tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87176761337539126742024-03-12T21:34:05.454-04:00Long Ridge Deer CampA New England Connecticut Valley deer camp for good friends, companions and conservationists...Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-39231454444831560892024-02-25T13:19:00.000-05:002024-02-25T13:19:23.687-05:002023 in Review at Longridge Deer camp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had two great camps this year, a muzzle loader and the a rifle weekend. It was wonderful to see some hunters we hadn't seen for some years (things ARE returning to normal?) and to catch up on family, work, retirement as well as meet some newcomers. As usual, after Friday afternoon's hunt we gather for cocktails and treats around camp and the fire. Main supper will not be served until 8PM after the worlds best chicken wings are prepared and eaten!. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLGclxt2VpQ6auOqf3lA3PfvdxoSNhTQt7xSjJUYzeOklTWAgeX7WeKKP8xgjvuZhvRO8C1yiqFfqAIQa8yOfoBH4bVoiGQUyfklEuXFpyrPkXwtODJsZngM_ql8F9OUN3MKqCP9mvEw31djik6Q2i9nUgooiwyLD8hHepP5sVJ2Myy2RjiHaFEIooCzk/s4000/IMG_20231110_181926_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLGclxt2VpQ6auOqf3lA3PfvdxoSNhTQt7xSjJUYzeOklTWAgeX7WeKKP8xgjvuZhvRO8C1yiqFfqAIQa8yOfoBH4bVoiGQUyfklEuXFpyrPkXwtODJsZngM_ql8F9OUN3MKqCP9mvEw31djik6Q2i9nUgooiwyLD8hHepP5sVJ2Myy2RjiHaFEIooCzk/s320/IMG_20231110_181926_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NN-RRWwLjK3RViOBvoXY9OxQCXNlMBOrzD3oSgn1o4geWvYe3iuFrPY2CgAv0NhR-udCJG6Qc2IMQYlLae9jfgdHS-DFV_-y0gjAglbK7JpywHaEymRvnCR12r_15MDz4FmtujzUFNcs5bILzKr4fzhSedzkCL6DGZwPCI84Drlikj7rHdQKvZ3Tf3WE/s4000/IMG_20231110_181944_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NN-RRWwLjK3RViOBvoXY9OxQCXNlMBOrzD3oSgn1o4geWvYe3iuFrPY2CgAv0NhR-udCJG6Qc2IMQYlLae9jfgdHS-DFV_-y0gjAglbK7JpywHaEymRvnCR12r_15MDz4FmtujzUFNcs5bILzKr4fzhSedzkCL6DGZwPCI84Drlikj7rHdQKvZ3Tf3WE/s320/IMG_20231110_181944_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Meal prep below and a finished plate!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7i1RO-yvvNzkoSr2XL7c6rP5UHbEdvPrjzszBlNE-QP_zIGMd8Rtzatu2dsXJWMsIIBNNgNcRP1l0z2NBdB4u-sIiU6361k9RcYQ1EJuGL2xCny15blDK16b-562wzij3ARA8MoKTRsp5b22XptXGVPnq4ezNli7cF4n3y8Kb8IGpbKTHNUOMvLRrANmr/s3264/IMG_0093.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7i1RO-yvvNzkoSr2XL7c6rP5UHbEdvPrjzszBlNE-QP_zIGMd8Rtzatu2dsXJWMsIIBNNgNcRP1l0z2NBdB4u-sIiU6361k9RcYQ1EJuGL2xCny15blDK16b-562wzij3ARA8MoKTRsp5b22XptXGVPnq4ezNli7cF4n3y8Kb8IGpbKTHNUOMvLRrANmr/s320/IMG_0093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Typically venison, with a particularly proprietary wild game sauce, baked potato with butter and sour cream, and a big salad. Healthy, unprocessed, and from the land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCKCdJGEZ-Hy7zLnq5kJeikOihDuDK14PWkIPBP1Gb26GQu9FoYJmbVPDWKcoTQtk0wx8GNCXk2LNlu8I1ZN5scasN7B-by8tiLKVaDm3E6NEsaXEVnXkktsp8jAyp9iNpcmJrIPiDa1G79BpYDFd45gRcA2FOwCnOlWbL1dTHFG8iVLkXvXfoLvlH0jt/s4000/IMG_20231110_201845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpCKCdJGEZ-Hy7zLnq5kJeikOihDuDK14PWkIPBP1Gb26GQu9FoYJmbVPDWKcoTQtk0wx8GNCXk2LNlu8I1ZN5scasN7B-by8tiLKVaDm3E6NEsaXEVnXkktsp8jAyp9iNpcmJrIPiDa1G79BpYDFd45gRcA2FOwCnOlWbL1dTHFG8iVLkXvXfoLvlH0jt/s320/IMG_20231110_201845.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>We seat ten at a time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHnnkJjw8dUC1g7uxzPPVeZ5DJD6vXGGlvKQ6ERS3Ev6rGB6D772rO0t6dkjyaN9eTwi8f0yYYZFV0lZBnKUwZS2I7Pv144T83yifqP3YRh06zKlxLqN_273VW-THK6n1G8vXtaraG5brxqWp0mzfvo7UcJZHkLmLffZH7bu8dHNrj6XyJlAPx6hVChjL/s4000/IMG_20231110_201911.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHnnkJjw8dUC1g7uxzPPVeZ5DJD6vXGGlvKQ6ERS3Ev6rGB6D772rO0t6dkjyaN9eTwi8f0yYYZFV0lZBnKUwZS2I7Pv144T83yifqP3YRh06zKlxLqN_273VW-THK6n1G8vXtaraG5brxqWp0mzfvo7UcJZHkLmLffZH7bu8dHNrj6XyJlAPx6hVChjL/s320/IMG_20231110_201911.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>A mix of fall pictures below. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25YnlYZUIXgNW8lxX51NcsttWvygL8wL0Du4eDxIWiS7See8QOCqZ9xe_PuFvFhQU-BF8JVCvTCK9hhzJE_D0QU74VVc-e-j0KSIB_MVSeX75gm3QPYaAD-2vzZzY_DPEBPmApvEOmlsYJGDPulqV2E59R9lk8Vsy1endDO2GBYqYUIQS55hS4dizqUR7/s320/MUD_0011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />This is the biggest white oak on the farm, and a great hunting spot. Two adults cannot even get their hands close. I should measure this one...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoCmV1PraBa82UNxMQeHJz0KKkFgr7VglvReyZeeBUgEa5O2p7qKDrQIl1A3AtAsgNTZTx9SkhBnyMPlkAPBE2UDp2BZ5p5QZqNWAYheYx1Ce5WSnxK9HWH4RoUkjVnQGZ-IlwKIkoElyjXnIFPkCYy1Yi1xoy8zQ_3QnkaCv2HtmpFg_ZMM7VZHJ0YfW/s4000/IMG_20231111_090746_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoCmV1PraBa82UNxMQeHJz0KKkFgr7VglvReyZeeBUgEa5O2p7qKDrQIl1A3AtAsgNTZTx9SkhBnyMPlkAPBE2UDp2BZ5p5QZqNWAYheYx1Ce5WSnxK9HWH4RoUkjVnQGZ-IlwKIkoElyjXnIFPkCYy1Yi1xoy8zQ_3QnkaCv2HtmpFg_ZMM7VZHJ0YfW/s320/IMG_20231111_090746_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAvf6YzKDOAqHxKq8AG5YvBK-CfjnSYBlI6q8N05C30ujQn7XFEOvtA6696EDWoEWK4LswVnE2UkWP5P6mcsbv-gpv7cCwaDqL9EtGg4mbqnsvziLaeSSj9l9lJoC5e0XyqRtKjMxiNuRmfHofaT6VLFWKYWhk_tH3zW-bwpJEq18LQYP1lU3OfKxhAxh/s3840/MUD_0004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">No deer camp would ever be complete without this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8P1aqNx4qKDTVoo-6avxi7sptaLM0trfWbcgPibwDbG1qMVEG9qtERsPd9YlDA0dxHmpHk2w0oIDL8xk6olmabvpFMADLqN_4q5e-M-0ymfp_KGwrSKBSIUCjYGfrMmVYw08g08cGT7jlTMbkpCB5CB3H4fteV4ReuZW6nxgdu69G8s6zbOEFgmOWB71/s4000/IMG_20231110_190759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8P1aqNx4qKDTVoo-6avxi7sptaLM0trfWbcgPibwDbG1qMVEG9qtERsPd9YlDA0dxHmpHk2w0oIDL8xk6olmabvpFMADLqN_4q5e-M-0ymfp_KGwrSKBSIUCjYGfrMmVYw08g08cGT7jlTMbkpCB5CB3H4fteV4ReuZW6nxgdu69G8s6zbOEFgmOWB71/s320/IMG_20231110_190759.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuWYCAGyq-NttWlL4LQR4086wuQS0L0N494RF9MzMrb-nLcL3Zpssr745oaML_2ml5LZxyDmCdaIXR5QCN140aUlfza5yyDPKTjuOe2kY_lM_NLDaRTh99oR97WJHTAbP6bRmLWDDO0U9nzydN2NTY_Nm-cG9ONgHfF307Vv77K21zJ2MCzyKPA0kgkecz/s4000/IMG_20231110_182018_HDR%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Some of the bunks are full at </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">8:30, others at 11PM!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UpC80AhD4tAN78rKS3cAIwIddJ_yQdjHhzV0Bbp2Q7d93iQG32wnnOa89usPtSxC4r0M0KqzdInkez8Kxk4_xqyayuUa5goH87tVlfJgHNRZ1mVspD6aMvpqHpJq2LSnuyR37p373SPOIrosicm788xv7bioq9b8T2oUV2cKlV5Ui3F8rlWX2fcwKRwF/s4000/IMG_20231110_181957_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UpC80AhD4tAN78rKS3cAIwIddJ_yQdjHhzV0Bbp2Q7d93iQG32wnnOa89usPtSxC4r0M0KqzdInkez8Kxk4_xqyayuUa5goH87tVlfJgHNRZ1mVspD6aMvpqHpJq2LSnuyR37p373SPOIrosicm788xv7bioq9b8T2oUV2cKlV5Ui3F8rlWX2fcwKRwF/s320/IMG_20231110_181957_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It reminds me of a silly painting I saw somewhere, though I cannot remember what it was.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJZxosptoQTUUXJxpbBE1iPdc2LzkamHUi-RvsOAuvh81c8cvPKXKdE3OaiYYLUc_k3rJWwHt78T7YN4vbcdeZkLmrrZBvuf_jIz8aWeRBILlqhF4E43eB7k7Js5sI6op3WVpLppOPkmzZolDHZa5tc2Bu41JL5-LXf91Pk-2Inxjcnn23BQuW26Mwdvp/s3840/MUD_0047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJZxosptoQTUUXJxpbBE1iPdc2LzkamHUi-RvsOAuvh81c8cvPKXKdE3OaiYYLUc_k3rJWwHt78T7YN4vbcdeZkLmrrZBvuf_jIz8aWeRBILlqhF4E43eB7k7Js5sI6op3WVpLppOPkmzZolDHZa5tc2Bu41JL5-LXf91Pk-2Inxjcnn23BQuW26Mwdvp/s320/MUD_0047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEMo8hQ9LnbODU52LaIhMlVyNMevjqMr5TWlWIcGYcEVmcltRLSqLKalwIBLPhU3ALu6HYElZsGODvHYiMQ6jq07x3cVmEGybW2yENrcPASja3nX31oFccyo_MwEbdDv83mf1osDphHMk7qH37VlICm_juHlMd7_5gAD15IM7ZoET85eot7Bt8s2G16Af/s3840/MUD_0068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEMo8hQ9LnbODU52LaIhMlVyNMevjqMr5TWlWIcGYcEVmcltRLSqLKalwIBLPhU3ALu6HYElZsGODvHYiMQ6jq07x3cVmEGybW2yENrcPASja3nX31oFccyo_MwEbdDv83mf1osDphHMk7qH37VlICm_juHlMd7_5gAD15IM7ZoET85eot7Bt8s2G16Af/s320/MUD_0068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Pitch black out and a drone chasing this deer!. Flying squirrel?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIHfXTAUjBXocreJbQONUuVkDoCXaGwyxzBuvEq5eo85WB32URCynUoriFMAi2Bh5Dm-JqqqLGZIsWzumkuwHMSowmKIOAEgU_ox7l6p0U2khZzepaAWTBJEhTRRgJsGRexud1qvf5JvgoFyzIErJ9IbtEEp_6IB1MjAGTRj99ZdOpC5ndkzyYmdBIDBe/s3840/MUD_0084%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIHfXTAUjBXocreJbQONUuVkDoCXaGwyxzBuvEq5eo85WB32URCynUoriFMAi2Bh5Dm-JqqqLGZIsWzumkuwHMSowmKIOAEgU_ox7l6p0U2khZzepaAWTBJEhTRRgJsGRexud1qvf5JvgoFyzIErJ9IbtEEp_6IB1MjAGTRj99ZdOpC5ndkzyYmdBIDBe/s320/MUD_0084%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkFXOSWqkB9EOd2iamIVTV1dGoYTI9NCYosRgu8haguV1EfaPFsjbMRsAWvffUt8nqva-gtDuFZwiHli3uPrwGJ2EoJqX3y8zlZGEt0ihsy49N2rhtwLRTwdTLA9DL1WQdDL7kOqnIV58Jen34XtGw3LBXeOym1P11tmc8yEFEwBjufWj1ze26pjjKYNH/s3840/MUD_0084.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkFXOSWqkB9EOd2iamIVTV1dGoYTI9NCYosRgu8haguV1EfaPFsjbMRsAWvffUt8nqva-gtDuFZwiHli3uPrwGJ2EoJqX3y8zlZGEt0ihsy49N2rhtwLRTwdTLA9DL1WQdDL7kOqnIV58Jen34XtGw3LBXeOym1P11tmc8yEFEwBjufWj1ze26pjjKYNH/s320/MUD_0084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievNy9jjypAjrVu8iFGovDq_95luYAxEXUqvs6OSpjWGZ_OWW1Htb7BZdV490YbTemS-TFJJIGBqBIMOlVjELSkfyLQfStmQzHs5_tvUsNGXpK7WATcde9kSfuHrjRyYWoyEW3t6bhxUyFAuHr53TIb5PqUYxQY5IoxGtrrWZJViPgZw4emx-YkMHxrE01/s3840/MUD_0210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievNy9jjypAjrVu8iFGovDq_95luYAxEXUqvs6OSpjWGZ_OWW1Htb7BZdV490YbTemS-TFJJIGBqBIMOlVjELSkfyLQfStmQzHs5_tvUsNGXpK7WATcde9kSfuHrjRyYWoyEW3t6bhxUyFAuHr53TIb5PqUYxQY5IoxGtrrWZJViPgZw4emx-YkMHxrE01/s320/MUD_0210.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This immature Gray up behind the house. A game crossing right there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeXOtmjEUjZMNOy61j_xBQi5rhnKyVGf1hy08uzxLBkPEIyPaNA5Z-zWCKqNDTEzOFOJsriNcEx9hHNjAxvtXaHM7BpyfKCWBwndO9wwHdFP4owwM2KcHUwaIIuhcLZo0jt62zBUG7G22L0Y3oOw0ohcDSxnmNtUUZ5PBMqu85hciJJZ5eLchcSO8WWQZ/s5376/WGI_0054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeXOtmjEUjZMNOy61j_xBQi5rhnKyVGf1hy08uzxLBkPEIyPaNA5Z-zWCKqNDTEzOFOJsriNcEx9hHNjAxvtXaHM7BpyfKCWBwndO9wwHdFP4owwM2KcHUwaIIuhcLZo0jt62zBUG7G22L0Y3oOw0ohcDSxnmNtUUZ5PBMqu85hciJJZ5eLchcSO8WWQZ/s320/WGI_0054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJR6fYJz7fy74Y0X2KdYrcdJ-oxO22QPV_3lb8YRfw_-OnZNdKaSmcT7Vg8mB-kfoySX-sd8HpBqhbbEwcYjK7h8UGLJjpjZ1AJxS5YxskfQZej2vVcUFRiNcJa0Xw00e0NAnRs3O5zhG7pPBC3c4PNdhznqmeiaV_9lInhHgc2s_J53Ggdx4MKkRWSg4/s3840/MUD_0216.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJR6fYJz7fy74Y0X2KdYrcdJ-oxO22QPV_3lb8YRfw_-OnZNdKaSmcT7Vg8mB-kfoySX-sd8HpBqhbbEwcYjK7h8UGLJjpjZ1AJxS5YxskfQZej2vVcUFRiNcJa0Xw00e0NAnRs3O5zhG7pPBC3c4PNdhznqmeiaV_9lInhHgc2s_J53Ggdx4MKkRWSg4/s320/MUD_0216.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>No decent fall would be complete without wild apples!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4LRdK1Nttgd12_fKbiG_7xOwvRezvQWEXg1khv9dwXBWB0-Xv4Bd6iYdt4UZxTJVqsGptNZfyJI4z4KlvCG8fE34IPWwn63AkzSiT7ZNYaqkrx3GtJptBfLZUNveHYRZIT_uzzWHM0i7zlpHKAX80R-uRoe6FzdDmWmOWM-VDLP8-vH0Sgrt41DGRWE0/s3840/MUD_0135.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge4LRdK1Nttgd12_fKbiG_7xOwvRezvQWEXg1khv9dwXBWB0-Xv4Bd6iYdt4UZxTJVqsGptNZfyJI4z4KlvCG8fE34IPWwn63AkzSiT7ZNYaqkrx3GtJptBfLZUNveHYRZIT_uzzWHM0i7zlpHKAX80R-uRoe6FzdDmWmOWM-VDLP8-vH0Sgrt41DGRWE0/s320/MUD_0135.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit616KoxIFCHU3ltt4cKcmR4OXwlZCxosV4UYpRKp03_81AYJ1Tfj9rNJL4VYCtmIzUr1uljjxl3V_dN4pIoPJ9pYhHABL2EqY5inuRKAIwizJgYbfAZcJVtCuh6nyFhJItV7XPdZG7WtZhkjo0S-cVduhrO0iJj3CXhL6brlzxBbV80SUGphu_oJOa1Jm/s3840/MUD_0142%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit616KoxIFCHU3ltt4cKcmR4OXwlZCxosV4UYpRKp03_81AYJ1Tfj9rNJL4VYCtmIzUr1uljjxl3V_dN4pIoPJ9pYhHABL2EqY5inuRKAIwizJgYbfAZcJVtCuh6nyFhJItV7XPdZG7WtZhkjo0S-cVduhrO0iJj3CXhL6brlzxBbV80SUGphu_oJOa1Jm/s320/MUD_0142%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8i-_PpjccEqTDtv9aR0Tqs4RjpoxrMwHjDWq0qmloTZ2MAeQtWULCU0wAMgFc6FAt23huHq4iuWjvFM_EQV0xIk7AnnRXf8mq5p9A3jzCUnkI55XZ6HEVfv6jYQvA595lXMtoGqlUrmc-jh0XLGQ1-6-vBkte_MaZ31Jt3g_BYw9Wd5-9JWk9bmuxdRqv/s3840/MUD_0144.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8i-_PpjccEqTDtv9aR0Tqs4RjpoxrMwHjDWq0qmloTZ2MAeQtWULCU0wAMgFc6FAt23huHq4iuWjvFM_EQV0xIk7AnnRXf8mq5p9A3jzCUnkI55XZ6HEVfv6jYQvA595lXMtoGqlUrmc-jh0XLGQ1-6-vBkte_MaZ31Jt3g_BYw9Wd5-9JWk9bmuxdRqv/s320/MUD_0144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We had some several pictures of this buck below. Somehow he lost one. Not uncommon, as every year I have one or two with a severely broken of malformed antler. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_EH-iL7p4Oq2byX5vbw0lk7vYyfXqJb_neSmOSLdeCu7lWCbcM1wWMo0RUS8tJk1N9U2hm3lrwGUE2FXSEHryxMN-vkfRPNJt67sd0HsD3OczwfTWheJetSTdY2h_yf_FV85K4gEy9Sgmpf8arpjnOQtHVUxCWpOM7nmUxPn8zDe8LYL0sIvqGVsdrai/s3840/MUD_0190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq_EH-iL7p4Oq2byX5vbw0lk7vYyfXqJb_neSmOSLdeCu7lWCbcM1wWMo0RUS8tJk1N9U2hm3lrwGUE2FXSEHryxMN-vkfRPNJt67sd0HsD3OczwfTWheJetSTdY2h_yf_FV85K4gEy9Sgmpf8arpjnOQtHVUxCWpOM7nmUxPn8zDe8LYL0sIvqGVsdrai/s320/MUD_0190.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3lb6NT4rzcUGCal5kcGsSPpl4rasho4sVr43Z2d7bKd4EpcC3SvRp_0ZsI3B4TtseyFNS-NYT2BnQNrG1irZ64KOALruZuR_ExxYbw-EQb3QI5Hr5w9NCMNU16q8NSiIK4TeU6eCiBBfbXc97Gh010kes5DIsnLHzaMESuAX6Q1gyNqQT_pa2EdF3Tuq/s3840/MUD_0094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3lb6NT4rzcUGCal5kcGsSPpl4rasho4sVr43Z2d7bKd4EpcC3SvRp_0ZsI3B4TtseyFNS-NYT2BnQNrG1irZ64KOALruZuR_ExxYbw-EQb3QI5Hr5w9NCMNU16q8NSiIK4TeU6eCiBBfbXc97Gh010kes5DIsnLHzaMESuAX6Q1gyNqQT_pa2EdF3Tuq/s320/MUD_0094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Almost time to wrap it up for an early morning hunt to come!.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJygNzroVDaw21xjDwO9SY6GR4LfEUnyyKiBMsH47elPvaWYtKU77zMyeYj7-g3rQN_bPKvzWnqgJcXZ2YYw2eYnsaTkJHtMyCVau2k6I9exOMzkcDBHUKXmOaPGtGlneTysFmBqhgb8eTwd3-xqvuvOsuWbMVNENy1vCpVVJVbRdaI-Il8HHodn9OeSU/s3264/IMG_0098.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJygNzroVDaw21xjDwO9SY6GR4LfEUnyyKiBMsH47elPvaWYtKU77zMyeYj7-g3rQN_bPKvzWnqgJcXZ2YYw2eYnsaTkJHtMyCVau2k6I9exOMzkcDBHUKXmOaPGtGlneTysFmBqhgb8eTwd3-xqvuvOsuWbMVNENy1vCpVVJVbRdaI-Il8HHodn9OeSU/s320/IMG_0098.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Not much to post this winter (we haven't had one) and because of the lack of snow and so much browse, I have not set up a census station. There is no point in these conditions as deer can and will travel miles for corn. It would surely be a flawed number. In any case, I will be posting more often this year and hope you all enjoy! Comments and critique welcomed! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jack Zeller</div><div style="text-align: center;">jcottonzeller@gmail.com</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-11774195376267030002023-09-08T11:54:00.000-04:002023-09-08T11:54:19.817-04:00LRDC Archery Starts in Less Than a Month<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love a deer eye. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWZYjEkg9_riCNsyOEpKEuoPpuA3MxFX-mwlQV4fzTPO9aM_AjuA9_klmH4TqQn316hrawAsjoVWEJfWISE6QCnen3Mb3Tz9gxw7UirlcwnyNqRdwV3aUe8Q2u2bDg2kDKlR9JpNvQyPFI1xw5HwbUXTQvBbmSRhY1-NK2LtYuSjWiW4bw2UctGWPjn1Z/s3840/MUD_0003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWZYjEkg9_riCNsyOEpKEuoPpuA3MxFX-mwlQV4fzTPO9aM_AjuA9_klmH4TqQn316hrawAsjoVWEJfWISE6QCnen3Mb3Tz9gxw7UirlcwnyNqRdwV3aUe8Q2u2bDg2kDKlR9JpNvQyPFI1xw5HwbUXTQvBbmSRhY1-NK2LtYuSjWiW4bw2UctGWPjn1Z/s320/MUD_0003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FLP8BIBqp76Y2GGRNAPPj6g53EJM06hYBqxzLFaGbcN1O1EPZrVyxRyf03vQtT9FZzvB2OQnv049kysA_pdysTC0MkhR9GgXygGGHT3wdKvkY9HkYrUvK0JUXqogHzpJcUbu54-TyJ4FfdpY_X0WhaxUQCcvV15i9nmKXHovpn3JPx4fI_k-vL-jTgYf/s3840/MUD_0004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FLP8BIBqp76Y2GGRNAPPj6g53EJM06hYBqxzLFaGbcN1O1EPZrVyxRyf03vQtT9FZzvB2OQnv049kysA_pdysTC0MkhR9GgXygGGHT3wdKvkY9HkYrUvK0JUXqogHzpJcUbu54-TyJ4FfdpY_X0WhaxUQCcvV15i9nmKXHovpn3JPx4fI_k-vL-jTgYf/s320/MUD_0004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This is a heathy group up on a ridge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjw_qMs7VYKCCMJi_FGceJefZHuklYV2glJyDnvptHr5E0A-ZoR_o2dxK1QW-IbQg5k4D58WvZXvPcW_2vlANwfAi6VmYFmyGMVXhfLYTJVTuBEa9iMASy44k5pvhaJg_187N94LhUxV4RmCMPeHP1ssTfvTVXZS_n8egIccP3vciyJ93M3bz8mkL6ZMg/s3840/MUD_0521.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjw_qMs7VYKCCMJi_FGceJefZHuklYV2glJyDnvptHr5E0A-ZoR_o2dxK1QW-IbQg5k4D58WvZXvPcW_2vlANwfAi6VmYFmyGMVXhfLYTJVTuBEa9iMASy44k5pvhaJg_187N94LhUxV4RmCMPeHP1ssTfvTVXZS_n8egIccP3vciyJ93M3bz8mkL6ZMg/s320/MUD_0521.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This summer is the most exceptional one for buck pictures in 25 years. Never have I had so many photos of all ages and sizes. The dispersal obviously hasn't started yet.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaLqUcqFYQhDnoOOtUIL2XD8ZJhEsQT9LE8vgkt742j3Hn7dh7Cmr2ggOYivQrmvcfdeptu6Qr_VAhcZW90QzP2C4-dXKQkDKRZtbABsg6cMyyE_xpyUQZpP3SOR09x7Ca7Ef43S1x7JTzbDVn0C6UkoLPszM0WXy68JDQaLCwpMhKH8TMnFjnLdHy99r/s3840/MUD_0529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiaLqUcqFYQhDnoOOtUIL2XD8ZJhEsQT9LE8vgkt742j3Hn7dh7Cmr2ggOYivQrmvcfdeptu6Qr_VAhcZW90QzP2C4-dXKQkDKRZtbABsg6cMyyE_xpyUQZpP3SOR09x7Ca7Ef43S1x7JTzbDVn0C6UkoLPszM0WXy68JDQaLCwpMhKH8TMnFjnLdHy99r/s320/MUD_0529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwq9Ecd1zY7gHXhd-vprfPMQteeM-v4hFsAKlQX0SxSWE0JNo_vKNwPOGQ9bbhFzlIOuK813tmZWfbuDRQ3gFaRaMpsl0L8ly7GUWvGMjnsu_WTJR0DacQKIez1lGuSd9sJhrUX3agoT6WqFla_v496B_ZmwFUVrOYMcFsgF6IeEw3rCcE8MldSgFCpp-g/s3840/MUD_0540.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwq9Ecd1zY7gHXhd-vprfPMQteeM-v4hFsAKlQX0SxSWE0JNo_vKNwPOGQ9bbhFzlIOuK813tmZWfbuDRQ3gFaRaMpsl0L8ly7GUWvGMjnsu_WTJR0DacQKIez1lGuSd9sJhrUX3agoT6WqFla_v496B_ZmwFUVrOYMcFsgF6IeEw3rCcE8MldSgFCpp-g/s320/MUD_0540.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Little guy, in velvet and camera curious.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQB0FjLBP8Tgol3gaIlGIzRaSx2j4qVh5VFMnNIYqC6zMobDkLtxBKvJmoryvAdWrhs020HwAR4VWoEuNi2gQZfmIv4yjSOK4A39nwCW5uOTkURlBw6fJ0VhtnKvdVxI7_aXMnTQB0bMVLbxJ0AbBT7yCeM4Uo6vC9j3Rl01jb4ol7m2RIso2OscGS0LR2/s3840/MUD_0559.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQB0FjLBP8Tgol3gaIlGIzRaSx2j4qVh5VFMnNIYqC6zMobDkLtxBKvJmoryvAdWrhs020HwAR4VWoEuNi2gQZfmIv4yjSOK4A39nwCW5uOTkURlBw6fJ0VhtnKvdVxI7_aXMnTQB0bMVLbxJ0AbBT7yCeM4Uo6vC9j3Rl01jb4ol7m2RIso2OscGS0LR2/s320/MUD_0559.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This will be a taker if we see him.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ECv0th2XkfVLn-9e6kZi4ttP24upJrKQTyzLgnzPrEV92rvMOWeIY_hnnB5JrW4C3irndsbWWpWWiizxLWMFOSU50aFG6oxG8_KZhOOd9uF3LqYZiqP0Du8h8liiDvz6tUwn0u4wXLBlae8podXuiMNJannPznqCi__NZeSK2ey_EgiJ_qmotNpU_Dac/s3840/MUD_0007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_l1REo8VckbM9LrNIBL5fbgezc2gK-evPcsbbHq-pAsnM7fxnXuU4gvpdsFT6v6O9gZclvNMHjaHLCdzNcXbKW6cD5Ee_D8XGfhqZu7rBfo8c_RQlgvzRkUvLAPnuO1sHfvevBqovDKYU8y7-NCKNuqijmbrwl5dHWloXuJnyV4U4xvE1Xuxb2MlHTXy/s3840/MUD_0319.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_l1REo8VckbM9LrNIBL5fbgezc2gK-evPcsbbHq-pAsnM7fxnXuU4gvpdsFT6v6O9gZclvNMHjaHLCdzNcXbKW6cD5Ee_D8XGfhqZu7rBfo8c_RQlgvzRkUvLAPnuO1sHfvevBqovDKYU8y7-NCKNuqijmbrwl5dHWloXuJnyV4U4xvE1Xuxb2MlHTXy/s320/MUD_0319.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This may be the same one I got on the East Ridge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVzaWigf2oLmNCd4-Gj-U8B6bWzcZN27SAsjHGDGxEpw4j6MLcW1vi1QWeBeNxhYvuMEqOGVQpIdtFEdQz92TxyZ1ggeF7PCTwpBd9A6wTAzE1onCZ5bFznfJ1MFGITv9haP3NjpqOvAFykOPk6Pi0DlAZEa4Yy-jxc2in2ANdkZF5aTZ30oMpdVERU3I/s3840/MUD_0295.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVzaWigf2oLmNCd4-Gj-U8B6bWzcZN27SAsjHGDGxEpw4j6MLcW1vi1QWeBeNxhYvuMEqOGVQpIdtFEdQz92TxyZ1ggeF7PCTwpBd9A6wTAzE1onCZ5bFznfJ1MFGITv9haP3NjpqOvAFykOPk6Pi0DlAZEa4Yy-jxc2in2ANdkZF5aTZ30oMpdVERU3I/s320/MUD_0295.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Cute little guy camera perching!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNyDaO2VW3baFhohbYUyyjyHnEFyRWLPtD1SJwVw5yEXfkjJizvYzjyoa4K3ZODkv_8IHFmzL8FWdqNoVspH3TD1jMDq6n3blKqnpiC-ppu-CIYRTtl-ORQjCpezqEihz9EKrnPVWQTtQFPZJUtW5vrPnow0_4tiZWySflqFnCtc4u41t5cTehxqtzS87/s3840/MUD_0274.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNyDaO2VW3baFhohbYUyyjyHnEFyRWLPtD1SJwVw5yEXfkjJizvYzjyoa4K3ZODkv_8IHFmzL8FWdqNoVspH3TD1jMDq6n3blKqnpiC-ppu-CIYRTtl-ORQjCpezqEihz9EKrnPVWQTtQFPZJUtW5vrPnow0_4tiZWySflqFnCtc4u41t5cTehxqtzS87/s320/MUD_0274.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I love porcupines. I know lots of folks shoot them,. as I did when I was young and uninformed. It is true they used to go in sheds and chew axe handle for the salt, but who really uses axes much any more. And the old adage - that they do damage to timber. That is hogwash. I have never seen any tree diminished in value, or killed by them. It is true that in winter they do chew on hemlock, but so what? And in summer, they will graze day and night in fields of clover and hay. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdzVxJ2ZcJkiWrB9Vgb7-DEnmngIFkeraO5pl6J1nvXL8o2X7yYucd_GrZ2X8OoIuKawkKkuc_mRdxvMxVtNP876ucGX3E0xosQaR1n0kH-N-WFXvYy0zCqjS6PD-i_9k_AVF9GRTs7Ga4BH1cj3j2jkBu_JWGt9WrYUNsbWdI7jNju0yAvtZAHF5LkDh/s3840/MUD_0273.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdzVxJ2ZcJkiWrB9Vgb7-DEnmngIFkeraO5pl6J1nvXL8o2X7yYucd_GrZ2X8OoIuKawkKkuc_mRdxvMxVtNP876ucGX3E0xosQaR1n0kH-N-WFXvYy0zCqjS6PD-i_9k_AVF9GRTs7Ga4BH1cj3j2jkBu_JWGt9WrYUNsbWdI7jNju0yAvtZAHF5LkDh/s320/MUD_0273.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here are three hunters doing trail work and stand loosening earlier in the summer. Stalwarts all.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJd8Pgtt5enfze0Aa-XJIkmWfptRv5RhtsXxxL7dNa5URQBVHHMQcxbvBBRxLzYMaVloB63xm4DPgpCrTFLPkwRcIzEjbWek4lf0YakfbHHLtROhBF8oXhVT-pcWjfblfLdinJCRqBnYJ3FMkwbfxYFvWe7Bit5_02hbASORujpgybbcGDae6I90ssZDO/s3840/MUD_0244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJd8Pgtt5enfze0Aa-XJIkmWfptRv5RhtsXxxL7dNa5URQBVHHMQcxbvBBRxLzYMaVloB63xm4DPgpCrTFLPkwRcIzEjbWek4lf0YakfbHHLtROhBF8oXhVT-pcWjfblfLdinJCRqBnYJ3FMkwbfxYFvWe7Bit5_02hbASORujpgybbcGDae6I90ssZDO/s320/MUD_0244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And below, a beaut.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbXpucI5nOzTa0KbATUePTIJTNJvJC4TL9_db5wp0-bnWiE63cavDKJlnM-ZR63nC7IzChwJD15PRzhlOZFjyjBJYqFvc-5ZQXGiPHLDAw4iXzHvTZ2rk_CfMRReFcZ55T9hc9eDkOlLJAhjLaRiD4IKz1_8yQ0sAkzRETXTkdVVBwQsulMedfqJP4A61/s3840/MUD_0210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbXpucI5nOzTa0KbATUePTIJTNJvJC4TL9_db5wp0-bnWiE63cavDKJlnM-ZR63nC7IzChwJD15PRzhlOZFjyjBJYqFvc-5ZQXGiPHLDAw4iXzHvTZ2rk_CfMRReFcZ55T9hc9eDkOlLJAhjLaRiD4IKz1_8yQ0sAkzRETXTkdVVBwQsulMedfqJP4A61/s320/MUD_0210.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>More coyotes this year. Tons of small game and fawn for them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkcDVCm9JfMnSXH7cvCVpf7NUFI7r2KjP0GE1G1evYyfCtQpf47xdOaxjMZods3eaLG645f7hJWiuSOzyUd-CPZ7g5Y4_MJXY0fiU9TwWOozOd6F9EBObNwjKVG7uXlqYOlSqpvhECKVq6SfKvDH4r_RA-bjl2LEdinJu4ObSkk-hOI0D1XycJIW-aK9v/s3840/MUD_0196.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgkcDVCm9JfMnSXH7cvCVpf7NUFI7r2KjP0GE1G1evYyfCtQpf47xdOaxjMZods3eaLG645f7hJWiuSOzyUd-CPZ7g5Y4_MJXY0fiU9TwWOozOd6F9EBObNwjKVG7uXlqYOlSqpvhECKVq6SfKvDH4r_RA-bjl2LEdinJu4ObSkk-hOI0D1XycJIW-aK9v/s320/MUD_0196.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The two below will be sought after by our hunters.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCoK7FOqaolQNUAT4FZ4X6Gq85bA_TUDo0XW0KyijILCAwyQqxh_OLWFRHYnqMBplraGY5wokM2ndeDl_DtS84bsZD5n1YemDGiaDugVS7sAy50hujiwXAfiiRKegfWJg-8_6vCWMettcDUiq_iTMXjdFtzt28g5KpPfva2pLgIYOBPOlOTuAugTYPHUC/s3840/MUD_0194.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCoK7FOqaolQNUAT4FZ4X6Gq85bA_TUDo0XW0KyijILCAwyQqxh_OLWFRHYnqMBplraGY5wokM2ndeDl_DtS84bsZD5n1YemDGiaDugVS7sAy50hujiwXAfiiRKegfWJg-8_6vCWMettcDUiq_iTMXjdFtzt28g5KpPfva2pLgIYOBPOlOTuAugTYPHUC/s320/MUD_0194.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s3qD4gYWEjJWbY-9EipooQB1GHEInYfqPJWOeqXnshPyYmamG7B447_i6gzo8iMz9Klcg5uTR73GFvpfjG1oPSGRnfCqHPfe491zI4cTT9CF1m-O5YONTYEq3Wso2R9SFHBfFLqvSCcaG0WwZ_NkgqSKG46crnDisrP04YUVJQJucsQ9OsSNTDrWJe2v/s3840/MUD_0191.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0s3qD4gYWEjJWbY-9EipooQB1GHEInYfqPJWOeqXnshPyYmamG7B447_i6gzo8iMz9Klcg5uTR73GFvpfjG1oPSGRnfCqHPfe491zI4cTT9CF1m-O5YONTYEq3Wso2R9SFHBfFLqvSCcaG0WwZ_NkgqSKG46crnDisrP04YUVJQJucsQ9OsSNTDrWJe2v/s320/MUD_0191.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And never without a bear or two around. Hunters took some 80+ bears from this region last year and I thought that might be unsustainable. But they are plentiful still so I may have called that one wrong.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRwjYb29ggbCWRac2ii4rHS4QRNR85573tF4mdyfpVi5AED1D4ThrnLUX2fKRq4fZkgGQFTbHYsnfp5ygmb6vitb5dvXHkbevGnycq6v9TruYNQRigwOOXl4wL6IuqewQglAq04jEtdci-AAr2amDYr0S0bX18vWYrqDwuFM1qsYlTRcudTbpcj8WXNaR/s3840/MUD_0184.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRwjYb29ggbCWRac2ii4rHS4QRNR85573tF4mdyfpVi5AED1D4ThrnLUX2fKRq4fZkgGQFTbHYsnfp5ygmb6vitb5dvXHkbevGnycq6v9TruYNQRigwOOXl4wL6IuqewQglAq04jEtdci-AAr2amDYr0S0bX18vWYrqDwuFM1qsYlTRcudTbpcj8WXNaR/s320/MUD_0184.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This one is mine I hope.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZWFWNDxORJ4I2Ny3nT-IdvlM7942_deXQPXI__d9re6WHL8cqHC-xD441_nixoq2RKIl6NLewEUwvceRpeaMRy-n3McOsRMMMh44vpaQPnJ8amVb6wKkguxawyO0_2fGMiIjiHOm1WVaqIJ92ETAFNwpfJy3r2YDaRcCgu7zr2XkmK5IufLJyWYmiDhn/s3840/MUD_0164.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZWFWNDxORJ4I2Ny3nT-IdvlM7942_deXQPXI__d9re6WHL8cqHC-xD441_nixoq2RKIl6NLewEUwvceRpeaMRy-n3McOsRMMMh44vpaQPnJ8amVb6wKkguxawyO0_2fGMiIjiHOm1WVaqIJ92ETAFNwpfJy3r2YDaRcCgu7zr2XkmK5IufLJyWYmiDhn/s320/MUD_0164.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I got a whole series of pictures of these two kissing and nuzzling. This was August, before dispersal, and well before any hormones of course. I like to think it is last years boy telling Mom he loves and thanks her for her year long guidance, before he disperses.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrcDvotJ_XQChukcAqjonaKspNPneAJT__925VGXthCQ_phZfZHf8L1gYmIGdZHUGnPPqRSlZISRyWCOekFyyokPEfaBT8ucbIfL939i9OiGEHunVrOCvuU8XQH1Xl0f5w3AurDLZSQpDBC1PucW0pZHQ8MkS-9Y7GevyyBdgNRs79KQrBdn1vH4ylGiK/s3840/MUD_0096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIrcDvotJ_XQChukcAqjonaKspNPneAJT__925VGXthCQ_phZfZHf8L1gYmIGdZHUGnPPqRSlZISRyWCOekFyyokPEfaBT8ucbIfL939i9OiGEHunVrOCvuU8XQH1Xl0f5w3AurDLZSQpDBC1PucW0pZHQ8MkS-9Y7GevyyBdgNRs79KQrBdn1vH4ylGiK/s320/MUD_0096.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A good size bruin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9dKau3leBjHH9-LgLGkBG0YZQr0RRhuI8XxgTlLfEY9-xh8m3YR_vOoehbMdGKMU8LezUP30iBnyiv1gQaQTKyYD1xjmAuCktsqX4MMGaLA3J9Xhr1uLoXkuqucvGCEp7pH07MFQmKMQ7-1PEvi_8xqtVDP9s_sqwcqmTHrj-rBB9wHHtE6Z9Me19LLS/s3840/MUD_0090.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT9dKau3leBjHH9-LgLGkBG0YZQr0RRhuI8XxgTlLfEY9-xh8m3YR_vOoehbMdGKMU8LezUP30iBnyiv1gQaQTKyYD1xjmAuCktsqX4MMGaLA3J9Xhr1uLoXkuqucvGCEp7pH07MFQmKMQ7-1PEvi_8xqtVDP9s_sqwcqmTHrj-rBB9wHHtE6Z9Me19LLS/s320/MUD_0090.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div>We'll give this guy another year or two? What would you do?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9xd7ey7-Kzyhs0sIatZDH1X8pLKYYdVOE7nGiu88iOwXp21fErolKv8iNQFlRFTuQlKFB7aqcQrwfUM4t-070psSPjmENjWV4Gdg4-ZrWgk_prNia8S8tj87WSXlLqqGx2eFy90X94fj6gsBBojthLACZFIXY-YX9nxRbYQwywIO463P2mTmKBEGm-yc/s3840/MUD_0014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE9xd7ey7-Kzyhs0sIatZDH1X8pLKYYdVOE7nGiu88iOwXp21fErolKv8iNQFlRFTuQlKFB7aqcQrwfUM4t-070psSPjmENjWV4Gdg4-ZrWgk_prNia8S8tj87WSXlLqqGx2eFy90X94fj6gsBBojthLACZFIXY-YX9nxRbYQwywIO463P2mTmKBEGm-yc/s320/MUD_0014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Not the one below though!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mWPdx-c_OeTyPKmWe9i4ZkEqLi0ctUhu2pG84riM_-c4re9QaCQqDBMlj7ez0gKqyD8ZPbbYJQeYs_6Ztd0MJtidxO5V2QHo_UsRIrDFE19QoJtnbizXhj0ddqmssTT-NgQ2dihtGHExILHsnzXu8b8t7Hnq10_U7hhILtO_LGH8XwdNDnPqVKBnp5wJ/s3840/MUD_0016.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mWPdx-c_OeTyPKmWe9i4ZkEqLi0ctUhu2pG84riM_-c4re9QaCQqDBMlj7ez0gKqyD8ZPbbYJQeYs_6Ztd0MJtidxO5V2QHo_UsRIrDFE19QoJtnbizXhj0ddqmssTT-NgQ2dihtGHExILHsnzXu8b8t7Hnq10_U7hhILtO_LGH8XwdNDnPqVKBnp5wJ/s320/MUD_0016.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As many healthy fawns as any year in the past. Bodes well for the future.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsmvtMuc-EwkqflNMlwHU45E6_mIr3pCd8b2VcrW_iCaOn5nQ0Tunr0lvvB3zP-TcNVM65zq59TuCtYKJJbd7RL1XAom1AWFMtgIIhTbrjbRVdRttMsxRSbVdkXa9cFpRGw3WxoMqaYOkuEG2dVBCLaKs1cUttiDB7Eq5WrVaUd46Wn7VR2B-FUNKcLGq/s3840/MUD_0017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjsmvtMuc-EwkqflNMlwHU45E6_mIr3pCd8b2VcrW_iCaOn5nQ0Tunr0lvvB3zP-TcNVM65zq59TuCtYKJJbd7RL1XAom1AWFMtgIIhTbrjbRVdRttMsxRSbVdkXa9cFpRGw3WxoMqaYOkuEG2dVBCLaKs1cUttiDB7Eq5WrVaUd46Wn7VR2B-FUNKcLGq/s320/MUD_0017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUnHBw2v2hn1kWJp68hlaBthjBsTUQFdUEOZ4XMCc31yv8UUWofRfBcYbL2_KHFPt0fHajEkHPYf9MxkSNICoKCnnc8Dwg63flYG57BhrEqSH5WtUW1FT8l3BenpdCDuXdFT-4jRMkh3au_zsl2xfIb00LhmPWsGPfMeTPcAX1Advpb0ub-NJnFrKMgkj/s3840/MUD_0026%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUnHBw2v2hn1kWJp68hlaBthjBsTUQFdUEOZ4XMCc31yv8UUWofRfBcYbL2_KHFPt0fHajEkHPYf9MxkSNICoKCnnc8Dwg63flYG57BhrEqSH5WtUW1FT8l3BenpdCDuXdFT-4jRMkh3au_zsl2xfIb00LhmPWsGPfMeTPcAX1Advpb0ub-NJnFrKMgkj/s320/MUD_0026%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkweVwk_yovkhmGRV-c2IaC86WfW8plcq8B-MAgN7qBvN102bqkBfbxYQKpT5PFU-zcGnfNTVPYWgzntx3APCmfBMZh3j2lIdfYz_Ug6tSiuvybqZZ2PlM0wFMnLBfcMGkZw47H2EBhkNJo_HAjoRwUUVS8UPeBu0lKwqeW5tBlAwH9l1Tl3VXZm2xZdq/s3840/MUD_0026.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAkweVwk_yovkhmGRV-c2IaC86WfW8plcq8B-MAgN7qBvN102bqkBfbxYQKpT5PFU-zcGnfNTVPYWgzntx3APCmfBMZh3j2lIdfYz_Ug6tSiuvybqZZ2PlM0wFMnLBfcMGkZw47H2EBhkNJo_HAjoRwUUVS8UPeBu0lKwqeW5tBlAwH9l1Tl3VXZm2xZdq/s320/MUD_0026.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Another shot of black.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoICRxgRBkXCym9tzFQGewLgostfvOjPVf5dsatvsGE7iKXLyXdKaTIpfQfrrM9lzZfhokQ-fS48oR59gifI_Agj5ZKmj91NdP5MfFmBiuvrB_eIT9nNvABpOH8X7AhNL0JXu7rLqjiSuPCnw6FupOyuQxBdxKMLlzF9111EYEt2hQdhnzJX3DlBEbpFLE/s3840/MUD_0033.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoICRxgRBkXCym9tzFQGewLgostfvOjPVf5dsatvsGE7iKXLyXdKaTIpfQfrrM9lzZfhokQ-fS48oR59gifI_Agj5ZKmj91NdP5MfFmBiuvrB_eIT9nNvABpOH8X7AhNL0JXu7rLqjiSuPCnw6FupOyuQxBdxKMLlzF9111EYEt2hQdhnzJX3DlBEbpFLE/s320/MUD_0033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I marvel how deer and turkeys coexist. The fawns are always curious!