About 30 minutes before legal light, which is still fairly dark, we had a fox come within 20 feet of us.
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
We got wet. The expected drizzle was a heavy drizzle bordering on slow rain. My son spent more time searching the inside of his eyelids than for deer.
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
At 7am I had just turned to say something to him and double checked his viewing area when I turned back to check my direction. This nice sized doe had walked right up on us from our back side. As I turned back to look she was no more than 10 yards away and closing quick. I said to my son DEER and instantly he and the deer turned. He got to see just how close she had gotten (<8 yards) as she bolted up the ridge. She ran out about 50 yards and stopped to look back at us.
![Cool 8)](./images/smilies/icon_cool.gif)
Here is the happy hunter and his photo op.
![Image](http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/mayvillej/Hunting2009/1114090927-01Medium.jpg)
Since my daughter had done it before, he wanted to drag this one out all by himself. Who am I to disagree. He had a much bigger task since the doe weighted a bit more than he does. At least the first part is down hill.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Image](http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/mayvillej/Hunting2009/1114090929-00Medium.jpg)
Its this part of the drag that is just no fun at all. He was having fun rutting up the yard trying to get traction on the wet ground.
![Image](http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/mayvillej/Hunting2009/1114090940-01Medium.jpg)
More often, this is the pose I strike at this point in the drag.
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Image](http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k268/mayvillej/Hunting2009/1114090940-00Medium.jpg)
It was a good day despite the bad weather.
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