The Ruby Valley enjoys some of the best hunting and wildlife viewing in the US. Whether you prefer to use a camera to catch your animal or if you like to hunt - you will find a wide variety of bird life as well as elk, deer and even bear. Send us your photographs if you would like them posted to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bald Eagle (one of six seen that day)

Bison on the Snowcrest Ranch

White Tail Buck

July Faun

Pronghorn above the Ruby Resevoir

Pronghorn In the Upper Ruby Valley

Wild Turkey protecting her brood

Bear Print At Branham Lakes September

Wild Turkeys in late September Photo courtesy of Richard Weineke

Deer in the Upper Ruby Valley Montana

Bow Hunting Buck along Mill Creek (with Owners Permission)

Sandhill Crane

Red Tail Hawk Soaring above the Ruby Valley

Red Tail Hawk On the Ruby River

Elk Hunting Photo Courtesy Macel Anderson

Porcupine

Just a few of the birds you can observe in the Ruby Valley.

· Bald Eagles

· Clark’s Nutcracker

· Crows

· Downy or hoary Woodpeckers

· Eastern kingbirds

· Finches

· Fly Catchers

· Grackles

· Great Horned Owls

· House Sparrows and their kin

· Hungarian Grouse

· Magpies

· Mallards

· Mountain Blue Bird

· Northern Flickers

· Red tail Hawk

· Red Winged black birds

· Ring necked Pheasants

· Robins

· Sand hill Cranes

· Tree Swallows

· Turtle Doves

· Wild Turkeys