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1QFktN6oINWXPG8_hd9J4d11Qe67Vfvp5nvSkgJMvbH3lDSYEEsREvPqovpIG_3WLd9V3Q7RH_weNAKx5nAhR4040JVA4hr-cTtKF1EYzHJ7NgZxicdmyVQR8TcVbAk42KQuIeD0qIWk5Uz4PiKARa3EC2J59UxIUuP83WEf0oES_1kC2UgCLuYKVj82/s3840/MUD_0039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1QFktN6oINWXPG8_hd9J4d11Qe67Vfvp5nvSkgJMvbH3lDSYEEsREvPqovpIG_3WLd9V3Q7RH_weNAKx5nAhR4040JVA4hr-cTtKF1EYzHJ7NgZxicdmyVQR8TcVbAk42KQuIeD0qIWk5Uz4PiKARa3EC2J59UxIUuP83WEf0oES_1kC2UgCLuYKVj82/s320/MUD_0039.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Weird eye shot under an apple tree.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJ0hKu4eIuJvdgAD0bfBcj4M0LpWrEyBr8CE1P98mzJbe1JURNGv-vO2ihNN0fen8JnQtlKEsUB5eZOaFPvIwr0JhA_wKTZ_GcuqlyX7yWTfCWLwnFuLBk4A-5NrpcVuVLB_1MouzQ8GzpcB8ZeMW_Bww34eIF6RKwU1tE6hwChmHVphcUOPw1xQ-hIk-/s3840/MUD_0052.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJ0hKu4eIuJvdgAD0bfBcj4M0LpWrEyBr8CE1P98mzJbe1JURNGv-vO2ihNN0fen8JnQtlKEsUB5eZOaFPvIwr0JhA_wKTZ_GcuqlyX7yWTfCWLwnFuLBk4A-5NrpcVuVLB_1MouzQ8GzpcB8ZeMW_Bww34eIF6RKwU1tE6hwChmHVphcUOPw1xQ-hIk-/s320/MUD_0052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Speaking of apples, she took a big one. Lots of fruit this year, not so good on mast.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9B17uwLajD3D5Amr7ymwDuAcwa_wTiTCiCIgDZfCnPE3IdMCDBT-i47oGh0p8vl2IHzrzBhb-zh8VFsbkT02HN9Byri-yvWoYSbdXHKmtDpsc0PzbwCF5iKwztC8IpqniCKMnglp2V6xnYhrT69eTUcBz1uiVSfytqUQCLNY67tsZuAKprcjKilngE1f/s3840/MUD_0054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9B17uwLajD3D5Amr7ymwDuAcwa_wTiTCiCIgDZfCnPE3IdMCDBT-i47oGh0p8vl2IHzrzBhb-zh8VFsbkT02HN9Byri-yvWoYSbdXHKmtDpsc0PzbwCF5iKwztC8IpqniCKMnglp2V6xnYhrT69eTUcBz1uiVSfytqUQCLNY67tsZuAKprcjKilngE1f/s320/MUD_0054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />So with this, wishing all a successful and safe archery season (just over a week away now) and let me know how you do!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As always comments and critique welcomed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">jcottonzeller@gmail.com</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-17215398566942840132023-07-08T22:00:00.005-04:002023-07-08T22:04:22.390-04:00Frightfully Behind At Long Rindge Deer Camp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We managed to get to the NH Fish and Game Expo in Milford this spring, and as always enjoyed the sights, and comradery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1_OxCfP3Vcjq8-YYONmwdlNpyDNgLkgL8fl_ZolMp-UJvFlQtNKe4AuiOVFN7aRszQ2dkxExAwMRmtdH6Oclk7LqUif7Jtsc89KlHNSyrVcqdNqD6KtGddUHe5dTeTMYawzNfXRimV8ZfxxZx24oiY1lNgGxD_pct6KMgW_LzRAhSXeb7aYDusT3WUTa/s3264/IMG_0044.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1_OxCfP3Vcjq8-YYONmwdlNpyDNgLkgL8fl_ZolMp-UJvFlQtNKe4AuiOVFN7aRszQ2dkxExAwMRmtdH6Oclk7LqUif7Jtsc89KlHNSyrVcqdNqD6KtGddUHe5dTeTMYawzNfXRimV8ZfxxZx24oiY1lNgGxD_pct6KMgW_LzRAhSXeb7aYDusT3WUTa/s320/IMG_0044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>These walrus tusks are neat. I think seized as illegal?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepDjuOCW0OGcg_Ml3iSrroGISfncVnzG9gm-UeOhrdLsnkCVu_PlNW0xVrrhDhxbVDBmYwJam4D4doFRc0rFFEZAu-FJiuTYoXEJj7zcZm5uCOsK_qmyBgrkrJpY29S2ZlrfDCoIUjy6HTN_vzhPUY7lrJhzeToHQPHQFTRQb38iWiJZj_T9BrpG58E-8/s3264/IMG_0045.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepDjuOCW0OGcg_Ml3iSrroGISfncVnzG9gm-UeOhrdLsnkCVu_PlNW0xVrrhDhxbVDBmYwJam4D4doFRc0rFFEZAu-FJiuTYoXEJj7zcZm5uCOsK_qmyBgrkrJpY29S2ZlrfDCoIUjy6HTN_vzhPUY7lrJhzeToHQPHQFTRQb38iWiJZj_T9BrpG58E-8/s320/IMG_0045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Teaching the youngsters a skill that will stay with them for a life time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZDdRzA9VGM0IpSI-uaxPVxE79vzDhGKRF2dwp-Duv3lOeW_EJUWV3oRu05ueyq0C4qUxhgZVQ2nKwEceEL8LEhwAgi666wu6bmw588oir0-yXfvMphlmUF1A-cm2CrBVzsk22WxmEEeq6ugOtAjIgK1MO64t7I48ZEjgpdlHKOZN9HMywM5t02wwuMdz/s3264/IMG_0047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZDdRzA9VGM0IpSI-uaxPVxE79vzDhGKRF2dwp-Duv3lOeW_EJUWV3oRu05ueyq0C4qUxhgZVQ2nKwEceEL8LEhwAgi666wu6bmw588oir0-yXfvMphlmUF1A-cm2CrBVzsk22WxmEEeq6ugOtAjIgK1MO64t7I48ZEjgpdlHKOZN9HMywM5t02wwuMdz/s320/IMG_0047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This guide was friends with a guide we stayed with in Northern Maine years ago. A consummate pilot and wildlife expert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuepT3pTsgV08LXPKFdD2xy-UqtIVvR_YS5YvrkFVGg5QZHexIfTIOLntpsg_vy8SbyNot0N3wwCFCVGV8LADouPpIVDTAKiMZJYFAWG-jUB4BiA0jtmKEvkkOV5bPuTlql8fZCkIo9fvivQUFsPWiO8xCPtC-zJjEQI95v7V_HMC2yq8sp_PF5ZQlr2Oa/s3264/IMG_0050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuepT3pTsgV08LXPKFdD2xy-UqtIVvR_YS5YvrkFVGg5QZHexIfTIOLntpsg_vy8SbyNot0N3wwCFCVGV8LADouPpIVDTAKiMZJYFAWG-jUB4BiA0jtmKEvkkOV5bPuTlql8fZCkIo9fvivQUFsPWiO8xCPtC-zJjEQI95v7V_HMC2yq8sp_PF5ZQlr2Oa/s320/IMG_0050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Do I dare say, "Nice Rack'?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqUouGZsmwSDypdByGNZ6ehoqJULQUbm2ohhGCcbfzwoQk59cQktl2_ExG7bEjszNp4A_uCFSpCJhX4AtBkCudZiGlzFRtJBkjW6ADXBkfhh_FrkqrATI77_TXKJPreZPYp3wP9W7igodI65IixCNB7Z6UT4GG_oaC7fXNSZ3B1OYm9X9ZcK1nI01p7V-/s3264/IMG_0054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqUouGZsmwSDypdByGNZ6ehoqJULQUbm2ohhGCcbfzwoQk59cQktl2_ExG7bEjszNp4A_uCFSpCJhX4AtBkCudZiGlzFRtJBkjW6ADXBkfhh_FrkqrATI77_TXKJPreZPYp3wP9W7igodI65IixCNB7Z6UT4GG_oaC7fXNSZ3B1OYm9X9ZcK1nI01p7V-/s320/IMG_0054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I was ill, this wood sculpture cheered me up, every visit to the hospital. I love it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOT555Q6DFYG3Pn2WxJLX-hgnPACWSPlZwh_XEGLsGho6VwzgiZU6mMR-L7eq4DtZpsCC72OBbsB1xItucfNxESmJixEaWX_gwzq470DuiXgGU_LqhD8na235YjOsofBHwfEn0DxznfkoYwjzgtUjISnt4Mz_K4eFEaEDLd0yk0mzYc8UmxCgaTCIc7Kag/s4000/IMG_20220708_112225_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOT555Q6DFYG3Pn2WxJLX-hgnPACWSPlZwh_XEGLsGho6VwzgiZU6mMR-L7eq4DtZpsCC72OBbsB1xItucfNxESmJixEaWX_gwzq470DuiXgGU_LqhD8na235YjOsofBHwfEn0DxznfkoYwjzgtUjISnt4Mz_K4eFEaEDLd0yk0mzYc8UmxCgaTCIc7Kag/s320/IMG_20220708_112225_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Here come the young ones..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oGLxzj1URJlWlfPouhVfziDwLTC0nrNof2T6sV9qXZZj9Z9jqFSGVRqcEKwA83AtgRH4IgPX1mwUpI31aDAJyG6tRWpJBKaUpghjENfJJX_vBP1A-IFDfVblPOZXW3qKpVLyFG4Vn8txhi4eBL8NEj9EheI81a9tpysMFu7vbnI7A54uMfvFYPXEpbRO/s3840/MUD_0068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oGLxzj1URJlWlfPouhVfziDwLTC0nrNof2T6sV9qXZZj9Z9jqFSGVRqcEKwA83AtgRH4IgPX1mwUpI31aDAJyG6tRWpJBKaUpghjENfJJX_vBP1A-IFDfVblPOZXW3qKpVLyFG4Vn8txhi4eBL8NEj9EheI81a9tpysMFu7vbnI7A54uMfvFYPXEpbRO/s320/MUD_0068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This Robin has built 11 nests on the game pole at camp to fool us. We get it. And welcome her babes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaSNPrrRBE0kXHvTBtwluPRJl-5N-NE55hSfuIqvzJu1gATZyxGSo6EoTFHNLXvAOjqxZAatOZTU33qjS0r_V6UIniauphfBt7L24QuY8S0_Bg7Lb8nqfsreNjNeg4rcHBf7DmF_6glUG0NMLwQow1pCCD5o747hI21MeWa_9mvzspsawUMNjvqqrmzIJ/s3840/MUD_0077.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbaSNPrrRBE0kXHvTBtwluPRJl-5N-NE55hSfuIqvzJu1gATZyxGSo6EoTFHNLXvAOjqxZAatOZTU33qjS0r_V6UIniauphfBt7L24QuY8S0_Bg7Lb8nqfsreNjNeg4rcHBf7DmF_6glUG0NMLwQow1pCCD5o747hI21MeWa_9mvzspsawUMNjvqqrmzIJ/s320/MUD_0077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Birds in flight at the census station always thrill me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqicTxLuRizfOGh6mxnZOcRUZ_UzqbKYb59WGjfhbLQvAxwYfvV_AmDLSXQX5KnCK-q14fB9CV7XRvYvPbG5JixlirS33ejNniD09eOKiSiNzs08ZNAxvDVwE4GX1Wm-_hIr_HGEWKbQsfMR51jumn18r5o5JkV1ELeztFHo9M6Ve4-shyW4pjV9jiogvA/s3840/MUD_0181.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I do love days like this. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY9LnYQPt783x6Bft8kRUEWsM8Br_IB7D8GJd2ja-k1lS8grLB5ueBVxD9aDunY6SuM_A6C6XfLFyyRgdBBYhKw48S7WbhBi9AtgPA-sodbjSLv78ORHwsg0Whg_lQI1-BaTyTUrjNHzSA7j-53bDtSTc8i5vxLGVHbTQZgqy_0UWKvp5ajaYE52V6xHp/s3840/MUD_0509.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFY9LnYQPt783x6Bft8kRUEWsM8Br_IB7D8GJd2ja-k1lS8grLB5ueBVxD9aDunY6SuM_A6C6XfLFyyRgdBBYhKw48S7WbhBi9AtgPA-sodbjSLv78ORHwsg0Whg_lQI1-BaTyTUrjNHzSA7j-53bDtSTc8i5vxLGVHbTQZgqy_0UWKvp5ajaYE52V6xHp/s320/MUD_0509.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We are looking at about 13 per square mile in this neck of the woods.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyi0FmvcMXbO-C3F7YOa6rVJVUlCNvDhyev6hOwtXXOreKT40hF3Z4yos-bGyn_knUQEqDbTzL8Jcw6EmXRN_XMTOadrbjv9Z3dc5EPv6SjYcu6GjzZ6uXdRb-2u9WbPNEVr7diyghgMKzItLH5PTl8dMCwoqUgNJBQPUhLkNAwxeFZlpicfCYyAilNNuU/s3840/MUD_0603.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIcnxS-JXLMZtKZ89xtYGUx028xsYl-Gt4XQtW7270KsrP1R5iSvgdVzVZPdv4RTVb-gFTU1pgzvFRyPw_NO6gPp9p2CasX4X1lzfn4p1yO07HublQh7vUGnqVsfqLhxEy10UVtLoAgt8PxVU7hi0O6vtYykypJFs4YPbI8nBs8OKpj5YmNtxH-jylWD6/s320/20221111_194220.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy to share this with you all. Comments and critiques always welcome!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">jcottonzeller@gmail.com</div><br /> <p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-24305159478646042552023-06-20T14:30:00.000-04:002023-06-20T14:30:15.767-04:00Browning Buck Mark Challenger VS. S&W Victory .22 at LRDC<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As an intro, I will tell you...I have owned and shot the Browning Buck Mark for 15 years or so. It replaced the two Ruger Marks that I had, and is vastly superior in every way to them: ergonomics, accuracy, fun, and looks. I am happy with it, except it is a pain to field strip and clean. Other than that, it is a wonderful and accurate little piece. Recently I had been reading about the new S&W Victory .22, and was intrigued, because they have won me over, for the most part with their duty and carry M&P's. Most that I read crowed about this little .22, and I fell for the sell. It arrived, I handled it, weighed it, did all the other things evaluators do, and liked it. Here are some comparisons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trigger pull: Browning, after 2000 rounds, 4 lbs., S&W after none, 3.5 lbs. Interesting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Weight with empty mag., Browning 26 oz.'s. S&W 37 oz.'s. A big difference, and one that will come up later. The S&W has a bit mushy take-up, but OK, and reset is good. I would rate the overall trigger on the Smith as an 8 out of 10. While the Buck Mark was a pound heavier, it had shorter take-up, and crisper let-off. Good reset. I rate the Browning at 9. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Safety: Browning, difficult to operate, and a complete shift of grip required when you do. S&W very easy, tactile, and no need to shift grip to engage or disengage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Both these pistols have a 5.5 inch barrel. As said before, the Smith is heavier.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the pictures below, they are obviously similar in many ways. These are pistols that </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">follow classical lines. To me, and if you scroll further down, I think you'll agree, that the Browning is THE classically shaped .22. It is pretty, even, some would say, beautiful. It fits wonderfully in the hand, and is superbly accurate. What's to not like?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-23Hxzsl8rbT2g62ATnQnBa1Fl6ComDLVwD7wXHfxHaAMcia3A2h9LYUZ9_oQeZ-Cj070aLEm_uDCmUY5onRoPNewGd1EAZR01Sh0KA8lK70xXC3eq0Lu7zYeDz8vdx-xCvBBFpyWlCW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-23Hxzsl8rbT2g62ATnQnBa1Fl6ComDLVwD7wXHfxHaAMcia3A2h9LYUZ9_oQeZ-Cj070aLEm_uDCmUY5onRoPNewGd1EAZR01Sh0KA8lK70xXC3eq0Lu7zYeDz8vdx-xCvBBFpyWlCW/" width="180"></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Smith on the other hand, while following classical lines, if of stainless build, has a heavier barrel, and a thicker grip. It is still a handsome pistol, but just not quite as pretty to my eye. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnQBiivFsHW9uu8vKixd3L6liEJKr44cx7kSIoKBavjg4e4XvvQoFYvqYBMwAsA6AvmedxrMPDX0yvttTBlxL5uR09NPhe5EWm4kLJWG2Co_EA9I9HTj9YU_YWtyEd5v36e-iH5tq5HX1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnQBiivFsHW9uu8vKixd3L6liEJKr44cx7kSIoKBavjg4e4XvvQoFYvqYBMwAsA6AvmedxrMPDX0yvttTBlxL5uR09NPhe5EWm4kLJWG2Co_EA9I9HTj9YU_YWtyEd5v36e-iH5tq5HX1/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below you see the sights as well as I can portray them, on both pistols. Lite pipes on the Smith(good!) and target patridge on the Browning. In perfect light conditions the Browning will be more precise. In any non perfect conditions, the Smith sights will shine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ8YeNX_dy7GadoTceRmXpXw5ox_La2i_n_d21mFLe6PshAfvewperWePbMi-Hg1Rt0kzA778YqqFSmJHCpyvp2tjCLkuD1iRceP3Tj52tzPiFEmwZw2S-9-sdzo2uAOPOGwRgCfjCSVU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQ8YeNX_dy7GadoTceRmXpXw5ox_La2i_n_d21mFLe6PshAfvewperWePbMi-Hg1Rt0kzA778YqqFSmJHCpyvp2tjCLkuD1iRceP3Tj52tzPiFEmwZw2S-9-sdzo2uAOPOGwRgCfjCSVU/" width="180"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUHGBq6-rlFs514x0nV5Xcky3wiwbznnTcYL_y5zrJxFUhmlGf4jFtn03fAT22EPqwIfLhPcADMrfBMZ0Q2lcCThXQbbWy9mQgBMnI21q32PnjaralkXmZPnJO7Y_uUu31WYoAjBoYNUe/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGUHGBq6-rlFs514x0nV5Xcky3wiwbznnTcYL_y5zrJxFUhmlGf4jFtn03fAT22EPqwIfLhPcADMrfBMZ0Q2lcCThXQbbWy9mQgBMnI21q32PnjaralkXmZPnJO7Y_uUu31WYoAjBoYNUe/" width="180"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before I speak of targets below, I must say this. My first time at the range with this new out of the box Smith was disappointing. Pin point accuracy, but from a non-functional semi. Failure to eject and feed, constantly. Call Smith, get a tech, and sure enough, they want it back, and with totally free shipping and 8 days, I have it back in perfect operating condition. I never had that problem with the Browning, it worked from day one. It IS however, fussy about which .22's it wants to eat, and non-fires are quite often, especially with Remington .22's. The Smith has no favorites, eats everything. In fact the rounds the Browning won't fire, the Smith does. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, my understanding from the 'experts' on YOUTUBE is that once you buy a .22, then you spend a month or so finding out which brand it prefers, and stick with that. Ha! No way. A .22 is for fun. You buy what you can get, and your pistol should shoot it. Period. The Rugers did!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So my targets below are shot with a big box of Winchester Wildcats, Remington Gold HP's, a myriad of old Federal, Montgomery Ward, Sears and other brands all shaken up and loaded into magazines at random. Some over 45 years old.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV9-OA35WfZ_VEwUDkIFcJLi7D47mlZf8KBK3G5jx1ThN6JNlr9dEU8Lwun7UqqTzVOG8RA16AZ8ZoPz97oJdFkaUBnUb66UCKSFc1TjQQkOZOky0I1zCpWL0lsS9QTTeusgMsGErvjqy/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEV9-OA35WfZ_VEwUDkIFcJLi7D47mlZf8KBK3G5jx1ThN6JNlr9dEU8Lwun7UqqTzVOG8RA16AZ8ZoPz97oJdFkaUBnUb66UCKSFc1TjQQkOZOky0I1zCpWL0lsS9QTTeusgMsGErvjqy/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Above and below targets are so close in accuracy, that I put the onus on me. Both are good, and in my mind, equal.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvP_romcIPenbbn8QpBXuhYlFsamfG2nsEQRarW_a7PaD_4CaCxAo81nMyNedOnF2Ub681UVuFVyvdEcU7P9BrMP9rgDWyB-9Psgbsmww2S87Ei6_HFqBIHo7M5vOy7j9Qw55jfn6NmRRn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvP_romcIPenbbn8QpBXuhYlFsamfG2nsEQRarW_a7PaD_4CaCxAo81nMyNedOnF2Ub681UVuFVyvdEcU7P9BrMP9rgDWyB-9Psgbsmww2S87Ei6_HFqBIHo7M5vOy7j9Qw55jfn6NmRRn/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Same with the two below. I am not precision firing here. I am cadence firing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXTcxTwPyZ_YZddl7o7E7lKBBcleUmD-6B1W6eoxntCLIo4N3ontSjm4sy_AfKGtpTsPwI-OMZh_scgAcCTvOpTI4r6y7DqqFMqxQ2pOzDR9BZ3rAX3FERU72OUmNpkMmYlJ5e49Cq-di/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXTcxTwPyZ_YZddl7o7E7lKBBcleUmD-6B1W6eoxntCLIo4N3ontSjm4sy_AfKGtpTsPwI-OMZh_scgAcCTvOpTI4r6y7DqqFMqxQ2pOzDR9BZ3rAX3FERU72OUmNpkMmYlJ5e49Cq-di/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7CK83WvXxc8H-SdzctyLyGGZAjMxMYbND4uIeFSPO1f9fWH5D_Q3SicNoCM834H1fovZQTv6JT2EUkiOFAmbGaiBOy-bK5nn9Jq6BtqGN0Pe1V9M1FexWgoxc99D_xE2fYZk6iqc-0fO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7CK83WvXxc8H-SdzctyLyGGZAjMxMYbND4uIeFSPO1f9fWH5D_Q3SicNoCM834H1fovZQTv6JT2EUkiOFAmbGaiBOy-bK5nn9Jq6BtqGN0Pe1V9M1FexWgoxc99D_xE2fYZk6iqc-0fO/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Smith did beat out the Browning on the Torture Drill at 5 yards. I would credit this to the heavier barrel. In addition, we had some failure to fires with the Browning. I don't fault the pistol, some of these rounds are 45 years old, and who knows if the primer was spread evenly in the rim? Nevertheless, the Smith was the easier to shoot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AdIHF2jjPucgN6WZWFEsrRwzaa7V0AwfsVcMioTs7F2awfMmSq-l9kiiBJcx_IhFuS2lAdmvTQchJAy6nQBh2xrxlIkAn7AjE-nFiBsSvAZSDNefF757A8gXCMRniL-PLfEVwZdhOz3I/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5AdIHF2jjPucgN6WZWFEsrRwzaa7V0AwfsVcMioTs7F2awfMmSq-l9kiiBJcx_IhFuS2lAdmvTQchJAy6nQBh2xrxlIkAn7AjE-nFiBsSvAZSDNefF757A8gXCMRniL-PLfEVwZdhOz3I/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two pictures below show the takedown for thorough cleaning of each pistol. Both quite superior to the Rugers, but I found the Smith to be very simple. It is designed to be simple. The Browning requires multiple screws undone, lock washers, careful treading. The Smith, well, easy. I always understood from my research that unless you are a Browning smith, DO NOT remove the grips. I did it once, and will never do it again. Crazy pieces everywhere. So, I took off the right hand grip of the Smith to see, and wow...not bad. Wouldn't do it often (things COULD go wrong) but much simpler than the Buck Mark. So much easier to clean, and so much faster with the Smith. I like that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Oi2DSyRVUxM2gkU8mykYaPAbdTIaeTCMIZZvn18SAiAdhdsyFipYmzjJ8q2MQOtWo2p0vTyPr4piamBe0vUK50VH6I0lClc9bQuLIuP-gEQLDepHHgPxjildN8EwK0qhp2n8voB3fj7W/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Oi2DSyRVUxM2gkU8mykYaPAbdTIaeTCMIZZvn18SAiAdhdsyFipYmzjJ8q2MQOtWo2p0vTyPr4piamBe0vUK50VH6I0lClc9bQuLIuP-gEQLDepHHgPxjildN8EwK0qhp2n8voB3fj7W/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKm-uvQsb0e5J2BGTu04FLx2nUJ1MDnUGOdo5dZuM-3-lA9A0y7mDN3Y1jqVH-B_EnZcomu077ArjP97npakVwVQ629fvMlc3JREz1CK0dQrMS4YT3mCBSz-3W2M8nnITjjacJnUc6smr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKm-uvQsb0e5J2BGTu04FLx2nUJ1MDnUGOdo5dZuM-3-lA9A0y7mDN3Y1jqVH-B_EnZcomu077ArjP97npakVwVQ629fvMlc3JREz1CK0dQrMS4YT3mCBSz-3W2M8nnITjjacJnUc6smr/" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Again, two pictures of side shots. I love the browning. So beautiful, and fits the hand so well. The Smith, a modern update. Not as pretty, but as I'll show, much more practical.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Is9y03jUaoBla2IHlmUao2gh1_ohbtMDwsH_MOJYPp1_tO210uz1j6rw12WohZMAycXkx9MQiGfCUSBMYucsiun3qhV8SShsw0-rjXFx6wUuBz61Ynxp-zhbpWW_iycMIOr3Vcsyr88l/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Is9y03jUaoBla2IHlmUao2gh1_ohbtMDwsH_MOJYPp1_tO210uz1j6rw12WohZMAycXkx9MQiGfCUSBMYucsiun3qhV8SShsw0-rjXFx6wUuBz61Ynxp-zhbpWW_iycMIOr3Vcsyr88l/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL54wFIOBQWknwLtkHOdXtFynOqqK_ZWuHZfncndUWNigrXxbhKQ1CqXp0s15_N6JHwug7PTwE0vcjeYD0yA6CklVlVnVx7QlE5C-lzG7ut4tbpbmwrl7XkOKpJojkF2FAIPAN_R4zIKjH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL54wFIOBQWknwLtkHOdXtFynOqqK_ZWuHZfncndUWNigrXxbhKQ1CqXp0s15_N6JHwug7PTwE0vcjeYD0yA6CklVlVnVx7QlE5C-lzG7ut4tbpbmwrl7XkOKpJojkF2FAIPAN_R4zIKjH/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below are the shells that the Smith hung up on. Fixed for free at Smith. 100% reliable now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya14MgI6hIhwuwFRYF933Vvozld5mUtF3lHudevXHvSKPIaLDsM6FIZiDddO1Mf_ArjkRHVIVL-o4EIaCb4NJ1rwvxTsjBewwnWKKjF5VSpSrttHLNhSY2O5VNkkqtWsdQtjvRwtSFSGL/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya14MgI6hIhwuwFRYF933Vvozld5mUtF3lHudevXHvSKPIaLDsM6FIZiDddO1Mf_ArjkRHVIVL-o4EIaCb4NJ1rwvxTsjBewwnWKKjF5VSpSrttHLNhSY2O5VNkkqtWsdQtjvRwtSFSGL/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Timed 5x5 drill about even. No quibbling here. Both these .22's are sweet shooters.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lDhpr2k3NPpgRJGT6bWu4PLfRhRG3aezHS6oLQQubmH0aot7pYpV8lGIzYbQge15SoFsXMINkaOex6qIsR4nLLIGdFEA_eG-sToKLHb0Cn7futU_Xv0Z2Nd2C-bnX0n-P_Afx7YJDl5M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lDhpr2k3NPpgRJGT6bWu4PLfRhRG3aezHS6oLQQubmH0aot7pYpV8lGIzYbQge15SoFsXMINkaOex6qIsR4nLLIGdFEA_eG-sToKLHb0Cn7futU_Xv0Z2Nd2C-bnX0n-P_Afx7YJDl5M/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These cadence groups at 10 yards are in my mind, pretty even. </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_VdRLhZVPq0mABuFBu3JTBMEn_LMy8rNrp-LNqa0fjttgOU7HuEaH69uFL7OywdZF4stEN-FL-VZbl2TPRB7D8UsR_IgbUajB7P0qWEp7bPoQRRfyaqK1sHaAVFPm2jwLjHHsXr2TesI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw_VdRLhZVPq0mABuFBu3JTBMEn_LMy8rNrp-LNqa0fjttgOU7HuEaH69uFL7OywdZF4stEN-FL-VZbl2TPRB7D8UsR_IgbUajB7P0qWEp7bPoQRRfyaqK1sHaAVFPm2jwLjHHsXr2TesI/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvLqJ4PabR0_KjUGb6BISL79lijmGNwXsV9Lh9yaFBw3JFpODWM4E9aoJKDO0R1IKYp3vEwK8Nc3NtoM5HOk050kf7ssXzVOGdYtFv0rtFDao-NhagPonH5iUVx2wSur82jZWfVlpPcok/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvLqJ4PabR0_KjUGb6BISL79lijmGNwXsV9Lh9yaFBw3JFpODWM4E9aoJKDO0R1IKYp3vEwK8Nc3NtoM5HOk050kf7ssXzVOGdYtFv0rtFDao-NhagPonH5iUVx2wSur82jZWfVlpPcok/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more side by side. The reason for this one, is I want you to look at the safeties.</div>They both appear to be about in the same place. However, when shooting, you will find that the Smith safety is easily placed on or off without shifting grip. The Buck Mark safety is stiff, difficult, and you MUST completely change you shooting grip to engage or disengage. Not a big deal unless competing, or teaching a novice shooter. The Smith wins hands down here.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hsfqtAH1_V-Du0KTD8JrafL_MqTjnqDxXi0RRHwZ7xWez9YlcHKznKhXqC3eP3PcmCyhnW1ZGlB_VkO3GzpltCgWBz7B_nrQyviZV96d1DGq7Fz6s4n8grG-H-wRSZBeCBbn6SgahYG9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hsfqtAH1_V-Du0KTD8JrafL_MqTjnqDxXi0RRHwZ7xWez9YlcHKznKhXqC3eP3PcmCyhnW1ZGlB_VkO3GzpltCgWBz7B_nrQyviZV96d1DGq7Fz6s4n8grG-H-wRSZBeCBbn6SgahYG9/" width="180"></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The Smith comes in a paper box. The Browning in a good plastic one. Both have two mags. The Browning seems to load easier, but then it's 15 years old. Neither is difficult.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXYMhsF-oIPvYFHQ5jmGd6vOdsk9ZGslARHs5ziSIcmd3LsvkRxuWVO4Afz8cl1ANSIFhaaUb7eTX7ufjD6Vw60tfSR1eCOt4sk26ExbmZx83mR5met0whwO4F8oslvq7hVkdclmSvzyV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoXYMhsF-oIPvYFHQ5jmGd6vOdsk9ZGslARHs5ziSIcmd3LsvkRxuWVO4Afz8cl1ANSIFhaaUb7eTX7ufjD6Vw60tfSR1eCOt4sk26ExbmZx83mR5met0whwO4F8oslvq7hVkdclmSvzyV/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6_giPa-C-zT1avskteyXmYBxxB2Zdur2IU38SIXLEIqZTi2neWl0h-ZH37TdUfhnORyX1YSMkJKcKPM3ej2yp8PI-SWdWkjxwUEKpjIgnRlGG1f67HL-fvDi0E-hiYuDn7GJq8c3fNrz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6_giPa-C-zT1avskteyXmYBxxB2Zdur2IU38SIXLEIqZTi2neWl0h-ZH37TdUfhnORyX1YSMkJKcKPM3ej2yp8PI-SWdWkjxwUEKpjIgnRlGG1f67HL-fvDi0E-hiYuDn7GJq8c3fNrz/" width="180"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A custom made holster for the Buck Mark. Could not find anything lesser way back then.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JPvA2MsTJ2rjhyq32cRFdspFu6HMvlR4AO3FXzM8iGGr1AbnjMO9y8qftkNoIDZEGi9dQFnWlUYCxUmg45uVgu95IGdNZm6AwCe9QkHxAoWNAC_zVLuCwak4OqhEAxqH-trj3fKqfWXR/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JPvA2MsTJ2rjhyq32cRFdspFu6HMvlR4AO3FXzM8iGGr1AbnjMO9y8qftkNoIDZEGi9dQFnWlUYCxUmg45uVgu95IGdNZm6AwCe9QkHxAoWNAC_zVLuCwak4OqhEAxqH-trj3fKqfWXR/" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Typical modern day holster for the Smith, with mag holder on it. I like it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zNKqzWoez1Orj7XMhpVNFdv728JzjswX3PFHFALBS9VTJJq-331INxPXGA9-Gim02rzF6jTp_2KrTHQfd2ImiFpA5aHDGmrwGsHZc8TGsrgTASjMmzz5qff9xQGGrs5AdgtWIUMQdoH4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8zNKqzWoez1Orj7XMhpVNFdv728JzjswX3PFHFALBS9VTJJq-331INxPXGA9-Gim02rzF6jTp_2KrTHQfd2ImiFpA5aHDGmrwGsHZc8TGsrgTASjMmzz5qff9xQGGrs5AdgtWIUMQdoH4/" width="320"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: center;"> So. Here is the skinny. It is hard to lose either of these pistols, but I am going to sell my wonderful little Browning. It is a superb shooter, reliable, beautiful, and if any pistol could feel better in the hand, I would want to own it. It is a lovely piece. It is much more expensive than the Smith Victory. But I am going to hand this comp to the S&W. They did their due diligence for sure. The sights are faster, and more intuitive. While it is heavier, it also bucks a bit less. The trigger on the Smith is nearly a pound lighter as new, than that on the Browning with 15 years use in it. The safety on the Smith is tactile, easy, and within reach both ways when maintaining a grip. Far superior. Overall, the S&W is easier to shoot accurately at a faster speed than the Buck Mark, easier to clean, ergonomics almost perfect, and highly customizable. It is also stainless, which is an advantage for a kick around pistol. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So, Smith wins, in my eye. But let me say this. Both these pistols are wonderful, and leave the rest in the dust. Yes Ernesta, I HAVE owned two Ruger Marks. They were fun. And that's about it. These two pistols are a world ahead, and the Smith Victory is a half length ahead of the Browning. But still, ahead. I will keep it, plink, compete maybe, and play with it. And you know what? If I were too infirm to shoot anything else, I would be confident in protecting my home/loved ones with it. Head shots at 30 feet are fast, and brainless. (get it?) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Critique and insults welcome.</div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net.</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-86647671186200358242023-01-29T20:23:00.059-05:002023-04-16T11:17:21.393-04:00Final 2022 Catch-Up at Long Ridge Deer Camp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Never is there a better place to be than around a camp fire with good friends and hunters. We cover it all and solve all the world's problems.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIJe0hm9Q17iEqNxSEyfVGiArU4GLBXLhIUvKzO0_WVS9YNbavhD8TwB95yod7R-IorcxGvPMdbXS81NYrCeT9RyUG_JIjugQR9lEg0GFkKRqwrEOm6FGY4UBxBah4zGpjpvG4wpqfAmijt6YDmDDkkob9owMB9uvMz5lHjjsrkwFG0V6H2SiyNvN7w/s4000/IMG_20221028_222453_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIJe0hm9Q17iEqNxSEyfVGiArU4GLBXLhIUvKzO0_WVS9YNbavhD8TwB95yod7R-IorcxGvPMdbXS81NYrCeT9RyUG_JIjugQR9lEg0GFkKRqwrEOm6FGY4UBxBah4zGpjpvG4wpqfAmijt6YDmDDkkob9owMB9uvMz5lHjjsrkwFG0V6H2SiyNvN7w/s320/IMG_20221028_222453_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>A mouthful of oats and clover I think...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QfRVisf37Y53YhTcMDAJe18vn6aPfxRZwBfxJIaXgfe69jpIBfK4sKBrNUeDkahCtSX8jm583jvt2teQz9y9p4Rr7F8yCU90mEPuoDjeqv5MCtZvLAHytUv7xXoLd6fQgWdJtMTaJ5Gr8tQx1JvnXeYtGMM5C1pkVpuazKTdaw6aF9WLSdGVUhaSvQ/s4352/MTC_0149.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QfRVisf37Y53YhTcMDAJe18vn6aPfxRZwBfxJIaXgfe69jpIBfK4sKBrNUeDkahCtSX8jm583jvt2teQz9y9p4Rr7F8yCU90mEPuoDjeqv5MCtZvLAHytUv7xXoLd6fQgWdJtMTaJ5Gr8tQx1JvnXeYtGMM5C1pkVpuazKTdaw6aF9WLSdGVUhaSvQ/s320/MTC_0149.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Playing and socializing on the East Plot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu32r1plexf6deh6R3XHhGOqQcmga28tVeQeT38xEG3w6dPeRieq9kWLNr8A5Jq6vumtJQrXTJxl8ocWXMkwROQpbpDMjsKI4nq9j0FFIE3jeGhaiZSIutASaQ6cfuYG-4R2UXtOz7IIfojs594YZBnwEZKGmAnrXxhRMZaYNkBDeZu_ZxPghTp4W2fg/s4352/MTC_0215.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu32r1plexf6deh6R3XHhGOqQcmga28tVeQeT38xEG3w6dPeRieq9kWLNr8A5Jq6vumtJQrXTJxl8ocWXMkwROQpbpDMjsKI4nq9j0FFIE3jeGhaiZSIutASaQ6cfuYG-4R2UXtOz7IIfojs594YZBnwEZKGmAnrXxhRMZaYNkBDeZu_ZxPghTp4W2fg/s320/MTC_0215.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Pay attention to me Mom!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PbBpefpd2LqIQRAZdON8duC9DwOaqmGtYUzcp25oAGK6pJe-Y117lHj0hpbN2MXo_nDtwPLXojm9eMUxGtzFTAugdPXxsdEOSbcXHd9gHrlgRpjjFHp6ygRbsSzdNso7ketyaEK0oCxsZzjYlhO-t1AVJ4qGDYfBQ_6dfMvESQ0URN0V1aCSyjJqVQ/s4352/MTC_0238.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PbBpefpd2LqIQRAZdON8duC9DwOaqmGtYUzcp25oAGK6pJe-Y117lHj0hpbN2MXo_nDtwPLXojm9eMUxGtzFTAugdPXxsdEOSbcXHd9gHrlgRpjjFHp6ygRbsSzdNso7ketyaEK0oCxsZzjYlhO-t1AVJ4qGDYfBQ_6dfMvESQ0URN0V1aCSyjJqVQ/s320/MTC_0238.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A handsome looking bear. Same East Plot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPWsGn189R4PxyiVw-vZgtHp4DULPW6YcD7wK_7b5D4HSo2KJgoEnaknSqlSpBbUk1vIdPg70MZRlrCLipsYzkBMsiyJXAXr8FOem6BIwZ0-VvlhnXDuochSdvJhrBzm7-CEuVm8sQyAYYHpoE-rKdE-EQdO2QJoJ0eKC4OzoUS3EY4Vh5J26qdgH3w/s4352/MTC_0418.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrPWsGn189R4PxyiVw-vZgtHp4DULPW6YcD7wK_7b5D4HSo2KJgoEnaknSqlSpBbUk1vIdPg70MZRlrCLipsYzkBMsiyJXAXr8FOem6BIwZ0-VvlhnXDuochSdvJhrBzm7-CEuVm8sQyAYYHpoE-rKdE-EQdO2QJoJ0eKC4OzoUS3EY4Vh5J26qdgH3w/s320/MTC_0418.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Muzzle loader season Jim?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBpDFdxWSEQ7YD5qvTGXPfVqj4dkPRrW3orA4ysAOexoCuBzSsNBCEfN5lz3Pdh91CxzqPjJOKG-zTTJxYRZeF5SEUrbFjiSLq4M35XbpHBmHjEt91HBagymyTuc2H4gl5Ld36jwuNPFdgzLkNbrnNtyak-UchCNDumVuXFRMJCFxXiQMTVnT-819k4w/s4352/MTC_0460.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNcBGoX-UEIbrkkMCzz97ce7dObEx1ZkF2UqdBow2EeZLR9IY-KENu4UikePHYE4Sp2UQ9pfiaLXk8cksiWIA7MwYlo7qXCGNRnWfbZ5f3tUzR0ywIth0W0xCBKNrmAlBGLo0SsilaE0T3zKkqyKDS1nPYRRF-tej_EX7_NrN1LU9khYf6IgDvbcyzQ/s3840/MUD_0010%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilNcBGoX-UEIbrkkMCzz97ce7dObEx1ZkF2UqdBow2EeZLR9IY-KENu4UikePHYE4Sp2UQ9pfiaLXk8cksiWIA7MwYlo7qXCGNRnWfbZ5f3tUzR0ywIth0W0xCBKNrmAlBGLo0SsilaE0T3zKkqyKDS1nPYRRF-tej_EX7_NrN1LU9khYf6IgDvbcyzQ/s320/MUD_0010%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Smallish buck, but takeable.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDOwPIV4cIJ-v_wLTlJ_OR6t3T8tnAd2OEBfMumwl66nMrxeYoyA2GSd_VWnTzI9uYpJv72wDwxf_Rb1KjpK483LGcM-vBhmYeLaDag4Ez0GJt422A92LguXxJAG3uWLhWCT8Y2hRSwuv_Up3OYhiOC3G0N-MGDHL1Df353c_xl4gmYlX_sigoZ4JoA/s3840/MUD_0010.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YJ3AL5tmf-5wJfInCbqfQVXZWOzxeg3EkW-2VYM-WCQ0xjlhIbfS8IvxsTHP0uN_QSBCUa0Qqnf3HCE0tjPR4YmR3IzUgFQBpedwdz-KyzoygDbfKxjZfmACL_iUurKQycGHhWvQmSOsXuX0qp4woG355hpcTxPBujhQWe8H6Z_hAeUauJSWwH3ECQ/s320/MUD_0028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Avid outdoorsman for sure...