We did go to camp on Saturday to check the cameras and replenish the feeding stations. The clever squirrels had pryed the lid off the 5-gallon corn feeder at R's shack. I don't know how they did it as I have a hard time getting the lid off. While we were filling the feeder, a little red squirrel was waiting for us to finish and scampering around our feet. At one point, he was about a foot from my leg and I thought he might use me like a tree to climb up to the feeder.
I did have some new deer on the digital camera at the Taj Mahal but the film deer cam is still not working right and the 4 pictures that turned out are terrible. I'm not sure what the problem is.
This little spikehorn came in eat. If you look really closely, you can see he is still in the velvet.
Last weekend, we discovered a strange track at Skyview's feeding station. Dan thought it might be a wolf but I'm not so sure. I got out my track book and it almost looks like a big racoon track.
The Shacks are all set for hunting season now. I took some photos of them so that you guys can see what they look like and what their names are:
This is Dan and my shack, "Skyview":
This is Arlene's new shack, "Cadillac II":
This is the small shack that we mounted on a platform and attached it to the old skis that Dad had on his big fish shack. Dan can haul it around with his big 4-wheeler. We call it "The Cube" because before we changed the roof and made it a little higher, it was 4 feet wide, 4 feet long and 4 feet high. We have it on a little knoll to the northeast of camp facing the edge of the balsam swamp. There are several good runways there so we hope to see some deer.
And last but not least, "The Taj Mahal" which is a bow hunting shack, regular deer shack, muzzleloading deer shack, and Ross's playhouse:
Our last shack and the first we ever hunted in up here when we began to deer hunt was Dad's old hunting shack, so it is named, of course, "Dad's Shack":
This photo was taken last year as I didn't get time to get up there yet this year. She's getting pretty rough and the mice have been busy in there chewing at the insulation but it has always been a great shack location. We have taken a lot of deer out of there: 2 bucks and about 9 doe and the doe are always really big ones. Last year I took a monster doe there. I may hunt out of her one last time just for tradition's sake during hunting season as I think the elements will take their toll and this will be the last year it will be usable.
I am getting my gear ready for bow season which started Oct. 1. Dan bought himself a new bow so he is excited about his first bow season. It will just be the two of us at camp this weekend as R will be away and Mary and Tiny can't come either. The forecast looks iffy with chances of rain all weekend but we'll give it our best shot, no pun intended.
4 comments:
Nice blog! I like the hunting "shacks" - can you call it a shack when it's that nice?! :)
Could that track be a badger track? Good luck hunting this fall!
Ah yes, the Taj Mahal -- I'm sure Ross wishes we had one just like it in the back yard, but there's no room. You forgot one other use for it -- mouse seed storage room! ;-}
Dana,
Thanks for visiting. Yes, I guess "shack" is too nice a word for a couple of them. I had a few minutes at work to check out your blog. Really Nice! I'll look at it more this evening when I have more time.
Cathy
Thanks for coming by my site Cathy....we only have deer stands. Of course mine is called Marian's Stand. I only have one at my camp. I just sign in/up on other stands at the camp if I don't want to hunt my stand. They also have box stands and all stands are numbered by F-1, F-2 and so on. I just love the names you have given your stands...and they look so cool! You are so fortunate to have your family land to hunt on. :)
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