to it. I recently stopped in at the family built and run round barn visitors center. I think you and the family would enjoy visiting with them as they have so much local history to share. Thank you once again for another awesome PNW video.

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Good idea. I haven't covered anything over there for awhile. I did a trip where I got a video on the wild horses, and one on the Malheur refuge. We stayed at the French Glen hotel which was very nice. I will look into the round barn as I have not heard of it. Diamond craters of course would fit right in with my volcanic videos!

@donkauer6744

2 ай бұрын

@@MattCookOregon I love the community of Frenchglen. The French in Frenchglen is in fact Peter French, whom was responsible for the round barns. Hugh Glenn was the founder. Pete French was in son in law.

Think there’s a rhododendron garden not far from there on that highway. If memory serves, they do a festival there every year when they bloom. Might be worth checking out🤷‍♂️

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Yep that is the historic house. Probably would have been good to visit for the video but oh well.

Nice video Matt 😉

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Bro if you were there yesterday we drove right by you

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

Just honk like crazy next time! It was like a week before I uploaded this.

AI robot death machines fund

Have you ever come across a bear while hiking in the woods? How do you take precautions against the danger of bears?

@MattCookOregon

3 ай бұрын

I haven't. I have seen a cougar. Most of the time I am with people and our noise is enough. If alone and in an area known to have bears I will bring bear spray.

You ever hunt elk?

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

I never got into hunting. I don't like guns. Bow hunting I could get into.

@kittty2005

2 ай бұрын

@@MattCookOregon Did you have a bad experience with guns?

@MattCookOregon

2 ай бұрын

@@kittty2005 No. Just in general I would rather not have them around me. They are death machines after all.