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A group of does with fawns have visited our apple tree at least once a day since it started dropping fruit. It's about done now. I have chickens and it's funny, if I was out with the chickens the deer were so relaxed that I could approach within 20 yards, talking and smelling like a human I'm sure, hah! A little button, he's the only male deer I've seen in my yard. I'm sure they must be around but aren't dumb enough to eat apples in my yard in the daylight! Shedding her summer coat. This one doe was 'playing' with the rest of the herd, like a dog! They always seem to get extra silly after they've had some apples. And the apples are not fermented. They were fearless all summer (I didn't encourage them or feed them, they just got the apples that I didn't from my tree). Now that it's getting into autumn though they are starting to get wary again. Soon I probably won't see them often anymore.

I'm gonna buck the trend a little and suggest a Marlin 336 in .35 remington. Put a nice Leupold VX3 1.5 x 5 scope on her and you will have a perfect little deer and bear rig. The .35 cal gives you a bit more frontal area on the bullet too which cannot be over stated.

If deer never moved in warm weather, they sure would be skinny in the fall. They will move, but in my experience it is more mid day in warm weather.

Pretty cool pics bud, I'll have to try to find the pic i got last yr. It shows a yote 30 ft away, sitting facing away. While up close is a rabbit looking straight in the camera. Pics like yours is why i'm addicted to the cams. You see the coolest things out there. Good luck on that 8. Is he on your hit list? Looks pretty good to me..

How come the best days are during the week. My principal would kill me if I take the days off.

Those deer with their leg shot off should be a testiment to many hunters inability to shoot straight. I'm not sure that a guy shooting the leg off a deer should be taking a head shot. I've only ever seen one. Actually the leg wasn't blown off it was just a broken shoulder. I shot the deer and after I finished gutting it I saw a guy tracking it up the hill in the snow. I waited for him and he told me his story. He had shot it over a mile away and he had been tracking it ever since, we checked the wound and he had put a perfect shoulder shot into the deer and broke the shoulder but the bullet did not penetrait to kill the deer. The fella was useing a 243. That was back in the early 70's but i have always remembered that.

yes on a trail that they are use to having a lot of activity on deer may adjust.. similar to how urban deer adjust to the abundance of human scent in the area.. but in the deeper woods and on there own deer trails you can bet you wouldn't be getting many deer passing by a camera that has a bunch of new activity.. oops you beat me to the punch G

Is there a way to post a pic with a smart phone?

20,30,40 - I only have three pins

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I'm actually turned off by videos of hunters who are rolling around and laughing after a kill. Sure, a congratulatory fist bump might be in order to celebrate a successful hunt but taking the life of an animal is no laughing matter. Nothing against those who do it nor am I condemning it. I equate it as a joke that didn't pick up. I just don't see what's so funny.