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaczAoZ-t-yzhbQgTWkzil6fd-oGl2mLdAzAXedo8SEnjZaJQ_EdjqbJyXHsSX-WL4zqe-fuvslOS8vUzbEBAQ_D3uF66wa5k1WP92y1R95jBuSYAHyyPNejnCL0g3gBg9egobX-14Mq1AanlPeHO5WUqvlYkbWRlHIlf1CmyBzQWjEgerDv11_gy3BA/s3840/MUD_0031.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaczAoZ-t-yzhbQgTWkzil6fd-oGl2mLdAzAXedo8SEnjZaJQ_EdjqbJyXHsSX-WL4zqe-fuvslOS8vUzbEBAQ_D3uF66wa5k1WP92y1R95jBuSYAHyyPNejnCL0g3gBg9egobX-14Mq1AanlPeHO5WUqvlYkbWRlHIlf1CmyBzQWjEgerDv11_gy3BA/s320/MUD_0031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Of course.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaw-JMpcfqbo2GffVYGbmGR-rcg8ct_bMk4dKoAtzT6yQEj_xwnqMVn1sFxYs3UFsoIJ5M0nWCH6kwobfmdaxHgt2qTnV94MQKwZgp5x_60nwolTGyp6T1VlwgT2-RGByTvJY_YC14ac7TfM3Ft6lyyfRPpTbKuo9E2om0s_fv-3Toqqu7mE4qra8TFg/s3840/MUD_0040.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaw-JMpcfqbo2GffVYGbmGR-rcg8ct_bMk4dKoAtzT6yQEj_xwnqMVn1sFxYs3UFsoIJ5M0nWCH6kwobfmdaxHgt2qTnV94MQKwZgp5x_60nwolTGyp6T1VlwgT2-RGByTvJY_YC14ac7TfM3Ft6lyyfRPpTbKuo9E2om0s_fv-3Toqqu7mE4qra8TFg/s320/MUD_0040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Predators abound. 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Two stone walls intersecting in a field above the house. Every creature known in NH crosses/visits here. Watch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fisher<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg1oayKytsbq_GTJ11ji0a53a2763_0l_tiE3h9bqA4J4qUadxXJiaTYUiw6xq5Gqm1Q2YonnBkQ2d7hpqkdc85GK20jORwbSlJ8mLwpBoURsqGYLhQEzj5sAd60LAnK5wwZq4Qw3vVsvmJ007dDSlcz5W-JqtEvl5gSCHukJGXQXSSyQX0qiv2qJBA/s5376/WGI_0049.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcg1oayKytsbq_GTJ11ji0a53a2763_0l_tiE3h9bqA4J4qUadxXJiaTYUiw6xq5Gqm1Q2YonnBkQ2d7hpqkdc85GK20jORwbSlJ8mLwpBoURsqGYLhQEzj5sAd60LAnK5wwZq4Qw3vVsvmJ007dDSlcz5W-JqtEvl5gSCHukJGXQXSSyQX0qiv2qJBA/s320/WGI_0049.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Gray Fox<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs-l5-mDMt5n_gyT187Jcv5OCITEsfKzgwvHCGXBcyzENwsBUTlkdVb8CswKRhOKZA3cGpngZD7IMd_3KiDCuXvEJdXRzHw03ygvllGAnhl5M2Cy_vpD296lXGIVgJ3kw4mZKfpk3bjcmg-11bko1S4ASkLfX7_gfNSoYmptSw7z6ibcRDC3KatFeIg/s5376/WGI_0059.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Stay tuned. More coming your way. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jcottonzeller@gmail.com </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">comments and critique welcomed</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-64820439019365299882023-01-19T20:13:00.002-05:002023-02-17T15:52:05.008-05:002022 Fall Camps at Long Ridge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A month or so before season, our trails all looked like this. It took a days work for LRDC hunters and then many more hours still to clear, and re-clear the perimeters. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9_QKER9uVVzxN-xo5V9ieDWw3ytU0NFkAe7s8OJUyl9p2xzcHRFbHX7Egpbl-etjRP7jcznB-qfltx652gOWp46sUvZf74NCPqTQio4YMGpd7QkqSeP65rS-GgJyIQsI8k3ISPpJF2XhlpdC_BKqDzuyU3pgQhgrhLfoQEDEgbsWvZZebJDYGqF5xw/s4000/IMG_20221017_155736_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9_QKER9uVVzxN-xo5V9ieDWw3ytU0NFkAe7s8OJUyl9p2xzcHRFbHX7Egpbl-etjRP7jcznB-qfltx652gOWp46sUvZf74NCPqTQio4YMGpd7QkqSeP65rS-GgJyIQsI8k3ISPpJF2XhlpdC_BKqDzuyU3pgQhgrhLfoQEDEgbsWvZZebJDYGqF5xw/s320/IMG_20221017_155736_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Relaxing with games and year long catch-up precedes supper and cocktails here in camp.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Qe1X-1qjpvJtdw_5QYNcSiHwRk55Nbp8kRtvVHNRR4tVEP6axr31k5BwqXcDPVtdAYls9mqQG0dlomSropfVDrI1AfXk8qIKHjkeiHz_dsL7wM7ToeJQK1zTCvaAnLSSxQSDEJmJsMt1HBIx8SvQ8wePCElwqI0T5GGy1TWMX3IZe0fanIkh7rEjFQ/s4000/IMG_20221028_205518_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Qe1X-1qjpvJtdw_5QYNcSiHwRk55Nbp8kRtvVHNRR4tVEP6axr31k5BwqXcDPVtdAYls9mqQG0dlomSropfVDrI1AfXk8qIKHjkeiHz_dsL7wM7ToeJQK1zTCvaAnLSSxQSDEJmJsMt1HBIx8SvQ8wePCElwqI0T5GGy1TWMX3IZe0fanIkh7rEjFQ/s320/IMG_20221028_205518_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Actually, not much precedes cocktails other than hunting...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYlp_OkAeNQ_ku3HFW5xISKBT_Z_GsVodeuje2Wg_-oT8WJjt5Z2KX8P01UJ_izRlN0R4ulJfcC5KWP-kRhmo4lFsx8jRzfDDrvJjawUd1XWQJzwEhXflVK83-vIKkC_Y1dN2KbJfavx4zhcEu3N55TWr_3jjag2ud6XtWgBDpIvoRlr_fHNI6xIkFg/s4000/IMG_20221028_205525_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYlp_OkAeNQ_ku3HFW5xISKBT_Z_GsVodeuje2Wg_-oT8WJjt5Z2KX8P01UJ_izRlN0R4ulJfcC5KWP-kRhmo4lFsx8jRzfDDrvJjawUd1XWQJzwEhXflVK83-vIKkC_Y1dN2KbJfavx4zhcEu3N55TWr_3jjag2ud6XtWgBDpIvoRlr_fHNI6xIkFg/s320/IMG_20221028_205525_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Below is a page from our daily logs. Before heading out each hunter signs on to an area or stand, and upon return marks any wildlife observations. Adding up the deer seen during this fall's hunts totaled 44 deer. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMP8gEXHxjZ5cfOCMKv5z9s-gZ8LU5Ql5bCH40eLvpPFOQYtdZWkoPB27L6lmWWmZucqbiTk5vqgUFgWGP3svDFUkFTX9VwIPeNLosVauLW1P4__vFITyJg2H10idXlzGvAYs2WHxYtGo5cspHpGOAScmhTEWQS2yydAH9nIDmTi9q3-O60W4FJ_mmQ/s4000/IMG_20221106_160259_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZMP8gEXHxjZ5cfOCMKv5z9s-gZ8LU5Ql5bCH40eLvpPFOQYtdZWkoPB27L6lmWWmZucqbiTk5vqgUFgWGP3svDFUkFTX9VwIPeNLosVauLW1P4__vFITyJg2H10idXlzGvAYs2WHxYtGo5cspHpGOAScmhTEWQS2yydAH9nIDmTi9q3-O60W4FJ_mmQ/s320/IMG_20221106_160259_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>A comfortable bunk awaits...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexTDqtm12NLqLn6Co3YjVsmS-LTyGpqVAjhKvb_G_F2xXiP3kG524W9l61VKGYHHxxJ_-I9yYdDczkhra1HLtwiBm0MJrjMvNV7H5bvFqWMJ5DzeYJ0CuW0sJ6T2WY8SCFHs7SsxnF93_034mJBLmVXPNUca2uBuwK4OoeEYhMSxD9QuKu7a2n2bgIA/s4000/IMG_20221111_194512_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexTDqtm12NLqLn6Co3YjVsmS-LTyGpqVAjhKvb_G_F2xXiP3kG524W9l61VKGYHHxxJ_-I9yYdDczkhra1HLtwiBm0MJrjMvNV7H5bvFqWMJ5DzeYJ0CuW0sJ6T2WY8SCFHs7SsxnF93_034mJBLmVXPNUca2uBuwK4OoeEYhMSxD9QuKu7a2n2bgIA/s320/IMG_20221111_194512_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Sumptuous game dinners with world class sauces and wine make supper a great event at camp..<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4m1GyfvviyFXpO_Ue7-FdTccLii0_4fUFChKC7HJBKz8xGSCUcWafEnJKOGE5O_7k-wnq9kdARHRx5EXzrqL0_TAKThWjRLsVCVWhNz4olC0lXEZHj4SwXx-LirylkNgibVBjjOUfoRshgqbYp-GXGhtpwYKqllczF-L6pbvLk0te80fmbIgb0jSWQ/s4000/IMG_20221111_194530_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz4m1GyfvviyFXpO_Ue7-FdTccLii0_4fUFChKC7HJBKz8xGSCUcWafEnJKOGE5O_7k-wnq9kdARHRx5EXzrqL0_TAKThWjRLsVCVWhNz4olC0lXEZHj4SwXx-LirylkNgibVBjjOUfoRshgqbYp-GXGhtpwYKqllczF-L6pbvLk0te80fmbIgb0jSWQ/s320/IMG_20221111_194530_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>After supper the evening festivities begin. Story telling, games, outside fire, and cleanup.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgte3ADQjSIk3WWHJEsFf8u315x5YcIPEwdog3K4SArkEYyBM8d8Tou9nhdohGTcqK63bc-HeIJIoz4Dfs3xwB19IpWtXA-6umLQbrxz1ZIRqevpjO_rapbgK2At0cQ8DU8YI00VF-CLUuWN8ygjw61qltpJgH0W7xV0Eg68qwCtCVnUwFq2huUr7kZg/s4000/IMG_20221111_202355_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgte3ADQjSIk3WWHJEsFf8u315x5YcIPEwdog3K4SArkEYyBM8d8Tou9nhdohGTcqK63bc-HeIJIoz4Dfs3xwB19IpWtXA-6umLQbrxz1ZIRqevpjO_rapbgK2At0cQ8DU8YI00VF-CLUuWN8ygjw61qltpJgH0W7xV0Eg68qwCtCVnUwFq2huUr7kZg/s320/IMG_20221111_202355_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The tree rub below is in the Christmas tree plantation a hundred yards from camp. Where is he during daylight?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumWeRNOLAreGr-ETfPOaRUUPZvjYz4u9ki2LuSJBpyqI6SRqfIBpZmL6Cux5nLRVaXzLC9Si0FoKhyMafCRcRdSjZGPIufk0SF-E5q4iFcUBRKR33IGp0qs5ZVjh0uGaJQzwMBJBnsP2LlHxAFcMGFAyo-xpyHoRSKke5ERSUWC5lRGvP0lIK5YxdOA/s4000/IMG_20221125_094457_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumWeRNOLAreGr-ETfPOaRUUPZvjYz4u9ki2LuSJBpyqI6SRqfIBpZmL6Cux5nLRVaXzLC9Si0FoKhyMafCRcRdSjZGPIufk0SF-E5q4iFcUBRKR33IGp0qs5ZVjh0uGaJQzwMBJBnsP2LlHxAFcMGFAyo-xpyHoRSKke5ERSUWC5lRGvP0lIK5YxdOA/s320/IMG_20221125_094457_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The next three photos are from the Far Ridge Stand, does only. I believe I took these during bucks only but in any case, we do not shoot does accompanied by spring babes. They grow bigger and healthier if the have Mom to get then through their first winter.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtwSdGhaiCZQLw7XTY6BHsGkcDDX1sAep5CLwQljcLqJfTVU8W8N6L2jNHBDkYC7sEwFx-fCs4O-9YS-RcdW-LfM5f-BuTVVb53teGhjUgtqZHhDWrvSL7O3EHGQRQMGjx0FIhHIrOvf2mRERaRhc12XlaOQpdOgP-eVwYfGzirOUQJfELlLNEg8jjw/s4000/IMG_20221202_154739_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXtwSdGhaiCZQLw7XTY6BHsGkcDDX1sAep5CLwQljcLqJfTVU8W8N6L2jNHBDkYC7sEwFx-fCs4O-9YS-RcdW-LfM5f-BuTVVb53teGhjUgtqZHhDWrvSL7O3EHGQRQMGjx0FIhHIrOvf2mRERaRhc12XlaOQpdOgP-eVwYfGzirOUQJfELlLNEg8jjw/s320/IMG_20221202_154739_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The barrel of my Model 70 Featherweight in 30-06. My go to for decades.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdptY-ejCN-__2YtOVFmt_87fFzlbJWJHuLVLsrrEDyzseB2pRhBwPPvNRyWgBCG-AM1MF3kk41xhvdfJwR7MQSX1wiTTXbYaTUGe1mJqBYW_-rwuk8CB4hYr0K9BBghwa2IJkXq4EIoVBv8p7-ZNohRw6qdiEqps_JO78CEiWlFxz1j5IHz_T9fdXmg/s4000/IMG_20221202_155341_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdptY-ejCN-__2YtOVFmt_87fFzlbJWJHuLVLsrrEDyzseB2pRhBwPPvNRyWgBCG-AM1MF3kk41xhvdfJwR7MQSX1wiTTXbYaTUGe1mJqBYW_-rwuk8CB4hYr0K9BBghwa2IJkXq4EIoVBv8p7-ZNohRw6qdiEqps_JO78CEiWlFxz1j5IHz_T9fdXmg/s320/IMG_20221202_155341_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTgVlMShfXY1--v8UJrWe1iqMruWvt7sSmOwdt4FkPNfduiLKXYWeVvPU3r7e38QKD1nRKpRre0LycO_lgP3wvIqV4jTBj35RkMCBprNA_6ExIAr-LGmYDOAf8qMcw82AQnyyzkEeU2alYabVgWPMKzeeGXDwpV-bQO8DC6VXO7pJdNGprGsOvGgfWw/s4000/IMG_20221202_160515_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTgVlMShfXY1--v8UJrWe1iqMruWvt7sSmOwdt4FkPNfduiLKXYWeVvPU3r7e38QKD1nRKpRre0LycO_lgP3wvIqV4jTBj35RkMCBprNA_6ExIAr-LGmYDOAf8qMcw82AQnyyzkEeU2alYabVgWPMKzeeGXDwpV-bQO8DC6VXO7pJdNGprGsOvGgfWw/s320/IMG_20221202_160515_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Here is the first snow shown at the near field and plantation. Beautiful, but it soon melted off.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm1G7YOlrJ4dALGrAy7XvXHHqsyM8LkQ9fgaMzfpsJwK68KmmG76vaH6p0_xV-36bINlGGO4pgxSTxlD29T9__HwhzngweV97eYg4qiUjA_Y4aghDYKae6EZxBi3YG0ShPf-BVee5EDdbYOIWYEuOB8XPqTtYydTg28Fd9fIZiBWjw-C59GZsGoz3dw/s4000/IMG_20221216_104252_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRm1G7YOlrJ4dALGrAy7XvXHHqsyM8LkQ9fgaMzfpsJwK68KmmG76vaH6p0_xV-36bINlGGO4pgxSTxlD29T9__HwhzngweV97eYg4qiUjA_Y4aghDYKae6EZxBi3YG0ShPf-BVee5EDdbYOIWYEuOB8XPqTtYydTg28Fd9fIZiBWjw-C59GZsGoz3dw/s320/IMG_20221216_104252_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Big boy this one up on the far Ridge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQLKBf2L0Ru5nmfOCsdySvprsfyzhE7O-Vb7PmvblF3Z0VhJcEgDVLUWvacDlvltDIOsMRRxLEeON4fAcw5sco3nFZCiQEdYwzUedPqPDHmk113q2InDFLD0AxpitnRhUvuRKEtslqRG1b5fUeHjQGX9CjKdasv8fGf7eFj_7QTVGA5afiUT8uYnfHIw/s4000/MFDC2254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Harmless, but victim of many an old tale.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-3n1CSnan_PRR8DiT5MUKCMovmSCXoVKrrowqE6xhFSqrcGG8tepN1IPQljYLUkvJz6d2uOqkI7O-Fis1QiA-3fN5MLsDzTwE0hQczuF417g0p6B_c7jwq7AyF9_WfAoVVYXlbtPTYP9kTfvhgZ-eGY3cO1VRRj0b3kcrNlJez2B4uyZbmMdFTDQlQ/s4000/MFDC8115.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA-3n1CSnan_PRR8DiT5MUKCMovmSCXoVKrrowqE6xhFSqrcGG8tepN1IPQljYLUkvJz6d2uOqkI7O-Fis1QiA-3fN5MLsDzTwE0hQczuF417g0p6B_c7jwq7AyF9_WfAoVVYXlbtPTYP9kTfvhgZ-eGY3cO1VRRj0b3kcrNlJez2B4uyZbmMdFTDQlQ/s320/MFDC8115.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Oats are a favorite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCnw4e4H4CZsBZzXYvwAMGv76Maizv0OleYu6Lx5vpWVJddpHBnV4wQuC8sws3X8XblcOrjl0RTA38LMNX4dr3piB6PIMnouCcAqYdLEqifXI910v2-6lMoDRKHn6d4LIzPesBRq8UgnNiqiRIItPtJwoK1lwmFiTlP3XUFH7vbhLf-60EEy5jkiilA/s4000/MFDC8162.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Spring skinny coyote.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-jCJaDcFjhJxpSRoPQOkP4A6V5a9x_fi5t8YvmhkdPOzj6F9YJD6Rs0EOc2jLiUCtRLm4qVjh7zMIQjmWR6Ebhi8giPtcHjxJlGPaLWoIyR0Z1KoEa9ItqS2fjTX0Dkc3FIjnnU_oVC7q1EVuPp3JMxbllTgCY5evoaJpSMVgRUW00VaxBveA3Vc_A/s4000/MFDC6939.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib-jCJaDcFjhJxpSRoPQOkP4A6V5a9x_fi5t8YvmhkdPOzj6F9YJD6Rs0EOc2jLiUCtRLm4qVjh7zMIQjmWR6Ebhi8giPtcHjxJlGPaLWoIyR0Z1KoEa9ItqS2fjTX0Dkc3FIjnnU_oVC7q1EVuPp3JMxbllTgCY5evoaJpSMVgRUW00VaxBveA3Vc_A/s320/MFDC6939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>More second camp pictures, fire, and bunk room.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkW07TPv6z7Eq79rUh48q1d0nYCPHeZsbMJLeKxTbV1C-6lvPuCXS6z7OJFf14TFhrZmNy4TGKuWmp3IYQKyORDrot7z626EP2Gl0mJPYMKg2FNEpNiCMkydduRKYy7v_RLVGy2aAo2YMG8v7THJQUeEe71l11IU06DS8O1HplovyRZeYCs5GiVuiyVw/s3264/IMG_0032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'll have to poll all the hunters again as I did fifteen years ago. So much has changed in the hunting equipment world.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVHbFQb0pyYt4snKMEOwfnqasLzHIZNkv5nKOFZsNwGv2ozEe6lzFAu9bBtK7IZttX4ER4Ffvjng7myyGZ9Vp_OAJ2Kn1EN_NJBlw1_jAbOQrjaH9nVA1WEbArzDOQpsltxMP4isTyuCCUjvpGH4hQaMpMUlx586X27ko8-NmwvmDc8AW3MO6NdvP_A/s3264/IMG_0035.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSVHbFQb0pyYt4snKMEOwfnqasLzHIZNkv5nKOFZsNwGv2ozEe6lzFAu9bBtK7IZttX4ER4Ffvjng7myyGZ9Vp_OAJ2Kn1EN_NJBlw1_jAbOQrjaH9nVA1WEbArzDOQpsltxMP4isTyuCCUjvpGH4hQaMpMUlx586X27ko8-NmwvmDc8AW3MO6NdvP_A/s320/IMG_0035.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRd67CWAiTbDh2FygNwIgT4yEiVh0VwH-dStKz5WTbLW5DNl9n4qaFOavc6KOLdqS6QlXjy6IZVArAU9qkPnMlJT-HdHuweKfRO5B9m4tgXoGSLDGnZwCuXpKG2uPnjABpdx_5byYqURNcfVAGx39HLTPd2FXXwxOfwUtmVkVzK3woLOHqZoSzMP0oXQ/s3264/IMG_0037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRd67CWAiTbDh2FygNwIgT4yEiVh0VwH-dStKz5WTbLW5DNl9n4qaFOavc6KOLdqS6QlXjy6IZVArAU9qkPnMlJT-HdHuweKfRO5B9m4tgXoGSLDGnZwCuXpKG2uPnjABpdx_5byYqURNcfVAGx39HLTPd2FXXwxOfwUtmVkVzK3woLOHqZoSzMP0oXQ/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>My favorite place at all deer hunting camps. The roaring fire, and the conversations around it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3F1wnLK2K5VcPwkAUMt_TVjN1l3NXMH4iSixz_gbK4AM2p8HHDC3y5dVR2V9FETIWC-vtc9SsYu1mno_D5Za4bOv2d16nSk4GkmkwFF48xRV29Xrb5M0-6zw_1Eaz27ICRsOLu8v0Mcusdh2uKo7GepAGpgNvHdMTAbd-QUQB9dmXDW23AKf0zo-Kvw/s3264/IMG_0038.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3F1wnLK2K5VcPwkAUMt_TVjN1l3NXMH4iSixz_gbK4AM2p8HHDC3y5dVR2V9FETIWC-vtc9SsYu1mno_D5Za4bOv2d16nSk4GkmkwFF48xRV29Xrb5M0-6zw_1Eaz27ICRsOLu8v0Mcusdh2uKo7GepAGpgNvHdMTAbd-QUQB9dmXDW23AKf0zo-Kvw/s320/IMG_0038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>These little racs were born under deer camp and spent the summer doing mischief in the area. There are five right here, but only three peeking out at me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cv9tyDCVvYHo1jJsTX6yPTejbTKl1kzGJvT472LpqYwpVxQHuFSjYwhX-cqIvquWXkNId75nRZc7uuo3s2HOPKDhSYeyurq2FW5oDbmpsb-ZHHFx12UwfVEuwMQLJf7fK_Q1zvyNbFzqcabelHbhlNa_HBrkh5__b69C2P0rTDSnhV8ARZmgBjpD_g/s4000/IMG_20220707_141221_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cv9tyDCVvYHo1jJsTX6yPTejbTKl1kzGJvT472LpqYwpVxQHuFSjYwhX-cqIvquWXkNId75nRZc7uuo3s2HOPKDhSYeyurq2FW5oDbmpsb-ZHHFx12UwfVEuwMQLJf7fK_Q1zvyNbFzqcabelHbhlNa_HBrkh5__b69C2P0rTDSnhV8ARZmgBjpD_g/s320/IMG_20220707_141221_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>When we have field scenes like below, I get an excitement in my heart for the hunts to come. The beauty to see.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA01SbjYXqUQBI6mlfMLn_EI0ZME_-QGTry0k6bjxi89FZLfeH2TYiERsfLlcOCuMegRKWhZ4SeQDZNlTFDgcsDRDDHqVV8qAt1OVwVmn14be6ObUHhKN_mGTSnQe1357oJyLiHcvbZeYwdSnnZXHyogfONVdoOPtVqECyUmGb-5bhRDwDfSp0CLFMQ/s4000/IMG_20221013_095843_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDA01SbjYXqUQBI6mlfMLn_EI0ZME_-QGTry0k6bjxi89FZLfeH2TYiERsfLlcOCuMegRKWhZ4SeQDZNlTFDgcsDRDDHqVV8qAt1OVwVmn14be6ObUHhKN_mGTSnQe1357oJyLiHcvbZeYwdSnnZXHyogfONVdoOPtVqECyUmGb-5bhRDwDfSp0CLFMQ/s320/IMG_20221013_095843_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A single point sling for my cross bow. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumjmMriGbCgwQSwOsbOayfdkD9s3BMluHuDxMEI0MmgG5_6lql48VUenMPK3IGCFMUrBdge019734vz5vMu2ebL5CwnlrhCVvVvfkMhlgPls2KBjaxQHyQhWUEGOPkGjREZP72ElKe3we2JAzz_7F48tY_4EzvblA2o_6FPPNQ4xon6yC-VLC_-JsDg/s4000/.trashed-1675375631-IMG_20221225_104721_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiumjmMriGbCgwQSwOsbOayfdkD9s3BMluHuDxMEI0MmgG5_6lql48VUenMPK3IGCFMUrBdge019734vz5vMu2ebL5CwnlrhCVvVvfkMhlgPls2KBjaxQHyQhWUEGOPkGjREZP72ElKe3we2JAzz_7F48tY_4EzvblA2o_6FPPNQ4xon6yC-VLC_-JsDg/s320/.trashed-1675375631-IMG_20221225_104721_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And here is the bow. It is a Killer Instinct, 425 fps, and the best cross bow out there for the money. Because I have surgery to my right hand/wrist this summer I had to give up my compound. I did a lot of research on bows and accessories, and with the expertise of a good pal, ended up with this one. It is extremely accurate, easy to shoot and cock, and so easy to de-cock. Why pay upward of 5000.00 for a cross bow, when 400.000 will do the trick? I do, and will miss my bear compound, and the fun that went into prep each season, but I suppose it was time. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrMuRTDhr7HeV4uFug6obcq2JxUc2_SH-JboE2v4YsB1EO3-g6g2Kx1DO8ryGXUErFLVwkkMf090arDiBUXTgKSmYhE8x-k-qsNWsRv3zYbhYJbH1-b3UyUnm9iPphwU22nGnIqKTb76yOcj1iszzBob128iUxOctDBBWejtwOKxiNhPJV_AtYcgcXA/s4000/IMG_20220925_160222_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrMuRTDhr7HeV4uFug6obcq2JxUc2_SH-JboE2v4YsB1EO3-g6g2Kx1DO8ryGXUErFLVwkkMf090arDiBUXTgKSmYhE8x-k-qsNWsRv3zYbhYJbH1-b3UyUnm9iPphwU22nGnIqKTb76yOcj1iszzBob128iUxOctDBBWejtwOKxiNhPJV_AtYcgcXA/s320/IMG_20220925_160222_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> More pictures to follow soon, Comments and critique welcome!</blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"> jcottonzeller@gmail.com</p><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-51779719935019043452022-09-05T20:51:00.001-04:002022-09-05T20:51:15.041-04:00How We Grow Antlers and Creatures in the Backyard at Long Ridge.<p style="text-align: center;"> Let me start by saying that 90% of these pictures are behind the farmhouse, in the back field. An occasional food plot picture shows up, and never mind the dates on the camera pictures. They are are in the last two months. I do not waste my time trying to reprogram cameras every</p><p style="text-align: center;">time the batteries go dead. So, here we go with 'Growth'.</p><p style="text-align: center;">This guy below is at a mineral lick 100 yards from our back door. By a mineral lick, I do not mean salt. I mean essential minerals for maintaining bones depleted by growing LAST years antlers. Read up on it. Fascinating. Also, the lactating does crave these essentials and use them regularly in the summer. By this time (first week of September) interest in minerals of any kind, including salt, completely wanes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprCrNd_ItkG1gs0UVeSh3Rl1T3l7AbNNLbHlXxcIr6IhBUqcz0LhGvF0TJMpq4FVNYs4tQO1uLAVZ-PSsQ2VeV422vv-vsR8BZWejuk53HiB0spysMvn49qddQaNKw3vzdjA66Ax_Ylhcyeh7vX10_3orFf_FDyOsh4UV5H9l9kVgHTYtIwNXvCSxIg/s5376/WGI_0439.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhprCrNd_ItkG1gs0UVeSh3Rl1T3l7AbNNLbHlXxcIr6IhBUqcz0LhGvF0TJMpq4FVNYs4tQO1uLAVZ-PSsQ2VeV422vv-vsR8BZWejuk53HiB0spysMvn49qddQaNKw3vzdjA66Ax_Ylhcyeh7vX10_3orFf_FDyOsh4UV5H9l9kVgHTYtIwNXvCSxIg/s320/WGI_0439.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nice gray fox below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTmL-ptfjzLw-nl-hfZpPCpsV9-bCDKkeXxsXDZphzThE5lCb8_KVQqsxpMzMXakEb8z7dIsP5ARasCBpkInXpWU97HpVZJ6E_mz_zDTYBiuL_QpDdcnpDixEd0ToYSQ6AsVkd3PrLaaE-PelRURrU14TcKX98CDWcLTOEPoVHXArOC-2JTzpR_XuIw/s5376/WGI_0381.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTmL-ptfjzLw-nl-hfZpPCpsV9-bCDKkeXxsXDZphzThE5lCb8_KVQqsxpMzMXakEb8z7dIsP5ARasCBpkInXpWU97HpVZJ6E_mz_zDTYBiuL_QpDdcnpDixEd0ToYSQ6AsVkd3PrLaaE-PelRURrU14TcKX98CDWcLTOEPoVHXArOC-2JTzpR_XuIw/s320/WGI_0381.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This one will be a taker. Of course, if as usual he is as smart as he is handsome, we'll never see him.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFm5VqDg3vrEgptPKPQ6iJiAVOcxt6aT2QUrWqBtF5gmI3lnE94cCSVuhbrtlZFgg8ZeBW0zj8wVKi6_i2JC6NqP2gjKbqVLeN9srW_LtRp96fHiCzZd90Noe1cZ6WLvQ0iroG64IiYTEuOCTe_YAKVPw9-Z-pXO3wb3nnNAki3LghHYT0pzjO4IW8A/s5376/WGI_0336.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFm5VqDg3vrEgptPKPQ6iJiAVOcxt6aT2QUrWqBtF5gmI3lnE94cCSVuhbrtlZFgg8ZeBW0zj8wVKi6_i2JC6NqP2gjKbqVLeN9srW_LtRp96fHiCzZd90Noe1cZ6WLvQ0iroG64IiYTEuOCTe_YAKVPw9-Z-pXO3wb3nnNAki3LghHYT0pzjO4IW8A/s320/WGI_0336.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Two daytime pictures of a doe and buck behind the homestead...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It is hard to believe that they were once extirpated from New Hampshire. Thank you Ted Walski, you have a real legacy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPrRgByPxv6jjfAvtFEpAORzS6p_eADMk8T5rMht0lo6wip9WmfMZDSMJFi9Zvld4CCM6TfYK7j8w34S3_FPdRgNpbfBkhU5u-wiRRC0lqywMBrDTw4t4mK2vde675edJCMbE9qLsMtVisS2macYmkO6x_dT1ozQgrhgINOw4TPbLMFpzX7mmLhiVcA/s5376/WGI_0054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPrRgByPxv6jjfAvtFEpAORzS6p_eADMk8T5rMht0lo6wip9WmfMZDSMJFi9Zvld4CCM6TfYK7j8w34S3_FPdRgNpbfBkhU5u-wiRRC0lqywMBrDTw4t4mK2vde675edJCMbE9qLsMtVisS2macYmkO6x_dT1ozQgrhgINOw4TPbLMFpzX7mmLhiVcA/s320/WGI_0054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next pictures simply demonstrate antlers in pure velvet. Beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyJePmj2LMbomAWtcwXwFdk8dHIcAwyf6XUa9SQHY_l_uT_LwyoemeS5oDE975xELH0coQ26WEOgE-i4TNyvuHcgaQRbQWcy8MO3EV6PGHLXof-BROn79MBVjjKrmOMb_ebSCB9x0JXz1V_fwSqGmghlbFT2GTaZobEL21nN9_DsVmzPgcw6nCbGIgA/s5376/WGI_0050.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyJePmj2LMbomAWtcwXwFdk8dHIcAwyf6XUa9SQHY_l_uT_LwyoemeS5oDE975xELH0coQ26WEOgE-i4TNyvuHcgaQRbQWcy8MO3EV6PGHLXof-BROn79MBVjjKrmOMb_ebSCB9x0JXz1V_fwSqGmghlbFT2GTaZobEL21nN9_DsVmzPgcw6nCbGIgA/s320/WGI_0050.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGoSgWLneWM1hXUtFS0MQY0I69g6kuJfloLlBqDsw49AYaRxkWL2qBrq3hwopz-Yw1fX_6MwtA7GMuTkv8yxfQIso83z9oBUN0sUnC-RnfD2mD8WXJvvTo53on2V2zjYAky4mqGdTzKNCwGHjcXKjkUEGQSCrquIIE8yu73Mp5GFFTXWQ4FEgy6ZCLQ/s5376/WGI_0044.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGoSgWLneWM1hXUtFS0MQY0I69g6kuJfloLlBqDsw49AYaRxkWL2qBrq3hwopz-Yw1fX_6MwtA7GMuTkv8yxfQIso83z9oBUN0sUnC-RnfD2mD8WXJvvTo53on2V2zjYAky4mqGdTzKNCwGHjcXKjkUEGQSCrquIIE8yu73Mp5GFFTXWQ4FEgy6ZCLQ/s320/WGI_0044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOPhZeF7LvnQJzp8eKcKdQVD-DTFTJPHHete1POd2k7Wi9J36XZSgMd5Pkz6hkPn52cAuVQKEQuvbtN1Ah9xVAzJ7nCF7LaG2rlqw5iFXm4OVSBc-4W3oUWsTAk5VzHsHGQ5wyWQtEdP7cpxzIL2_SSV3XuWSr8OE19ZbNtZiuRVAexYCkjQwQStpIw/s5376/WGI_0037.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOPhZeF7LvnQJzp8eKcKdQVD-DTFTJPHHete1POd2k7Wi9J36XZSgMd5Pkz6hkPn52cAuVQKEQuvbtN1Ah9xVAzJ7nCF7LaG2rlqw5iFXm4OVSBc-4W3oUWsTAk5VzHsHGQ5wyWQtEdP7cpxzIL2_SSV3XuWSr8OE19ZbNtZiuRVAexYCkjQwQStpIw/s320/WGI_0037.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-SViJCF8hsGaEGJLRSawnlCNsUASeIso_EKcHFueX7tUgw1pZaG8LjIxx2qJxFEJgfmk2v8An1MHkbQtGMV-LYu7TRx7teH19DI2xOQbLPrTbTs6UFuQ0FRYtyKMKfKT8PSKDa2uLtB5FSyiD4kbFxrQ9Gb_jFYtTEHv4st6kLRKDLMlsxchK_19lQ/s5376/WGI_0036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-SViJCF8hsGaEGJLRSawnlCNsUASeIso_EKcHFueX7tUgw1pZaG8LjIxx2qJxFEJgfmk2v8An1MHkbQtGMV-LYu7TRx7teH19DI2xOQbLPrTbTs6UFuQ0FRYtyKMKfKT8PSKDa2uLtB5FSyiD4kbFxrQ9Gb_jFYtTEHv4st6kLRKDLMlsxchK_19lQ/s320/WGI_0036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Woodchuck, deer, racoon, squirrel and possum. They ALL come to this intersection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy55x2ANayP5f2sGWLkk0Pd_uvssoRUSrI5pKvX4a1ozURu1dVTU_Dp0NW15JBgTyqCZVfhYtUB5BziOPnie0MdAXDnxWSgTEMvZ4jjb03Up6dKjCnV3bKzT3LelRflz1uSBGkdzu7p9wz7dqIogXqHYNeAIbLLXaMvz47xtiiIKHGiZXEavBK5GfnOg/s5376/WGI_0032.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy55x2ANayP5f2sGWLkk0Pd_uvssoRUSrI5pKvX4a1ozURu1dVTU_Dp0NW15JBgTyqCZVfhYtUB5BziOPnie0MdAXDnxWSgTEMvZ4jjb03Up6dKjCnV3bKzT3LelRflz1uSBGkdzu7p9wz7dqIogXqHYNeAIbLLXaMvz47xtiiIKHGiZXEavBK5GfnOg/s320/WGI_0032.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0rdtZ9gOQeFN-wy7IVJekN-1984vtbZ2lC3PRPxyiKD-KNsYxeYj667GojOpo6ZtK7mbywG-WHMBt0UE0tC3jtNvwDzAXXcMBoAE3QgrmWysB26Aw_uWqTuUyPN7SO30U9J7ifLcuK2LJL5NxMBXGOTfmC1UmXPpnPLz0PMODgp-5VReh2N-QxiXtA/s5376/WGI_0027.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL0rdtZ9gOQeFN-wy7IVJekN-1984vtbZ2lC3PRPxyiKD-KNsYxeYj667GojOpo6ZtK7mbywG-WHMBt0UE0tC3jtNvwDzAXXcMBoAE3QgrmWysB26Aw_uWqTuUyPN7SO30U9J7ifLcuK2LJL5NxMBXGOTfmC1UmXPpnPLz0PMODgp-5VReh2N-QxiXtA/s320/WGI_0027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83wvwRfgpXW2lRls3xIo0GWxaZ0q3mgDxJwVGFyfKoDsjcb64jSRe_IGRuDZiUAhHyjBR6XG-LU0RdlYBok8iFtx7kSmKRGPW5z8Yj6qtddn58b6WhiGyv6wIiEkQw5DlxGqoyV_eaSIJcutbdB1DidkThW4Y7UnjFw5es7qMeZJZ0gSnt5kcaq-ubw/s5376/WGI_0018.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj83wvwRfgpXW2lRls3xIo0GWxaZ0q3mgDxJwVGFyfKoDsjcb64jSRe_IGRuDZiUAhHyjBR6XG-LU0RdlYBok8iFtx7kSmKRGPW5z8Yj6qtddn58b6WhiGyv6wIiEkQw5DlxGqoyV_eaSIJcutbdB1DidkThW4Y7UnjFw5es7qMeZJZ0gSnt5kcaq-ubw/s320/WGI_0018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56sw_F0WvqUy_KcyzLTnSEiEJK1Lrdv9QEKhpfgvA5YsoTjCGiubM96xnQM-PsoZDbl-yqePaBFviqJHFgKOuw5UIFVdOuT2DRZuAkajz40uqaQWwyIvz9ujMszgw_bLG_gI-DjPWjuVWnmdeD11e__MJgqiTr0kJCTYqCS6MA0HCNEwVUqlaU4PSYw/s5376/WGI_0008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56sw_F0WvqUy_KcyzLTnSEiEJK1Lrdv9QEKhpfgvA5YsoTjCGiubM96xnQM-PsoZDbl-yqePaBFviqJHFgKOuw5UIFVdOuT2DRZuAkajz40uqaQWwyIvz9ujMszgw_bLG_gI-DjPWjuVWnmdeD11e__MJgqiTr0kJCTYqCS6MA0HCNEwVUqlaU4PSYw/s320/WGI_0008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ3S3IctKNWMIwnB2b8RncBDUnVSG-ZeHL6_5rIm7Kbehcp_A6uBEhYiBIBa_fSgG4JLThznoo8gwZudziny6OOQl2fB5-BbZeixzsCzOjY51hzdH6nfIbUIDSJ7kaHHHPo_d6O9hqzLmeHtgxzWxFQfoWT4H1o3oKjSZLumekvGvMCBUPbzcROxNXQ/s5376/WGI_0006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ3S3IctKNWMIwnB2b8RncBDUnVSG-ZeHL6_5rIm7Kbehcp_A6uBEhYiBIBa_fSgG4JLThznoo8gwZudziny6OOQl2fB5-BbZeixzsCzOjY51hzdH6nfIbUIDSJ7kaHHHPo_d6O9hqzLmeHtgxzWxFQfoWT4H1o3oKjSZLumekvGvMCBUPbzcROxNXQ/s320/WGI_0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shots below are thrown in from the upper Far field, a very busy wildlife place. Not many coyotes here these days, but the few that are left love this field.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEIRF8Rei1RZz8bXQ8aEOzsawcz7nhTcdvnHg15xtbQMhw16izv-YHZVFTXtsJ3P4H0kPSX_osBmICZWmwNxr-3bCXtb2qobIqLD6Chfp8EJwet6nYWkmdJE69eUFxp4l4Fnlf4g3hVAj0BI5qWzguZt4IVsHhrDtVKP4lNnyJXX2Tamjblk6FtHEXQ/s3840/MUD_0112.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEIRF8Rei1RZz8bXQ8aEOzsawcz7nhTcdvnHg15xtbQMhw16izv-YHZVFTXtsJ3P4H0kPSX_osBmICZWmwNxr-3bCXtb2qobIqLD6Chfp8EJwet6nYWkmdJE69eUFxp4l4Fnlf4g3hVAj0BI5qWzguZt4IVsHhrDtVKP4lNnyJXX2Tamjblk6FtHEXQ/s320/MUD_0112.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHuv43uAGX4Lp7Q0A7-u7DByQGqpLm4ZYq-Td3RuxQ3mPQIobQU8dON5b4XjOIIyb1PTGGhT8IENVr3CZF78Dunjsigi5nJbW0ir_gIJKkLJtks1pRGHY0bJ1eUIWhxBtCBmNiLMcGou24o3Fw7kItwk9xuHfRtBGoqO2d1hy7qCZLvTtltK5m5gnDw/s3840/MUD_0095.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHuv43uAGX4Lp7Q0A7-u7DByQGqpLm4ZYq-Td3RuxQ3mPQIobQU8dON5b4XjOIIyb1PTGGhT8IENVr3CZF78Dunjsigi5nJbW0ir_gIJKkLJtks1pRGHY0bJ1eUIWhxBtCBmNiLMcGou24o3Fw7kItwk9xuHfRtBGoqO2d1hy7qCZLvTtltK5m5gnDw/s320/MUD_0095.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiprvJHP20b3diBT-EvswpSH5sy7BJozKdT6mFGtKRic5miZFtsgmrE2r4shyhRGEcI5eoMkkSaGoPqpfji9-0kroOx9MDxmoAfhBk7Q-QfADJu3zwg76eQG_cqkYjoyF5N8GcctRLbPzF7BA8o5ZJq2XlkY7FPTyNpVi3bj0sn8zJbN7kN2scX20pig/s3840/MUD_0077.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiprvJHP20b3diBT-EvswpSH5sy7BJozKdT6mFGtKRic5miZFtsgmrE2r4shyhRGEcI5eoMkkSaGoPqpfji9-0kroOx9MDxmoAfhBk7Q-QfADJu3zwg76eQG_cqkYjoyF5N8GcctRLbPzF7BA8o5ZJq2XlkY7FPTyNpVi3bj0sn8zJbN7kN2scX20pig/s320/MUD_0077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhQi5d0ZEwGI-otf6DvS1_5Tdu1Swef1QIaz7T09Tvme-jb3brc8PQZVEgk_IOR_G67ORd2pXFPCnXnBVD6ef5_tXZrCGd27i4tTRANoN7g3Dtx8Xu0XTPLcAb7qMGN_jBqndk0gGwYd1HOWetlQvf7gXb9SMkBV6CfjYWyiBz7waEP8PMF07XheIOg/s3840/MUD_0064.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhQi5d0ZEwGI-otf6DvS1_5Tdu1Swef1QIaz7T09Tvme-jb3brc8PQZVEgk_IOR_G67ORd2pXFPCnXnBVD6ef5_tXZrCGd27i4tTRANoN7g3Dtx8Xu0XTPLcAb7qMGN_jBqndk0gGwYd1HOWetlQvf7gXb9SMkBV6CfjYWyiBz7waEP8PMF07XheIOg/s320/MUD_0064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRqhUvhBsChTqEzHpC4SnMNyyn3Y3FkjHiywx1JrrOXFQaeJUPBRE4jlrTQhSUa8EkuLpXsFjfrQoYLBsVQTMXaCpSReYCd0ALECsRMGcmSjKMv_xmuyiHYzAsOUSnGtjpP6hWcYWcef1ENIn_AtyMQxz5oml2A7MR7O2wSgyDkHr8vwxKYVCyx9UCw/s3840/MUD_0057.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyRqhUvhBsChTqEzHpC4SnMNyyn3Y3FkjHiywx1JrrOXFQaeJUPBRE4jlrTQhSUa8EkuLpXsFjfrQoYLBsVQTMXaCpSReYCd0ALECsRMGcmSjKMv_xmuyiHYzAsOUSnGtjpP6hWcYWcef1ENIn_AtyMQxz5oml2A7MR7O2wSgyDkHr8vwxKYVCyx9UCw/s320/MUD_0057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicE0S0jUp0llHoofnH302qarKbBsE1B6Bp-WyyLGRmrvJzeVH4-ppJvY94RYVJvE9ua12B-uBbM9qS5QSEHZxVMmq62zm0O9tE_Ynp0M1HWATntHkXC_YRdyk2KzR6xbBmsYHQ9g34xNoyonWU8qjn2bUrynemqHy3y1dzdv3rG6cUU21NdT4-izqihg/s3840/MUD_0036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicE0S0jUp0llHoofnH302qarKbBsE1B6Bp-WyyLGRmrvJzeVH4-ppJvY94RYVJvE9ua12B-uBbM9qS5QSEHZxVMmq62zm0O9tE_Ynp0M1HWATntHkXC_YRdyk2KzR6xbBmsYHQ9g34xNoyonWU8qjn2bUrynemqHy3y1dzdv3rG6cUU21NdT4-izqihg/s320/MUD_0036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the snout below. They know the camera is there, but cannot figure it out.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKmrLQ78uoahTMVzxOX8kw6EgofA8mHqwSSli3GZCp6i4ISizxcw9OJg1ERpqayJ2o3zIM7PICT9cgJAggVtiUj3VgW5qvlJxNYcphWb5d540aedcuoFjZIve_5AulIc5-4lTqpvBYHqGA9QDUDKau_2A7tQyT_rcWbxJk99fPuepRvXkS671fw5f0w/s3840/MUD_0019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIKmrLQ78uoahTMVzxOX8kw6EgofA8mHqwSSli3GZCp6i4ISizxcw9OJg1ERpqayJ2o3zIM7PICT9cgJAggVtiUj3VgW5qvlJxNYcphWb5d540aedcuoFjZIve_5AulIc5-4lTqpvBYHqGA9QDUDKau_2A7tQyT_rcWbxJk99fPuepRvXkS671fw5f0w/s320/MUD_0019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A shot of the East plot, just after seeding...(stand by)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1l659DrubEsggnCJtQVc-sQ1s0epJzyJ5jbnPboFaJj9KL6pveP4z_0344EB5Nhqcwo10mD8ABZn_X69iJjwJT6sAEnH_pVPIJ8uZZeFz_0iXvsbFu6mj71cQSFEKgxXbIoJF6UDC0G0L0Hl3c5p-u3DO3bTI-NfHoDebWPJ__nAH1iz5IPCcxp7k8g/s3264/IMG_0023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1l659DrubEsggnCJtQVc-sQ1s0epJzyJ5jbnPboFaJj9KL6pveP4z_0344EB5Nhqcwo10mD8ABZn_X69iJjwJT6sAEnH_pVPIJ8uZZeFz_0iXvsbFu6mj71cQSFEKgxXbIoJF6UDC0G0L0Hl3c5p-u3DO3bTI-NfHoDebWPJ__nAH1iz5IPCcxp7k8g/s320/IMG_0023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;">This pretty much catches us up on summer pictures. Fall is about to start along with bow season. