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Daylight comes on slowly
and the woods is gradually illuminated. It is a peaceful morning
and you feel relaxed and part of your natural surroundings. You see a movement
and check it out. (Can you find the deer? And How many are
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#26
Your early season afternoon
hunt was uneventful and after 3 hours you feel more than a little drowsy.
As the sun gets low and illuminates the forest floor you fight with your
nodding head, after all it is finally "deer thirty." You glance around.
Deer! Walking by your stand. Where there was nothing a moment before!
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#25
It is late afternoon during
the early season. You haven't see a deer all day. Daylight begins to fade
under the forest canopy. You hear two steps. They sounded "deerish"
but you're not certain. You slowly and carefully check all around you.
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#24
It is a cold mid November
morning. The forest floor is littered with dry leaves. Your visibility
is much better than it was in October but so far you haven't seen any deer.
You hear steps in the leaves, but you can't tell if it is a deer, a squirrel
or some other critter. You notice a squirrel in the same general direction.
A few minutes later you hear the steps again, only much closer. You check
it out. (Can you find the deer? And How many are there?)
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#23
You've been in your treestand
all morning and you haven't seen a thing. You're ready to get down. But
first, you take one last, slow, careful look around. Wait, there is movement
in the brush to your right. Can you see the deer, all the deer?
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#22
After your morning deer
hunt you look for deer sign. A prominent trail catches your eye. The trail
leads through a stand of oak trees. Soon you come out at the edge of a
small opening. Can you see the deer, all the deer?
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#21
It is mid July and you are
scouting for deer and deer sign. You follow a deer trail through
a thicket and when the trail curves you discover you are face to face with
a buck in velvet. You freeze. And the deer freezes. Can you find all the
deer?
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#20
The warm afternoon sun relaxes
you as you carefully inspect the area around your stand. Two hours later
you have exceeded your attention span and your mind is mostly thinking
of other things and occasionally darting back to hunting. Abruptly, you
notice movement out of the corner of your eye. Can you find the deer? (And
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#19
As the afternoon sun gets
lower the sunlight reaches into the woods. You notice movement on the edge
of the woodsline. Can you find the deer? (And how many are there?)(1024x768)
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#18
You've
been sitting patiently and quietly in your ground blind for 2 1/2 hours.
Nothing out of the ordinary has happened, just birds and squirrels doing
bird and squirel stuff. The last half hour you've been kinda having problems
keeping your eyes open. Crunch! A step in the leaves brings you back into
the moment. More crunches -- in a rhythm that can only be a deer. You peer
through the blind's window, searching through the limbs and trees.
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#17
The sun is still high on
this early season afternoon. It illuminates everything it shines on and
makes the shadows look even darker than usual. You hear the cautious footsteps
of a deer, somewhere close to you. Can you find the deer? And how many
are there?
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#16
A faint streak of sunlight
pops up on the Eastern horizon and you can barely make out the dark shadows
of 3 deer moving by you. The late October daylight creeps into the area
as you quietly wait in your treestand. You see a group of deer in a small
opening 100 yards away and they are headed in your general direction. You
check your bow, make sure your arrow is on the rest properly -- good,
everything is in order and you are ready to draw, if you get the opportunity.
You wait a long time, too
long, you're thinking. But your patience pays off and you see two deer
browsing on acorns in the trees 35 yards from you. You watch them carefully,
mentally talking them closer to your tree. Woops, something moved directly
below you ... and you peer down through the leaves ... (1024x768)
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#15
It is early Spring and you
are, of course, scouting for deer sign. Driving along, you notice that
some of the deer already have their reddish Spring coats but some don't.
You begin by walking a fence line, looking for cross trails. A hundred
yards further you find one, it is full of fresh tracks that lead to a low
spot under the fence. You notice deer hair clinging to the barbs of the
lowest strand of wire.
An interesting part about
this time of year is that the deer are a little more relaxed and not as
spooky -- as in "running when they see you". Today's one of those days.
How many deer are looking at you while you are checking out the cross trail?
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#14
You top the long, steep
hill and sit down in the rocks to rest. Aha, there's greenery in the distance,
as in trees. Out come the binoculars. Slowly you look over what you can
see of them. No deer are moving that you can see. It's time for a break,
off comes your backpack and out comes your lunch, sandwiches and a Mars
bar. The sanwiches are about as good as smashed ham and cheese can be.
Then you do in the Mars bar. Next you're wishing you had brought another
Mars bar. Suddenly you realize you are not alone. Can you find the deer?
And how many are they?
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#13
You're out West, bowhunting
mulies in the prairie lands. You've always heard it's a "glass and stalk"
kinda thing out here. But today it is glass and "walk". Up and down, and
up and down, those endless rolling hills of sage brush and prairie grass.
From appearances there is no place to hide, everything is too short, no
trees in sight. A craggy ravine holds promise and you wind through it for
several hundred yards. No luck. So you climb up the steep, rocky, sandy
sides and have a look around.
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Late October, the leaves
have fallen off the trees. It's been unseasonably rainy and the ground
is covered with green grass and new growth. This afternoon is a quiet one,
not much wind. For the um-teenth time you look around you. Something is
different this time... Can you find the deer? And how many are there?
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A windy day in the woods.
Every gust seems to mask the sound of deer movement. A lull finally comes
and the wind stops briefly. After a couple of minutes you hear steps in
the leaves. You take a quick look around and see nothing. More steps! You
look again. Can you find the deer? (How many are there?)
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Sunlight
dissapears at ground level and the shadows loose their sharp edge. Daylight
becomes to slowly fade. Your eyes glide over your surroundings once again.
Something doesn't look just right. (Can you find the deer? And
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