Door County, Wisconsin, USA - Where the strong survive and the weak are killed and eaten.
By the time you read this post we'll be afield and attempting to fill some deer tags. Here are some additional digital images of the local boy whitetails...
Since Wisconsin's annual gun deer season is nigh-upon us it seems fitting to post some images of the local boys...
Several weeks ago the Missus and I were out for a walk and found an active deer scrape near a trail camera. Naturally, the camera was aimed away from the scrape. It was a small matter to rotate the cam on the tree in the general direction of the scrape.
This cam is located just south of the middle guard tower.
Last weekend I uploaded some photos from that cam to review who was visiting. I took the first pic a couple of days ago when out with the dog to provide a sense of orientation. Date and time stamps are visible.
The scrape is the darker patch in the turf located in front of the dog and slightly to her left - centered near the bottom of the photo.
There's a pretty good chance that by the time you view these photos the velvet on these antlers will be gone.
Anywho, there are some dandy buckaroos around these parts.
If you're careless you might catch a case of Buck Fever....
My business partner is visiting this weekend with her youngest son and a cousin to participate in the December antlerless gun hunt.
Which means you cannot shoot any of these.
If they are still alive....
Remarkably these trail camera photos were all taken on the same day.
Yes, all five of the daytime buck photos.
I left the date and time stamp to document...
Daytime deer movement.
It's a beautiful thing to see...
Nice batch of buckaroos to be photographed around here.
Daylight too...
From the trail camera are some nice shots and a video short of a few of the local bucks sporting their antlers as they grow.
Velvet bucks they are called.
I've started brushing-out our three and a half miles of trails so that at least two more deer stands can be assembled and placed in strategic locations.
Got deer hunting on my mind.
These bucks were all photographed before the start of the gun opener last weekend.
I wonder how many of them are still walking around the landscape?
Gun season closes tomorrow at sundown.....
Plenty of big bucks with very large and symmetrical antlers on the landscape.
Wall hangers they are.
Let's face it - Southern Door County is home to some awesome whitetail genetics.
Then there is this...
Situations like this are generally the result of genetics. Sometimes an injury. And sometimes if you live long enough you out grow the awkward adolescent appearance.
Not that it matters too much to me. That is a big two and a half year-old buck. Besides, I still haven't found a good recipe for antlers.....
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