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope to get some good stuff to you soon! Jack</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Critique and comments always welcome</div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-44585593713153555262022-08-30T10:59:00.002-04:002022-09-05T11:26:42.845-04:00Catching Up at Long Ridge Deer Camp.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is the tail end of August as I write this, having been absent since March. I appreciate the inquiries I received from readers. Family and health issues precluded any meaningful blog until now. I did manage to till and seed food plots before surgery, and they have been coming along fine with the recent rain we have had. We did have a work day here at camp, and eight of us cleared trails, tightened tree stands, and reset two of them. Shooting lanes were reopened, and a fun day for sure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anticipating surgery on my right arm, I did purchase a crossbow. It has been sighted in, and is unbelievably accurate and powerful. There is probably no reason to go back to my compound equipment, so I will sell all of that. I will miss it though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This summer we have been in a moderate drought, and there is much less mast and many fewer apples in our wild trees. W hat we do have is falling already as you will see below. Not too many exotic pictures as I could not maintain camera cards for most of the summer. Below are some recents though with a few late winter census shots thrown in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First you see the ant hill I posed last year. It is a full foot higher now with a brother/sister smaller mounds on each side of it. On a major highway near here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5MfmB-kADfLDpI_Smp70XpFJLmkVivGzyQtZoPOn1zjWLjOaVb1LaEh5enu7YLMdtnmQcN3GTrlGdJM1KnSV9B1a_z0PEPslWmGdVXhhXL2kQIw2TCutyMjTfYqKsGf2RVFzhwaezO5K64FkpiiVb35KscZdEG6lTD5LDvXf2SC0BMd0l_jwXHO6rg/s4000/IMG_20211118_125644_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5MfmB-kADfLDpI_Smp70XpFJLmkVivGzyQtZoPOn1zjWLjOaVb1LaEh5enu7YLMdtnmQcN3GTrlGdJM1KnSV9B1a_z0PEPslWmGdVXhhXL2kQIw2TCutyMjTfYqKsGf2RVFzhwaezO5K64FkpiiVb35KscZdEG6lTD5LDvXf2SC0BMd0l_jwXHO6rg/s320/IMG_20211118_125644_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Below is a shot of a forty acre piece we logged this winter. It was a dark piney piece completely dead at ground level. In a year it will be lush and green, and we'll see grouse, woodcock and other game flooding it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AZIW6pBMXv9FsPtv-YjH71XD4z92J-ItEVW_gIpFtHpwhMZJ89VWX3EK801IaVC_ZYh9gWSF4fIq_coCCpqB0r1NGZEwPxXftRSpm2T3baIe1xPmHGsQwS9ICxzeGupv4he1-vWrITImhoG8cK7PB8CYFcvcHz7qcwMUuJIP9gJFd7JyFVTFjnLvtQ/s4000/IMG_20220212_092608_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8AZIW6pBMXv9FsPtv-YjH71XD4z92J-ItEVW_gIpFtHpwhMZJ89VWX3EK801IaVC_ZYh9gWSF4fIq_coCCpqB0r1NGZEwPxXftRSpm2T3baIe1xPmHGsQwS9ICxzeGupv4he1-vWrITImhoG8cK7PB8CYFcvcHz7qcwMUuJIP9gJFd7JyFVTFjnLvtQ/s320/IMG_20220212_092608_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the 'eyeball' on you from the census station. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdbUKrtuDOiqQDpYIlGbky5DUHKrWL_FmdQwAL7hOvTzZ_b68LzVz3oRDazH15yrN_PqkasTf4XfXl-kcRDXpODNCix3su73D0DwiE_Zd6YW7r0ohy-95CeUofyD8hNdZ4ubNLRhZIAU7Nd0u46BpjzG_EnLIdU_Kc2rT2Ggf4FKKmstWWOl-5PRovQ/s5376/WGI_0047.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfdbUKrtuDOiqQDpYIlGbky5DUHKrWL_FmdQwAL7hOvTzZ_b68LzVz3oRDazH15yrN_PqkasTf4XfXl-kcRDXpODNCix3su73D0DwiE_Zd6YW7r0ohy-95CeUofyD8hNdZ4ubNLRhZIAU7Nd0u46BpjzG_EnLIdU_Kc2rT2Ggf4FKKmstWWOl-5PRovQ/s320/WGI_0047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few more winter shots...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOVnTjK6sJaXHgiPjqgl8iaKkgS71haU6a4GT6daw-efa5J0DzAv1UMQPASSro8anVAvBvfNLklKVog8XgLfuP6xXQcfUb183mcmzUbynEfFu_HxTga6qCMgvi2biGSQok4lEGYp9A9aPncwc3Kgo6TMNPhlrN_-zThAuWIxOTdVFjiccuPg1kLfyzTQ/s5376/WGI_0039.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd32eNu5UPVMGZ4mj0gSlv9vJNyCm0s96xJcb4OZBrO-cfwnoeLjdyxPMlqVjuwW6GnM3q4dlaLWjB80pnRF_TTtzWTfIzJWPFoPA8LjaCQ6oBUzLJ0uP3uoTR3Xij8wkQRkqE7dmp8BsWh285iis-4sqn9FD-vcsAjhnfqg1e4gRtH5MYtwxK51xfSQ/s320/MTC_0643.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A handsome bobcat on the East Plot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL96ktFTziOo7b8UScoX-mOZB3d6FxYNC6E1z4JulASLaclOr1pBl9SG786I5tXUhVGiy5NaFMZONDl5AOee2ChEvKybhvduaTXlwPaFBI30OivpfMRyoidVx_EjCHRjRnps8n8gwAVOodCWhdhHnZIXYrD2zFBBBgpMBzYCAHTHAQaUZWRd-InK6mvw/s4352/MTC_0292.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL96ktFTziOo7b8UScoX-mOZB3d6FxYNC6E1z4JulASLaclOr1pBl9SG786I5tXUhVGiy5NaFMZONDl5AOee2ChEvKybhvduaTXlwPaFBI30OivpfMRyoidVx_EjCHRjRnps8n8gwAVOodCWhdhHnZIXYrD2zFBBBgpMBzYCAHTHAQaUZWRd-InK6mvw/s320/MTC_0292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below are some earlier shots of spring babies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9T6ztY6L3z0aeYs29TIimdnOkWdA2CHtq8yT7MkMczaIRVQs4rAr7TwKjun8PXQ6nL1eQ-a-AQjjdIbXWGrmAUkXAvPii9clBRcz7d0FsR2dVRhR-BsCe-SO8yp_psu3HGYURoTy1YVTvggu-yupJYfA189JdMhM5gczGmrDfT5P4mC_7v8EkoJD92g/s4352/MTC_0236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9T6ztY6L3z0aeYs29TIimdnOkWdA2CHtq8yT7MkMczaIRVQs4rAr7TwKjun8PXQ6nL1eQ-a-AQjjdIbXWGrmAUkXAvPii9clBRcz7d0FsR2dVRhR-BsCe-SO8yp_psu3HGYURoTy1YVTvggu-yupJYfA189JdMhM5gczGmrDfT5P4mC_7v8EkoJD92g/s320/MTC_0236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQZbthLgr3ckAdYzbLoP80lJwn7U5VRap6lUUIzK18E3Q89r4ktgT-CeW3FfrWihtqhFQaU_bn0ta7QLU6dzZZjd4YN-18Vu75sKRQTs-FtsBnV-x7PeeahtCPfCaU9t4LMcnHr8kUXbdcv_NcQzJ0WizXS0iybPU76zGhAl5GCeCIN28bBY3O9UcZw/s4352/MTC_0192.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Love abounds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNur7unyBjc40u7MIRMJ-9hGtR6NC5psF40c1se6-9luMh-HhICFMk5lIsj7sJ09CVjNl68HDVaavrjYGt0bVIWHdYRz9vCik8x6z6pzxDHV5i4jmsf9tuNII37K3Wo93E2RgI_uSZqgKZrvuCzVFsxwvqv02fiqwcwCRIOaB_cSxcpihKyCf2hOxvg/s4352/MTC_0068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNur7unyBjc40u7MIRMJ-9hGtR6NC5psF40c1se6-9luMh-HhICFMk5lIsj7sJ09CVjNl68HDVaavrjYGt0bVIWHdYRz9vCik8x6z6pzxDHV5i4jmsf9tuNII37K3Wo93E2RgI_uSZqgKZrvuCzVFsxwvqv02fiqwcwCRIOaB_cSxcpihKyCf2hOxvg/s320/MTC_0068.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganOZkcvnK2Tx0f06VKtnKjI49PJIG8HPFiIkousOzf2rexDdhhKG1HIYPKD0KpzXeV-YKD2ep05HljaFJ6v0E9jG07j1JrovvRD4FKBSkHU1IxpG5nSMUsih3luhpEG1K1Ba-RJiXTFTcswcDcjrui_VRlfA_w7LLe6xQYoWgRMv2Di-YQJoK674mVg/s4352/MTC_0051.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">More logging pictures. All done best practices. No whole tree chipping. Give back to the Earth!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwQQLEjo03KKCwf2ZzmPraekkgmsgcT5C9I51DY3qR-hylRoJr9faxg8xrdSIf1B0NJaimb_LkCu9MiKaKcCmn0Dnooec3cQkjvKLiVSAn2URMzTg0ayld_kVyB0lz_dVXFDZd2h2yXiFRz7RYEieIpomSMXDucxlYE3p4hdU1Cj5bYgyVaF5GKTOpw/s4000/IMG_20220301_175049_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwQQLEjo03KKCwf2ZzmPraekkgmsgcT5C9I51DY3qR-hylRoJr9faxg8xrdSIf1B0NJaimb_LkCu9MiKaKcCmn0Dnooec3cQkjvKLiVSAn2URMzTg0ayld_kVyB0lz_dVXFDZd2h2yXiFRz7RYEieIpomSMXDucxlYE3p4hdU1Cj5bYgyVaF5GKTOpw/s320/IMG_20220301_175049_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyooUdO4Lkhwwt1jKFBZ2EWQIIDfnoHhCgTYZghTJBAQKqa4nELYKygG9DCN8Q4I1GCN5yRI-vMhzQ753QQSkbJqR0sCdpwy4Epwlbu4h5doilsmC5Rj110pCvf419muLjqJ07bgscFSM_2fBRSDWkYUnszWZHpGIPuktO7gBHn4hrumAI7lYSkNqsAQ/s4000/IMG_20220212_092600_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyooUdO4Lkhwwt1jKFBZ2EWQIIDfnoHhCgTYZghTJBAQKqa4nELYKygG9DCN8Q4I1GCN5yRI-vMhzQ753QQSkbJqR0sCdpwy4Epwlbu4h5doilsmC5Rj110pCvf419muLjqJ07bgscFSM_2fBRSDWkYUnszWZHpGIPuktO7gBHn4hrumAI7lYSkNqsAQ/s320/IMG_20220212_092600_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Below is a piece of black cherry I split this winter. Quite plainly an ant colony was wintering here. I hate dislocating happy ecosystems like this. I did take some of the ants and warm them to room temperature, but they never showed signs of life. Oh well... <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz2k9yejIK4--CGH-U2j73E_gyaN6kNTEM2D_1ox9_fb1-1Ku2YrWBas2RzeEGbcH1mRUpK7QKW6lNs2VXNtdk7WkHZEXOZULSdRI2CMJOrOaCVfNCcWkjCFCPAQezVqDwaqEoJaPUjc6LDNH2ktIaEgTSZlzU0l0oBbQFrLPa_hIX8lRnhNSDlr2NQ/s4000/IMG_20220205_140815_HDR%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz2k9yejIK4--CGH-U2j73E_gyaN6kNTEM2D_1ox9_fb1-1Ku2YrWBas2RzeEGbcH1mRUpK7QKW6lNs2VXNtdk7WkHZEXOZULSdRI2CMJOrOaCVfNCcWkjCFCPAQezVqDwaqEoJaPUjc6LDNH2ktIaEgTSZlzU0l0oBbQFrLPa_hIX8lRnhNSDlr2NQ/s320/IMG_20220205_140815_HDR%20-%20Copy%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Winters onset and the stables are ready.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttJhLkRi_U96HUI12wIhJychjbdgB_IeXBjxxUfyYAu4rte9uSQg4vnrEHQvgaCrBeQwsQR4oXSC1q7fufsokUpaVm9Qwz7MULgJ-9gCEABrABG3wYdkqLsbHRpzQI1cjGe3iIFb9SA9IgFNVVDCNRWEqT9jbJk81vQ0FZbjHnpkxdGqsyGOFe_92Tg/s4000/IMG_20220128_141246_HDR%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttJhLkRi_U96HUI12wIhJychjbdgB_IeXBjxxUfyYAu4rte9uSQg4vnrEHQvgaCrBeQwsQR4oXSC1q7fufsokUpaVm9Qwz7MULgJ-9gCEABrABG3wYdkqLsbHRpzQI1cjGe3iIFb9SA9IgFNVVDCNRWEqT9jbJk81vQ0FZbjHnpkxdGqsyGOFe_92Tg/s320/IMG_20220128_141246_HDR%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love this shot below. It is a 40 year old Christmas tree plantation. It is right behind these trees that I conduct the yearly deer census.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OTWtPsigK7WPoVgFWbzN3CpB9409qTw2vg36CVjrpIw0NnwPnCZp7AFar8-BIYhP-WyyFCYQ614HAaRNvd0V9OdkEgf-ZgzQbSOUkOCYey53lzkKhzT7FUWFdzuP8Svh6YNfpHdJD-CgyzQRJ5PWC5L6fptkdGAvsoKid3282Zs7te4uwAFMZ8sWYQ/s4000/IMG_20220117_093846_HDR%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OTWtPsigK7WPoVgFWbzN3CpB9409qTw2vg36CVjrpIw0NnwPnCZp7AFar8-BIYhP-WyyFCYQ614HAaRNvd0V9OdkEgf-ZgzQbSOUkOCYey53lzkKhzT7FUWFdzuP8Svh6YNfpHdJD-CgyzQRJ5PWC5L6fptkdGAvsoKid3282Zs7te4uwAFMZ8sWYQ/s320/IMG_20220117_093846_HDR%20-%20Copy%20(2).jpg" width="240" /></a></div>So, it is good to be back, and I will try to keep up with news here at Long Ridge. Bow season opens in two weeks, and bear season in a few days. Camera or gun, you takes your choice!<div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Comments a critical thoughts welcome as always.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div><p></p><div><br /></div></div>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-14453618542273371482022-03-12T21:44:00.004-05:002022-03-14T20:58:33.674-04:00Winter was A Non-Winter at Long Ridge Camp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Much like the past five years, this winter was a non-winter here in SW New Hampshire. Little snow, several ice storms, and never colder than 15 below zero. I well remember winters that ran -35 degrees. Once I jumped in my Ford pickup with vinyl seats, and it was so cold the vinyl shattered. Haven't seen that temperature for 25 years. In 2008 we had over 8 feet of snow here. This year, perhaps 18 inches total. Game is plentiful, and every creature I have observed is in tip top shape and ready for spring. It's my bet that many does will drop triplets. No stress, plenty of available feed, free movement, and a ton of fat on them at the onset of winter. Below are some rather repetitive pictures of deer at the census station. Never more than nine at a time, and absolutely no creatures ever showed other than gray squirrels, a few crows, and a blue jay. That is after over 3800 photos, day and night. The deer were very casual about showing up, would leave food behind, and some nights/days, never showed at all. It was very difficult to do my square mile census count because of lack of snow. My guess is 18. Very unscientific! And to top it off, while cutting wood for next year, I left maples fully branched on the ground for the deer to browse. Most years they ravage them. This year, walk on by, maybe snap one or two buds and keep going. Hummmph....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL3AiJrMZtJh17RmWlESF-JT5E7qBDRS9kBqCkh2ht-h9jseFp68KaM-ZHDYvUTYgNBaD6oUbcdYKC5vfoUSz8FvxinZ39TZyVgIY3zyLTTU0k7_fsY5dUyVkrEQBU4MSLBvVPCNslN4LdlEw6d360lnP3QPKHBWnYO8xyzaDo54wr3i9HCFVWBl46tg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="5376" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL3AiJrMZtJh17RmWlESF-JT5E7qBDRS9kBqCkh2ht-h9jseFp68KaM-ZHDYvUTYgNBaD6oUbcdYKC5vfoUSz8FvxinZ39TZyVgIY3zyLTTU0k7_fsY5dUyVkrEQBU4MSLBvVPCNslN4LdlEw6d360lnP3QPKHBWnYO8xyzaDo54wr3i9HCFVWBl46tg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDKKU3O5j4l9nhdXCCWHtCMP0tnXLhRa4LthX6tnk8sT4p0HYlgevHySUmCUEampkBTFqZWTsI-EjFBQPNZ4CT-bIHorI9bt_EyYZkw7ILlmG1uhwQijERXl_m4wmBGycoXHFCo1UaCkIibhyDZbVJGsJBnfDJgOaAuu5wn3nS1MiTbHKgMniQ5SBC5w" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Removing mostly pine, but also some large oaks and hemlocks. Some several hundred cords of cordwood and pulp were removed to rejuvenate the forest. It is not pretty looking, but in 2/3 years it will support 5 times the game it is now. A forester once asked me, when I asked him to take a stand of pine that he felt was aesthetically untouchable, what my priorities actually are. I told him, wild life, forest health, money, and then aesthetics. In that order. He was shocked, and that's why I do not hire foresters anymore. I toured the property some 20 years ago of the most trusted wildlife biologist I have ever known and was amazed at the abundance and diversity of the animals and birds on his large tract. I asked him how he did it. He said "log as heavily, and as often, as you can." I asked, what else? He said "Nothing". Below at one of the log landings.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVpHYnsHWppMMGNavWstOaInkR-XL2z6Z0rjgqdrfFALoL1RxjkTlevl6Nv3-8sM5JCaZEZ3IAtUdL-Jn2M3kobsMDVLU3R4ruZt6mUvhG4ZX-61DsO_J8He5dIXEIWaE4SMARvafq-be3NDKZtHkMDoXPM1-VuIoQSUhT2paR2cNP2dWlMYncFDoz3Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVpHYnsHWppMMGNavWstOaInkR-XL2z6Z0rjgqdrfFALoL1RxjkTlevl6Nv3-8sM5JCaZEZ3IAtUdL-Jn2M3kobsMDVLU3R4ruZt6mUvhG4ZX-61DsO_J8He5dIXEIWaE4SMARvafq-be3NDKZtHkMDoXPM1-VuIoQSUhT2paR2cNP2dWlMYncFDoz3Q" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the pictures below, you can see hundreds of yards into the woods. Three months ago, it was so dense and dark it was like a wall. Unfortunately after they cut, we had a good ice storm, so many trees bent over beyond recovery. They came back and took those.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJOy2No9dg8uatplk5i1S-8KQKfeP7up3wWOB97Bd21_eS48gCmtMwtCMpsVD3mlUizVC907FJFHtOfGn4YF3AnxsdnFUqdR68rlSqiQfkUJn9gC7-cnyN3sPY4xKZqndXjopCK387oyv7bRwOySdwIgJc1bLIftIk3MuCKXo3jgV-gQlHjZPXDMosYA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJOy2No9dg8uatplk5i1S-8KQKfeP7up3wWOB97Bd21_eS48gCmtMwtCMpsVD3mlUizVC907FJFHtOfGn4YF3AnxsdnFUqdR68rlSqiQfkUJn9gC7-cnyN3sPY4xKZqndXjopCK387oyv7bRwOySdwIgJc1bLIftIk3MuCKXo3jgV-gQlHjZPXDMosYA" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOCkNPZ99h6bKZniNst8FshsY2hVS2Frbd4Mj_3-fqRRoAmv0CzhtPc8-jzdESUEk1acEf8ZI-NFzLUuInrPLzuwpj4al8kRcsmySYubicSHAimm3eGc3jYaZfAjb-lGE-xF_2XhthwzICjmPqqU9Xh00tIRVjEZ_8b6AUOghUYjGf745YaT6UwfYBjw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOCkNPZ99h6bKZniNst8FshsY2hVS2Frbd4Mj_3-fqRRoAmv0CzhtPc8-jzdESUEk1acEf8ZI-NFzLUuInrPLzuwpj4al8kRcsmySYubicSHAimm3eGc3jYaZfAjb-lGE-xF_2XhthwzICjmPqqU9Xh00tIRVjEZ_8b6AUOghUYjGf745YaT6UwfYBjw" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onto new things, it is time to cut and split cords of firewood for next year. This is a one year old piece of black cherry I split and found an ant colony holed up in for the winter. They seemed dead (it was 10 degrees) but I took some out and warmed them up. Never did wiggle or show any signs of life, so I do not know. I felt badly. I know that sounds silly, but it is the same feeling I get when I unstack a cord of wood after a year or so to take it to the house. An entire ecosystem lives within it. Mice, chipmunks, snakes, spider, woolies, you name it. I hate tearing them down, and feed little creatures back down through the pieces that are left on the pallets to regain cover and hope they make it. But then, I shut off and step out of the shower to save a lady bug or spider. Call me crazy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2JzzMjRN6z6qdNevN5mGCpHAMzhdPuByvKNvO4UxAIpszTuYnCRx6G_2UTRN1ypIRryX_aaevNq92rcXicamtjOmFfm2Wwf2jVZdudx8z46oVQp2ORwi8WH9uT8JtYFZFRmDBZWdT0V-zrA-u4JNTomGX_BjZzpXpHaIKezcnjprncokU_OyRhNQcWw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2JzzMjRN6z6qdNevN5mGCpHAMzhdPuByvKNvO4UxAIpszTuYnCRx6G_2UTRN1ypIRryX_aaevNq92rcXicamtjOmFfm2Wwf2jVZdudx8z46oVQp2ORwi8WH9uT8JtYFZFRmDBZWdT0V-zrA-u4JNTomGX_BjZzpXpHaIKezcnjprncokU_OyRhNQcWw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sadly, the last in this row of willows I planted ten years ago succumbed to the ice storm. It now drapes over the cages of Dunstan chestnuts I have planted for the mast deer love. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyNQMATjC7RuzBdR_Iq4G2bkTjNGRIyFNdHzl8r-9X1rhKYUxeMuDDkQTtQHHKPyzDjmpc3C2sPQ1aBw5FUU6qv_qnkuzIbjHRaXXN6adbGMqpy74z1LTGR3E4bEnVwOCoSc2BdnQZeTTzH98UtSNCQx25GNjvlGmnU8hpuWtAjjl188WoRDp29jwziQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyNQMATjC7RuzBdR_Iq4G2bkTjNGRIyFNdHzl8r-9X1rhKYUxeMuDDkQTtQHHKPyzDjmpc3C2sPQ1aBw5FUU6qv_qnkuzIbjHRaXXN6adbGMqpy74z1LTGR3E4bEnVwOCoSc2BdnQZeTTzH98UtSNCQx25GNjvlGmnU8hpuWtAjjl188WoRDp29jwziQ" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the machinery barn during winter it looks like a 21st century stable because that is exactly what it is. Every one of these rigs gets their due workout.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnMtE0N8PepHGOwzrreM_sWdw3yElNbeqdLxaloRC3HXwLtstfbqmVvGf8Jj-qp4rmiUVTxV8ldRtrp_76pWvK3MM-TI4V0rDoymVqIHOy0qL1vqnHHIXBb5aa38pK2GjT9pejcwHVFHPy6G63D75IAJ_mDA96tpbsbZylRURlX9Cn7HnTANGwjusf4A" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnMtE0N8PepHGOwzrreM_sWdw3yElNbeqdLxaloRC3HXwLtstfbqmVvGf8Jj-qp4rmiUVTxV8ldRtrp_76pWvK3MM-TI4V0rDoymVqIHOy0qL1vqnHHIXBb5aa38pK2GjT9pejcwHVFHPy6G63D75IAJ_mDA96tpbsbZylRURlX9Cn7HnTANGwjusf4A" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the Christmas tree plantation with the census station behind it. The pines you see are now gone. What a difference in sunlight now. The low point winter sun barely scrapes the tops during the day, but we'll see more now. So much brighter.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTiDjvx27R58e_FgvRMT3sj1lQGIYV97Fc4ghOCSlBCv7ZaZme3pP_ELwUJI1HQ6cTsoO1meJmJOgi2ipqJQJpf9OQyAaDnBLroZD-A6Mkvb2HsC2tCg2iYQocabgerKIGGPT8JsO5taRCOrXzjzwnUl6d_hqs5GY_irjpQs67WUwLgmec65JNWUUmDg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTiDjvx27R58e_FgvRMT3sj1lQGIYV97Fc4ghOCSlBCv7ZaZme3pP_ELwUJI1HQ6cTsoO1meJmJOgi2ipqJQJpf9OQyAaDnBLroZD-A6Mkvb2HsC2tCg2iYQocabgerKIGGPT8JsO5taRCOrXzjzwnUl6d_hqs5GY_irjpQs67WUwLgmec65JNWUUmDg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Winter lense from winter barn toward deer camp...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8GUNQSmUcqVe2CUSnnj8b3FpYd_VvCS3xQQufW9bSZ-7Aeo779250VfzBjfS_K8plcJ0NXiTRTJhkmZuDORXygkk4uTjP_2UITW0V6K5qjlT6qZ8iAvvvi3HyYSaKTD4GAPwDNqmIWbtnHs8kCWudKq59ToFYvunKAvSVYe9B9yTLuxqm99Kas4SaFw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8GUNQSmUcqVe2CUSnnj8b3FpYd_VvCS3xQQufW9bSZ-7Aeo779250VfzBjfS_K8plcJ0NXiTRTJhkmZuDORXygkk4uTjP_2UITW0V6K5qjlT6qZ8iAvvvi3HyYSaKTD4GAPwDNqmIWbtnHs8kCWudKq59ToFYvunKAvSVYe9B9yTLuxqm99Kas4SaFw" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the champion of ant hills in this part of the state. about three feet tall and four across, it is huge and two others to it's lee are springing up. Only a few of you will have noticed this on a major state route very close to here.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPJ-BqGci6Q8dtWlfUMFD_Rm1BZqozHoXP2K4NfUARQmYOua6IkyL9DEqtN-Wzr_z-q27mdHYl4RLpSibKTK5bC4sj3Sj-dDMzuVA61rUR9N9KkNOTkvRuxGfKmJCkbMCILzYXdrLoUv4jf-6FrM-cn4tNm_LC1RdHGDUR3ptSIgWf7yg3mUjgPzF3Gg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPJ-BqGci6Q8dtWlfUMFD_Rm1BZqozHoXP2K4NfUARQmYOua6IkyL9DEqtN-Wzr_z-q27mdHYl4RLpSibKTK5bC4sj3Sj-dDMzuVA61rUR9N9KkNOTkvRuxGfKmJCkbMCILzYXdrLoUv4jf-6FrM-cn4tNm_LC1RdHGDUR3ptSIgWf7yg3mUjgPzF3Gg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> So this makes a quiet winter, a peaceful one as apart from the country and world. I wish this peace and quietness on all. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-15330487112730044382021-12-26T12:14:00.004-05:002021-12-26T12:19:25.355-05:00First Long Ridge Deer camp 2021<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Christmas has started and deer season is 10 days over...time to recap some wonderful experiences and photos. 2021 LRDC was a recovery from our cancelled 2020 camps, and is the 25th anniversary of camps here at Long Ridge. The hunters and land, and herd has changed some over the years, and gets better and better. What was NOT better this year, was the success rate for hunters. While some twenty deer were seen, most were does out of season, or on the fly. For me, I did not see a single buck during all 90 open days of hunting, a first ever. I hunted through the rut and the chase phase. I hunted during archery. I hunted through muzzle, and then during firearms season. Very strange, as there are as many deer as I have ever seen on all the cameras from spring on. We appear to be sustaining somewhere around 15/20 deer per square mile in these parts, but they simply went missing. We hunt a low pressure area, so perhaps a lack of hunters hurts. Four hunters took does, none took a buck. But then, when did harvest numbers decide if hunts were wonderful or a drag? Never. Camp was wonderful and as good as any we have hosted, ever. We did miss several long time hunters, but hopefully they will return next year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a healthy doe taken by a veteran.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvWpb9a_vt0RYclTUv79ld09I6xa5kmMJ-6o58jv81vuDrrqbcuedZ_XKGmemqYEpUZ3YStcdC-boXUBWZPfJy467Zugg1o_bcQg_URFptOcUuzLeKY3nOFXLwzg7xYQ8J-rHj9z-jvqA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLvWpb9a_vt0RYclTUv79ld09I6xa5kmMJ-6o58jv81vuDrrqbcuedZ_XKGmemqYEpUZ3YStcdC-boXUBWZPfJy467Zugg1o_bcQg_URFptOcUuzLeKY3nOFXLwzg7xYQ8J-rHj9z-jvqA/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I would be sad to post a blog with no pictures of porkys, one of my favorite woods denizens.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCs10_ruWi7VCcz8JVgceGJM7tqZjUrBLxDZm1UqxYhr_yzQ-NCUe3FbkMcBCUOYxbtVtVsTXOQfQrc5FeT-e9QkDRCi0IcS_6-PmWD3TOKZ-i5nZA2TI4o0jmnz6iNWwwuw3hZUJ679e/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4352" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGCs10_ruWi7VCcz8JVgceGJM7tqZjUrBLxDZm1UqxYhr_yzQ-NCUe3FbkMcBCUOYxbtVtVsTXOQfQrc5FeT-e9QkDRCi0IcS_6-PmWD3TOKZ-i5nZA2TI4o0jmnz6iNWwwuw3hZUJ679e/" width="320" /></a></div>The big guys in the several pictures below never showed during shooting hours. That makes them a year older, and a year smarter. In so many ways, I am glad.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMazw8HWv4diU6SO7p6qxVUcAH5_D6xKTfpuwt7bpGvExnB7-yMycDeVpCzPNQe1u9IEJI3VvMUOd_GcnG7dLWSn71-YS1rjPpNbNvofdbNGeSwapR2vY_AKOsSVb2alreSFcIIk4j9Y2/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMazw8HWv4diU6SO7p6qxVUcAH5_D6xKTfpuwt7bpGvExnB7-yMycDeVpCzPNQe1u9IEJI3VvMUOd_GcnG7dLWSn71-YS1rjPpNbNvofdbNGeSwapR2vY_AKOsSVb2alreSFcIIk4j9Y2/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATYY3iMbdGtAfxBrfigmUuftWZonOAllUpUtCSZZSXFKIpGBLM8AiB_t3lk4PSDH7i5HXU_NkzEXWKMpuRAwGjkDeHOek3dM4DXPiKEEe548Hx-rBSWMM7MzsvETpG-sroOQaPgUVpZ0b/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATYY3iMbdGtAfxBrfigmUuftWZonOAllUpUtCSZZSXFKIpGBLM8AiB_t3lk4PSDH7i5HXU_NkzEXWKMpuRAwGjkDeHOek3dM4DXPiKEEe548Hx-rBSWMM7MzsvETpG-sroOQaPgUVpZ0b/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsf30130HokAXBgFTIFBaR11t1txQbsNHAiXIRHhPyT-RFsGIZVTazIYJh46wcYq-jFAf2u1hSFsckCCpQwufzZ3u30tQ8m7_cRTR0tDHexMAZ-WW6fUfWok9iGsvhKgcGztnI2YZ2w9L/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDsf30130HokAXBgFTIFBaR11t1txQbsNHAiXIRHhPyT-RFsGIZVTazIYJh46wcYq-jFAf2u1hSFsckCCpQwufzZ3u30tQ8m7_cRTR0tDHexMAZ-WW6fUfWok9iGsvhKgcGztnI2YZ2w9L/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is another doe taken.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvju38GzLOaL4wuSN04JgHX-DfB_CPANlx5R0l4DZ4TCd5rAF0_zmbZf26slhObE1vIklcs9cqi7LidGefgZw_fgL3gvPs_bvufy_JRTyHKXWwP-a4V1J6x_4a6uZL6bg_Uk4Owu7PFe1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTvju38GzLOaL4wuSN04JgHX-DfB_CPANlx5R0l4DZ4TCd5rAF0_zmbZf26slhObE1vIklcs9cqi7LidGefgZw_fgL3gvPs_bvufy_JRTyHKXWwP-a4V1J6x_4a6uZL6bg_Uk4Owu7PFe1/" width="180" /></a></div>We do keep a meticulous log of stands hunted, animals seen, and hours hunted. On review, it not only increases chances of success, but aids in avoiding other hunters already on stand. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nUWDhuMpQxfN-5jkLKV1YI3ZpT4aFTUUspc-xt_FDxIDiZ1rDG9ENm93cD6sCm7z0P9PThfhyphenhyphenvD3umkzYIAvm8_ktVm5k7DNLKC8UgZ4SwvgM0v1mKVtDIJklAf5uOJDYIX5kZdm3cUB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nUWDhuMpQxfN-5jkLKV1YI3ZpT4aFTUUspc-xt_FDxIDiZ1rDG9ENm93cD6sCm7z0P9PThfhyphenhyphenvD3umkzYIAvm8_ktVm5k7DNLKC8UgZ4SwvgM0v1mKVtDIJklAf5uOJDYIX5kZdm3cUB/" width="180" /></a></div>Rifle season, on a twenty foot stand. No deer came into view this day, but i count it as a perfect and peaceful afternoon. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZ1qHM1z0OAf6q6CTQkgBSP_ZsJHY2jBGRaWSwsLHQIoY5em3VtbiElyMXLCL-ikjoPhkx_LOcVSLn8uZ8LKzdn8Eu2X7u9m3fI7XBdEvsftQ-VkZHu7S7Z1zSSP9FvdR-wklp6NNDQoD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZ1qHM1z0OAf6q6CTQkgBSP_ZsJHY2jBGRaWSwsLHQIoY5em3VtbiElyMXLCL-ikjoPhkx_LOcVSLn8uZ8LKzdn8Eu2X7u9m3fI7XBdEvsftQ-VkZHu7S7Z1zSSP9FvdR-wklp6NNDQoD/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whenever I still hunt I see miracles. This little birch must have landed as a seed on a stump years ago and sprouted. As the stump rotted away, the little guy had to stretch and stretch for nourishment from the ground. Neat. I love trees. It may be a silly thing, but I have always apologized to every tree I cut down, even as a kid. And putting up five cords of wood each year means a lot of apologizing. I purposely cut stumps bit high in hopes they will re-sprout. (They usually do.) Another thing that some might think odd. When i walk through the woods and see naturally dead trees, some huge, some small, I am reminded that none of us last forever. It is things like this, that have taken all fear of death from me. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4kBWQ6RPEN76UZSYygdlB03hpe3NqIKVWdLGRJ1P7hRyAhQxe0SiiULZZmSjQbyr2J-4sl7D0yZSPcYxiVLYwHGFpJeiCtNMy90up9MMJUkq4prRalfAYPVObVC3L0PxdccNaufQ8nbR/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4kBWQ6RPEN76UZSYygdlB03hpe3NqIKVWdLGRJ1P7hRyAhQxe0SiiULZZmSjQbyr2J-4sl7D0yZSPcYxiVLYwHGFpJeiCtNMy90up9MMJUkq4prRalfAYPVObVC3L0PxdccNaufQ8nbR/" width="180" /></a></div>Not sure who brought this handsome bottle, but listening to chatter, it was a bottle of interest, and tasted quite good!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIIK3aGTJQ99XVBcIDUxHs7dVFekGwlTgD6aBb4m4nIKvCDGKWHMf1HtzycDhPv97KNx4H2-8ZccirXOq50DXqMf29e7PjZlgRJVB3zm2nb0EWlp8nEfGVh3HU3636DjhGZQ9zDL7JROR/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIIK3aGTJQ99XVBcIDUxHs7dVFekGwlTgD6aBb4m4nIKvCDGKWHMf1HtzycDhPv97KNx4H2-8ZccirXOq50DXqMf29e7PjZlgRJVB3zm2nb0EWlp8nEfGVh3HU3636DjhGZQ9zDL7JROR/" width="180" /></a></div>Never a LRDC without a roaring fire. I cannot imagine camp without it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM7Qvl_hnrkxJQMqqVWi7kBIws-TVkWl2Fsx_Vluy794jpwZLawk2AQUT9Jip0aXDIs7ZNLJWEvuyG_lyqv_EtnNcpvzmYapg3h3mguMOhvtGLZWcETA97j5_KC2lNvv0CoAr_R4K4ukD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbM7Qvl_hnrkxJQMqqVWi7kBIws-TVkWl2Fsx_Vluy794jpwZLawk2AQUT9Jip0aXDIs7ZNLJWEvuyG_lyqv_EtnNcpvzmYapg3h3mguMOhvtGLZWcETA97j5_KC2lNvv0CoAr_R4K4ukD/" width="180" /></a></div>The rack, under the bulletin board. Always an adventure to see what rifles/calibers arrive...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrQ59aB71hDO1WfdBc1YgtEA2TYrT9wGr5gwFlhiONMqzZPYBi0ftMsGyCmZD3OSHRQUbKFeGzfpOXKKKRHzSxlC3IX10FpCZLUmYTcRJnOd44qPTxUMoHthTPLakgY20Tqm7vIp8kpM1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtrQ59aB71hDO1WfdBc1YgtEA2TYrT9wGr5gwFlhiONMqzZPYBi0ftMsGyCmZD3OSHRQUbKFeGzfpOXKKKRHzSxlC3IX10FpCZLUmYTcRJnOd44qPTxUMoHthTPLakgY20Tqm7vIp8kpM1/" width="180" /></a></div>And then, after cocktail hour, the highlight of the evening. A four star/five star wild game dinner. The conversation is a years make-up, and nearly as good as the meal.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYyNqP5jleUHnd7_1npH7w-gNaEzPnb5u05WgbVlKrvjL4fatKVdKnF4GKXwjHGnYe7Y1JvA9wL-gn98Aiv61yBrEm8fUXU6E8D8TAtpGbdTFB99UdfW28JsxoZeDopN11FVqB4MWk-R_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAYyNqP5jleUHnd7_1npH7w-gNaEzPnb5u05WgbVlKrvjL4fatKVdKnF4GKXwjHGnYe7Y1JvA9wL-gn98Aiv61yBrEm8fUXU6E8D8TAtpGbdTFB99UdfW28JsxoZeDopN11FVqB4MWk-R_/" width="180" /></a></div>A closeup of a plate reveals venison back straps, wild boar, baked potations and heaps of salad. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4U4GCaqx8ClfaJQXapO3sWksR9qensKQoYkSUqSklBRKYM7fX_Ku4FSicm3tuS_dM8yWsDvYweQz80wlogWRimrVQ6p7fe6df0pEpOUS6s0lf3vyzmer0cR5lNV03iDmwQ-K_I-WnXTmn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4U4GCaqx8ClfaJQXapO3sWksR9qensKQoYkSUqSklBRKYM7fX_Ku4FSicm3tuS_dM8yWsDvYweQz80wlogWRimrVQ6p7fe6df0pEpOUS6s0lf3vyzmer0cR5lNV03iDmwQ-K_I-WnXTmn/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before we eat though, there is much preparation and pre-meal snacks. You know, that French word that we ALL have to look up to spell occasionally.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gYVafoZLhJnX6uA7k9XlkrZoYd1sRFMytX4ZZ3HxTagRZWyqHiahBhL3M5ZFi7SUIq-CnFtxFlXjCpVTMfj-y8SCMZjho8rm_xPkELFEy1gzEgMqAd98CIpCOIKLvySmavTF-LCddiTd/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gYVafoZLhJnX6uA7k9XlkrZoYd1sRFMytX4ZZ3HxTagRZWyqHiahBhL3M5ZFi7SUIq-CnFtxFlXjCpVTMfj-y8SCMZjho8rm_xPkELFEy1gzEgMqAd98CIpCOIKLvySmavTF-LCddiTd/" width="180" /></a></div>The bunk room, nearly full with nine hunters for the camp.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8taRSyEeKgzEq6M4MhSvGZYeyvPRGsXqY1Tls82mZz3K1yrk4vOVInHoNBzlfa2j2HO0JnT0erUQFGiUPxaVY8t-2WTPUSWcTy86_yQwfD45IVLzHhQ2WbXhZlF0FhTNWfQN7eORWgax/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8taRSyEeKgzEq6M4MhSvGZYeyvPRGsXqY1Tls82mZz3K1yrk4vOVInHoNBzlfa2j2HO0JnT0erUQFGiUPxaVY8t-2WTPUSWcTy86_yQwfD45IVLzHhQ2WbXhZlF0FhTNWfQN7eORWgax/" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, at the full supper table.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAOPN7QR3uZXBLO5w1K9T78YMbKN1tSdAHalWD306lyuqwXxlgt-phrAyDp12VSqw5IMtnxRKiIRp_1YoV5ZPeKgXRjh0HwRzSbCD0gO5n7hVf_9As3CBWDanQ9CdUKMCiFFIqQCTi0BW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAOPN7QR3uZXBLO5w1K9T78YMbKN1tSdAHalWD306lyuqwXxlgt-phrAyDp12VSqw5IMtnxRKiIRp_1YoV5ZPeKgXRjh0HwRzSbCD0gO5n7hVf_9As3CBWDanQ9CdUKMCiFFIqQCTi0BW/" width="180" /></a></div>Camp atmosphere is important. LRDC has it!