It seems that everywhere I go lately, I come across plenty of wildlife.  This is especially true on our hunting property the last couple of weeks.  I’m definitely not complaining, and I hope it keeps up, it just came as a little bit of a shock to me. 

The property we hunt on is on a dead-end road that only has two houses on it.  It is pretty secluded and kind of “off the beaten path”.  It actually works out pretty good, because the animals seem to be more at ease in the open so it provides for more chances of actually seeing some good stuff.

The picture on the left I took as I made way down the road to the property.  These two fawns were standing on the side of the drive I needed to pull in, so I stopped the car and they were nice enough to hold still long enough for me to take a snapshot.  I love spring time fawns.  They are so cool to see and get a chance to look at.  I’m not sure where mom was, but I’m sure she was nearby.

Then, last Saturday morning, as I was driving in to check the cam, I noticed all these big black dots along the driveway.  Of course they are turkeys, but I was a little disappointed because there wasn’t a tom in the bunch.  At least I know there are plenty of tom attractors for next year though.

I also found an interesting picture on the cam last weekend.  I think it might be the “buck ghost of season’s past”.  I moved the trailcam to a different spot where I found some really good sign.  This is in the area that I didn’t even realize was still part of the property we could hunt, so I wanted to check it out this year with the trailcam and see where a well-placed treestand would hopefully produce some results.  I did a major no-no with the trailcam though, and in my haste to get away from the mosquito army, I faced it directly east into the sunlight.  This picture is over-exposed as a result, but I think all of you can see that that is a decent buck in the picture.  He does look ghostly, but I still know he is there.  It looks like this new area might be working out after all.  The camera only took a total of 12 pictures before the battery died, so I was pretty happy with my camera-to-buck ratio this week:)  I plan on slapping some new batteries in it and getting it back out to this same location, and letting it sit for a longer duration this time.  I’m pretty excited about what could show up.

So turkeys, fawns, and ghost bucks.  A little bit of everything showed up this weekend! 

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