When this is three feet outside the window

[Trisha]

Self-restraint is a bit of a challenge, especially with heavy handloads in the Super Redhawk in the left-hand drawer!

 

[Trisha]

And then this one wandered up the hill and joined in!

 

[dakotasin]

yeah, those red x's sure are tempting!

 

[DigMe]

Those aren't just any red x's. Those are the RED X'S OF DOOOOOOOOM!!!

Or something like that...

brad cook

 

[yesterdaysyouth]

if I were to shoot one of those by my window today they would be well done before i could skin one out...

well maybe not well done, but i wouldn't have any problem making jerky on the front porch...

 

[Lennyjoe]

For some reason the pics aren't coming thru.

 

[El Tejon]

I'll look it up but red xs are protected in my state. You hairy-chested square-staters get to kill all kinds of cool stuff.

 

[sm]

When this is three feet outside the window

The answer to "what is for supper? " need not be asked.

 

[MassHunter2190]

Heyyy I did it.
For those of you who can't see the pictures.

 

[Trisha]

(((sigh)))

I guess I should be grateful they aren't moose or bison. . .

 

[one-shot-one]

hey

Trisha, i'm going to be in boulder/denver the frist week of august, may i bring my rifle by ? were is the begging smilie?

 

[Lennyjoe]

They are working now. Thanks for the awesome pics.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

This little feller was in our yard this evening. He has no fear! In my haste I set the camera to manual and started snapping away. This was the only decent pic:

This is a whitetail. I'm pretty sure Trisha's is a young muley.

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

Wow...now that's up close and personal!

 

[waterhouse]

Great pics.

We have a local group of whitetail that likes to roam the neighborhood and get hit by cars, at least I assume they like it since they step out in front of them all the time.

The group is usually about 8 does, but last night they were joined by no less than 5 bucks all in velvet. I got the camera out this morning in hopes that they will be back this evening.

 

[Trisha]

one-shot-one, if you're heading to the Boulder area you'll see whole herds if you go into the mountains west of town, trust me!

And the girls you'll see on the way are lots cuter!

Larry, yep, a muley.

It's when they stand on the back deck and look in the back door when I'm making coffee; or when they'll practically tiptoe up to the living room window when I'm working on flow-charting plot development and character relationships on the three foot white board on my lap while sitting on the sofa - and the windows are open, classical music is playing - and there's soft, deep breathing behind and above me. . .

Take your pick, it's one (or more) of these jokers, curious as can be, all but poking their head(s) through the screen!

Goddess above, I love it here (though the development that's gone on in the last decade is heartwrenching - shoddy, barely insulated crackerboxes. . . {{{sigh}}} anyway. . .)

I'm glad the pictures are enjoyed! I really do see about as many cars & people as elk and mule deer in any given day.

 

[Trisha]

By the way, this happens to be discretely stationed by the front door - the restraint either has me grinding my teeth or laughing until the tears flow down my face. . .

 

[spacemanspiff]

not that i would ever advocate this, but i'll relay what one of my relatives does. they live down on the kenai peninsula and some game animals make regular appearances.
when such appearances occur on ones property, a phone call is made to all the other neighbors and everyone goes outside and, fires off a shot from their rifle.
whether or not one of those neighbors hits anything of interest, well, you know.......

 

[TheDutchman]

When I lived in Lakeway ,TX we had more deer then people. I had deer eating acorns out of my driveway, saw a 14 point buck one day he was huge. You could walk almost and touch them.

http://www.lakeway.org/Deer%20What's%20the%20Problem.htm

 

[stevelyn]

Arrows are quieter.

 

[JOE MACK]

Thanks

Nice pictures. Wish I had some of my mother chasing a 5 point elk out of the garden like she does about once a day. One lowered its head in a threatening posture but changed its tune when it got the broom between the eyes! Needless to say this didn't take place in Kaliforniastan.

 

[R.H. Lee]

This buck hangs out right outside the window, looking for spanish moss I tear off the oak trees

 

[one-shot-one]

Trisha

I hope we see lots of wild life, but I’ll be traveling with my wife, 15 yr. daughter (who is performing at the fine arts festival in Denver [reason for trip]) 17 yr. son so the "girls" are safe. we'll be spending the 1st weekend in Estes park, then staying in boulder and commuting the wife and daughter to Denver for the festival while me and the boy go out and try to reduce Colorado fish population.

 

[Kingcreek]

I once had a bowl of venison stew with an old trapper (poacher) who told me about the "woodshed deer". Old fella was pretty crippled with arthritis and couldn't take the cold weather anymore but he had never bought meat in his life. He fed them at the edge of his yard with a bucket of apple peelings, cracked corn, etc. every night just before dark. They got pretty tame. When the freezer got low he started moving the bucket a little closer to the woodshed each night until he had them sticking thier head in to reach the bucket. He'd hide inside the door with a ball-peen hammer one night and collect his freezer meat. hoist it up, skin it out, and have in the freezer with nobody knowing.

 

[carebear]

Looks kinda scrawny, maybe you should feed it up a little.

Oh, it ain't a moose?

One of my old bosses (out in Wasilla) used to lure 'em into the detached garage with leftover produce, shut the overhead and pop 'em through the man door.

It was convenient he had that chain hoist on the beam above......