1st off = Congrat's to all that have connected since opening day in their perspective areas ! ... Some great looking whitetails and cool stories !
Here are some pic's I downloaded out of the camera today ...
End of September , my daughter releases a Monarch butterfly she hatched before we moved from the house on Riverside Drive ..
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October 6th ... Last items to be moved were my deer mounts ...
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Getting settled into the new location ... The house was built in 1852 ... we are in the middle of inside renovations ..
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For now , most of our stuff is stored in the shop and pole barn ..
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Really enjoying the fresh air and country scenery ... Cool colors , no matter which direction I look on the property ... North , South , East , or West
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My daughter saved some kittens from a trip to the pound ... they are enjoying the farn as well ...
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Spike gets along with them ...
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Spike likes the outdoors , but can usually be found burried under some leaves or a moving blanket when the wind blows ...
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Have scoped out the wildlife on my property ... Seems to be no shortage of turkeys and deer ...
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CH , RS , and myself have used our climbers in misc areas of my bush and have seen deer every outing ... here is a doe that comes out under CH's location while I snap shots across from him ...
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Here are a couple shots of deer under my tree , approx 1/2 hour after trimming and climbing up ... I use light contact grunts to cover , and the deer are soon under the tree nibbling on branches I just dropped ... you can see a trimmed off sapling in the bottom of the frame that I use to step up into my climber ..
A doe comes in ..
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And as the doe walks out of the top of the frame , one of her fawns walks thru ..
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On and evening stand , Oct 24th , I connect with a young 8 point that came out of the corn , after a series of tending grunts ... he walked my lightly scented " Tinks " boot tracks , into a 15 yard opportunity ( spine shot dropped him in his tracks ) ... My wife snapped one quick picture of me and my gear after she helped me get him back to the farm with my game cart ... ( 16 inch inside spread , and yes I have the tag shot to submit for out team score )
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That week saw lots of activity in the full moon phase ...
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Oct 29th we head to Pelee Island for our annual Pheasant hunt .. the 401 near London storms over ..
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By the time we hit London in the morning it is covered in snow !!
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The rutting activity continues ... here is a buck that didn't make his dash across the 401 ... We didn't have a saw on us so we couldn't relieve him of his head gear ...
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The weather clears up and we get across on the Ferry with no problems .. ( we were not so lucky with the weather in 2006 ... check out this link with more details on Pelee Island )
http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... ight=pelee
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The Pheasants and turkeys thrive on Pelee Island ...
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We have stayed at Stonehill B+B for years .... great people , great food , great accomodations !
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Some good dog work ... Randy Samson works his 9 year old Springer " Abby " thru some cool cover ... ( she is Sally's daughter )
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Got some cool flush shots ...
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Got some cool retrieve shots .. Randy Aspden sends his Lab " Abby " across the dike for a pick up ...
Yep , you read it right ... another " Randy " and another " Abby " gets confusing some times calling dogs and calling shots ! " take it Randy " !
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There are 12 of us in the group ... but I get a quick shot of 3 of my shooting partners Thursday afternoon by the beach ( left to right Peter S, Randy S, Randy A )... shows how much the weather changes at the Most Southern inhabited part of Canada , that is Pelee Island ... And what great weather we had !!
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Off the Island , Saturday and in a stand this Sunday morning ... A Blue Jay stores seeds as I wait for a rut roaming buck ...
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At 11:30 am ... I hit the rattle bag and a series of heavy , " bark " tending grunts ... 5 mins later , this beauty 8 point comes charging out of the corn ... he hussles thru my 20 yard opening and I miss the shot ! ... got a few frames of him as he crests the ridge ...
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Oh well .... it isn't my first miss !
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Good luck to all of you ... enjoy your time in the field ! .... Hope you run into a " Monster "
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