OK Guys, you just can't make this up!
Was in my stand this morning, and again in the afternoon till dark. In the am, a Chickadee landed on me, and stayed for a bit, and I watched a plaited woodpecker at 20 yards eating bugs. In the pm, saw a black squirrel, then a doe & fawn just as dark was setting in.
Now, for the unreal. The wife asks me to go with her mid day to walk the dogs (we each walk one). We go to a new section of the bike path that is still being developed. There is a 6 1/2' chain link fence between the path and the unused RR tracks. All of a sudden, my wife says "a deer". It is a large buck, likely past his prime. Large, wide beams, but not many points, and not long, but a big bodied deer. I think it was a 6 pt with a spread of about 22-24". The deer is on the other side of the fence, our dog Lucy starts barking. Instead of retreating, the deer comes toward us and tried to jump the fence on to our side, about 20 yards away! It does not clear the fence, falls on it's butt, wheels around and runs away. This is right under the I 84 overpass with constant traffic & noise! I don't know what the heck he would have done if he cleared that fence, and I gotta tell ya, I'm glad I did not find out!
Strange does not even begin to describe it!
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