Trail Cam - Final Photos

I've enjoyed trekking about the nearby woods these past months putting up our trail cams to suss out the best places to hunt deer.  I can see the appeal of photo only hunting,  you do get that sense of wonder every time you see something unexpected.

It has been educational as well.  You get to see deer families growing up.  By November the spotted fawns of last spring are only a bit smaller than their mothers.  We have by the way been requested to not fire on the cute little deer family that lives just across the road.

Late in the season the "deermographics" change.  Does are sighted less often.  Bucks appear.  They've been off doing guy stuff somewhere all summer and fall.  Now it's mating season.  They are out looking for action.  What the does think of this is unclear.

Well its almost Opening Day and time for decisions on where to put our stands.  So some final pictures.  Presumably next week's entries in the "Hunter Gatherer" series will be me snapping a few from the stand while waiting for something to happen.  Perhaps while considering recipes for a Tofu Thanksgiving.

Closing time at the Mating Season Disco.  "Hey, baby, I'm a feelin' pretty....antlery".

One of my sons is a very accomplished marksman.  I send him pictures like this just to confuse him.

A bewildered elderly man searching for a trail cam he had placed in a particularly sneaky location..