Weekday Wildlife

Juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk killed one of our chickens yesterday.  Totally worth it for the pics:

Weekend Wildlife

The carcass is still out there and barely touched. Some cool photos none-the-less.

4thpwr Alpha and me swapping out the SD card and some mix-n-match camo.  Name those patterns. 

Apparently I set the camera and carcass right next to a game trail exit.  

A Doe, A Deer, A Female Deer (Weekend Wildlife Reborn)

So.... Last weekend 4thPower Bravo discovered a dead doe in the creek.  A buddy of mine came over and helped me haul it out. When we did, we discovered it had a hole all the way through it.  Now I'm no expert but it certainly didn't look like it came from a blackpowder firearm (rifle hunting not legal in IL) nor was the body decomposed enough for the blackpowder season which was two and a half weeks before. CYOA time, I called DNR.  After some phone tag, the conservation officer told me from my description it sounded like a rifle shot and that they'ld include our area in their patrols.  Other than that I was free to dispose of the carcass as I saw fit.

Got the 4-wheeler prepped and took it out to the woods w/ the wildlife camera and went to check on it this evening when I got back from the show.  It had been mostly untouched which is odd.  Guess the coyote pack has moved on.

The batteries were still good so I swapped the cards and left it out there.  We'll see what happens over the next week.

Weekend Wildlife (Sort Of)

FourthPower Bravo found this in the yard today.

 Making it a point to count the cats.

Weekend Wildlife

A beautiful and nice sized herd out this week. If it weren't for the bit of condensation on the lens when they were out, the shots would have been phenomenal.



















































Setting out a pork roast that had been left out and a couple of dead chickens to try and get some interesting shots for next week.

Weekend Wildlife: Dominance

When I set out the camera , I dropped a possum I had 'relocated' 22lr style. Just a few hours later, a flock of Turkey Buzzards flew in for a snack.











Quite a few of them as a matter of fact.












Then a hawk showed up. We see who the dominant predator is.














It left after a while and the buzzards resumed munching.












Then it came back.

MINE!!!