More Fawns

From the trail camera trapline there are more fawns.

Whitetails all over the dang place.

The gift that keeps on giving. 

                                                      Can you spot the twins?

  

Fawns

From a recent trip along the trail camera trapline fawns and their mama have been showing-up regularly.  Some days you'd think we were running a deer farm or ranch operation.

Little-known factoid.  The white spots on a fawn's coat do not show when a trail camera is operating on infrared (IR) mode.

 

Clickbait

If your experience is anything like mine you've likely got a couple of friends or acquaintances who are particularly aggrieved or otherwise disgruntled.  And they make a daily habit of re-posting memes on their Face Book pages reflecting their grievances over Joe Biden, Muslims, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, the Supreme Court or whatever.  I can think of four individuals in particular for whom it is a near constant effort.  It is a fixation bordering on mania.  Some days I wonder if these people have a life beyond bellyaching on social media.  

Since the beginning of this year I have endeavored to be a better person.  Not a saint, just better.  I don't have very many grievances and a relatively high tolerance for differing opinions.  Speaking if which, I have opinions too; but that's not the same as full-blown grievance.  Sure, I happen to not think very much of Mr. Trump and may post something on that subject once a week or thereabouts; if you think I'm coming-across as manic please let me know.   Other people's feigned Face Book outrage is annoying if you let it get under your skin; so it's better to scroll past.  Best policy for me is to avoid politics and religion on FB and if I have anything to say on the subject to restrict it to the Blog.  Visiting here is purely voluntary and not subject to an algorithm.  Read at your own peril. 

You won't find much cut and paste here as I place a high value on original thought and factual content.  I attempt to keep content on the blog diverse.  Anyway, as a public service and in the interest of spreading positivity on the interweb here are some very recent trail camera photos from our woods.  

This event is a dose of annual joy and always brings a smile to the lips of this old hunter.  If you don't like the appearance of spotted fawns you probably need to seek professional help and have your head examined.....

 

 

Curious Youngster

The trail cameras confirm that this year's fawn class is growing into young adulthood.  In a few instances the fawns are almost the size of mom.

In this instance curiosity seems to have gotten the best of this one.   

 

Daily Dose

It's not just me; social media - Face Book in particular - is a vessel for disgruntled and aggrieved individuals.  Fortunately, they are in the minority.  Nevertheless, a waste of valuable bandwidth.  Clickbait.    

Since the beginning of this year I have endeavored to be a better person.  Not a Mother Theresa - just better.  And as a consequence I truthfully don't have very many grievances.  I have opinions and am not hesitant to speak truth to power; but that's not the same as full-blown grievance.

As a public service and in the interest of spreading positivity on the interweb here are some recent trail camera photos from our woods.  

A daily dose of happiness and cuteness....

 

Milestone - Part Two

The number one animal appearing in the digital captures of Snapshot Wisconsin trail cameras is Odocoileus virginianus, the whitetail deer.

Same here.

Fun Fact: The top four animals captured here are as follows (in rank order) - Deer, Turkey, Cottontail and Racoon.

 

 

Menagerie

From the trail camera trap line there is a curious doe, bearded hen, a ghostly whitetail, velvet buck and a couple of fawns.

 

Daily Dose

It's not just me; social media - Face Book in particular - is a vessel for the disgruntled aggrieved and harbors adults who act like children.  

Since the beginning of this year I have endeavored to be a better person.  Not a Mother Theresa - just better.  And as a consequence I truthfully don't have very many grievances.  I have opinions; but that's not the same as full-blown grievance.

As a public service and in the interest of spreading positivity on the interweb here are some recent trail camera photos from our woods.  

A daily dose of happiness and cuteness....

 

 

Daily Dose

Is it just me or does social media seem to have an overabundance of grievance?

Since the beginning of this year I have endeavored to be a better person.  Not a Mother Theresa - just better.  And as a consequence I truthfully don't have very many grievances.  I have opinions; but that's not the same as full-blown grievance.

As a public service and in the interest of spreading positivity on the interweb here are some recent trail camera photos from our woods.  

A daily dose of happiness and cuteness....

Momma And The Twins

From the Bushnell camera we host on behalf of Snapshot Wisconsin there was this.

Twins are growing-up..... 

 

2024 Recruits

For the longest time I fretted-over the fact that I hadn't seen any turkey poults (young); either in person or on the trail cameras.  The wet, wet spring weather is good for suppressing infestations of spongy (gypsy) moth caterpillars but generally not so good for ground-nesting birds.  Then, all of a sudden, the turkeys materialized.  Hens and their newly-hatched young'uns.

Many of the poults were smaller - implying they were hatchlings from a second laying - and going into the fall their are certainly more grouse-sized poults than what would ordinarily be observed.

Better smaller than none at all.  Nature works that way occasionally.  Come to think of it I'm seeing some awfully small fawns too.

From the trail camera trap line are these photos and videos....

Small birds

A solitary poult

Some larger birds

And a smallish fawn

More Deer Camp

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....