Critter Count

The Farm has been a been a busy place this week end. Saturday there were three does and five fawns in the yard. Just after they left, a buck ran through the yard. At mid-afternoon a doe and two fawns were feeding under the pear trees. Later a doe meandered by.

Just before dark I went down to the creek to retrieve my trail cam. I am moving it onto some trails to see if any bucks are moving on them. It is time to start scouting for this year's deer season. I saw two fawns in the woods. On the way back, I stopped to talk to Popa. There was a doe and three fawns by his garden. As we talked we heard a deer make several "alarm" snorts in the woods next to us. Shortly a doe ran out of the trees and followed the other deer.

This morning just as we turn into our driveway, we saw a pig feeding next to the road. We stopped and watch it casually wander towards the creek. Later this afternoon I took my trail cam to my prospective hunting site. I returned to the house via the creek. When I was right where I shot the pig last April, I saw three pigs about ten yards beyond where my pig stood before. One of the pigs saw me and we had a staring contest going. It turned broadside to me which gave me a chance to raise my bow and draw back the arrow.  I have so much to learn about bow hunting. Evidently, as I kept my eyes on the pig, my arrow tip caught on something as I was bringing it up and pulled the arrow off of the rest. I had to let off on my draw and re-position my arrow. By that time the pigs had wandered into the brush. I tried stalking them but shortly after that I saw them disappear over a ridge. The good thing is that they were just strolling along. That means that I moved easy enough not to spook them.

And finally, just before dark I saw a doe and two fawns in the pasture next to the house.

I am sure that I am seeing the same deer over and over. But it's nice to know that we have a good crop of fawns this year.

I'm Still Here

I haven't given up my pig hunting. I just haven't been writing much. I go into the woods about twice a week. Often I see pigs but I haven't been able to get a shot. Either they spot me and high tail it out of there or there is too much brush between us.

I am excited about the new tree stand that I got for my birthday. I put up last weekend. I am hoping to spend some time in it soon. Now I can rain harvest from the sky. I say harvest because I have noticed that the hunting shows use that term rather than kill, death, or other words of that connotation.