DEER PHOTOS I've mentioned before that at 65 y/o I am going deer hunting for the first time this fall. My son Eric sent me these this morning from his game camera and I wanted to share with you guys.
Those game cameras are so cool. They give a person a picture to wrap their mind around when daydreaming about the upcoming season. Maybe even helps to keep on stand just a little longer when a coffee or a cold beverage is sounding good.
I miss having access to my grandparents old place. My aunt is deathly afraid of hunters being stupid and won't allow anyone, not even archery. We use to see 6 and 8 pointers in their backyard quite a bit and back in the woods I saw a big 10 pointer, lots of big does, and lots of lil ones. It was just about 8 acres of woods with a little swampy on one corner. The side was a field (corn and beans, not very good rotation, behind it was a fairly large field that was either all beans or corn depending on the year. Lots of food, water, lots of fairly dense brush, and very little human traffic in the woods.
The last time I got to go out there to hunt I decided to stalk hunt and would work the woods for a little bit and find a bit of cover and relax. A couple hours in I decided to eat an apple I brought in with me and sit up against a tree. I woke up to a doe snorting a little as she was licking my boots. Sat perfectly still watching her and her twins...probably my favorite day in the woods and I didn't even take a shot.