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvnrIKwsBz1YgeZMBXE2TA4-5q-0DY_Z8tysTgMRgBl7CIjFBRoXvuxMs97GOCi9jWhkqLDjmNYAKK-lGRPIQFirr_yveYAbk-meI_DlZ6Axpb-68D_wQl9haHb1Am4_skZjGb7JIKLeH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKvnrIKwsBz1YgeZMBXE2TA4-5q-0DY_Z8tysTgMRgBl7CIjFBRoXvuxMs97GOCi9jWhkqLDjmNYAKK-lGRPIQFirr_yveYAbk-meI_DlZ6Axpb-68D_wQl9haHb1Am4_skZjGb7JIKLeH/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another shot of a different stand. A perfect day in all respects. Peace and well being.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARt5EsF09uADcpamlbqSpFzhUk9X2_nCQsNyjK1sG5nt37KSLJSvDZa8DheEANARx8rmr9r0lfbleNb1uUGEFQYbWCMYDp9ykQiZ9Y7mBcvMJfyuIy_AM0Lt7-6UCozRn2tSk7xT0O6jD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARt5EsF09uADcpamlbqSpFzhUk9X2_nCQsNyjK1sG5nt37KSLJSvDZa8DheEANARx8rmr9r0lfbleNb1uUGEFQYbWCMYDp9ykQiZ9Y7mBcvMJfyuIy_AM0Lt7-6UCozRn2tSk7xT0O6jD/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ripped up tree is in sight of camp. The buck returned twice, but always after dark, of course. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sTVP4N_1UyhRJ02VrvUK_RFqzwe0Isc4L1-re_i8T0yg7dLzbhg4mr1WTpohlSoNmNYTsPaMXQbH_rCLvyeTDR6H4ui-fu1r-E5xW4qnD8tj47r7io5DEut4Ewj70hPQhLL3yCXKCFHa/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sTVP4N_1UyhRJ02VrvUK_RFqzwe0Isc4L1-re_i8T0yg7dLzbhg4mr1WTpohlSoNmNYTsPaMXQbH_rCLvyeTDR6H4ui-fu1r-E5xW4qnD8tj47r7io5DEut4Ewj70hPQhLL3yCXKCFHa/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to throw in these next three images occasionally. They are one of the first things I have any aspiring hunter apprentice read. Respect. History. Ancient. Genes. Teamwork. God.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdcmJu9YPqiWYbGRtgXeDCMSKwSpb40x-YVtZnbz1rbG7IW0bQhcyklmtpyszB1uZSRgjh8vS6y3l5NrHAXp5UMrtPQQfJRC8E0URdoTbIo7Ry94ojY2d7qvJa690oO0Xhw1ewYdHdh_8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdcmJu9YPqiWYbGRtgXeDCMSKwSpb40x-YVtZnbz1rbG7IW0bQhcyklmtpyszB1uZSRgjh8vS6y3l5NrHAXp5UMrtPQQfJRC8E0URdoTbIo7Ry94ojY2d7qvJa690oO0Xhw1ewYdHdh_8/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8_SAS7ygMQNMvRuPdh5wO3j_MHzSFifmHHQtyiQBkgq3WctstJ7BN5J2rsTTVNPHhxYfJg23zCXm4GKtK-TmRbiK70J3TyIVLACgwscYrDvl0p3a_zidIR75vu4fPCOzZNwSnXpMDmrr/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM8_SAS7ygMQNMvRuPdh5wO3j_MHzSFifmHHQtyiQBkgq3WctstJ7BN5J2rsTTVNPHhxYfJg23zCXm4GKtK-TmRbiK70J3TyIVLACgwscYrDvl0p3a_zidIR75vu4fPCOzZNwSnXpMDmrr/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMQWyOj1IZ5xZDieT7Ij-4wVyNfCPa_Y14-H79mkDBc-ms6aTrR-4aZhqZBYpseRczu4Vx57ZIcrSgzAzq8JeACs9LCR7sfDWxx_mvzcPtML3Tj3SQukVUEzzPrsg9f3hpbGeb2GZI3Sc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMQWyOj1IZ5xZDieT7Ij-4wVyNfCPa_Y14-H79mkDBc-ms6aTrR-4aZhqZBYpseRczu4Vx57ZIcrSgzAzq8JeACs9LCR7sfDWxx_mvzcPtML3Tj3SQukVUEzzPrsg9f3hpbGeb2GZI3Sc/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After meals, during meals, and the several toasts we make each year. And to the coming year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MJMqW5XeGV8JdZcFckCQXNQnR5Ss_9cpwqTnb4HtFW-djGyC1o6-Iv6sGVn20B2Js6liDcakZUWgPQUTKCKWs8RPDEmRzKTGTlEoOSA3jiR_kSBY-B9F-xjbWp2_JuyNSTS2_lFV-C7O/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MJMqW5XeGV8JdZcFckCQXNQnR5Ss_9cpwqTnb4HtFW-djGyC1o6-Iv6sGVn20B2Js6liDcakZUWgPQUTKCKWs8RPDEmRzKTGTlEoOSA3jiR_kSBY-B9F-xjbWp2_JuyNSTS2_lFV-C7O/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVSZjEoNBCHxi2XKJwlOfEPnSBGGYrRE4sJhIPwT5hUCdFinMjKEeBV0WLaMJsfHV1B-9exabn0p064BKj7p2xr_O7ncJbaZcKAAi58mQ_5xzsmms2BYnfUIcXLizVvqVRvEMy8UT6efK/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVSZjEoNBCHxi2XKJwlOfEPnSBGGYrRE4sJhIPwT5hUCdFinMjKEeBV0WLaMJsfHV1B-9exabn0p064BKj7p2xr_O7ncJbaZcKAAi58mQ_5xzsmms2BYnfUIcXLizVvqVRvEMy8UT6efK/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z40VzPkJ8mrYMXB_479teSyeUviV7rmPMVZIfHmwrvB1_XS4-xHMiF8isheKXC4hmB9hxqQBUAGcnjpubW_X_Qt8oXqqlqIrU_OPQaZ4N3ZzjkWYoIzNWfDxnI9RzNPTxmQKonSf4eMq/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z40VzPkJ8mrYMXB_479teSyeUviV7rmPMVZIfHmwrvB1_XS4-xHMiF8isheKXC4hmB9hxqQBUAGcnjpubW_X_Qt8oXqqlqIrU_OPQaZ4N3ZzjkWYoIzNWfDxnI9RzNPTxmQKonSf4eMq/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Camp comradery means everything.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvEREzy2MWYbHaKw00D-Gf4I7jQxwEiHXDn_wp9RGbVa4rgICLUV7-KLpcfYBLEWBySmBDurNDVWtgIoPH-xiQ7NzJ7FnUfRNWmN6b5FbovgnQbC4vlhTs7XPdPuHOS8rfhwBqy0YDNlo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvEREzy2MWYbHaKw00D-Gf4I7jQxwEiHXDn_wp9RGbVa4rgICLUV7-KLpcfYBLEWBySmBDurNDVWtgIoPH-xiQ7NzJ7FnUfRNWmN6b5FbovgnQbC4vlhTs7XPdPuHOS8rfhwBqy0YDNlo/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2021 Master Griller of venison and wild boar Jim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsb35jP7Qil6Ph_cx1gPJflAdaVv-_AWmq2Rlc2dMzcXnUPxTw0ZVWaHchQYKcbfGLNUNPVsxZr0YqgUEN88wKBXQETKRa6pKHcPsK2_9Vba_HqA9t5OEgA1L-aBaoiCxkK9D4ibmH5Oj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsb35jP7Qil6Ph_cx1gPJflAdaVv-_AWmq2Rlc2dMzcXnUPxTw0ZVWaHchQYKcbfGLNUNPVsxZr0YqgUEN88wKBXQETKRa6pKHcPsK2_9Vba_HqA9t5OEgA1L-aBaoiCxkK9D4ibmH5Oj/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Master wild game sauce chef (every year) Bruce, generous in his servings! Delicious indeed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat5WNFaRcaDbx_Od_Y9Fmu-mB7t9qSsjVkDhSQghXaDKKwn8SJznVWsOUvFZyyVE0jCWTg4BnfqK-OJ8sxIBnXGAdLpqRtwcsP4AMN4CGTF7rD_MU6tgo3C7sz0O84KE7hPJLuEQLrPaa/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgat5WNFaRcaDbx_Od_Y9Fmu-mB7t9qSsjVkDhSQghXaDKKwn8SJznVWsOUvFZyyVE0jCWTg4BnfqK-OJ8sxIBnXGAdLpqRtwcsP4AMN4CGTF7rD_MU6tgo3C7sz0O84KE7hPJLuEQLrPaa/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I say meal conversation is great, there are several minutes when it actually ceases. I think we can see why.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKZE0bUAQeKCaX60f-Hu6ELy65ZVHIRpP8dTxSJLOZI48nLNmK2pcftJ42IhdtrX04KGRwUoO1AJ-C6llTNmWYNJsvAW-PURlE8D6LMtV-3tMvaRpOvq0GDHicrlsPSM-MGV6T442UggA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBKZE0bUAQeKCaX60f-Hu6ELy65ZVHIRpP8dTxSJLOZI48nLNmK2pcftJ42IhdtrX04KGRwUoO1AJ-C6llTNmWYNJsvAW-PURlE8D6LMtV-3tMvaRpOvq0GDHicrlsPSM-MGV6T442UggA/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJAWGGbGcoHcx_xuV_lRQAJ7CQqdHz53FDvms36DYMEhsxjXUpbqncV2_xrL5J7lvHC2hcTI8dFrPpfvvS8z3yuTjvQUg1yej9YRBhXaYf3V5RjFcfQySuev0o8LICyTik8Yh-M4f-m6E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4624" data-original-width="3468" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJAWGGbGcoHcx_xuV_lRQAJ7CQqdHz53FDvms36DYMEhsxjXUpbqncV2_xrL5J7lvHC2hcTI8dFrPpfvvS8z3yuTjvQUg1yej9YRBhXaYf3V5RjFcfQySuev0o8LICyTik8Yh-M4f-m6E/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always ask hunters to please RSVP. It is the proper and right thing to do. Some do. Some don't. Some do it with a flourish and humor that is quite entertaining. The best ones go on the bulletin board. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyv3CwW3bwro0kcWkCjIpZRcyTx2ns51TALVK_0yZTZBNEzFeshQvJnsiR5PSU-reVYvTdgen-eLEIziLfIJGSmsmXk4n0rEP2SH_dX9YdsaKnzyRTvYiZG5BTYsABVo4iiabKO3ILnEDP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyv3CwW3bwro0kcWkCjIpZRcyTx2ns51TALVK_0yZTZBNEzFeshQvJnsiR5PSU-reVYvTdgen-eLEIziLfIJGSmsmXk4n0rEP2SH_dX9YdsaKnzyRTvYiZG5BTYsABVo4iiabKO3ILnEDP/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below are several shots of some land we hunt that the owner heavily logged. Won't be worth hunting for several tears, but then, wow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrLW5jwIVth4DuXil5egk632u-UtXXG_AvMrvll7RU0jJBqvuvQpYI1yzojKBqgqHEUFeyLyCz8aIHiqLQAXIQzeo6b56XnC2Xf3qYWGPUxWQZBkLqKFAtLPESTEfbBUm7OsHFRaeqewx/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjrLW5jwIVth4DuXil5egk632u-UtXXG_AvMrvll7RU0jJBqvuvQpYI1yzojKBqgqHEUFeyLyCz8aIHiqLQAXIQzeo6b56XnC2Xf3qYWGPUxWQZBkLqKFAtLPESTEfbBUm7OsHFRaeqewx/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfluCldBiQCWVZvQgddbFPKeS32LYatE4Khzy13It8Cs8BBREon67oJ7NDRcZKxQgOOQ5nq_3yT5bUe1rLe6jTPA0RxmV2ohCrt2JM2mLA0BVr5JTYC-T-xfRQQAlXXjLIFLcRRpRHLd1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEfluCldBiQCWVZvQgddbFPKeS32LYatE4Khzy13It8Cs8BBREon67oJ7NDRcZKxQgOOQ5nq_3yT5bUe1rLe6jTPA0RxmV2ohCrt2JM2mLA0BVr5JTYC-T-xfRQQAlXXjLIFLcRRpRHLd1/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And so LRDC followers, that is a synopsis of our season. Fun, interesting, invigorating, healthy, spiritual, natural and eco perfect. And since weekends like these are readily available to most folks, I will soon re-post my version of 'Why not start a deer camp?' I do it every few years, hoping someone, somewhere in this world, will create and loves the joys that come with it. People from all over the world read this, so perhaps some day, I will be brought to a blog of their own. It is a dream. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Comments and critique always welcome</div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div><br /> <p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-40742314004752188392021-10-27T20:12:00.003-04:002021-10-29T20:34:03.204-04:00Early Archery at Long Ridge Deer Camp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The good news, is that there are deer everywhere. They are plentiful, healthy, and full of energy. In fact, it is a rare year when all species appear healthy and plentiful. This IS some of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwszsXHj0H9cVlM1x9pN-9hGc9q05MbOohVyr5YyPgEYPdM7lh_iKB74qRkSN2fqiece8u1rwfykJy6BH1Ae_VCoT6ryNW3FXQUEJZRU59jSB4yeaIZSJlz_tbyyxaMpYnSYdXrBo49sS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwszsXHj0H9cVlM1x9pN-9hGc9q05MbOohVyr5YyPgEYPdM7lh_iKB74qRkSN2fqiece8u1rwfykJy6BH1Ae_VCoT6ryNW3FXQUEJZRU59jSB4yeaIZSJlz_tbyyxaMpYnSYdXrBo49sS/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have some great bucks this year. It is really rare that you catch the best on camera. And, we have not. But these guys below are 6, 8 and 10 pointers that will fill the bill, if we ever see them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UZyJQvJK6w-emfkvArdxw-oAjSaPT1ACA3yUZpxh4bTitfPRTetf3exjg6atNLPM7JpD69U1p0IyqAVsjA7bu_AqEn9BlapdeyO2BvI1JN1psZYUT1Zs26gCgKi4bkjd6QKPefcvjUCZ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UZyJQvJK6w-emfkvArdxw-oAjSaPT1ACA3yUZpxh4bTitfPRTetf3exjg6atNLPM7JpD69U1p0IyqAVsjA7bu_AqEn9BlapdeyO2BvI1JN1psZYUT1Zs26gCgKi4bkjd6QKPefcvjUCZ/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtiQh-tDAcfkGOSSL4R0yt6BCg7aYIEGv24siyC02W67CG53gUszbDu7EQhZeudNef790RFMZ1r96ZmD9ndEdfB2W6P3CNbm6H7R3TEbEorfTCt7b0KOp8UAW5EHdcif82wA4zZ3TvbV2/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtiQh-tDAcfkGOSSL4R0yt6BCg7aYIEGv24siyC02W67CG53gUszbDu7EQhZeudNef790RFMZ1r96ZmD9ndEdfB2W6P3CNbm6H7R3TEbEorfTCt7b0KOp8UAW5EHdcif82wA4zZ3TvbV2/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz8dRWZhZRdabH8ebE7eBt94VH4amRBhSCfOy8s5vkCA63CuqIEHzyW6Yl4g7IXZedhFVJXc_DSRdNZzU4ealIOt4qBnM2ejr3pWA8sXAI4NfeH_K3JhqSN3uxmF4RvJWr7YvbHVa97TJ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz8dRWZhZRdabH8ebE7eBt94VH4amRBhSCfOy8s5vkCA63CuqIEHzyW6Yl4g7IXZedhFVJXc_DSRdNZzU4ealIOt4qBnM2ejr3pWA8sXAI4NfeH_K3JhqSN3uxmF4RvJWr7YvbHVa97TJ/" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The does are in fine shape...</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnz5m4hg0hTeRU3fdjzWWSppIlkck0ngulslUY9Ggs6obO3gEjqM1-1XIcaB52Q2l-yXGCOxE3MpO5kFoi9g1yZL0iAbRLyH04zwp2gQMnZv76KtIX2JCyTYKciUpN6ls7EMO1x0ezh_m/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnz5m4hg0hTeRU3fdjzWWSppIlkck0ngulslUY9Ggs6obO3gEjqM1-1XIcaB52Q2l-yXGCOxE3MpO5kFoi9g1yZL0iAbRLyH04zwp2gQMnZv76KtIX2JCyTYKciUpN6ls7EMO1x0ezh_m/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO5RkucYS8drV90aUGt7wCd2isaqIX7B4SZZRc_Pms1oKmpldSlWiZTE54pAXWDY7QccK2UKO0eTxnhyEXeN9Ghmd-_UUhdFBRU5m3Vir0nD7sNnJg8yIXyi3LnDXlZzpStdxH6XG0Kp_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO5RkucYS8drV90aUGt7wCd2isaqIX7B4SZZRc_Pms1oKmpldSlWiZTE54pAXWDY7QccK2UKO0eTxnhyEXeN9Ghmd-_UUhdFBRU5m3Vir0nD7sNnJg8yIXyi3LnDXlZzpStdxH6XG0Kp_/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbq_wMqAaKCnyeGGrpIN6ncPYn1YGepo6ky3kLWf18ltXLnPjRAuGSsUQbG7d6Us2Jrc7hKqwRFpaUpJEMuWE3V2VUoooQ7RDo6QLM2u_Rp7B9CkzHbZfxGzSuFDUFhRdEpqXwlQfX6vN/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbq_wMqAaKCnyeGGrpIN6ncPYn1YGepo6ky3kLWf18ltXLnPjRAuGSsUQbG7d6Us2Jrc7hKqwRFpaUpJEMuWE3V2VUoooQ7RDo6QLM2u_Rp7B9CkzHbZfxGzSuFDUFhRdEpqXwlQfX6vN/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbYBBejU2TztVhhWU2abjqQ_BFo5yxSumKZk2BYQM9l5mOKNLjKoXJNI9KOHIjqcCHt_Ay50u_hQetOghS8zxO4PBBowusTypUh45NW9sZgo-Wx4hIVDJKzl8e8k_-QwZYLxpnAdowW0Z/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixbYBBejU2TztVhhWU2abjqQ_BFo5yxSumKZk2BYQM9l5mOKNLjKoXJNI9KOHIjqcCHt_Ay50u_hQetOghS8zxO4PBBowusTypUh45NW9sZgo-Wx4hIVDJKzl8e8k_-QwZYLxpnAdowW0Z/" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I do like that bobcats are once again a mainstay of the food chain belt here in NH. Once nearly wiped out by trapping bounties, and hound hunting, they are once again plentiful. We have talus slopes that they love, and have plenty around us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxFAIrz8MLsjLNkrmzJowdzscUpWGFJcFcG96K45iVlKqdeWAn2XuF0rfudGC7eLbqc7FfRJyihp0_261xxMlINbbLASSvphRwXd1ccW6JpHo1NdhhBeS_jlIRsZA6fpbGKLQ5b_u6bVd/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxFAIrz8MLsjLNkrmzJowdzscUpWGFJcFcG96K45iVlKqdeWAn2XuF0rfudGC7eLbqc7FfRJyihp0_261xxMlINbbLASSvphRwXd1ccW6JpHo1NdhhBeS_jlIRsZA6fpbGKLQ5b_u6bVd/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coyote, not many around.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV7z7mGTkHGtCGdWo5oy07zwlSwhU5jB-7vAwnaAuZBZFTiJvXvvCIuqVx4pVVxh6MOK07z9y4WSC4iVIWl-2OJrm0V9g3Ktag1XQYiDA7faGTo6qFEH7C4wOLu11MKBwkgdU4ifRyQjn/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBV7z7mGTkHGtCGdWo5oy07zwlSwhU5jB-7vAwnaAuZBZFTiJvXvvCIuqVx4pVVxh6MOK07z9y4WSC4iVIWl-2OJrm0V9g3Ktag1XQYiDA7faGTo6qFEH7C4wOLu11MKBwkgdU4ifRyQjn/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bobcat again, a mile from the one above, but could be the same...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt_DzsgVzs8JiLrs7G-32VzPGqYn8kWuGrcqqlrD-qnwa_2MRFqFegNOkaO-qcgNl06QI2VygsnMwT7rL5SWiHRvs9zeN_HMIBcFuQsHGSdavLS4Zwxh1syVEFjkEVed-bLhxuzyjo_UM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpt_DzsgVzs8JiLrs7G-32VzPGqYn8kWuGrcqqlrD-qnwa_2MRFqFegNOkaO-qcgNl06QI2VygsnMwT7rL5SWiHRvs9zeN_HMIBcFuQsHGSdavLS4Zwxh1syVEFjkEVed-bLhxuzyjo_UM/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This doe is chowing on apples, and she is fat, and heavy, as they all are this fall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJvethKDUHFcviCfqo67ffPkUpzKa2kwJci018N6ReOTqeTMffnXUoSdlpVDJ6go_d5FbWprLWrFBdoKQBcS0BvSP5TRPoecVNYgQlNzC7-oQACNawZ2hG2diGPFOLTwsH_BFxEfp9JN-/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgJvethKDUHFcviCfqo67ffPkUpzKa2kwJci018N6ReOTqeTMffnXUoSdlpVDJ6go_d5FbWprLWrFBdoKQBcS0BvSP5TRPoecVNYgQlNzC7-oQACNawZ2hG2diGPFOLTwsH_BFxEfp9JN-/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This guy below is behind our house under an apple tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WEbEj3y441cR1_IrX1JKDzlfH_4iR-oHCKe76BcsWoIUbyWq7mwOMHUHLZ4c8uL7Y3i2_j0GbmLt9rEWCDjS6-2hU8fUz3Ld6Ot3nNsy-ROeOpXsDki8xtoS6O3Cp_mnqVgwkB-gKRox/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WEbEj3y441cR1_IrX1JKDzlfH_4iR-oHCKe76BcsWoIUbyWq7mwOMHUHLZ4c8uL7Y3i2_j0GbmLt9rEWCDjS6-2hU8fUz3Ld6Ot3nNsy-ROeOpXsDki8xtoS6O3Cp_mnqVgwkB-gKRox/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XgJwCFz85B3kD84Xa2f61Nt7e5A9NYVaxMrD4das9AdpKvTef5XIjy02kgAm_VzUfVv51k5YmLf71ra_7qoeZAtXCBm8TcxI3an8W6loS7WeZTYl_PA0OC_vk6QBIvoedCwnWq5hHsJc/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0XgJwCFz85B3kD84Xa2f61Nt7e5A9NYVaxMrD4das9AdpKvTef5XIjy02kgAm_VzUfVv51k5YmLf71ra_7qoeZAtXCBm8TcxI3an8W6loS7WeZTYl_PA0OC_vk6QBIvoedCwnWq5hHsJc/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not just sure what this is. Fat butt of a deer? </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1zbJbtoRCjDBv3ZabuNxIspmazmoiRURbad157NDRJSd1VX9j55EHnVG4PmyZWe_YehsUmqjv64nErPf8zkqh__eYlkmW1vPnFGIbLYwl08ySShORcOOCY4UUtSviyX8GlFJ3qLY01es/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1zbJbtoRCjDBv3ZabuNxIspmazmoiRURbad157NDRJSd1VX9j55EHnVG4PmyZWe_YehsUmqjv64nErPf8zkqh__eYlkmW1vPnFGIbLYwl08ySShORcOOCY4UUtSviyX8GlFJ3qLY01es/" width="320" /></a></div> <div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> great flying shot of a hawk coming in. Bluebird house in the background. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIxuv0cEBt1KSsE8XuCKlzMCD-IButVhGTg4hcrEnbZTlpu6LHaSckT6Ess0IlO5JhasFiIDP0_hiPvYp5L8HR-HR89OFY9xrZo_iVyYercdPpfL1MN_2uu8BGbF4-A9BQuWjRc6QTtkd/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzIxuv0cEBt1KSsE8XuCKlzMCD-IButVhGTg4hcrEnbZTlpu6LHaSckT6Ess0IlO5JhasFiIDP0_hiPvYp5L8HR-HR89OFY9xrZo_iVyYercdPpfL1MN_2uu8BGbF4-A9BQuWjRc6QTtkd/" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">These fall apples, so full of juice!</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-bILFzD5N5_lUiMKXvgRDOJBI40RMqOCPsyTap-Bkx0oi0KYuzABdNG40GbXZ-ZMvvViurOAID0IMPpTFViUvurPI8smqStRL92SAsjWX0G3WhsnLIERfPpn9gLEmLoKiNjwaMoY2efg/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLuIl6xzWdcMVwF6Zerv9nEIpVn6ZNvX2ashS43f3Hu6M00hJktkO9H60lRXbrpTtJlLfMddjl81whCib2KCMNmpHE_6IQ5OyJI3T6Iz6fW9_NdBF2n15cTBZkq_nJrSgnNkSsKSo1SNb/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLuIl6xzWdcMVwF6Zerv9nEIpVn6ZNvX2ashS43f3Hu6M00hJktkO9H60lRXbrpTtJlLfMddjl81whCib2KCMNmpHE_6IQ5OyJI3T6Iz6fW9_NdBF2n15cTBZkq_nJrSgnNkSsKSo1SNb/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These two shots below are of the Flip's Stand. It feels great, but wear a ball cap in the afternoon to ward off the lowering sun...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dXcNbq1DjREB5OCHDshpKlz_BRu8V1w3d5GTSiF5JlltQmn9anZmlBw9Lk-hJIutDBhuQhzD3TGZaXNa8lI4ZbwdbJVB_6rTBO12VbZJ88wAsJV29TPCP9af0NjFHArt13UB1hCgb-tW/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dXcNbq1DjREB5OCHDshpKlz_BRu8V1w3d5GTSiF5JlltQmn9anZmlBw9Lk-hJIutDBhuQhzD3TGZaXNa8lI4ZbwdbJVB_6rTBO12VbZJ88wAsJV29TPCP9af0NjFHArt13UB1hCgb-tW/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3chZbEv4coRNcJaEHhGJaM-ZJYFSDJN4mxzgpWgFEpqCfPJu63ChQf82dABiC9aZ5xVkYWEeiTHLQCSbrXpfhcFU5eKJuk7xeE0adiidDyeTHLVmwuuwQXck3xM3BppWhmOcv2Is716NL/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3chZbEv4coRNcJaEHhGJaM-ZJYFSDJN4mxzgpWgFEpqCfPJu63ChQf82dABiC9aZ5xVkYWEeiTHLQCSbrXpfhcFU5eKJuk7xeE0adiidDyeTHLVmwuuwQXck3xM3BppWhmOcv2Is716NL/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is a white faced hornets nest on the window of my bunkroom at deer camp. It's like an ant farm, I can see them moving and feeding babes, and making paper. Neat! Come frost when they are all dead, I'll try to scrape it off and save it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZ2Ewgm4tsdHkjpbSl3QJ0uSzDVakXft3EdBcsP2FDs80ygc2g4dOWeZkNskvuS9C7lRf0a55-7nxjsl-JAoPQODq6-tlbMEQYMuROcoHQIZlvn4hHp37kdgilKTfsW3SIoGbVTm260qX/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsZ2Ewgm4tsdHkjpbSl3QJ0uSzDVakXft3EdBcsP2FDs80ygc2g4dOWeZkNskvuS9C7lRf0a55-7nxjsl-JAoPQODq6-tlbMEQYMuROcoHQIZlvn4hHp37kdgilKTfsW3SIoGbVTm260qX/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These little flowers, whatever they are, are neat. On cool mornings in the fall, they harbor bees deep inside, staying warm all night! I do love small things staying warm! Remember the ants?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKievpw1pZDOy6hOXCrnKSolmLDLy_rqw8MH_mYcCUWvU52osAoIyPtcUEpzdPrC50vWCGqlKrjTCesXixVU8Puq5a4LCKEoIm7i7UMsdAiH36rK9VTzi3mifsPj6GIX_SN8WHWxxr9P0k/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKievpw1pZDOy6hOXCrnKSolmLDLy_rqw8MH_mYcCUWvU52osAoIyPtcUEpzdPrC50vWCGqlKrjTCesXixVU8Puq5a4LCKEoIm7i7UMsdAiH36rK9VTzi3mifsPj6GIX_SN8WHWxxr9P0k/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And these guys, not seen for years but during this wet, wet summer, they are back with us, and everywhere.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FTOA62i8zGIB1HAvoQDHZ9e6hhrw4pY4SznevULLsrm5lRQiIFaizemWYascUMoRE312XJbodYJgH5FmnbNHJOaC6fmwlr3Cy-Y-erHRfnFv6EoF1l-DKS7bRYirRIx8ejx80ekMri6i/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FTOA62i8zGIB1HAvoQDHZ9e6hhrw4pY4SznevULLsrm5lRQiIFaizemWYascUMoRE312XJbodYJgH5FmnbNHJOaC6fmwlr3Cy-Y-erHRfnFv6EoF1l-DKS7bRYirRIx8ejx80ekMri6i/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I won't test you. Tests are boring. This is a woodchuck track. Just outside the big barn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO0q6Iy2JkOjF07Y1UDtuOKAzPRhfzMuzNluS8b4x5Ra3ZVoE1OoCx0tHjTV0UoSxNYWbGyrIIcSWAv4LmhrSblMLm-JzyACBJylXxFzAz_-BsX4D6fELG4GhRM64thms1NeEy4T22RvB/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyO0q6Iy2JkOjF07Y1UDtuOKAzPRhfzMuzNluS8b4x5Ra3ZVoE1OoCx0tHjTV0UoSxNYWbGyrIIcSWAv4LmhrSblMLm-JzyACBJylXxFzAz_-BsX4D6fELG4GhRM64thms1NeEy4T22RvB/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this is a mud slick between the far and near fields, and shows where a deer slid in the mud.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-mozR7mCIbdhw6spEzwseQ89QX3_CVPrJEfjEKVUeBe4A0qQA-84WQuwyoD-8FBdEyCD1AV8-uNpWnyK6re9JCVSeTtRSJfC5kAOQeTRWcgShl_aUySxwn4zfaugmKQwUaI1ycWEFMvX/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-mozR7mCIbdhw6spEzwseQ89QX3_CVPrJEfjEKVUeBe4A0qQA-84WQuwyoD-8FBdEyCD1AV8-uNpWnyK6re9JCVSeTtRSJfC5kAOQeTRWcgShl_aUySxwn4zfaugmKQwUaI1ycWEFMvX/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The East Plot, a good bow stand, and below the far Ridge Stand. Fewer deer, but more likely bucks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIaQu1jKoiy0Ik4i58hcBdWoEIOz5Ug611-4ambgfmvGKpJsIzyJWJuUsM09QquVyX_PCeEMvLxZQHv_7Ad8kGyDe2cmJEA00TuOlDMksaDBs2pKLFdEi6onCnusLBl3H0hhtQoniLwWF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIaQu1jKoiy0Ik4i58hcBdWoEIOz5Ug611-4ambgfmvGKpJsIzyJWJuUsM09QquVyX_PCeEMvLxZQHv_7Ad8kGyDe2cmJEA00TuOlDMksaDBs2pKLFdEi6onCnusLBl3H0hhtQoniLwWF/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below is the Far ridge...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSoJfZH163uuV2eGai8DeD1SeMSGzTUPmAm8YEl50MWzXsf-DSKHLA8KJIX5jlFI6joMtdT-zH_EA-oENMncBsnm1WxkuQDWVFCnWhmb_vW4RqMOBupuN3UQNgkLeRbdG1jH-iRFmPoy_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSoJfZH163uuV2eGai8DeD1SeMSGzTUPmAm8YEl50MWzXsf-DSKHLA8KJIX5jlFI6joMtdT-zH_EA-oENMncBsnm1WxkuQDWVFCnWhmb_vW4RqMOBupuN3UQNgkLeRbdG1jH-iRFmPoy_/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> As always, comments and critique welcomed!</div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-31620966318943235062021-08-22T19:32:00.005-04:002021-08-27T07:32:06.890-04:00The Hum of Summer at LRDC<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Five new 20 foot deer stands grace our camp, and assembly, transport and raising the new ones is a group effort. This also includes hauling the old ones out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1iU7Bf7eDGZHEhHq1qpR0vREoZirLL_VaTE32556DQ6cpYIGkt2X4D8yvhPaZImuGB1N2puK14gVKU4SJgIjsqs_0kGm-y4UkZjg6Gec32JRytlgsBwFivI8sTWbLl6643D7YDvveVpK/s2048/IMG_0242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1iU7Bf7eDGZHEhHq1qpR0vREoZirLL_VaTE32556DQ6cpYIGkt2X4D8yvhPaZImuGB1N2puK14gVKU4SJgIjsqs_0kGm-y4UkZjg6Gec32JRytlgsBwFivI8sTWbLl6643D7YDvveVpK/s320/IMG_0242.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Putting these things together is, I am a bity embarrassed to say this, a Chinese puzzle. That is where they are made, and the directions for assembly reflect it. But we did get it done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNHeJznVsYp9Sts-u3u9wNuhfRUjlSIUNk9Esg4PcdHKLUWSMvmnbljqQhWctkNYAPtjNE0VB3ffwhZOf4V4XwZTdGrMjnQR1zihV7rBtBoMBF1gBU0wg82PbgxWATCM3qIMECbH-m55x/s2048/IMG_0245.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJNHeJznVsYp9Sts-u3u9wNuhfRUjlSIUNk9Esg4PcdHKLUWSMvmnbljqQhWctkNYAPtjNE0VB3ffwhZOf4V4XwZTdGrMjnQR1zihV7rBtBoMBF1gBU0wg82PbgxWATCM3qIMECbH-m55x/s320/IMG_0245.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pups are always necessary to assist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HuWdkoKoX0zZw-ppdXx6VFWgXKEqnJaZuMMsCu_tLWobEcTDI2gXOUs6aVcWLntIEKM9O22Y1OjdT4n8K7MFZvNhjqY6DAJAbwjvAoB5nlvrywSJAvp5mo1OzVw-VK6ZyFq2tq74JH8o/s2048/IMG_0247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HuWdkoKoX0zZw-ppdXx6VFWgXKEqnJaZuMMsCu_tLWobEcTDI2gXOUs6aVcWLntIEKM9O22Y1OjdT4n8K7MFZvNhjqY6DAJAbwjvAoB5nlvrywSJAvp5mo1OzVw-VK6ZyFq2tq74JH8o/s320/IMG_0247.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">No active fireplace, so the camp grill cooks lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBx7ZR3LIATZ-0EyeUqdIQE7mRZ1TQjkzzNt9DBePlfvfsxzeTbztXE_-Q2ewOfr47dwnqlJq9nHneGDAPL9UwuAdV_lNMRbIF1dn37NKdABLitj71FJWRO1EgDMwhnYuSEv67cTW6mhr/s2048/IMG_0248.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBx7ZR3LIATZ-0EyeUqdIQE7mRZ1TQjkzzNt9DBePlfvfsxzeTbztXE_-Q2ewOfr47dwnqlJq9nHneGDAPL9UwuAdV_lNMRbIF1dn37NKdABLitj71FJWRO1EgDMwhnYuSEv67cTW6mhr/s320/IMG_0248.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A raised and stabilized stand. This takes some several hunters, ATVs, a pulley and rope, and daredevil climbing. They do have to be solid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKIw_NABxduk7KSwKRZcqGLsJwlyLpkGBXMrrqy86amZ9bnny3qrDizsE_9VXjJuKRzxvyZnUdnckjmKSAlS-oEuTojmPNT3EZ2-7hjhUdBwtPF2URnv67tmwmHEQXhKLWsuA5d1JADAX/s2048/IMG_0250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKIw_NABxduk7KSwKRZcqGLsJwlyLpkGBXMrrqy86amZ9bnny3qrDizsE_9VXjJuKRzxvyZnUdnckjmKSAlS-oEuTojmPNT3EZ2-7hjhUdBwtPF2URnv67tmwmHEQXhKLWsuA5d1JADAX/s320/IMG_0250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Volunteers all, and all good company.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1Hj8K4OGlxUC1_CpVvws21voOfh2ruPBQOPJCw3r8zst5CBIQgsl192TqbmFGf2CvyeNl-ZiFmBeZFm3YmVASk1M2YQmiffv97IkEXqalolVKEBSKDm4g12BQSx5tZ3AQJ-CpIIIjH4_/s2048/IMG_0249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1Hj8K4OGlxUC1_CpVvws21voOfh2ruPBQOPJCw3r8zst5CBIQgsl192TqbmFGf2CvyeNl-ZiFmBeZFm3YmVASk1M2YQmiffv97IkEXqalolVKEBSKDm4g12BQSx5tZ3AQJ-CpIIIjH4_/s320/IMG_0249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBOyU0BFtKLKh62nVUq4sHTPoXqoeRDHe6fAFYCmRflxKitBW70elYoK2KKzIRRktyxaBBXd29iiNgKQO77YbP19SnuX0_6RSey9oUGunzbn7nABQT6ww5o2FZBpWVjNzsRJ332yf27t_/s2048/IMG_0251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihBOyU0BFtKLKh62nVUq4sHTPoXqoeRDHe6fAFYCmRflxKitBW70elYoK2KKzIRRktyxaBBXd29iiNgKQO77YbP19SnuX0_6RSey9oUGunzbn7nABQT6ww5o2FZBpWVjNzsRJ332yf27t_/s320/IMG_0251.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back to the hunting and nature aspect of things, tons and tons of apples, acorns, and most other feeds I can think of. No one in the forest is going hungry these days. Three easy winters, a ton of summer rainfall, and good bedding and cover management keeps the little folks happy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbm30U7Cu-BW9oUMWvHp2jcHp6xejrRJ-ym-tN4yqEOo86-xhMuVUfCXJry1-zJP5yMvqaCbXhZnJF1sTaC61ui84Sr77FKDEopCcXWw1hC9TKdgWvAgf6I0Tn4-CPoP3KXymOoZbt_Ldo/s2048/IMG_0252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbm30U7Cu-BW9oUMWvHp2jcHp6xejrRJ-ym-tN4yqEOo86-xhMuVUfCXJry1-zJP5yMvqaCbXhZnJF1sTaC61ui84Sr77FKDEopCcXWw1hC9TKdgWvAgf6I0Tn4-CPoP3KXymOoZbt_Ldo/s320/IMG_0252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The buck below is feeding on wild apples. He is a nine pointer, and he has a pal, just to the right of the posts , also a nine pointer, with him. I am zoomed in with my phone, thus the poor quality of the picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScXRiBNpUTPGyFRs9dcMTXSdobiTQ57bIUZYGuSZt-x-1z_3pOzsGVyg-CUFgfkLt6vZfX_ky-EbIUVM6WvlEyz1nXBAgQbpK2VTVMeqmx4YKuos2wok83MYd5yMiE98Y0iGyVw_d87km/s2048/IMG_0253.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjScXRiBNpUTPGyFRs9dcMTXSdobiTQ57bIUZYGuSZt-x-1z_3pOzsGVyg-CUFgfkLt6vZfX_ky-EbIUVM6WvlEyz1nXBAgQbpK2VTVMeqmx4YKuos2wok83MYd5yMiE98Y0iGyVw_d87km/s320/IMG_0253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The stump below is a cherry tree stump that has been a mineral lick for years. The deer and porkys have finally worn it out, and I have replaced it with a fresh one below.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRNizJGJfdaF0JLgZGgv_IX9WXSEWXWhdjyseFe9wSwFi7tK1KQnPQ8T7rWIQQpka6_2udzaa80pgYZ4zG6urKAwYtPcUSJ9NXnbuIsDIqLEmYq8QHm9jNmFK-P-6Qtuc3hRNBMz44c12/s2048/IMG_20210805_132044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrRNizJGJfdaF0JLgZGgv_IX9WXSEWXWhdjyseFe9wSwFi7tK1KQnPQ8T7rWIQQpka6_2udzaa80pgYZ4zG6urKAwYtPcUSJ9NXnbuIsDIqLEmYq8QHm9jNmFK-P-6Qtuc3hRNBMz44c12/s320/IMG_20210805_132044.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IeUnAxZjn1aLrB7oSgGCvkbqgOHqImDJpKvcnwNphcEf37DCVLfErRAX7ckAKElZdXq95uNIOBCssUa8N7u9kiPoWYFTI3q23wQf-wonNUxDVLs6-Xtg76iDdAbb6YW-e6GpUUkO9JnX/s2048/IMG_20210805_132209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2IeUnAxZjn1aLrB7oSgGCvkbqgOHqImDJpKvcnwNphcEf37DCVLfErRAX7ckAKElZdXq95uNIOBCssUa8N7u9kiPoWYFTI3q23wQf-wonNUxDVLs6-Xtg76iDdAbb6YW-e6GpUUkO9JnX/s320/IMG_20210805_132209.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This field I won't mow until Mid/late September to make sure all Monarchs are hatched and through their life cycle. More of them this year than the past twenty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTpGSNLB4vPAuhAMrWOQu8LLOPAZPh7nD664sQIP6LCM-krmsc7EXwfI8D4334dmhaKNdmyrqSHqF4Mzh8hicu8HvE4ImZtxnpKBYhEGrjDVEV4Keo1uk7t7H6WUQJdGLi9xsENXlbGX_/s2048/IMG_20210808_092429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMTpGSNLB4vPAuhAMrWOQu8LLOPAZPh7nD664sQIP6LCM-krmsc7EXwfI8D4334dmhaKNdmyrqSHqF4Mzh8hicu8HvE4ImZtxnpKBYhEGrjDVEV4Keo1uk7t7H6WUQJdGLi9xsENXlbGX_/s320/IMG_20210808_092429.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The balloon below was in a food plot, blowing in from an unknown celebration. I wish folks could enjoy them and tie them off without littering the countryside. What IS the joy in seeing them leave?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCediMKwKLAgZz2Zj1_mjNnPatuVFlc-Yo7WXtgoNgXwrY2KVmmoWZyeNDfRV1qddSxKRypPPMeP3ypYnm5UixxIqmN_JLYXdXQ67OYYGcBD1QH-p58axZSWuWxN5hlqS-kOdEtm8pkCK/s2048/IMG_20210809_175656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVCediMKwKLAgZz2Zj1_mjNnPatuVFlc-Yo7WXtgoNgXwrY2KVmmoWZyeNDfRV1qddSxKRypPPMeP3ypYnm5UixxIqmN_JLYXdXQ67OYYGcBD1QH-p58axZSWuWxN5hlqS-kOdEtm8pkCK/s320/IMG_20210809_175656.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pretty buck in velvet on the East Plot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLzOQBnIcD0PJlsASjaScm7jZ48hDAtAD2kOWh_zSF8lPu4zXTB2C-yvyzsJ7HJP2x4eWuLZpEdtlZ-VyI1e5Rr_2bm4HYL-G1fOgr_lFZ_tihPvVPFufcD3_3pS99hLEvnhqkAfJC4px/s4000/MFDC5814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLzOQBnIcD0PJlsASjaScm7jZ48hDAtAD2kOWh_zSF8lPu4zXTB2C-yvyzsJ7HJP2x4eWuLZpEdtlZ-VyI1e5Rr_2bm4HYL-G1fOgr_lFZ_tihPvVPFufcD3_3pS99hLEvnhqkAfJC4px/s320/MFDC5814.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtw1neDxLgLefL-lArQUFIbPuHRDZVMitnWMdROHjuuxfVBdl9WRShmAdl4OGvHwzU0VMB56bDptu8v6MbqzelEt_DkxWDc_wxT39QOPdSIhfnXXIPO9W3cJWLiW4FpBSrxqs3w-Cu3so/s4000/MFDC5829.