Good morning! The lawn is frosted over this morning. The week-long gun season for deer is over. We had a lot of activity this year. Our friend brought his 13 year old boy over on the first day. They didn't see anything in the morning, but they came back after taking a lunch break, and Bryce got his first deer ever, a 2yr-old buck. His dad has never gotten a buck, so Bryce had bragging rights for 2 days, because 2 days later his dad also took a buck. The trail cam has spotted at least 10 different bucks passing through the area in the week leading up to gun season.
Gives me the feels to see a father/son hunting together.
Our neighbor with the horses took a deer yesterday... I heard teh shot around 9:30 yesterday morning, then about 5-10 minutes later, saw them tracking something back on the other side of the creek, so I bundled up, put on some hunter oange, and set out to see if they needed a hand. By the time I got out there, they were nowhere to be found, but I did see them later that morning butchering something in their barn that faces us.
There's a herd of wild turkey that has been in the area. About a dozen, maybe a few more... Also saw a fox, lots of raccoons, a couple coyotes, and a possum wandering by. Field cameras are really nice to have around. A few years back, I kept seeing the same yellow lab strolling through the woods about every day... turns out it lives about a half mile up the road, and likes to go for hikes, lol. I didn't know who the dog belonged to until I saw it at a yard sale, and spent about an hour shooting the breeze with its people. I kinda feel bad, that was the last time I saw the dog on the trail cam. I had no intentions of getting it in trouble, lol.
It has been an unusual rut this year with the deer. Usually, the rut lasts a week, maybe 2. This year, the bucks seem to be chasing the doe for weeks...