Talking Turkey

From the camera located north of the creek in the open area adjacent to the shitter.

A steady parade of bachelor turkeys...

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Four gobblers taken from this location earlier this spring.

Bucks and Gobblers

For any of you deer camp guys you know the location of the crossroads.

Plenty wildlife action being captured by the camera located here.

Bucks and gobblers...

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Deer Camp

Just in case any of you deer camp guys care to know - There are some nice bucks cruising thru around here.

The rut has begun...

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Talking Turkey

This camera location has produced regular photographic evidence of the size of the turkey flock around here.

Brood flocks, bachelor groups and rarely a mix of both.

It would appear that the mild spring and balmy summer weather has resulted in terrific recruitment of the local turkey tribe.

Here's a group of future longbeard gobblers...

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Aliens

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They're back.

The aliens and their green laser death ray.

You can see the blinding bright glare of anti-gravity alien space ship motors.

For all of their advanced technology and appetite for spreading death and destruction - they missed destroying the camera.

Poor marksmen the liens are...

Kid Bags Buck

I was cooking dinner last night when a neighbor called to ask if their granddaughter could trail a deer she arrowed on to our property just before dark.

Of course.

I went out with headlamp, flashlights and toilet paper and found them in the gathering darkness. Deer was hit and the arrow recovered after almost a quarter mile of tracking and a dwindling blood trail. Typical.

The kid and her mom didn’t find the buck but the search resumed this morning. 

It's raining pretty steadily so I wasn't holding out much hope for locating a blood trail.

Nevertheless, she found her deer.

She'll be late for school today but one happy kid.

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Me and the Girls

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Not much escapes the patient vigil of a trail camera.  Are these dogs happy or what?

Bachelors

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Guess the Critter

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Itchy and Scratchy

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Dogpatch

Tired Labrador retrievers.  Must've been that busy afternoon chasing-up birds...

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Bigger Buck

Compared to yesterday's buck this one that had his photo snapped at 4:46 in the afternoon was almost a half-mile away.

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Nice eight-pointer, good heft, daylight hours.

New Location

Another pic from the woods in that new location along the game trail.  6:40 AM - daylight beginning to filter thru the canopy.

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Should probably set-up a ground blind in this vicinity or maybe Braumeister should hide in the shrubbery in his Ghillie Suit...

Ask and You Shall Receive

Replacement credit cards lost in the mail means duplicates have to be ordered.

Duplicates arrive by FedEx - both in my name.  No card for The Frau.

Duplicates for the duplicates arrive by FedEx - still both in my name - still incorrect. Duplicates of the duplicate's, duplicates ordered.

FedEx package arrives.  Inside are six cards!  Each one in The Frau's name.  Each, a duplicate of the other.

The Mother lode...

Jeff County

My other set-up hunting at New Guy's farm in Jefferson County.

Guard Tower deer stand and the view...

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Jeff County

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Deer hunting this weekend at New Guy's farm in Jefferson County.

Freezing cold today...

Chasing Birds With the Pooches

Seems like forever ago but fond memories nonetheless.

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Me and my pal Smokey Joe and his eight-year-old son out with the dogs seeing if we could scare-up some woodcock.  (We didn't).  Nevertheless, it was terrific to be out in the woods getting some fresh air and exercise.

Nice kid too.  Polite, smart and liking the outdoors.  Plenty potential there...

More of the Same

All things turkey is getting old.  There are just to many of them and they are so predictable.

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Getting my itchy finger for spring turkey hunting...

Grand Central Turkey

Same location - same time.  Probably the same brood flock of turkeys.

Sunset

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Just another crappy peninsula sunset.  Sigh...

New Location

The new location continues to yield additional photos with the low-light, shadows and curious composition found in the cool of the woods.

Doe and her fawn...

  
Nubbin buck and mom...

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Sexual Segregation in the Turkey Kingdom

Different location - a bachelor group - not a brood flock with the hens.  Best year yet for turkey sightings with the silent sentry trail cameras.

If the winter is normal spring turkey hunting should be awesome again...

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B.U.G

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Brussels, Union, Gardner Fire Department - B.U.G. for short.

Not sure what they're doing here for sure but these are they guys that have to bring their own water to the fire.

Learn more at the B.U.G. Homepage and on FaceBook.

New Location

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From the recently new trail camera location in the woods near the western property line.  A game trail yielding some decent results...

Youngster Hunter

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Nice archery form on the kid.   Practice makes perfect.

Grand Central Turkey

Same spot  - where the camera is located at the intersection where the trail bends north and forks west by south west.  The resident turkey flock moves through here every day.

Pics from 9/28 and 9/30.

Youngster Hunter

Youngster out with dad bow hunting.

Smokey Joe and his son paid a visit over the weekend to spend some time in the woods. 

Mr.Buck

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Meet Mr. Buck at about 5:35 AM - a week ago.  Nice-looking almost two year-old whitetail.

Ditch Tiger

Captured you on the camera you dirty, rotten predator of song birds.  Feral cat!

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If I see you during daylight hours and I'm armed you'll need every one of your nine lives...

Final Touches

Jeff from Baylake Landscape, Inc. had a crew arrive early yesterday morning to put the final touches on the barn remodeling project - namely restore the front yard.

Everything was torn-up pretty good due to the wet ground, skid steer traffic and the concrete truck backing up to the building to conduct The Big Pour.   

The old foundation timbers were hauled away, rough grading performed , topsoil spread, finish grading and grass seeding.

All that's needed is a bit of rain to germinate the seed.

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Sunset

Another ho-hum peninsula sunset today. Bracketed about a half-dozen shots over several minutes.

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Little Deer - New Location

The camera near the southwestern property line was moved a week ago into the tree plantation on a game trail.  These woodland shots have nice composition with the framing aspects of the trees, lighting and shadows.

I have to tweak it a bit but it's getting pictures for sure as the deer move thru...

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Talking Turkey - Part Three

Here's some more.  We've a huge population of grasshoppers this year and I figure that may be part of the attraction for these hungry birds.  You are what you eat which is why I love dining on wild turkey.

This is The Boss Hen - yes they strut and display to exert dominance over the flock...

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More pics of the brood flock...

And a big turkey on a four-wheeler...