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtw1neDxLgLefL-lArQUFIbPuHRDZVMitnWMdROHjuuxfVBdl9WRShmAdl4OGvHwzU0VMB56bDptu8v6MbqzelEt_DkxWDc_wxT39QOPdSIhfnXXIPO9W3cJWLiW4FpBSrxqs3w-Cu3so/s320/MFDC5829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdj3S3ZUN_R33GQLPb37jOtf3w6TVH1bsm0dHsL_T9wYO5rIuHJz2gfwHeeclJEsRy9i9pG83L_eJnbXK-UbqBxXhxSibbwhYdgmoy9pAngFWpXIZVXtl2DJCQHcG__2VjSa1IeSGajCLG/s4000/MFDC5831.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdj3S3ZUN_R33GQLPb37jOtf3w6TVH1bsm0dHsL_T9wYO5rIuHJz2gfwHeeclJEsRy9i9pG83L_eJnbXK-UbqBxXhxSibbwhYdgmoy9pAngFWpXIZVXtl2DJCQHcG__2VjSa1IeSGajCLG/s320/MFDC5831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRUflQum11_Q_ZDphfOuRJMifMbaDUjYiD7NDXdPzQK7vk4HAjclIqCao-JwL-PNt9NB54lyYuX6c-5COSx9QjQyVB_tZ0OgavWjuTZCy8aPI0j07C_OjZKO2dKBq0WoK1hXFvkK_k70n/s4000/MFDC5957.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRUflQum11_Q_ZDphfOuRJMifMbaDUjYiD7NDXdPzQK7vk4HAjclIqCao-JwL-PNt9NB54lyYuX6c-5COSx9QjQyVB_tZ0OgavWjuTZCy8aPI0j07C_OjZKO2dKBq0WoK1hXFvkK_k70n/s320/MFDC5957.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This Chuck is at deer camp, keeps us good summer company. He shares the spot with gray foxes, and rabbits. No conflicts, seemingly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhcfdOoPxgQr3qTzpR23FqKEqX6q7haHnqt5NzEq9gHE0E5S1XFa9-Jhyphenhyphen6rbmvuGQ7p9RTelkkZW2DXEUZ46T2f0h0TQiMGVrn8RM_NmOSFk0KRjs8gtIIQIYQ8OwEz1thzBQMR_JY_QU/s2048/MTC_0276.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhcfdOoPxgQr3qTzpR23FqKEqX6q7haHnqt5NzEq9gHE0E5S1XFa9-Jhyphenhyphen6rbmvuGQ7p9RTelkkZW2DXEUZ46T2f0h0TQiMGVrn8RM_NmOSFk0KRjs8gtIIQIYQ8OwEz1thzBQMR_JY_QU/s320/MTC_0276.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Below, his pal Peter, sitting just in front of the camera. Handsome ears those...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOg37yoz7S0cGUBijyd-qx_i9mSPsP4dhGbczf8EhVrcKfJiDaLwkCXidSEb8n_Uz2SLjPlx-xtD6jTX5bDT7rZseQPaOvJmXEdvbl5IhDskxpDYvgZZqz5hS9NUqp9cagwHU_OlEZJK7/s2048/MTC_0818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOg37yoz7S0cGUBijyd-qx_i9mSPsP4dhGbczf8EhVrcKfJiDaLwkCXidSEb8n_Uz2SLjPlx-xtD6jTX5bDT7rZseQPaOvJmXEdvbl5IhDskxpDYvgZZqz5hS9NUqp9cagwHU_OlEZJK7/s320/MTC_0818.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Mom and babe below in the Far Field.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOYmPJWqgP1t_lt1xtXjNxZ1P8zLSdbSIUqiNvEyQIwxcgF_0TLxi7tNO67-c4pszWD93CmKyUna2zhIu9xnFHvT4nuqkwPsAoDtnDv4DJAHo5-rNxMDNT3YBFDRkI2H4c82rigIA_b94/s2688/STC_0001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGOYmPJWqgP1t_lt1xtXjNxZ1P8zLSdbSIUqiNvEyQIwxcgF_0TLxi7tNO67-c4pszWD93CmKyUna2zhIu9xnFHvT4nuqkwPsAoDtnDv4DJAHo5-rNxMDNT3YBFDRkI2H4c82rigIA_b94/s320/STC_0001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We only get a few coyotes on camera a year. One of the few.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyQVVvrid1zuZlOmSX3GFw05kHvRKj8qNziy90pzJoi8WP7JJwHwin-xvz-NXzbfbqwh-az1LKhYM8IxYJDaaMSZ0CmC3C9glzl27c-F7tq7GHw0Porf6RzGzJOcVFqujO8iTOrR_87qJ/s2688/STC_0034.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyQVVvrid1zuZlOmSX3GFw05kHvRKj8qNziy90pzJoi8WP7JJwHwin-xvz-NXzbfbqwh-az1LKhYM8IxYJDaaMSZ0CmC3C9glzl27c-F7tq7GHw0Porf6RzGzJOcVFqujO8iTOrR_87qJ/s320/STC_0034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>LRDC love porks. I like these guys!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL_nYIfbOd1u1jE9w5l6pb5i7RQJPEF-FWEBninz02abN1BaF2ZDnvOnjxBQvw57YVS6Yn6exHyNGqM46QC_mh0baT0jNStpEX1pPqzYcv5P6jzIH4_e3_K9t4DVTWemD7KqaJpuNSPAn/s2048/WGI_0001+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlL_nYIfbOd1u1jE9w5l6pb5i7RQJPEF-FWEBninz02abN1BaF2ZDnvOnjxBQvw57YVS6Yn6exHyNGqM46QC_mh0baT0jNStpEX1pPqzYcv5P6jzIH4_e3_K9t4DVTWemD7KqaJpuNSPAn/s320/WGI_0001+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A buck making his rounds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-KWgus-9Dr7vphxoZf5gcuta3oo0mXZLdTfM4UVZf3Hvpii6ybM2ut9f-IKvCXP94VCr50e_SHrOiGbX0dIIaF6eI7s55H-dG3hqGLjJ6dVx1BwF4RWLlGIW_OlTqF0rT07Z30nbVwFL/s2048/WGI_0001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-KWgus-9Dr7vphxoZf5gcuta3oo0mXZLdTfM4UVZf3Hvpii6ybM2ut9f-IKvCXP94VCr50e_SHrOiGbX0dIIaF6eI7s55H-dG3hqGLjJ6dVx1BwF4RWLlGIW_OlTqF0rT07Z30nbVwFL/s320/WGI_0001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A mature bobcat. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2PdOJrESzvNWBLLNtxs9uveVZ6P242MWG-wLzUtjIWLP-UD8EZ_Bh7LO3wDnhAX-xmSjnRC1sVkEXC-EipjEdzpXTCGnCrPmOkvFYBnZuRJVsXlqJUjw6umdA8EYU7O7Ewp3eyARE_0X/s2048/WGI_0002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2PdOJrESzvNWBLLNtxs9uveVZ6P242MWG-wLzUtjIWLP-UD8EZ_Bh7LO3wDnhAX-xmSjnRC1sVkEXC-EipjEdzpXTCGnCrPmOkvFYBnZuRJVsXlqJUjw6umdA8EYU7O7Ewp3eyARE_0X/s320/WGI_0002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Another, and probably the same, coyote.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtN-l5ITWzSX_gi7ZXy1qjtDzusUH9_gc40Y_j6Y761oOogR_Vkskxa-yEMlFKriTICPFhMWw6YJoTWeBWLbRtNU6x8Zb5nyYoU_8Cds1VqAYzFOKT2OX0s5lc6Kf5A5TGmqaSLd1fK1Z7/s2048/WGI_0004.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtN-l5ITWzSX_gi7ZXy1qjtDzusUH9_gc40Y_j6Y761oOogR_Vkskxa-yEMlFKriTICPFhMWw6YJoTWeBWLbRtNU6x8Zb5nyYoU_8Cds1VqAYzFOKT2OX0s5lc6Kf5A5TGmqaSLd1fK1Z7/s320/WGI_0004.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Bruins everywhere. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O7znGNuhg0QEX0uKG0EQJ2j8D_eVFgiA9RffUiIBy-Dd7zkvAuQxWPJDZk6Ytnf7d2X_GBAnopPE1w87QhPAuRdlYM9oDp3E6uXWtJZwDzBRLxNbscs1iKAOpWAhiHt0GIAMbmSUJd0I/s2048/WGI_0003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8O7znGNuhg0QEX0uKG0EQJ2j8D_eVFgiA9RffUiIBy-Dd7zkvAuQxWPJDZk6Ytnf7d2X_GBAnopPE1w87QhPAuRdlYM9oDp3E6uXWtJZwDzBRLxNbscs1iKAOpWAhiHt0GIAMbmSUJd0I/s320/WGI_0003.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Just a turkey grooming. Looks like agony!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlDz3b9Iv093-Y1NLJkmwHCT_Z-Kelr2BC7kRfcAQchbwDXuhzDIDP7b7SmqdHSYwodkqoQxqqnWmkmyoA4DmzrKVvArxeN33E7hAefmrDdZLUjXocifgdwN-l8bFnZCKVj3dCBYTgpL1/s2048/WGI_0011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlDz3b9Iv093-Y1NLJkmwHCT_Z-Kelr2BC7kRfcAQchbwDXuhzDIDP7b7SmqdHSYwodkqoQxqqnWmkmyoA4DmzrKVvArxeN33E7hAefmrDdZLUjXocifgdwN-l8bFnZCKVj3dCBYTgpL1/s320/WGI_0011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I love seeing deer shine like this. Soon, some will be nearly bald with switching to a winter coat.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYYxgif7NNdJFakk2h1hRHAU20TaggiClsdKfqgIZggT2Yf8m9UuazmBFz87UwwcVd_LWX9vPJzhXskclPp0IClY4RnEV6vp4StAYs4nHXUOG0Df3bjBBEbzs6M3BMJ3tNrSJU1EYIZ4I/s2048/WGI_0043.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYYxgif7NNdJFakk2h1hRHAU20TaggiClsdKfqgIZggT2Yf8m9UuazmBFz87UwwcVd_LWX9vPJzhXskclPp0IClY4RnEV6vp4StAYs4nHXUOG0Df3bjBBEbzs6M3BMJ3tNrSJU1EYIZ4I/s320/WGI_0043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjLYLCAF9Ku7a1u92ixYdKeuuqKK32VSp_Bd39i9b_9iFzbHxtjb6z8zDvJZBRCf7_4QzZlQNo_lHIj5pcA5o8N5spdL3y4HNZdFj6D4BVikzFvzhyphenhyphenvSCMsWafb_2V3N-fB97BlKtNcWD/s2048/WGI_0094.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjLYLCAF9Ku7a1u92ixYdKeuuqKK32VSp_Bd39i9b_9iFzbHxtjb6z8zDvJZBRCf7_4QzZlQNo_lHIj5pcA5o8N5spdL3y4HNZdFj6D4BVikzFvzhyphenhyphenvSCMsWafb_2V3N-fB97BlKtNcWD/s320/WGI_0094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19Bf9oROhT5TJ-qmmeqAqoUhkNRNtj6QImWoxDvocr68bQRau1U3H_jRozXCbgO4qaneJnUFReZWXO6VkDk9JBKWkz1L2B79jqAXY1ACAxT1BmeWAQNwH4BDgMvJ1Iyc7OEyb8U3hIh4O/s2048/WGI_0096.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh19Bf9oROhT5TJ-qmmeqAqoUhkNRNtj6QImWoxDvocr68bQRau1U3H_jRozXCbgO4qaneJnUFReZWXO6VkDk9JBKWkz1L2B79jqAXY1ACAxT1BmeWAQNwH4BDgMvJ1Iyc7OEyb8U3hIh4O/w324-h182/WGI_0096.JPG" width="324" /></a></div>This last picture I am very fond of, our resident deer camp woodchuck in a mood of contemplation. I DO wonder what is on his mind. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu_QAwSrMw_eQQlTWMYwNlbOQj6-NPyA3DZB3fezXwH69qs7agLdEw8FmwZE_rPUX92G1hWE9LKty0Q57_ZEyEdHflZN3vAHYvz5LeZXZMO72bFcvC-bZKCVFq-uDjV_AwtUbOYSloWP3/s2048/MTC_0019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu_QAwSrMw_eQQlTWMYwNlbOQj6-NPyA3DZB3fezXwH69qs7agLdEw8FmwZE_rPUX92G1hWE9LKty0Q57_ZEyEdHflZN3vAHYvz5LeZXZMO72bFcvC-bZKCVFq-uDjV_AwtUbOYSloWP3/s320/MTC_0019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> So, wrapping up this edition, and hoping to quickly get back into bow practice. I was doing fine, until I took a full draw without arrow, and mistakenly let the trigger release. Like a slap on the side of my head it was, and eyepieces and silencers went twanging away to unknown places. This requires a full re-stringing and set of of a bow AFTER all components checked for integrity. I have not heard back from the Pro. It may mean a new bow! In any case, archery opens within a month, so I do need to catch up! Hope all your summers are full filling, and filled with the outdoors! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Comments and critique and questions welcomed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-40516573514571224162021-08-11T10:06:00.004-04:002021-08-20T20:39:32.620-04:00The Glock 40 MOS 10mm - My Last 10MM Review (or am I Iying?)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Back to five yards drills, and again, adequate considering the fpe we are sending down range.</span> </div>
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Then, out to 20 yards. I could not hit a barn door. No matter what I did, I could not wring any accuracy out of this gun. 13 inch groups! Thought it might be the ammo. Shot Federal 180's, DT 200, Buffalo Bore 220 and reloads. and nothing worked.</span></div>
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Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-6462852437547670522021-06-30T18:23:00.004-04:002021-06-30T21:10:13.898-04:00A Medley For Sure at Long Rindge Deer Camp Spring/early Summer Here at the Camp.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A strange 18 months wraps up at LRDC. No hunters here last fall (you do all know why), illness here on the farm, and a deteriorating bunch of deer stands. Hunters came through and donated a bunch of new stands, so the job is to get the old ones down, the new ones up, and trails cleared. The food plots have sustained many species, and seem to be doing quite well, in spite of a bit of dryness this spring. As it is late June, they do need to be mowed, and the annual plots will be plowed under and reseeded in August. Below on the East plot is a handsome cat and a bunch of early deer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoShPxJCgRq8e_ac8lXDe8aHxV9acrpMyr1DkCbmTg72PXzK6ECMnJVRbrHxjRn5EB6G3y-_O3P56xYRthRxeKQM85tUMdP8LbOVTfsYps3qNXhP5iytiDkHEOjoY20LfPXFSI4in8Vz6/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoShPxJCgRq8e_ac8lXDe8aHxV9acrpMyr1DkCbmTg72PXzK6ECMnJVRbrHxjRn5EB6G3y-_O3P56xYRthRxeKQM85tUMdP8LbOVTfsYps3qNXhP5iytiDkHEOjoY20LfPXFSI4in8Vz6/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_Ic34jv_IXmYVvFeVuthqvfLIc2Jlaaq0uceMHuNV2xpokSu-FCxFrt5o-h6kD0_LDbDafkyTCF9P-MTdVIgThJrrb1h0r8pPKrkhLRH9FyTvVo7xHqrafznXZR9GrQprEnRB-BfVulR/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_Ic34jv_IXmYVvFeVuthqvfLIc2Jlaaq0uceMHuNV2xpokSu-FCxFrt5o-h6kD0_LDbDafkyTCF9P-MTdVIgThJrrb1h0r8pPKrkhLRH9FyTvVo7xHqrafznXZR9GrQprEnRB-BfVulR/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejbWSdmPKkRNYdYZ3rKfYEDIcdRkg7xQxK4Sh_9ApXDtm-EW4EXN1RA2KIJDItMgEyCP9559wg982CC6U6OMErtpx_MHdiuNIzwgCWXxei_jmppmxWBxqcdv1xNhYGJdsFH7bMem_ASYO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejbWSdmPKkRNYdYZ3rKfYEDIcdRkg7xQxK4Sh_9ApXDtm-EW4EXN1RA2KIJDItMgEyCP9559wg982CC6U6OMErtpx_MHdiuNIzwgCWXxei_jmppmxWBxqcdv1xNhYGJdsFH7bMem_ASYO/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">An earlier picture, with a bit of late snow setting up a new mineral lick.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9Oa5JVz9fCXaHtBHcP3K4T-L_8Siay-Lk8UXiylJO7E_ApdcYunbI04E_l1-JZZAlWOxDKuyc3LD_YKE9Fu2qQAr0nYKPXy3c0RjuygvHq5unhlzEf5MRCjgDdRW0CSAJCmGWok9glOv/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9Oa5JVz9fCXaHtBHcP3K4T-L_8Siay-Lk8UXiylJO7E_ApdcYunbI04E_l1-JZZAlWOxDKuyc3LD_YKE9Fu2qQAr0nYKPXy3c0RjuygvHq5unhlzEf5MRCjgDdRW0CSAJCmGWok9glOv/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Arguments do take place, and there is always a winner...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ACdbIIYKQOXL3nrLUzN0052Pd16XHRLu5N54qo8poRIO8x837mxDtIFsxSPglD7dSCyJP1p3LlTgpbKQZnIZ60KM77bAnxki_L3c7vIq9KXITQiukTrjDRvmxr2CDmsw3VG8yJ_aUz-m/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ACdbIIYKQOXL3nrLUzN0052Pd16XHRLu5N54qo8poRIO8x837mxDtIFsxSPglD7dSCyJP1p3LlTgpbKQZnIZ60KM77bAnxki_L3c7vIq9KXITQiukTrjDRvmxr2CDmsw3VG8yJ_aUz-m/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last, and this year, rabbits everywhere. Woods, gardens, sheds, pastures. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xAiXUGLCR4oeOrRP2gwXyFrrSAV3OngtKHC6jXDKFRcYegaC9IM5bFK0AfVUNQkaxRIwwknZypnr5H6_eOlddyjrqWFvoVHVxnq-wQi9gbdiZiXfBispSzfu6112ld_NBsKJFMsqfmz_/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xAiXUGLCR4oeOrRP2gwXyFrrSAV3OngtKHC6jXDKFRcYegaC9IM5bFK0AfVUNQkaxRIwwknZypnr5H6_eOlddyjrqWFvoVHVxnq-wQi9gbdiZiXfBispSzfu6112ld_NBsKJFMsqfmz_/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This momma below is clearly nursing, and the next shot shows you who. Two babes. Last year she had four. They whelped out under deer camp but moved on with time. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG_PKPoMjkGeZjzt79mMfPvBE_mnJiDgAyLZ_V9vGRIQMmKq3votDYXe01uq78pBbvXf4xog_EqTmiYHFLBJt3Gq2N-_k27Oav7hQUtZW9kRRcfx97hcT2ov5OwLdzuAu8ZQ9oPLMI5H9/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbG_PKPoMjkGeZjzt79mMfPvBE_mnJiDgAyLZ_V9vGRIQMmKq3votDYXe01uq78pBbvXf4xog_EqTmiYHFLBJt3Gq2N-_k27Oav7hQUtZW9kRRcfx97hcT2ov5OwLdzuAu8ZQ9oPLMI5H9/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRVy4y8m9ZfF7iWrgiUQnYSN2ERJ4FbB2VjXZMN02drebTvZYTyYgkxmlz8UX8Hvy-EzQDc4VFrVtFGtoF79xYqZdEyD0mAXfIh_JilFEk_ccxgHNfZBMsSCHpTo14Q0ZpI8Qk8QfIV8f/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRVy4y8m9ZfF7iWrgiUQnYSN2ERJ4FbB2VjXZMN02drebTvZYTyYgkxmlz8UX8Hvy-EzQDc4VFrVtFGtoF79xYqZdEyD0mAXfIh_JilFEk_ccxgHNfZBMsSCHpTo14Q0ZpI8Qk8QfIV8f/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bears are now common. It is not surprise to find them on camera. Several days ago a huge male walked through our yard, ignoring us, bird feeders, chickens and sheep. Panting like a shepherd because it was so hot. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOzBKBAkrpmYre-b6I5-KgqyXxEhHsQdTbTKQA3xZRAD1XS1kAGj2nVFmSLsMqMFjpLML1C4acX0SqWsGssOEG6PA5upsmg6jC9dwQMtOLCcPd1UIUcvQKKkuR98w3VbAExtDDUoWCg8p/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOzBKBAkrpmYre-b6I5-KgqyXxEhHsQdTbTKQA3xZRAD1XS1kAGj2nVFmSLsMqMFjpLML1C4acX0SqWsGssOEG6PA5upsmg6jC9dwQMtOLCcPd1UIUcvQKKkuR98w3VbAExtDDUoWCg8p/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The argument below is clearly not settled yet. What this DOES tell us, is that one or both have fawns in the area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3lN7X3IhNiVr6Q_EIi1fMCEz9RkI6LGxKbsp9vVdF0Q0hNccjzJGzkO-1P_GSHtjRIfDVGRoGf1EY0dAA364o5jz4_xZNYhL2iXnm6ewXfKN4OfWM3dy3cg29oBqrFFSCD_grIUjHniD/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3lN7X3IhNiVr6Q_EIi1fMCEz9RkI6LGxKbsp9vVdF0Q0hNccjzJGzkO-1P_GSHtjRIfDVGRoGf1EY0dAA364o5jz4_xZNYhL2iXnm6ewXfKN4OfWM3dy3cg29oBqrFFSCD_grIUjHniD/" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hi, and 'Eye' again!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEuz0-5s5WMKtelrJsSM7qVbzjGYT5CXncn3wZfARLzqEx9wz2ke7smtkxrlZOd6jX2zGlvvYjpgzGbDnjokbpFZ3MzeuGhKE5EK-iaHvJzMXVUbW0JKknUvutm9GxiHHYzhgYBYCUgAG/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Stood there while I fetched and set my phone, and when the picture was done, wheeled gayly around and trotted off in no way alarmed!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGhg5cIcQ3vn_YcwMgy28_IXxeS2KdFDBSTJ9LxUw0L8PBNDrYBGzTEysT9C9Aekl5Abz10bT-RyYBvhw0mapcMkfqhB7ZE3Orlfy-Wpu8FqGrOxutIinhpB52zddSuT6fleC8JyX4yI1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVGhg5cIcQ3vn_YcwMgy28_IXxeS2KdFDBSTJ9LxUw0L8PBNDrYBGzTEysT9C9Aekl5Abz10bT-RyYBvhw0mapcMkfqhB7ZE3Orlfy-Wpu8FqGrOxutIinhpB52zddSuT6fleC8JyX4yI1/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two year old Chestnuts for future wildlife.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgyH-0owD75KM_ZXRQUvnqEGaPJIFOE3yozv629YmnI9KtKijBc1cDgF-f05PDU_-FqvNrz52XVj5QpDwvDbxaxZ9HZ_hJNNutHAPxNI4IYfpixX0SC7rd3BR4HTWxvMubPJbb2xCgbnw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqgyH-0owD75KM_ZXRQUvnqEGaPJIFOE3yozv629YmnI9KtKijBc1cDgF-f05PDU_-FqvNrz52XVj5QpDwvDbxaxZ9HZ_hJNNutHAPxNI4IYfpixX0SC7rd3BR4HTWxvMubPJbb2xCgbnw/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Four year Chestnuts for future wildlife. Hoping they bear nuts next year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFWmdR1kAyl5EMf6t71zuCoRBpY1-D51HHvq0JNeK6y29QmCc39B26X4qNwISaawhrHcHw1a44an-R8O_cVQCq3q0px-G1es40HZhkx3nqbnN6JksVUpQPJ0un6ih37VJpgSxken9LRAG/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpFWmdR1kAyl5EMf6t71zuCoRBpY1-D51HHvq0JNeK6y29QmCc39B26X4qNwISaawhrHcHw1a44an-R8O_cVQCq3q0px-G1es40HZhkx3nqbnN6JksVUpQPJ0un6ih37VJpgSxken9LRAG/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These next two pictures are in the Near Field, and will be a food plot this fall, reverting to hayfield next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlfMvgSODh5tSPBnNAuNzGsPoIlwErqf4NiBhdquepRVDCkAT7Eb4_hmvXRJiMYVgI48Fm2OIw3bwRfHgtrTz0bIAIa7MzLkNd6k0bx9E46zjE9Mc4frjlysXt5xB3XV_BqzJFPT5ZFKO/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlfMvgSODh5tSPBnNAuNzGsPoIlwErqf4NiBhdquepRVDCkAT7Eb4_hmvXRJiMYVgI48Fm2OIw3bwRfHgtrTz0bIAIa7MzLkNd6k0bx9E46zjE9Mc4frjlysXt5xB3XV_BqzJFPT5ZFKO/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4dN_VVegcH0IYXRbkEb1DB7QYDlRiPCmFD9BQAH-S99OC4fEfRKMOlVvtoFpdJClC2fwa2zfoGxcC6UQWMUfJE9kqwpApr4rlTNBvR13aS6m0xEeoZBNs81TT2AeAovve1B_zMzUw3eX/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4dN_VVegcH0IYXRbkEb1DB7QYDlRiPCmFD9BQAH-S99OC4fEfRKMOlVvtoFpdJClC2fwa2zfoGxcC6UQWMUfJE9kqwpApr4rlTNBvR13aS6m0xEeoZBNs81TT2AeAovve1B_zMzUw3eX/" width="180" /></a></div>Because the deer (and others) have been so desperate for minerals since last years drought I have established another. While the pros tell you to make a scraped bare ground circle and spread it in that, do not do this in New England. Simply pour it over older stumps. They much prefer it this way!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SJ2ulKvZfXy5N3LyCnB9Q7uUEpmEWTeAzn6T1c1w0xmY3XPX-W6imsy2XFn_aPB0t_bt_jfZXrMPd5JB2uaCigNVSb731ihpmrzS_5WuRRmQ3agf0MpS8dMkM6W_XqcPGol3fA9NUZCi/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1SJ2ulKvZfXy5N3LyCnB9Q7uUEpmEWTeAzn6T1c1w0xmY3XPX-W6imsy2XFn_aPB0t_bt_jfZXrMPd5JB2uaCigNVSb731ihpmrzS_5WuRRmQ3agf0MpS8dMkM6W_XqcPGol3fA9NUZCi/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love daisies and this bed is beautiful. I have no idea how it came to be. It was a thriving clover plot 5 years ago, and when it deteriorated to weeds (as they all do) I rototilled it last fall. Nothing but beautiful flowers appeared hence. Who knew???</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG2jGQMPlrqj4ylP5xLMu2aPxrQ4-uAmY2wFpy81H_H-o0rkSF6GKldzKwTMl8toeCyErykhWmOWxuH3OumJiVkwgbsYEdo5T3nQgblFSaG6JIdtSiCUwqYdijDaFoeHeEV7xeZp5OdHM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiG2jGQMPlrqj4ylP5xLMu2aPxrQ4-uAmY2wFpy81H_H-o0rkSF6GKldzKwTMl8toeCyErykhWmOWxuH3OumJiVkwgbsYEdo5T3nQgblFSaG6JIdtSiCUwqYdijDaFoeHeEV7xeZp5OdHM/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This mowed section was also clover, but became old and weak. I rototilled it, and the clover came back quite well. I love surprises.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zorhja46TRiZzjktzQrU3Ijn1BvR6Lk1oFLNZ15dp-OxCbw7Y4Fvq3kMC7HOVYRQyiwsNWi24x0-Ow_T55Q-o3iuSJjhOK7xvgwb_CaQtwomP5hyphenhyphenvHSW0crVvcSskxWRf7321UOTyA8K/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Zorhja46TRiZzjktzQrU3Ijn1BvR6Lk1oFLNZ15dp-OxCbw7Y4Fvq3kMC7HOVYRQyiwsNWi24x0-Ow_T55Q-o3iuSJjhOK7xvgwb_CaQtwomP5hyphenhyphenvHSW0crVvcSskxWRf7321UOTyA8K/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The two fawns below were killed and eaten, and don't appear more than a day or three old. They were on the edge of a field I was mowing here at the farm. Because they were so small, and only partially eaten, I suspect fox. Bears would have completely consumed them, and coyotes would have eaten a lot more of them, and then carried the remains away. It is nature's dire lesson. If you are alive, and not killing something alive, you will die. That goes for deer, bears, people, and all creatures. It is the lesson I think of when some folks ask me 'how could you ever hunt an animal as beautiful as a deer?'. I always offer to show them pictures of ravaged deer, being eaten alive, on camera in the wild. It is not pretty. It is not cute. It is real. How any fawns at all survive, I'll never know. Fisher, bears, coyotes, fox, bobcats, domesticated dogs, eagles. They all hunt and eat young fawns. Disease. Lost moms. It is a miracle, and a blessing that so many pull though. It is the Plan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6U0KKAcnCJbEjTdEFrkTUO8o8lkOaogUEBNH9hKcfqr95kz4bIF17O_jkmy6ZHnx5CPCPvIn-N9YrMsxiyKYpg-zRZDAPej7To-mBqA_SflBFfLudCcBUo3bmB6lV86ltfVoLjXzy5AP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6U0KKAcnCJbEjTdEFrkTUO8o8lkOaogUEBNH9hKcfqr95kz4bIF17O_jkmy6ZHnx5CPCPvIn-N9YrMsxiyKYpg-zRZDAPej7To-mBqA_SflBFfLudCcBUo3bmB6lV86ltfVoLjXzy5AP/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMyxQcysUlQj6_tb8nVD8aPOB0K2OSVeF18x0yEWEg_CGiw_MqwQ5E0futgSeJuS9Q3LaB7RCkqZ6eJEWdoqJMlIu5M7QLJmlZf8ad3dSQgUgHcP_3HbV7zhGFyh9YAcyiPQXA9Of7bbP/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQMyxQcysUlQj6_tb8nVD8aPOB0K2OSVeF18x0yEWEg_CGiw_MqwQ5E0futgSeJuS9Q3LaB7RCkqZ6eJEWdoqJMlIu5M7QLJmlZf8ad3dSQgUgHcP_3HbV7zhGFyh9YAcyiPQXA9Of7bbP/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This hidden pool, deep in the forest, never goes dry. Ever. There is a pounded path to it, used by all creatures. Six feet deep normally, two feet in drought, it is always there. I discovered it coming out of the ridges one night after dark, when the land was new to us, and I did not know every square inch. I got wet, and wise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-9ndvgCqIxvPDiM8Rp7C91A0oYWyteFsY8MBUcE_jt2Xhws_reHMO8NKb-9B4VA18-bNIAepP7uZbQI0uAUQKm8nXFmOEHgh6FiHf8QZZB6J798fnz6XgdtCZZ8-9CuVaq0U8113DR4d/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-9ndvgCqIxvPDiM8Rp7C91A0oYWyteFsY8MBUcE_jt2Xhws_reHMO8NKb-9B4VA18-bNIAepP7uZbQI0uAUQKm8nXFmOEHgh6FiHf8QZZB6J798fnz6XgdtCZZ8-9CuVaq0U8113DR4d/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">More plots, and a camp bed.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4R5XrgZUbeMpKC16CYiuTgu0c73_k472cFEtYz7xk8JlFfwFmYzsJf84-6rRaX30lAh2aPHsy9AMmZOZoQKVOu4r2PYfp2jeH_KGNnJWSBhs08mVBLJ2nAcEAdo86RZW4TbQAh2G9_QKS/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4R5XrgZUbeMpKC16CYiuTgu0c73_k472cFEtYz7xk8JlFfwFmYzsJf84-6rRaX30lAh2aPHsy9AMmZOZoQKVOu4r2PYfp2jeH_KGNnJWSBhs08mVBLJ2nAcEAdo86RZW4TbQAh2G9_QKS/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8-jUtA1-UjrFxPqIKdqWLTDmmVilBXAc9pcSpkMeZuYp3y-6K78JPqPKQTbE2kJJE1aS1zDfnozjwesvBotpqZ8_bZ8ZQB7H56CWb4_-CEpzmSKR7-UxwkkOfc_5wLoS8MzuMWp8cVVL/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8-jUtA1-UjrFxPqIKdqWLTDmmVilBXAc9pcSpkMeZuYp3y-6K78JPqPKQTbE2kJJE1aS1zDfnozjwesvBotpqZ8_bZ8ZQB7H56CWb4_-CEpzmSKR7-UxwkkOfc_5wLoS8MzuMWp8cVVL/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rUPD39iCf1djTPTQvQrH_pYyamMTrh8-QDRnlPiFlwu2vgbiGRJ8QurBNo0ovyP43DTOktQNqM011pn7CgitpndlaGBU3e1yQY4NcxNLomvGuRZduM3Zn0-3lB7yMVmVuH1Z3dvPXqcH/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rUPD39iCf1djTPTQvQrH_pYyamMTrh8-QDRnlPiFlwu2vgbiGRJ8QurBNo0ovyP43DTOktQNqM011pn7CgitpndlaGBU3e1yQY4NcxNLomvGuRZduM3Zn0-3lB7yMVmVuH1Z3dvPXqcH/" width="180" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">With a beautiful moon to look over it all. We are so grateful, and camp business resumes in the next weeks!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRk0A98m5y2QAiIl4_Xv9nrgqKdSx3Zm9l5NoEcraOKOcrqw8vjsbcQMEoEKxOPrABdTiNNPeTw36rAupYNZ0bmGbtYDxnKyhfFbhBIBPgi6xZAemyKVkIsdjOmt-EktpdpgiiuM7chZA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRk0A98m5y2QAiIl4_Xv9nrgqKdSx3Zm9l5NoEcraOKOcrqw8vjsbcQMEoEKxOPrABdTiNNPeTw36rAupYNZ0bmGbtYDxnKyhfFbhBIBPgi6xZAemyKVkIsdjOmt-EktpdpgiiuM7chZA/" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> With that, I will start scheduling work sessions with hunters, and orientation sessions with new hunters to get this new year off on the right footing! In the meantime, don't waste good hunting ammunition. One or two checking shots are all you should need. Ammo is crazy expensive right now, and the solution is to simply not buy it. Wait. And if you are a CC permit holder/hand gunner and need some really effective low round count range drills that will keep you at the top of your game, write me. I'll send you a bunch! In the meantime, check out the woods, the ticks are abating, and there is beauty everywhere! Comments and critique welcomed.</div><p></p></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-24912002443389124112021-03-24T20:59:00.002-04:002021-06-05T19:12:47.215-04:00Long Ridge Deer Camp Non-Essential and Quips and a Bit of Poetry<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0uiVKn_259wRtCYVDYiba9PplNJ5Klhk4wNQ1uX5cT83WkI1_riXaFviXy2HGj7V17yu5dr_Ya8gO77cZQV47JHCOKxMMk0A0EQkiCiEp4wqT6ujhHs1xgnou9b_jiHPpzCnOUeHwgX/s2048/IMG_20210103_142308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know, I was never a huge reader of poetry..in high school, indeed grade school we read Frost, and recited the native greats, but I was just never into it. Later on in my education, I faked it. I just never had the intellectual discipline to understand or care for it. Some I loved, but my favorite poets changed over the years. Left some, came back to some. But now, officially in my 70's, I can say, I have come back too, and will stay with the best (in my world). Mary Oliver. In her New and Selected Poems, Volume Two, is one of the loveliest poems I have yet to cherish. Ants don't play a big part at Long Ridge Deer Camp, but they are certainly here. The poem:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In Praise of Craziness, of a Certain Kind</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On cold evenings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my grandmother,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with ownership of half her mind--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the other half having flown back to Bohemia--</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">spread newspapers over the porch floor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so, she said, the garden ants could crawl beneath,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as under a blanket, and keep warm,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and what shall I wish for, for myself,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but, being so struck by the lightning of years,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to be like her with what is left, that loving.</div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I read that, and I weep. Maybe because I love nature in it's purest form. Maybe because my PTSD is kicking in. Maybe, only because this poem speaks. Clearly. I love it. In any case, if you spend much time in the field, Mary Oliver is a read. She understood nature, and the human spirit. She was a New Englander. We miss her.</div></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And here below are a few left over pictures, and such.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0uiVKn_259wRtCYVDYiba9PplNJ5Klhk4wNQ1uX5cT83WkI1_riXaFviXy2HGj7V17yu5dr_Ya8gO77cZQV47JHCOKxMMk0A0EQkiCiEp4wqT6ujhHs1xgnou9b_jiHPpzCnOUeHwgX/s2048/IMG_20210103_142308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN2Pxn0Rji-Xz2KneRY2OjJ23c3ADH7es8TClXo4UOpAytCD2hdwKgv5NZF0whRgFGTaA11lN9HdVs_KV0JYKUQkMEPcpJdM9afyV3qRni6I1dIJeClm59DAKLsUQ7odqztk4a0mEve14/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPN2Pxn0Rji-Xz2KneRY2OjJ23c3ADH7es8TClXo4UOpAytCD2hdwKgv5NZF0whRgFGTaA11lN9HdVs_KV0JYKUQkMEPcpJdM9afyV3qRni6I1dIJeClm59DAKLsUQ7odqztk4a0mEve14/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A new pup graces the farm, and a million + lessons await him, and us. Everything is an adventure, from a leaf, to a flying flock of turkeys. Today, he sits on a static but running ATV, to learn the nuance of motor, and ride.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO2pUrXLi2Oxgjy7u-FaX4B4pzqsRPH4qemcqUCHe2t63mksJbzY7cPfRqG4J5639HXZljzpMAyZ7UjYIYxKVGm0pvTe9f7Whw7N2shYcuzqSGXNKMVN0_jKIx5Gy1mxoGIChaHHZO69E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmO2pUrXLi2Oxgjy7u-FaX4B4pzqsRPH4qemcqUCHe2t63mksJbzY7cPfRqG4J5639HXZljzpMAyZ7UjYIYxKVGm0pvTe9f7Whw7N2shYcuzqSGXNKMVN0_jKIx5Gy1mxoGIChaHHZO69E/" width="180" /></a></div> This book ( I am so sorry I cannot seem to edit it upright no matter what I do) is THE New England go-to book for information on each of our amphibians, birds, and mammals. It is the best out there, the most accurate, and the one the best biologists in the Northeast use. I have read every page, and I am astounded at the accuracy and data. These two authors did a monumental work. Readily available.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40UtuE4SlwVrDgam9215ftTE31XwXOaPEhXVAelgynNnRFdZ7TpXFJMitH7XaWK3xSJpJXShQto7e4eFhcWTc6bXgcLgF110_zIfNEcnh4sycnXpl3UjK1C_QZ8LyLJKvYM1uNRVwztZF/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh40UtuE4SlwVrDgam9215ftTE31XwXOaPEhXVAelgynNnRFdZ7TpXFJMitH7XaWK3xSJpJXShQto7e4eFhcWTc6bXgcLgF110_zIfNEcnh4sycnXpl3UjK1C_QZ8LyLJKvYM1uNRVwztZF/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>What we are still doing, though we are running late. Four cords for 2022.<br /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAg0uiVKn_259wRtCYVDYiba9PplNJ5Klhk4wNQ1uX5cT83WkI1_riXaFviXy2HGj7V17yu5dr_Ya8gO77cZQV47JHCOKxMMk0A0EQkiCiEp4wqT6ujhHs1xgnou9b_jiHPpzCnOUeHwgX/s320/IMG_20210103_142308.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Below you see the results of LRDC members upgrading our hunting stands. Not done yet, but spring is about here!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NhyDxf0z3l8xo6-6d1WmAyj5TF9KS4J4cF_1zN6OnQWqtSbDsTI5gOCgCB9p1jiO-WoLiE2MwCP40dUdL_RmCOQRq4LF2EDglukHxVz7RPbEzurk9ZHZGvp80ICreECQV-MjlN2KVqIg/s2048/IMG_20210205_163447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NhyDxf0z3l8xo6-6d1WmAyj5TF9KS4J4cF_1zN6OnQWqtSbDsTI5gOCgCB9p1jiO-WoLiE2MwCP40dUdL_RmCOQRq4LF2EDglukHxVz7RPbEzurk9ZHZGvp80ICreECQV-MjlN2KVqIg/s320/IMG_20210205_163447.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fires and cocktails, and lunches and fun, this winter at LRDC</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChA1572EbnxXmZvdHL4g69fjLbpHPAxyvbpOIJ7j5IkebVeV92Em_3GQDtycB2e7Zy41NA05mPEPLOGKm8NMCDpE8bwANVkOkU5NPAkjAIBcXlZvThTFgngj251MW96u26NPGPiYhfY1m/s2048/IMG_20210228_132638.