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I have searched my usual hunting area in vain for signs of buck activity over the last few weeks. Meanwhile, one of the Three Amigos saw fit to rub my nose in it outside my bedroom window:
It has been a (too) long time since I posted anything. Here’s something to whet appetites for the not-so-distant archery seasons.From a video I shot this morning as we rolled down our driveway here in Duluth, MN. He’s the biggest of the three bachelors that were hanging out together – on my archery range.
This buck and I have some personal history. Two years ago he stepped out of the darkness on November 8th as I walked down our driveway to fetch the mail. He stood at a distance of less than ten yards, staring at me. At one point he was thinking about running me off, and I felt obliged to speak sternly to him on the subject. He continued to stare at me. Eventually I spotted a doe about eight yards to my left. I left them to do what deer do that time of year.
He’s safe here, which he undoubtedly knows. Hunting within the Duluth city limits requires participation in the city-managed archery hunt, which I don’t do ‘cuz I’m not interested in retrieving Bambi’s mom from a neighbor’s yard in front of some wide-eyed eight year old kid.
This is what he looked like two years ago:
Glanced out the window the other day as an LBC (large-bodied cervid) walked around the back of my backstop. My wife “captured” him before he split. He’s been here the last three summers, right around the same time.
