January
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Jan 3 & 4
I hunted 4 different places,
same result. Nothing.
Wednesday, Jan 2
Morning: it was 15
and brutal cold. I was there. The deer were not.
Afternoon: It was
a regular deer parade at the Last Barn. I got most of it on video. One
thing that you will see is a doe starts snorting at the blind. Actually,
the black backdrop fabric I have on the window behind me came off and was
moving and the deer was concerned about it. She snorted several times,
not the loud "I'm getting out of here" snort -- a softer snort. She finally
quit and returned to browsing.
TUESDAY, Jan 1 -- BACK IN
THE BUCKS
Time for a visit to the Last
Barn. It is an add-on to an old outlying hay barn on my property. I built
it out of wood panels covered with tin panels so it would fit in with the
old barn the deer are used to. Once inside I set up my video camera on
a tripod and settled back. It was 2:47pm. Here is a pic from inside the
ground blind.
I brought my laptop and
did some web work while I waited for something to happen. Later I saw a
lump that I didn't remember being there, out in the dried grass. I watched
it and it moved a bit. Then it put its head up and I saw it was a doe.
It was browsing on something out in the weeds about 70 yards from me --
in the direction of the Rolled Wire stands. I took this picture at 5:32.
As I watched the doe something
further back in the trees caught my eye. Another deer. And this one had
its head thrust out level with its body ... and I saw a big, wide, tall
tined rack. It was trailing and the trail led to the doe. The buck caught
the doe by surprise and the doe cut and ran into the woods.
The buck stopped for an instant
and I got a picture of it.
The buck went into the trees
after the doe. Then I noticed a second buck coming on the trail of the
first. This one was a nice 8-point. He bailed off into the trees, too.
I kept my eye on the trees
and pointed the video camera at them, just in case. But they didn't show
again.
Soon two more does came across
the dried weeds. Then two young bucks hurried up to them and then got in
a fight. I tried to get it on video but just couldn't stay on them. When
a doe came out of the trees and passed by the other does one of the bucks
went into pursuit mode and chased it away. But I kept a look out in case
it was the doe the long tined buck was after earlier.
Daylight faded and soon
I was left alone. I loaded up my gear and went home. Last year, the way
I was set up I couldn't see the area toward the Rolled Wire. Apparently
I missed some of the action back then.
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