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChA1572EbnxXmZvdHL4g69fjLbpHPAxyvbpOIJ7j5IkebVeV92Em_3GQDtycB2e7Zy41NA05mPEPLOGKm8NMCDpE8bwANVkOkU5NPAkjAIBcXlZvThTFgngj251MW96u26NPGPiYhfY1m/s320/IMG_20210228_132638.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The shot below is of a stump next to the Far Field. I had established a mineral lick here some years ago, and it is used regularly in the spring and summer. In the fall, deer pretty much lose all interest in minerals and salt. (It is a myth that you can 'bait' deer in the fall with salt licks. They have zero interest after August) In any case, I noted this winter, all winter, the deer were pawing and scraping to get at this mineral lick. Never seen it happen like that before. They have licked this black Cherry stump to nothing, and I had to pour 3 to 5 pounds a week there to keep up. So, research, phone calls, and conferences tell me that the past summer drought caused browse to be very short in trace minerals, and that depleted bones sought out a winter mineral source. Bonus! And a lesson learned!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdQe7TRlg5F1iKYuoOQNleSWGuIV2Tvkve9Ob9mt5n6RWpSCwCx0HM14aak8SYH5wZqMxcxHfgSUdlVoS2jP_76wd3BUtgsUVYnuyx2E_1krM58t5k2aNSp38kIOOrvGaeDzNnuMorlSC/s2048/IMG_20210313_095524.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdQe7TRlg5F1iKYuoOQNleSWGuIV2Tvkve9Ob9mt5n6RWpSCwCx0HM14aak8SYH5wZqMxcxHfgSUdlVoS2jP_76wd3BUtgsUVYnuyx2E_1krM58t5k2aNSp38kIOOrvGaeDzNnuMorlSC/s320/IMG_20210313_095524.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnslMyZZWxtMwdEu_tEgQVoqcnni_dvsMT5fKDfRhtSchlicoZ1OwnuJGK4ZOFqDDhpXMq_m4KKmGlXQu2KbQaWYaT33BdhTd25S0M0q8fAszVmVLmJ4XFpd4nAVXA4-6wdNX9krEF-sAg/s2048/MTC_0389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnslMyZZWxtMwdEu_tEgQVoqcnni_dvsMT5fKDfRhtSchlicoZ1OwnuJGK4ZOFqDDhpXMq_m4KKmGlXQu2KbQaWYaT33BdhTd25S0M0q8fAszVmVLmJ4XFpd4nAVXA4-6wdNX9krEF-sAg/s320/MTC_0389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLIAZMZWPknKd3m9pIcmgYS7EphAJY1ppT5PPouTOIeuyoLQLORWi6t1thNE_24Rj129SKbWEOB72jIhG2S5winte5Tw5s7nBDmVmCCsp0q4_Q2FWjh5cTVvSsj0QU8PkqnuZ6px_4Pi_/s2048/WGI_0045.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLIAZMZWPknKd3m9pIcmgYS7EphAJY1ppT5PPouTOIeuyoLQLORWi6t1thNE_24Rj129SKbWEOB72jIhG2S5winte5Tw5s7nBDmVmCCsp0q4_Q2FWjh5cTVvSsj0QU8PkqnuZ6px_4Pi_/s320/WGI_0045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> So, this will be the last of winter type pictures and adventures, so let's hail Spring!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Comments and query welcomed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-81662641399920446492021-03-18T21:20:00.002-04:002021-03-18T21:20:40.365-04:00First day of Spring at Long Ridge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ol><div> Such an easy and snowless winter we have had! Lowest recorded temperature at the farm was 12 degrees below zero, and only for a day or two. We never had more than 18 inches on the ground, and it never stayed around that long. The deer and turkeys had ample opportunities to dig out tons of acorns, and they did! Our fields, and especially the edges looked like football games had been played on them... As I stated in my last post, the deer census station was a bust this year, completely. First ever, that we have not been able to tabulate accurately the deer per square mile in this region. First off, there was so little snow in the early throes of winter that finding beds was next to impossible. Next, when we did get snow, it was so little, or lasted such a short time, that it was useless. Also, the deer were so free to move, and food so plentiful, that there was virtually no deer yarding up. The beds within the square mile that I could accurately count, numbered no more than ten. And, in fact, I never had more than ten deer on camera at one time. Several caveats to consider: Within a mile of the farm, there are folks who feed deer heavily all through the winter. Also, when winter is soft, and mast and other foods readily available, deer will roam much more widely than during a hard winter. Counting the beds, my typical take would be 10 deer per square mile of the farm. No way. I guess, closer to twenty as in past years. They are everywhere, and as often at high noon, as in the darker hours. This year, with camp gearing up again, and a doe encouragement (without babes) incentives, we hope to find out!</div><p> Turkeys also, so many, so there, and so close! The toms fanning and strutting as early as January, but now about to go nuts!</p><blockquote><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDMRuKpI_r3UdQnOij9_9ZCQHvcZxccW4hVZfpAVnsvqGzgAIzHT39Xik-HseVLTHZPySxoK94sBRqqhZmKmBULioCtFuaKHP82P4zUZXeX1D_lVKtWDwrcyfVJ5s3pBr8J10UfxD_yf-/s2048/MTC_0341.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzDMRuKpI_r3UdQnOij9_9ZCQHvcZxccW4hVZfpAVnsvqGzgAIzHT39Xik-HseVLTHZPySxoK94sBRqqhZmKmBULioCtFuaKHP82P4zUZXeX1D_lVKtWDwrcyfVJ5s3pBr8J10UfxD_yf-/s320/MTC_0341.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></blockquote><p>And of course, the gray foxes, always beautiful, always there, and always attentive to the barn chicken situation. </p><p> </p><blockquote><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGI4a_j2Pc-2JLyoJpImYIUWSuTLoQCS4sSzkDB2A0PGr4wnPaEvusAOduHY0SwGF5em1arKGh8ZAVJpRXxsHiE2nE9yzE3DgWQscGAgbmCCLiRQLFATSubvkHTl83QNp7c5B0K-Cb8hI/s2048/MTC_0389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvGI4a_j2Pc-2JLyoJpImYIUWSuTLoQCS4sSzkDB2A0PGr4wnPaEvusAOduHY0SwGF5em1arKGh8ZAVJpRXxsHiE2nE9yzE3DgWQscGAgbmCCLiRQLFATSubvkHTl83QNp7c5B0K-Cb8hI/s320/MTC_0389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></blockquote><p>Attentive is the word I would also label this doe with. So graceful, and in such great shape..</p><p> </p><blockquote><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0B1GEENVWKAOiOmB-INzbQYiRVDsf66pT8y6V_QtmGwQuwa580QKMgBnrOEIcL4lxGFYnC21djokfXQ7FvABNvEjOwSgQCC2VNGvwu53Xop3kG8CCaLBWl-UJVTEqWihpBM8XVSUN-ld/s2048/MTC_0436.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0B1GEENVWKAOiOmB-INzbQYiRVDsf66pT8y6V_QtmGwQuwa580QKMgBnrOEIcL4lxGFYnC21djokfXQ7FvABNvEjOwSgQCC2VNGvwu53Xop3kG8CCaLBWl-UJVTEqWihpBM8XVSUN-ld/s320/MTC_0436.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></blockquote><p>Go ahead, mouth off to this old gal!</p><blockquote><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiRjbOgPHNOhjEeH8cdy5i7BbUdfAEq6nr3PFvflWyE62y_9E2qB-ZzxMaUeWNFWdMZCoiWPnBRxRj-29J8fwSYtRjAS77_lNaVD9_vrJWhNb3-p62NR3bDyJ7Vu7W1f_s1v_xgvAGOI8/s2048/MTC_1402.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiRjbOgPHNOhjEeH8cdy5i7BbUdfAEq6nr3PFvflWyE62y_9E2qB-ZzxMaUeWNFWdMZCoiWPnBRxRj-29J8fwSYtRjAS77_lNaVD9_vrJWhNb3-p62NR3bDyJ7Vu7W1f_s1v_xgvAGOI8/s320/MTC_1402.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>A few of the ten, scarfing a few whole corn kernels. </p><blockquote><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPlTETfFUPATPOIWk__roaFBf8oB8CAfbLaQh-ecUjnJs58OW4cuXqQg1THEPOwTLcg1p9Sr0Jk_9AhyphenhyphenIxmOXy_MBhvEkAv2mR2XDkNtupcf19zqBWgU0hZNCLLkW_Z7H2HWAwiusgdYG/s2048/WGI_0008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPlTETfFUPATPOIWk__roaFBf8oB8CAfbLaQh-ecUjnJs58OW4cuXqQg1THEPOwTLcg1p9Sr0Jk_9AhyphenhyphenIxmOXy_MBhvEkAv2mR2XDkNtupcf19zqBWgU0hZNCLLkW_Z7H2HWAwiusgdYG/s320/WGI_0008.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li></blockquote><p>I love the backdrop. That is deer camp in the background. I moved the census station a bit South because of ice this year, and they did not seem to mind.</p><blockquote><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyuB6oFoEDgSxmrA5debL4GK6N3KPR2UQ6H17KdfSdWVVFYaFpHs7keUWX823VtrPZioELdkfFIY9ExBSaH_3v7cf7-tGNJefZEgFMTY3sRqRAVZUC2FffbNIOnW-LFT3iaSkSNr36Naj/s2048/WGI_0014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHyuB6oFoEDgSxmrA5debL4GK6N3KPR2UQ6H17KdfSdWVVFYaFpHs7keUWX823VtrPZioELdkfFIY9ExBSaH_3v7cf7-tGNJefZEgFMTY3sRqRAVZUC2FffbNIOnW-LFT3iaSkSNr36Naj/s320/WGI_0014.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>More deer camp and more deer pusses<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9Tjwjkknhj_fGjCWOnNBIxLPCwRm1HP149v2Od4K9Q2QvdfXReWadj3xmAGxD3667xIU9u9B2WeARhfU5ODi2yoK9kN2SeSZXXIJS_zJh2kDGTy4MHKZF66TdMKQyxWAm67Gjd7yqJOb/s2048/WGI_0023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia9Tjwjkknhj_fGjCWOnNBIxLPCwRm1HP149v2Od4K9Q2QvdfXReWadj3xmAGxD3667xIU9u9B2WeARhfU5ODi2yoK9kN2SeSZXXIJS_zJh2kDGTy4MHKZF66TdMKQyxWAm67Gjd7yqJOb/s320/WGI_0023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Our regular flock this winter amounted to about 19 birds. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA-otrEorvuIRRwntkkiSRCqO7f-dRwJ3bChBp6oh5bAqoWaFETSb4xwubyv56umigLZJlszqDbo3vAjMUA_Y40_4B9hUAJo3OdrXTa9269fxXJ6dSvXc6E2YYpXuvFhFsbK0cqulz5yu/s2048/WGI_0045.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpA-otrEorvuIRRwntkkiSRCqO7f-dRwJ3bChBp6oh5bAqoWaFETSb4xwubyv56umigLZJlszqDbo3vAjMUA_Y40_4B9hUAJo3OdrXTa9269fxXJ6dSvXc6E2YYpXuvFhFsbK0cqulz5yu/s320/WGI_0045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The little guys below are always there...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_daDu7d4FJ52Brz9teBjwKCOqugnbcJDAB34WNFhkxNX6tKfLOjgTFEH2v8SPsbYWWfJbNud3uOk1V5zQ3PYUpfwW5cvrzFIugotD27e21CC1nLXaQ3qwWzjk_nrCvj2IsP_uX-sml2e/s2048/WGI_0257.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix_daDu7d4FJ52Brz9teBjwKCOqugnbcJDAB34WNFhkxNX6tKfLOjgTFEH2v8SPsbYWWfJbNud3uOk1V5zQ3PYUpfwW5cvrzFIugotD27e21CC1nLXaQ3qwWzjk_nrCvj2IsP_uX-sml2e/s320/WGI_0257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The does below will be giving birth in the next two months!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXLhZX-jrPwOjNjvBAdUi9bu5Md2_KvIF6EAmng7YKnf1TLnIFT9E9WbWPoEGUpbKDETO_uHwxTOxnP6Pk7BAGobi7xN0rUq1sM2373AEzxOq-cj5yBn489gTIPpjIxoxSkJpDrxqm3WF/s2048/WGI_0389.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWXLhZX-jrPwOjNjvBAdUi9bu5Md2_KvIF6EAmng7YKnf1TLnIFT9E9WbWPoEGUpbKDETO_uHwxTOxnP6Pk7BAGobi7xN0rUq1sM2373AEzxOq-cj5yBn489gTIPpjIxoxSkJpDrxqm3WF/s320/WGI_0389.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShiPFGf4tsDQKClXDfRM3Jr05B8AlzB0qp1pwKAviU90YFqAXA0NLGOtw3V2fiD1rO3HE7j7DUN8qa3XqC2I-MZ_PgDvmGJczAK3Lx_Avm9YMzVHUdHxiH8Hfh1Dx4p__roRU_BsditBE/s2048/WGI_0682.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShiPFGf4tsDQKClXDfRM3Jr05B8AlzB0qp1pwKAviU90YFqAXA0NLGOtw3V2fiD1rO3HE7j7DUN8qa3XqC2I-MZ_PgDvmGJczAK3Lx_Avm9YMzVHUdHxiH8Hfh1Dx4p__roRU_BsditBE/s320/WGI_0682.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So, winter is over, shed hunting coming up, and perhaps a bit of coyote patrol. Health issues aside, we'll try to get it all done!</li></blockquote><p>Comments always welcome!</p><p>jackzeller@myfairpoint.net </p></ol></div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-59933412490938208492021-02-02T20:46:00.000-05:002021-02-02T20:46:48.331-05:002021 Census Finally Gets Started!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With temperatures dipping to 7 degrees below zero, and a bit of snow on the ground, the census station finally comes to life. A month later than usual, but that is good news for all game, as it means we are having a mild winter, our third in a row. Initially only turkeys came for the whole kernel corn. They still are, which means I have to return just before dark and scatter some more, so the deer will drop by. </div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq0ftpWEDizxe_rrIAbw-zSkvDmkQrXbr52g_N6sdFw14VPJnmnf9a5SkLXvNnXKqNQbp5B9vPb08aOdcEh-lEsfwj6kudcF2DjUzuXult1Fu0-iFxL0dkXtkvAXH58S9eKLxQgZb_aDe/s2048/MTC_0130.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq0ftpWEDizxe_rrIAbw-zSkvDmkQrXbr52g_N6sdFw14VPJnmnf9a5SkLXvNnXKqNQbp5B9vPb08aOdcEh-lEsfwj6kudcF2DjUzuXult1Fu0-iFxL0dkXtkvAXH58S9eKLxQgZb_aDe/s320/MTC_0130.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dAbmOPompROTTm6_9U-DXj4KGAl9tnnx6nS2A7imtX7WLtZKspE4holheP7d_vF_Fe6zf0OQhjXHDCZmeSNJVIZ_5AkrOV073thSJSbCQt2a7rw0l_XIabNOZOsfUbUHhvufng3YsqnT/s2048/MTC_0190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dAbmOPompROTTm6_9U-DXj4KGAl9tnnx6nS2A7imtX7WLtZKspE4holheP7d_vF_Fe6zf0OQhjXHDCZmeSNJVIZ_5AkrOV073thSJSbCQt2a7rw0l_XIabNOZOsfUbUHhvufng3YsqnT/s320/MTC_0190.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">This young buck below will probably hold his antlers right through March, with the easy winter.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfH6K0ileG7m2el177vcOXhZ44rXql1gjnGCsHW6qDdpbK4PIhvvK3Z9gMtWTRks34WaDyW4wWTdjr52A47Ld9P_V4QkFsLAOFSNiIPOvOFaPG950faKpj7kzHZx1TiBx6mLT716WYzi4V/s2048/MTC_0573.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfH6K0ileG7m2el177vcOXhZ44rXql1gjnGCsHW6qDdpbK4PIhvvK3Z9gMtWTRks34WaDyW4wWTdjr52A47Ld9P_V4QkFsLAOFSNiIPOvOFaPG950faKpj7kzHZx1TiBx6mLT716WYzi4V/s320/MTC_0573.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turkeys and does mixing it up. So far about fourteen different deer in the area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKgX34j3Nx6LIhOe6AC__-Q6Xkp7ggnPqq03hohUSdUmVgCJiZ-6WvBp68ykfSTZcQgL71KWWYEevnOO-kZAUvpDEXYVGpBLXv-1xzSUzzCMnzWmEef87yxc9HP4-tbUfmqvFq5yquEF0/s2048/MTC_0758.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimKgX34j3Nx6LIhOe6AC__-Q6Xkp7ggnPqq03hohUSdUmVgCJiZ-6WvBp68ykfSTZcQgL71KWWYEevnOO-kZAUvpDEXYVGpBLXv-1xzSUzzCMnzWmEef87yxc9HP4-tbUfmqvFq5yquEF0/s320/MTC_0758.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0n80WkMSLUjvoIGyiCXuu7H7dMq1D9gwU1vVmB1jCu7jZ9OccRuOmVmyrY04HxfIOU91KVkqpCJtla6VKKM2qFZ3Ngs-AQMb2qTN14AQd8yPW7vyKJeNgA0l-YK24CxqITvo8BdpR2nf/s2048/MTC_0811.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0n80WkMSLUjvoIGyiCXuu7H7dMq1D9gwU1vVmB1jCu7jZ9OccRuOmVmyrY04HxfIOU91KVkqpCJtla6VKKM2qFZ3Ngs-AQMb2qTN14AQd8yPW7vyKJeNgA0l-YK24CxqITvo8BdpR2nf/s320/MTC_0811.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReZaovNEoe1nHoe_o_8ltxo3SjyCHvxXq5r57M9EjCANw-7LftDGiEhSyVHAINrsYPrJla4VnCiSUEJA32lb1_eP4TVNSVQqqwci2hctyvNvVf32mJAYyUU7Y5PoBg3b9iKwQOp8j7wPg/s2048/MTC_0828.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReZaovNEoe1nHoe_o_8ltxo3SjyCHvxXq5r57M9EjCANw-7LftDGiEhSyVHAINrsYPrJla4VnCiSUEJA32lb1_eP4TVNSVQqqwci2hctyvNvVf32mJAYyUU7Y5PoBg3b9iKwQOp8j7wPg/s320/MTC_0828.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhm81mTx8nwOV_OXYsKM7T45ETiidwObpLjcrPhuwOuiukvg-zZSCthCSOCUrMMsDr1edGyUZEnEzQb0BJ0c_1laPzKUk-_L89DRIdZCgQBUePgQHN-vXy1W8WS4F8YcU5cGHEPHO13AFO/s2048/MTC_0863.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhm81mTx8nwOV_OXYsKM7T45ETiidwObpLjcrPhuwOuiukvg-zZSCthCSOCUrMMsDr1edGyUZEnEzQb0BJ0c_1laPzKUk-_L89DRIdZCgQBUePgQHN-vXy1W8WS4F8YcU5cGHEPHO13AFO/s320/MTC_0863.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This turkey is colorful, much more so than the rest. Not sure why...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qcD5_lgf2_lJylDlHsujqfdKOUU1g_Bvej4GK_kgcZdmNGB7mAk356NM_Jw7FlxWK3-r1Wuya1oCutNVoCB6XVa_tJ1NmFdWY-0orDcQDoMfDW5W14yGN9eLovzmzGiWx9RGH-4knXhw/s2048/MTC_0927.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qcD5_lgf2_lJylDlHsujqfdKOUU1g_Bvej4GK_kgcZdmNGB7mAk356NM_Jw7FlxWK3-r1Wuya1oCutNVoCB6XVa_tJ1NmFdWY-0orDcQDoMfDW5W14yGN9eLovzmzGiWx9RGH-4knXhw/s320/MTC_0927.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Birds and small game also come daily to glean whatever they can. Crows, bluejays, squirrels, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORDwjFVouorHVtY5GWDwE2lRwGfzaAzuYSMD5MGGxokGryQ4-1gRMN6_iI5os8tb1T4zsypKlB3sOJs8hC0BQXCSSj7obsqRrJBMtErAE5YtW1UB9kYmKBYtz8UnZm7VVIxNG-Hh-PJTW/s2048/WGI_0002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORDwjFVouorHVtY5GWDwE2lRwGfzaAzuYSMD5MGGxokGryQ4-1gRMN6_iI5os8tb1T4zsypKlB3sOJs8hC0BQXCSSj7obsqRrJBMtErAE5YtW1UB9kYmKBYtz8UnZm7VVIxNG-Hh-PJTW/s320/WGI_0002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOHE64fjaPUnd3lFd3VvidrdElFDAxVgbI_xqS_V8aDrj7BZeZhk1sgz8AfgdDW9oZ0yPDmBN8g6oab3juCmdYpAQUECy-kE6vg5JUedOo8o7Uj42saUSoczxbrY69sNWnsP1tI4SwpzR/s2048/WGI_0007.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivOHE64fjaPUnd3lFd3VvidrdElFDAxVgbI_xqS_V8aDrj7BZeZhk1sgz8AfgdDW9oZ0yPDmBN8g6oab3juCmdYpAQUECy-kE6vg5JUedOo8o7Uj42saUSoczxbrY69sNWnsP1tI4SwpzR/s320/WGI_0007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This buck below is a second one on scene.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJzi_gHVurVqt1COGbS7hSyakjdiw1ghQLPhGj-JOPopqSODpfxFkBdL_jdOkZOSvqJetIpYVXEBjnf0V3zfZhn3DJXKQvIVppLXqN4xgbzms6y5b9FUCzLT-TKrhAwmWCDMNjFkWpshx/s2048/WGI_0046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJzi_gHVurVqt1COGbS7hSyakjdiw1ghQLPhGj-JOPopqSODpfxFkBdL_jdOkZOSvqJetIpYVXEBjnf0V3zfZhn3DJXKQvIVppLXqN4xgbzms6y5b9FUCzLT-TKrhAwmWCDMNjFkWpshx/s320/WGI_0046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRQptZ-juuM5kwYP8RQEc8XF6BlLYrvcmu6hPHztSkv5f6o8IMI9HB5-0_Tm0S3oYFXdn3Fwyr5d4Yr9tEBU2ah8740uxKCh9eOnCwzWoSqB1Fpy31vxHHQVlwiMlqotiRIhwzVA5sqws/s2048/WGI_0070.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMRQptZ-juuM5kwYP8RQEc8XF6BlLYrvcmu6hPHztSkv5f6o8IMI9HB5-0_Tm0S3oYFXdn3Fwyr5d4Yr9tEBU2ah8740uxKCh9eOnCwzWoSqB1Fpy31vxHHQVlwiMlqotiRIhwzVA5sqws/s320/WGI_0070.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gray fox, a regular visitor and usually in a pair. It is mating season for most of the canid fams. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62eaNwyO7FpaDnGGQxgXFiTinMO0i6HN0OaNz7XLs3stLKjpd_iVDRdjyJzu00lgelJHUy4kOQP1e_feDuOSeqHWefWgXmoD1YD-GDdM-pXCgDpFRpRdCcuKOwzjqGsnnbDiENLLsiGhj/s2048/WGI_0120.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62eaNwyO7FpaDnGGQxgXFiTinMO0i6HN0OaNz7XLs3stLKjpd_iVDRdjyJzu00lgelJHUy4kOQP1e_feDuOSeqHWefWgXmoD1YD-GDdM-pXCgDpFRpRdCcuKOwzjqGsnnbDiENLLsiGhj/s320/WGI_0120.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUNQ1mKCgDrC7dB1bfjw0x_qyxzrnUwTLzuvvHVobeOv5LhVzC0w7eovKfPi5M-nMZg06P54W8IxSRo132_1ZJdz_zt_qIIbVEBz7xezGZvkFEsDZXUHRWa8gX3Zbnm7PI6VXnjFHmObq/s2048/WGI_0133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIUNQ1mKCgDrC7dB1bfjw0x_qyxzrnUwTLzuvvHVobeOv5LhVzC0w7eovKfPi5M-nMZg06P54W8IxSRo132_1ZJdz_zt_qIIbVEBz7xezGZvkFEsDZXUHRWa8gX3Zbnm7PI6VXnjFHmObq/s320/WGI_0133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCreOwSArBZTyRoh6rxV38iVOOFaP8ZcixWEx6vS5QBMvNKiP95ViZvpISvd1RrNw8f6Q-CPxb5-ZlvrC3OM3EmgfIPGamAqibWELpcbpckaMXPq572VwFiG0CIQql4k3PnYFuGvwiDkL/s2048/WGI_0198.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzCreOwSArBZTyRoh6rxV38iVOOFaP8ZcixWEx6vS5QBMvNKiP95ViZvpISvd1RrNw8f6Q-CPxb5-ZlvrC3OM3EmgfIPGamAqibWELpcbpckaMXPq572VwFiG0CIQql4k3PnYFuGvwiDkL/s320/WGI_0198.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOse24Efk0_qbYhDjvd-hcO_W2i9Z-vphzU2S7kxS-vu0xIfSTApvOuWM1A0XnJ-0QdspQKQecnFbuFlURlyF4rmrMI8GBOJs7Px7ZmBCuC69c-G_K4RFognT3RwvF-T9HzDGsUdqnwi7/s2048/WGI_0210.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOse24Efk0_qbYhDjvd-hcO_W2i9Z-vphzU2S7kxS-vu0xIfSTApvOuWM1A0XnJ-0QdspQKQecnFbuFlURlyF4rmrMI8GBOJs7Px7ZmBCuC69c-G_K4RFognT3RwvF-T9HzDGsUdqnwi7/s320/WGI_0210.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKEJOfA9Ezs7um2hjlviF1z9hNksuOsKtIGwvu1xvg0eUKURgerGctf0T-VaC2TfG6zffJ7GIlkxHG6KAldpVgF2cd64PMxD4so7OFGnKqvpBCTjYaoS3jvoqFtfeA5KgYo58NnZeGKCL/s2048/WGI_0464.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKEJOfA9Ezs7um2hjlviF1z9hNksuOsKtIGwvu1xvg0eUKURgerGctf0T-VaC2TfG6zffJ7GIlkxHG6KAldpVgF2cd64PMxD4so7OFGnKqvpBCTjYaoS3jvoqFtfeA5KgYo58NnZeGKCL/s320/WGI_0464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IqPSWYtBcotF6Uy7wSY5ItlhTFhk-8y54XB9vRrUtTi7daFI46jVblwdEONLNo0g_SDB-qRuKHJNfOXBqb-s5LKbyZukgyDIn2vZQFR7UwAYMl_Ve-3BYPsMCcSEvztrUQUAbg0Fh9dL/s2048/WGI_0577.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9IqPSWYtBcotF6Uy7wSY5ItlhTFhk-8y54XB9vRrUtTi7daFI46jVblwdEONLNo0g_SDB-qRuKHJNfOXBqb-s5LKbyZukgyDIn2vZQFR7UwAYMl_Ve-3BYPsMCcSEvztrUQUAbg0Fh9dL/s320/WGI_0577.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am always pleased to find that the bobcats are plentiful, and around. Considering that 25 years ago they were next to non-existent, it is wonderful to see them filling their historical niche.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LcoC5wutlS9Qo3w6ziHsnlQD1qJzvNw-er-Qbmwsum1FD-qWwdu5nldp6rdEzl7foTrxDsGBfzzBFF4TynefoOkBNHju4cuCEsUgpQFLXqBZfsAErXt_Br1vm7RkeSBr_wRN4E6Is6J4/s2048/WGI_0712.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LcoC5wutlS9Qo3w6ziHsnlQD1qJzvNw-er-Qbmwsum1FD-qWwdu5nldp6rdEzl7foTrxDsGBfzzBFF4TynefoOkBNHju4cuCEsUgpQFLXqBZfsAErXt_Br1vm7RkeSBr_wRN4E6Is6J4/s320/WGI_0712.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Not terribly exciting pictures, but at least we are getting to the point where I can head out and count fresh beds on the four point, and get an idea of deer density in our area. I am guessing 20 per square mile. We'll see!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net for any feedback.</div><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-80710624789056578602021-01-09T21:40:00.006-05:002021-01-10T08:33:50.422-05:00Long Ridge Deer camps Says Goodbye 2020<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As I said before, it was my first lonely season ever in the woods. Didn't hunt much this year because of family things but when I did get out it was lovely. I did not take a deer but saw 39 during my outings. All but two were does. The last buck I saw was the last day of season, a good 10 minutes after legal shooting time. I heard him coming for a while, and then there he was, within fifty feet of me. Too dark to count points, but guessing a six pointer, and a pretty one. He went on by to a favorite acorn spot below the East Ridge. Below are several of the tree rubs in the plantation. Each year the bucks hit 5 to 10 tress and always kill several. It is on the back side of this that I set up the census station each year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ocOYBsVcuBM6yG2IkLqbGMCUMQdIWtkXts9b4v1tSwTxYigqEimUewvUvBnR1fSw8YRmHB7HaD2FyQ5peznRrD1lAQFfgNEXAgjKPmN8Pt7VyiuyxcUDqAqywQZS-JHdFqkkP85ZqS3b/s2048/IMG_20201112_094047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ocOYBsVcuBM6yG2IkLqbGMCUMQdIWtkXts9b4v1tSwTxYigqEimUewvUvBnR1fSw8YRmHB7HaD2FyQ5peznRrD1lAQFfgNEXAgjKPmN8Pt7VyiuyxcUDqAqywQZS-JHdFqkkP85ZqS3b/s320/IMG_20201112_094047.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uFT6FwgCYSYaxyQmXxdEzLk2jM50WfVVqNZyA4V3Hua5xY46RbvaZ53A6cwNQLvflDNgXB6kKNf4ID7gVPnTYUs9bO7vu0CvLm7v2ngWXK7D8jncEeWfmp5oYZFAcCLgXS3G1CcOw1Lg/s2048/IMG_20201112_094140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-uFT6FwgCYSYaxyQmXxdEzLk2jM50WfVVqNZyA4V3Hua5xY46RbvaZ53A6cwNQLvflDNgXB6kKNf4ID7gVPnTYUs9bO7vu0CvLm7v2ngWXK7D8jncEeWfmp5oYZFAcCLgXS3G1CcOw1Lg/s320/IMG_20201112_094140.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the first stand I took during season. It was latish as I skipped bow season (never again). I did not see a single deer during this watch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbrmA_QosvpGW_4BMyX9eBY3ixjvH6g-ppUHPDlpzYc1Pkx64HomyyhthmN3nRCESrMjBFGiJ7TeBN-YYk0Ic_lH8qY32GNhyiRG_C_H3YC_hSsQ1aMDaNhOT38VOXoqaKkx2YeT07kUa/s2048/IMG_20201106_154009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRbrmA_QosvpGW_4BMyX9eBY3ixjvH6g-ppUHPDlpzYc1Pkx64HomyyhthmN3nRCESrMjBFGiJ7TeBN-YYk0Ic_lH8qY32GNhyiRG_C_H3YC_hSsQ1aMDaNhOT38VOXoqaKkx2YeT07kUa/s320/IMG_20201106_154009.jpg" /></a></div>The next sit I took was up on the Far Ridge, right after a good snow. Of course visibility was 50 yards max, and again, I saw nothing. Later sits in this stand brought many deer within shooting distance, but all does. The exception was on a sit just to the left, on the stone wall, where I foolishly stuck my head out behind a big tree to see what cracked a stick - and scared into full run a doe and a huge buck. Never had a decent shot. If I had sat tight, they would have passed within feet of me. Some things take longer to learn than 62 years. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVNrVYRWtXrbUEtjnH_fs15ImW4lb_mijtyzp94kYBgKxVsF9J2rIdu9BZhP7_DcRvEAvrhde4vm_IG3BZwrExliJp0TopGxFYBN58uwfrGiUHciAbzKJTTPAfkqJgK-Z53wsfLIx-5kZ/s2048/IMG_20201031_162014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVNrVYRWtXrbUEtjnH_fs15ImW4lb_mijtyzp94kYBgKxVsF9J2rIdu9BZhP7_DcRvEAvrhde4vm_IG3BZwrExliJp0TopGxFYBN58uwfrGiUHciAbzKJTTPAfkqJgK-Z53wsfLIx-5kZ/s320/IMG_20201031_162014.jpg" /></a></div>This is my typical kit for a foray far into the woods. A box on the back for various tools and supplies, a hunting ruck on the front filled with knives, calls, scents, sleds, whatever I may want on stand, and my beloved Winchester model 70 30-06. Not sure whether the Winchester or Honda is my favorite. They ARE the best!.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhounmgxa8CD3txc2Pivuat7D1zPmlg_GuBcVCsWzPn_j_LOWVa9RJoK4fKtyWkY_SgaCQGsgUwM1KnYRPnIXLzGgI6p_5Eb3V9yWCejMfhK7H4InjtKvL-Mrl8YqS7lAOS1iU37ZHEgdR5/s2048/IMG_20201202_152327.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhounmgxa8CD3txc2Pivuat7D1zPmlg_GuBcVCsWzPn_j_LOWVa9RJoK4fKtyWkY_SgaCQGsgUwM1KnYRPnIXLzGgI6p_5Eb3V9yWCejMfhK7H4InjtKvL-Mrl8YqS7lAOS1iU37ZHEgdR5/s320/IMG_20201202_152327.jpg" /></a></div>I did hunt several times in the rain. Lots of deer present then, and one can stalk very quietly on the wet ground. I find that deer browse as often in the rain as they do in the dry. Here are my rain garments drying with the aid of a caribou!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKkOmSwnrKI0CpdtfanCeeo-kLZfrg1-PBqPbqNlWLmOA_RxAPIz5SdqT9HkymUmv7Ilcai0wQ8C7_vy6ZyXDraI5fZ5QHErPZQlq_BRAym23-A3B8payR1eIdzRDsOeB9T6vmZhSrAhw/s2048/IMG_20201205_170344.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKkOmSwnrKI0CpdtfanCeeo-kLZfrg1-PBqPbqNlWLmOA_RxAPIz5SdqT9HkymUmv7Ilcai0wQ8C7_vy6ZyXDraI5fZ5QHErPZQlq_BRAym23-A3B8payR1eIdzRDsOeB9T6vmZhSrAhw/s320/IMG_20201205_170344.jpg" /></a></div>This handsome 9 pointer showed regularly on oats and acorns right up through bow season. Come muzzle, well, he went nocturnal of course. He is still out there for next year. The winter we are having will NOT take a toll on the herd.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenDg_PrRGovvm_qa3zjaeNc1J-1eL68tuE_D7KUtXzkG7F8W4lFyoQTxdZ9csHZa-JuS45Voq6uaLHtO-Wrnt0lKtatQZ3azkP9PktRl3RWd93-0hw4Tdf7jzbB0f17KaYgLHZdJ894dB/s1600/MFDC1937.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenDg_PrRGovvm_qa3zjaeNc1J-1eL68tuE_D7KUtXzkG7F8W4lFyoQTxdZ9csHZa-JuS45Voq6uaLHtO-Wrnt0lKtatQZ3azkP9PktRl3RWd93-0hw4Tdf7jzbB0f17KaYgLHZdJ894dB/s320/MFDC1937.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I began the census station on December 20th, but only one deer has been interested. He is the spike horn you see down below. Typically at this time of year (January) we have dozens of deer hitting this station, but with no snow, and moderate temperatures, they are simply not interested. there is food everywhere. I started logging and dropping maples, and they cruise right on by. The turkeys however come in daily and scarf the whole corn kernels. This is a flock of nineteen that come daily. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4usGOah60kEM2LgXsfgcHRExf39r1vzHo1gy7H7Z90dlfPkiD3LBZTBd4XeWWVRcmESnqzgHx4JdE-_PZxNgReKok0tmP6FhfJOktiJzlrfh8AsNFgv4LtG7CXNl_0OnTyqtgqF9zpLFu/s2048/MTC_0012.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4usGOah60kEM2LgXsfgcHRExf39r1vzHo1gy7H7Z90dlfPkiD3LBZTBd4XeWWVRcmESnqzgHx4JdE-_PZxNgReKok0tmP6FhfJOktiJzlrfh8AsNFgv4LtG7CXNl_0OnTyqtgqF9zpLFu/s320/MTC_0012.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The one young guy so far!. It's OK, not enough snow to accurately count beds anyway, and they are so scattered at this point that a count would be meaningless. I am guessing 20+ per square mile though.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWubhZHRYp4iyJujRv1_af-mAU835od8hyphenhyphenf_zZBnEEgkxHIrdop-IS9BPMcgTI0y7GeKC3ChbZbd95sVsgfStB7RfksUavQQP8eUXC9Xr7cvN_TooFMUirsBMLziBgbaRycP0NHxE_Z2hk/s2048/WGI_0046.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWubhZHRYp4iyJujRv1_af-mAU835od8hyphenhyphenf_zZBnEEgkxHIrdop-IS9BPMcgTI0y7GeKC3ChbZbd95sVsgfStB7RfksUavQQP8eUXC9Xr7cvN_TooFMUirsBMLziBgbaRycP0NHxE_Z2hk/s320/WGI_0046.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The turks again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfR_1jbat8aWuIRUntIH9aAKyzIUDqnwYVfd1qtODGIYCHD-LZzd8uCwmcMVPCZWOqKpf9TEOzVXhDkyRsgYvpU5rHJ4UMYzzXFqyM0Jl7YSogWtswILnwvsbd4v0URaRySrYEa9bPL3RP/s2048/WGI_0133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfR_1jbat8aWuIRUntIH9aAKyzIUDqnwYVfd1qtODGIYCHD-LZzd8uCwmcMVPCZWOqKpf9TEOzVXhDkyRsgYvpU5rHJ4UMYzzXFqyM0Jl7YSogWtswILnwvsbd4v0URaRySrYEa9bPL3RP/s320/WGI_0133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A Gray fox pair. beautiful winter coats.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcO7_hRjuYaXcEpOnPj6jLF3E1Lug4S0l6hhAFaJWwb-GRWKw4OpR0LNeKX108vzwvPEjTekO97gw7RgBrYqCHxOCVjR8_pVqH3hfZ5U-w0RvAs-veGXz_ycgWDYBPtstUexTs3-uiRgjS/s2048/WGI_0464.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcO7_hRjuYaXcEpOnPj6jLF3E1Lug4S0l6hhAFaJWwb-GRWKw4OpR0LNeKX108vzwvPEjTekO97gw7RgBrYqCHxOCVjR8_pVqH3hfZ5U-w0RvAs-veGXz_ycgWDYBPtstUexTs3-uiRgjS/s320/WGI_0464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>It always fascinates me to watch turkeys fly. How wings like this can lift up a twenty five pound bird into full flight is amazing. On the other hand we find turkey wing feathers on the land often. Take two, fan them together, and wave your arm up and down. You can FEEL the lift forty such feathers would give. Simply neat. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMUTLEgz9PS-Q-mA_jM51TTHGtIddkXRk4ZCq7eThzqbzHPNo__c-xZKloHhRJxrLveUDm94Bn8ektoSZFXEY5Xg8fuEf9gs1F0ssf_c0YaAIAeKO5Ep7MDtb3coYOevEYJo7_4KzojLJ/s2048/WGI_0577.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMUTLEgz9PS-Q-mA_jM51TTHGtIddkXRk4ZCq7eThzqbzHPNo__c-xZKloHhRJxrLveUDm94Bn8ektoSZFXEY5Xg8fuEf9gs1F0ssf_c0YaAIAeKO5Ep7MDtb3coYOevEYJo7_4KzojLJ/s320/WGI_0577.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So, it is off to a New Year. Not sure how THIS one is going to go, but in our little world of nature and farm and friends and family, we will be sound, healthy and safe. And I MEAN safe. I trust all of you will be also, wishing you a good year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last I wish to thank my LRDC hunters for their thoughtfulness and generosity during this year, when most did not even hunt here. Thus, this summer, some stand rebuilds, new stands altogether, and a great fall will be coming. At my age now, it is about thirty seconds away. I just know some of you understand that one!<br /><br /></div><br /><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> jackzeller@protonmail.com</blockquote><p></p>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-8136940175167954952020-11-26T12:06:00.006-05:002021-01-09T08:52:19.941-05:00Loneliness At Long Ridge Deer Camp<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This covid clad deer season has been the oddest one I have hunted in years. I had to cancel the camps, but I left the land open to our hunters. Three or four of us have tagged a doe, but no bucks yet. I have seen 19 deer so far, but only one shootable buck. He was a big 8 or 10 pointer, but fled when I leaned back to look around a tree when I heard a twig snap. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">99% of my sixty years of hunting have been alone. I have been invited to hunt elsewhere perhaps 8 times in my life, and that is OK. But oddly enough,, sitting in a tree stand several days ago I felt very lonely. I decided that with no camps behind me, and none ahead for this season brought on the feeling. Or perhaps it is simply the year 2020. A very messed up year. So I decided to try to be thankful that I am surrounded by thousands of acres of great game country rather than to harbor feelings of loneliness. And in fact, deer have kept me company on nearly every outing. So wherever we are hunting this year, let's be glad that we have that opportunity to be part of the natural world as it really is. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below is the buck I would dearly love to take. They are in crazy chase phase now, so one never knows...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapElGYCfZJC-HAmt-5AzvNV1qGhd6BL5wPeJrVgaGrQzACxENzKQbu6nbaowzNsNOKyI_AG__kDRr1XDPMVPysQWTNPkCB5o-X4kGKtKpCumy7WxhMO5_eKDpLbPXVaND3N8uFIXiB-LP/s4000/MFDC0036.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapElGYCfZJC-HAmt-5AzvNV1qGhd6BL5wPeJrVgaGrQzACxENzKQbu6nbaowzNsNOKyI_AG__kDRr1XDPMVPysQWTNPkCB5o-X4kGKtKpCumy7WxhMO5_eKDpLbPXVaND3N8uFIXiB-LP/s320/MFDC0036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three porkys on a plot. I wonder if it is a mom with two babes, littermates or what. I cannot find it now, but I did get a picture of coyotes and porks on a food plot together, ignoring each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3GQzGNpp8YcD0nQ5ce8taJ3cIKFHaadb1DXe8i7Th4NcGqx2vOwRBkRlQa-A6PBPpF_lhdlJ2NcU1HaMpj7WrIz2eTJXAC1Kr5lTVYLB76iWzcuZ80iVDCV1yI_RAlpwHNLTUKAscEWn/s4000/MFDC0145.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3GQzGNpp8YcD0nQ5ce8taJ3cIKFHaadb1DXe8i7Th4NcGqx2vOwRBkRlQa-A6PBPpF_lhdlJ2NcU1HaMpj7WrIz2eTJXAC1Kr5lTVYLB76iWzcuZ80iVDCV1yI_RAlpwHNLTUKAscEWn/s320/MFDC0145.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bucks and porcupines also share all the time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BGzNw4ytppAbXwKnHs9HJ2TIZsoBiBjaQ7Ca-4LBX94l0YVU7uNsmpk0jzQsxJp4mIBq7-kGMkf1IOO70Vhg-LPLsbJCpsZTUf3SpCmhzWa_6ifx_rPQ4DuWL45kX6yFP9m2L0Nkhs4Y/s4000/MFDC0544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BGzNw4ytppAbXwKnHs9HJ2TIZsoBiBjaQ7Ca-4LBX94l0YVU7uNsmpk0jzQsxJp4mIBq7-kGMkf1IOO70Vhg-LPLsbJCpsZTUf3SpCmhzWa_6ifx_rPQ4DuWL45kX6yFP9m2L0Nkhs4Y/s320/MFDC0544.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Below: Scratching for the camera!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb52OkPtHpPYt18QhFldvDYwpKVwFS1QqY_fhK44ffCuBFhoKFgUU7FAMIFM8kSrCkxirlI85bsOUVWQ5u_5gWsP52NxdPgNsJ8bBvK0xwZOA7BNrR6ykreYtV7l01bsp1mspCWhlyQeg0/s1600/MFDC2537.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb52OkPtHpPYt18QhFldvDYwpKVwFS1QqY_fhK44ffCuBFhoKFgUU7FAMIFM8kSrCkxirlI85bsOUVWQ5u_5gWsP52NxdPgNsJ8bBvK0xwZOA7BNrR6ykreYtV7l01bsp1mspCWhlyQeg0/s320/MFDC2537.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mom with two of the cutest cubs. They graze oats like a deer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIWXdNEcqQHh_QRbIEL9qVlqpc3WN37O5-kqaJn333U3kv9-ZVfjlzlRCGH2tEGbBAJUXu6FWdEmawEv6NPM8ZGKFQgJsxj2sfaLsEQwQ9Rjy7UK7pHJOXo5RXL5wNkT4KZEkZUNeW09f/s1600/MFDC3810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIWXdNEcqQHh_QRbIEL9qVlqpc3WN37O5-kqaJn333U3kv9-ZVfjlzlRCGH2tEGbBAJUXu6FWdEmawEv6NPM8ZGKFQgJsxj2sfaLsEQwQ9Rjy7UK7pHJOXo5RXL5wNkT4KZEkZUNeW09f/s320/MFDC3810.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlGounTR1T73aujBmSFfoWliTz8qqS-YPq3dX-v4CE2LbWX2nVbmkJun3KtY7dJkMauMMpubQhzVcJzns_wSipsaLV_WeKX3Faeu1uMYngGiLt9aEUL_uHPQYd_-BJf14ZJm063SQiLUc/s1600/MFDC3817.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">A nice rabbit killing cat here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nwZVrtEFK5fIpNXcEKeg41g5M8QOE6Us6DuX7Wgme51UgyutsFUgSBnLQ7vY1zUQE3pfAF0qtA_WSp1TJqn2sxhxMDxS55FTLWsPXWYViXPX57FWGmhQPrrBUn17py5HkdAi8wWA-MGR/s1600/MFDC4277.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nwZVrtEFK5fIpNXcEKeg41g5M8QOE6Us6DuX7Wgme51UgyutsFUgSBnLQ7vY1zUQE3pfAF0qtA_WSp1TJqn2sxhxMDxS55FTLWsPXWYViXPX57FWGmhQPrrBUn17py5HkdAi8wWA-MGR/s320/MFDC4277.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So do the porks love oats!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Exit stage straight away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFWcbPPqvAxWBu8RsDKlpk3p9SxpDwR__jk53_mbOiuouLNI30aaVCG6FonILwsNbDsms7pRqZZRFloBQ_9rhNA1jvcbnIrUDHUU6ZJt1MEbd8-5kvPmFsqTBZPK8f8TNV7spzjmbrx7O/s1600/MFDC6619.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFWcbPPqvAxWBu8RsDKlpk3p9SxpDwR__jk53_mbOiuouLNI30aaVCG6FonILwsNbDsms7pRqZZRFloBQ_9rhNA1jvcbnIrUDHUU6ZJt1MEbd8-5kvPmFsqTBZPK8f8TNV7spzjmbrx7O/s320/MFDC6619.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another nice buck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dE-IcVQi2A9rPjG2XP6Qa0mM84H03LlgmQ9_LfNQ_bGh3z5Xzrht2AKGMRK92XketNU3yRT6rgA4sL1AYsDdSHeXcHZ7AkfLap0MRLMZ0drkffjWqGFQYAuikd2821oqi5ZQ0GhcLfXc/s1600/MFDC9555.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I was worried for nesting time but I guess all turned out OK.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2BcCDQIxkRdoA-RiRAtVrGWAaD66QXJ92xgpXy07VwIFZ5t0MujWM4bAkiCrQSf2UywZGlREyoxcWHH1emw2gKk1yseQIp729RgfC05Dm6tuS7o52dqjT73srwbLLUahIf3LIeBm6FME/s4000/MFDC9986.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2BcCDQIxkRdoA-RiRAtVrGWAaD66QXJ92xgpXy07VwIFZ5t0MujWM4bAkiCrQSf2UywZGlREyoxcWHH1emw2gKk1yseQIp729RgfC05Dm6tuS7o52dqjT73srwbLLUahIf3LIeBm6FME/s320/MFDC9986.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iJPwxiPKkbPV9K6C5baCvRQfFNzWyiQIs1XxxDIJzq05wRnSARdzeb1nXpprTVxcnC6Ll6K5JfwJiZFBtTZYi4M6ub-Ec1oSVBryuSMwebi_HR9HkxKJErPQ8-NQzxoOWByDUmSJ8Jfy/s2688/STC_0769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7iJPwxiPKkbPV9K6C5baCvRQfFNzWyiQIs1XxxDIJzq05wRnSARdzeb1nXpprTVxcnC6Ll6K5JfwJiZFBtTZYi4M6ub-Ec1oSVBryuSMwebi_HR9HkxKJErPQ8-NQzxoOWByDUmSJ8Jfy/s320/STC_0769.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Only skunk on camera this year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57TTIctUIuBesYNWCz_LoPOtd2rTJiKqzHXyOmqbRAmN_MwkUk-AfeoV2o8lg4roUXAWGcxcbgKndXsE9cvSJlJqLWhw-xCHtkW0lx9452Xl-eRn6BjT8u-U6aX3o41rp-DLkilbkTEdb/s2048/WGI_0077.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57TTIctUIuBesYNWCz_LoPOtd2rTJiKqzHXyOmqbRAmN_MwkUk-AfeoV2o8lg4roUXAWGcxcbgKndXsE9cvSJlJqLWhw-xCHtkW0lx9452Xl-eRn6BjT8u-U6aX3o41rp-DLkilbkTEdb/s320/WGI_0077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_VO66E9R8FQryQx_zE94fYmIDM-2SX7rCZKqjpXjFXbbiXSVY16W_AV4T1EShx2VoGDjZmXTk8UUcQEKxB5ZVSXqRsz_irp_uYjm-v2sMpvYDP8dHyziRa3ukyETXEOoruf_1zB2hUXE/s2048/IMG_20200503_155321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_VO66E9R8FQryQx_zE94fYmIDM-2SX7rCZKqjpXjFXbbiXSVY16W_AV4T1EShx2VoGDjZmXTk8UUcQEKxB5ZVSXqRsz_irp_uYjm-v2sMpvYDP8dHyziRa3ukyETXEOoruf_1zB2hUXE/s320/IMG_20200503_155321.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Western trail needed some hard work before season. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaUUGrUNRaPruEf3ZGjRFPGpgEZJQ2Yi7tEmAVLA84DJpQzD9A3fvT54cvnG6Y6sjgLzeIO6CNslbxojGNSqr1-Nac4dfAtEkVNHwLvCphOrzS8xR12fd2zlPJdG4rMj23DZHXX9-SF8Q/s2048/IMG_20200502_111029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTaUUGrUNRaPruEf3ZGjRFPGpgEZJQ2Yi7tEmAVLA84DJpQzD9A3fvT54cvnG6Y6sjgLzeIO6CNslbxojGNSqr1-Nac4dfAtEkVNHwLvCphOrzS8xR12fd2zlPJdG4rMj23DZHXX9-SF8Q/s320/IMG_20200502_111029.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div style="text-align: center;">So, with all the bad happenings this year, it will soon be behind us. I wish all of you a good season, safety and happiness. Stay out there, they are moving for sure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net</div>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-89411755544217575302020-09-18T13:40:00.005-04:002020-09-18T13:40:41.076-04:00A Few Days before Archery Opening at Long Ridge.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyapcOJhGUgxqKTA5GdEixppC2E9nLylKpBVaLp14trNIuAOKnmQqVw-VW8ZOZasIz5kFOnWCAgeE9AT4SgzfYw_y_CWS7WtWAsVIuRjv8mLmcjiFAE_k-Bz2ZJ8LOMsqx6YTXe-61nGe8/s1600/MFDC8821.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyapcOJhGUgxqKTA5GdEixppC2E9nLylKpBVaLp14trNIuAOKnmQqVw-VW8ZOZasIz5kFOnWCAgeE9AT4SgzfYw_y_CWS7WtWAsVIuRjv8mLmcjiFAE_k-Bz2ZJ8LOMsqx6YTXe-61nGe8/s320/MFDC8821.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The two youngsters, bear above and buck below are on the East Ridge Plot. Quite sparse at that point due to lack of rain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeSqOo4BUyYtpaH1zpoM4C-D-HRAqA24MNZaKReaeL-DA4st5RssB81tUrniYGgi0sLH-tAJ66z4_KwaSryNp1TAkAyP1xZuIgloKe3tzrGXJgDyCrOwXcA75spXbsixrSP7TRlTdGP-y/s1600/MFDC8950.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeSqOo4BUyYtpaH1zpoM4C-D-HRAqA24MNZaKReaeL-DA4st5RssB81tUrniYGgi0sLH-tAJ66z4_KwaSryNp1TAkAyP1xZuIgloKe3tzrGXJgDyCrOwXcA75spXbsixrSP7TRlTdGP-y/s320/MFDC8950.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A bigger guy showing up below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhenwH8vJoZ2QLWQlTikEZbz-h7I1hWoSaTP2BFVNAF4D0ky1STYxY2E6HoKIMJxIVlrWcjcNBCqyNiJxbYnPAI_23RfS8KnzxKSJ4qXpMghK1cY1qErn_fyWwm3FV-rd_INVic7fzhR4/s1600/MFDC8992.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">A most curious doe. May have heard the camera or seen a blink...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxjVh2-iN02pA6wwK8C5VzVzm2hjA4LOw9hXA190yriWc2UPer1VCBJ6WYvnY1W9thMUMHIIlpLsDbH2ENFVtwZpnNsxlxpDp-sogl1wbZi0nY4niZFEMQ314Mb9mVL-NWs4aQly480pN/s2688/STC_0005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxjVh2-iN02pA6wwK8C5VzVzm2hjA4LOw9hXA190yriWc2UPer1VCBJ6WYvnY1W9thMUMHIIlpLsDbH2ENFVtwZpnNsxlxpDp-sogl1wbZi0nY4niZFEMQ314Mb9mVL-NWs4aQly480pN/s320/STC_0005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A pink turkey! Yikes!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRcq8fuuZP6MinCuefjbSjNSUGV1mdoQmptb4iUln6KWN0Ii3cgwkZH-Sn-_Q6mtIs-u8LZzrKTJkwI3Y-eETiX7ziopskc2jhvicQeV65iYJwEt4ibGk28HF3AW-Os8pmBg2OodFI0Ie/s2688/STC_0006.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2688" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRcq8fuuZP6MinCuefjbSjNSUGV1mdoQmptb4iUln6KWN0Ii3cgwkZH-Sn-_Q6mtIs-u8LZzrKTJkwI3Y-eETiX7ziopskc2jhvicQeV65iYJwEt4ibGk28HF3AW-Os8pmBg2OodFI0Ie/s320/STC_0006.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Friendly pups?</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilm9hnu_kx18YlSKtq3iVqH_HOG7vvRYkjosinu_9OjHOIDHnaGtp9WEqQWJIzQHAg7uDkCdxCb4ElmUqu1KCZviTNnF4CGofQR0Fisy0BksgBtFIQaDhQOIRsAnvxCTesykXxELfSNoVh/s2688/STC_0008.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Good luck to hunters and photographers!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">jackzeller@myfairpoint.net </div><p></p></div>Long Ridge Deer Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14587142176248531464noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8717676133753912674.post-43786830611558536132020-08-26T10:19:00.003-04:002020-09-14T21:09:03.126-04:00Pre-hunt At Long Ridge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some spring and into later summer wildlife pictures which I so enjoy collecting. I think my favorite thing to do! Such a beautiful Gray fox. Watch the chickens!</div>
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This flanked out doe has to feed heavily to nurse her hidden fawn. </div>
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This one I will name Rosalie.</div>
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A nice buck below, viewed from the stern.</div>
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It is hard to tell from this picture, but the photo is of a huge woodchuck who lives under a log pile in the Far Field.</div>
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Same camera at night with some black and white night life!</div>
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Back into daylight with a Gray fox</div>
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Last year we nurtured over thirty Monarchs to adulthood. This year I have seen very few, and no babes at all. We do nurture a half acre of milkweed, but few monarchs showed this season.</div>
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Eyes in the night. I have no idea. Any guesses?</div>
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Nice bear on the East Ridge.</div>
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Coyote ( we have very few) on the same ridge.</div>
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When the Fisher are few, the porkies come back! I like it.</div>
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This bear looks hot! </div>
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This bruin is crossing the Far Field. Stuffing on the tons of fallen apples and blackberries on the edges.<br />
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The turkeys are plentiful this year, as is all game in this area. Whether on foot or ATV, I see deer every time out. Never have we had so much small game such as rabbits, turkeys, fox, coons, woodchucks. Bears everywhere. Food is plentiful and it appears baby recruitment is widespread and successful. The only common creature I do not have on camera this summer is Fisher. The Bobcats are killing them off.</div>
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So there you have it! Enjoy the rest of summer and do try to get outdoors somewhere that is NOT crowded, loud, and trashy. We know what happened this year. It, and they, will pass. </div>
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March and April were cold, rainy and damp here at Long Ridge, and we had some concerns for poults and fawns to come, but as it turns out, May and June thus far are dry and hot. On the brink of drought. I have seen one hen with fourteen babes in tow in our fields several times. Within a few weeks, she was down to about six. I have only one fawn on camera thus far which is unusual, but I do see that the does are all in excellent condition, and bucks are growing antlers nicely (next post)</div>
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Below are some impressive toms in full display!</div>
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I love this eye shot of a whitetail. Deer do have the softest eyes.</div>
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More turkey shots below. Many hunters had great hunts in May.</div>
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This buck would have shed these any day then.</div>
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Turkeys below on the census station and in sight of deer camp porch.</div>
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First fawn on camera, and not very old...</div>
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2019/20 Long Ridge deer census has wrapped up, and we are looking at about 18/20 deer per square mile in our neck of the woods. This was a particularly difficult winter to tag deer beds, because it is not only the third easy winter in a row, but we had so little snow it was difficult to find beds. When I was able to track trails back into the softwoods, the beds deteriorated quickly, so count could be off. In addition, about a mile to the East, there is a road that feeds deer heavily, and I did find that some groups were trudging all the way from there to my meager scatterings. During a normal winter (3-8 feet of snow), and bitter cold, this would not happen. </div>
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The shots above and below are of the station itself. I maintain two cameras there, and pull the cards about every ten days. Approximately 2000 pictures will be on each card. <div style="text-align: center;">
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Below you see one big coyote. There is a pair in the area, and while I do not have many on camera, they, as a pair, do move through. </div>
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The deer have been in excellent condition, and have been able to freely move and scratch up tons of acorns and browse all winter long.</div>
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This four pointer is usually accompanied by a single spike horn. They have been buds since September!</div>
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Plenty of turkeys around too!<div style="text-align: center;">
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A fat and sassy doe </div>
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I love it when a wild deer can mimic rude people in a restaurant.</div>
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I did not need to use this Polaris much this winter!</div>
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Here is the four pointers buddy!</div>
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You are in my space, you are not my spring babe, so beat it!</div>
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We are all in this together!</div>
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These maples, cut down to save an old field edge, will lie here for several weeks to allow the deer to feed on their buds. By the time I limb out, the ends of the branches will be ragged and naked.</div>
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One handsome boy.</div>
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Antlers again.</div>
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Play arguing again, late, but still fun...</div>
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Close up puss look!</div>
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So, up above, of some 8000 pictures, we have a group of ten, a group of five, and several different groups of two or three. About every second week a group of seven would visit, but did not bed within 1/2 mile of camp. For years, a doe would visit our birdfeeder behind the house within twenty feet of our kitchen window. A winter regular, she would have her spring babe with her, each year bring a new one. This year she did not show, but her last babe did, for most of the winter. Then he/she disappeared, and either moved on or was devoured by nature. We never know, and always wonder.<br />
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I love this. Stay well, stay safe, and enjoy nature and her wonders. No matter what comes to be, Mother West Wind and the Merry Little Breezes will be here to stir things up. The rabbits appreciate it.<br />
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The FNS™-9 offers the simplicity of double-action
striker-fired operation with the option of a manual safety. The slide
stop lever and magazine release are all fully ambidextrous for ease of
operation with either hand from any firing position. Both the slide and
barrel are stainless steel, and the checkered polymer frame has two
interchangeable back straps with lanyard eyelets. A MIL-STD-1913 mounting
rail on the underside accepts tactical lights and lasers.<br />
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<li><b>Caliber:</b> 9mm</li>
<li><b>Operation:</b> Double-action</li>
<li><b>Mag Capacity:</b> 10 or 17 Rd.</li>
<li><b>Weight:</b> 25.2 oz.</li>
<li><b>Barrel Length:</b> 4.0″</li>
<li><b>Overall Length:</b> 7.25″</li>
<li><b>Twist Rate:</b> 1:10" RH</li>
<li><b>Height:</b> 5.5"</li>
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<li><b>Trigger Pull:</b> 5.5 - 7.7 lb.</li>
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Striker-fired autoloader<br />
Double-action operation with manual safety<br />
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Fixed 3-dot sights (standard)<br />
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Find it online for 500+ bucks. MSRP 699.00<br />
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While I will not be reviewing the M&P pictured below, as I have written extensively about it, I will be shooting it along side the FN for a reasonable comparison. The M&P C has a fifteen round capacity because it is a C. Other than that, both are of the same family of battle pistols with four inch barrels.<br />
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I have looked forward to reviewing an FN, either the FNS or the newer 509 for some time. FN has been building real battle tested weapons since 1889, and today corners the military machine gun market world wide. The FN FAL and a myriad of other time tested weapons attest to their expertise. In fact they just won a 116 million dollar contract to re-supply M-4's to the US military.<br />
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This FNS pictured above was generously donated to the review cause by a dedicated F&G member, who has never shot it. As a bit of back ground the FNS was developed to compete in the military pistol trials (Sig took the blue ribbon) and so is robustly built. There were some issues with the gun and they were recalled for repair. This particular specimen was sent back and completely gone over by the factory. It has no manual safety, has a hinged trigger which is superior to the safety depressed triggers of the Glocks, Remingtons etc, comes with three magazines, thank you, and two back straps. The back straps are not to adjust for hand size, but rather for arched or flat back strap preference. They are easily changed with a punch. I preferred and shot with the arched after trying both.<br />
The pistol is rated for +P ammunition without it saying so in the manual. If it were not, they would say so. In addition it was built to endure sustained fire with NATO 9mm.<br />
I tore down the pistol (typical striker fired take down) and found it dryer than the Mojave, but clean. I wet lubed it with Slip 2000, reassembled, and dry fired 100 times. I find the trigger smooth on take up, quite mushy on let off, and decent on reset, distance and tactile wise. I then measured trigger pull 10 times and it averaged 7.75 lbs. which I find surprising. I'll recheck after 5-600 rounds.<br />
The magazines are steel, well marked for capacity (17) and quite easy to load by hand.<br />
Sights are tritium (small) but rugged. In fact, this entire pistol amazed me when I tore it down. The slide rails are long, thick and tough. They put the XD's to shame. The external ejector is big and looks quite rugged. Everything about this pistol says 'long lived'. The FNS has survived a 25,000 round torture test.<br />
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Let's see how it shoots. As I said, I will be shooting the M&P 9c 2.0 a bit just to have a good gun to compare the FNS too. At this point in time, the M&P's are tops in the field in my opinion, so I am always looking for something better! I am not so big on Belgium (being so wrapped up in Rwanda) but maybe this is it!<br />
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OK, so here we are at Ferry Brook. It is 22 degrees and the wind is whining like spoiled teenagers. I'll need a rock to place on the target stand. I am alone at the range, so it is peaceful at the covered pistol station. We will shoot the following rounds, and not in this order - Federal JHPs, the preferred carry of the pistol owner, Winchester 147 grain T-series, my duty and ED carry ammunition, Fiocchi 115 grain FMJ, Remington FMJ, Georgia Arms plated, Geco FMJ, and a tub of bulk unknown. Only a good idea when you are testing the strength of a pistol!. I have not shot this pistol so the first magazine through it is the Federal JHPs at five yards, cadence fire. This gives me the info I need to know where this pistol shoots, how I must grip it to obtain accuracy, familiarize myself to the trigger, and to adjust to it's particular recoil window. My first observations are that the pistol's controls operate effectively and easily EXCEPT, when attempting to rack the slide with a full magazine in the gun. It is near impossible, and difficult enough that an inexperienced shooter would be dancing and pointing the muzzle all over the place. I could not discern the reason for this, and it did not lessen during the session. Oh, well, just make sure the slide is open when you insert mag, and use the slide release to chamber a round. Next I find the sights (tritium) small and slow. It is daylight, so I will use the generic front post as a whole to shoot with. Because of this, on all targets, the gun tends to shoot low if not compensated for. Simply replace front sight with something decent and large, and Boom! You'll be right on. The target below is the first. I am not disappointed.<br />
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Next you have a humanoid target at 12 yards. This target exercise was a draw from the holster and rapid fire an entire magazine as fast as I can shoot. Using just the front post, it is clear that the ergonomics of this pistol are acceptable as is the combat accuracy. The ammo was 115 grain FMJ.<br />
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Next is a serious exercise, the dot torture test at 3 yards. It is NOT a speed test, but a precision test for basics in accuracy. Required is good trigger work, drawing and firing, multiple targets, reloading, off hand and strong hand shooting etc. I scored a 49 on the right with the FNC. This speaks volumes for the pistol as it is the first time I have meditatively shot it. Good show, and the intrinsic accuracy is obvious. <br />
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The left target is with the S&W 9C which I have not shot in months, if not a year. (into 45 acp these days). While I scored a point less than the FNS, I completed the test in less than half the time with the Smith, thereby rushing and blowing two off. Check out the second circle. That one hole is five shots. But in any case, both these pistols are good enough, that if I were to shoot this exercise again, I would move out to five yards. Speaks well for the FNC.<br />
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No battle pistol is worth it's salt if it is not reliable or accurate with full duty ammunition. The FNS shot the owner's carry ammo fine, but my preference (and duty ammo) is the Winchester T-Series, 147 grain JHP. I do not believe there is better. The face target below (a friend of mine?) was shot with the Win T at 15 yards, somewhere between cadence and rapid fire. I am learning this pistol. This is showing to be an entirely adequate duty carry pistol.<br />
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Forgot to show the box as it comes from the factory. Good box, three magazines( why don't they ALL come with three?) and a concise operators manual. I might throw in here, that when field stripping this piece, while it is like all the rest, it does require a bit more force on the slide and the manual mentions this.<br />
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Check the massive slide rails and tons of metal in this FNS. I can see why 25,000 rounds did not touch it.<br />
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Back to shooting. This target is shot at 12 yards from the draw. Two to the chest, one to the head as fast as I can accurately shoot. The boiler room shot group is a good six inches lower than it should be, but that is due to the inadequate front sight. Otherwise, a decent shooter with practice could feel very comfortable with this pistol as EDC. Or duty, which it would serve even better.<br />
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Next step several hours later into the shoot, we trudge up to the steel plates. I first shot the FNS at the steel man at 25 yards. Ping, ping, ping, boringly so. Then the 16? inch circle, ping pinging, the same. Six inch at 25, no problem. I was able to hit the 3 inch after about ten rounds. This FNS is accurate. Not fast accurate, but accurate. </div>
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The FNS is a tough rugged pistol, up for the nastiest handling you can give it. It definitely leans far to the military side of things to include lanyard rings in the grips. It is utterly reliable. I shot it from every position imaginable trying to make it malfunction. It doesn't. I even held it with two fingers while I depressed the trigger mechanically, giving me next to zero grip . It recycled flawlessly and never once failed to lock back. I rate this pistol equal to the Smiths, Glocks, Sigs etc. for reliability. It shot all kinds of ammo, and all to the same point of aim. </div>
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It is accurate. Face shots at 25 yards, no problem. Six inch metal at 25, no problem. Combat accuracy on paper targets is good. But it's accuracy comes at a cost, and that cost is time. It is legions slower at 'speed' than many pistols I have reviewed. The sights are partially responsible for this and can be corrected. But the recoil impulse also seemed much heavier than the M&P. Not sure I understand why, because it is relatively heavy, and seems to have a low bore axis. The trigger doesn't help. So, my take? This is a full time duty pistol built to be on a duty rig belt. The trigger while smoothed out, stays at 7 3/4 lbs., far too heavy for my taste and speed. The slide is decidedly harder to retract than most, and as stated above, if you insert a full mag into this pistol while in battery, good luck racking in a round...The pistol, while not ergonomically distressing in the least, feels large and a bit blocky in the hand. There is nothing fine about it. I tried both the flat and arched back straps and while neither held a shooting advantage, I preferred the arched. A choice in back strap sizing might have helped ergonomicly, thereby speed, but we will never know. This pistol now has between 700/1000 rounds through it. As I broke it down to clean and check it after our range session I did note that there are rather heavy wear marks on the rails and barrel hood and rest. Not a concern, but MUCH more pronounced than most modern pistols at this stage. Interesting. </div>
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Nice pistol, but I wouldn't bother.</div>
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We only had two camps this year and one deer was taken. We saw 25 but doe season was closed, and the bucks seen were chasing phase big time. But a good time was had by all! Below was a picture sent out of the bar, so that adequate thirst killers could be procured!</div>
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Above and below are several pictures of what we see from our stands, generally twenty feet high.</div>
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We come out at dark, and while the potatoes bake on the grill, cocktail hour prevails.</div>
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It is then time to prepare a venison meal with salads and baked russets.</div>
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All are pleased with the results!</div>
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Our resident sauce expert frying up his best.</div>
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...and it is suppertime!</div>
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