yankytrash
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Watched a very odd thing at my feeders today...
I had the day off, so I decided to be my own woods-camera and watch my feeders. All three are pretty close together at the bottom of a gully near a creek, so I sat down in a hole uphill from the feeders, laid out my pack, got my binoculars ready, and covered myself in camonetting. Long day, lemme tell ya - finally got to read Mein Kampf from cover to cover, just to find out the guy, indeed, WAS a total idiot. But I digress....
At about 2pm, I heard some russling below, so I grabbed my binoculars and started scanning the feeders. Watched a small buck making his way straight to the closest feeder, looked like a 4-point through the shaky binoculars. As he approached, the feeder looked like it moved. There was a huge woodchuck sitting on the feeder eating the corn.
The woodchuck freezes, and so does the buck. The woodchuck thinks he's slick, like the buck can't see him. Damn, and me without my AR-7, beautiful shot at the woodchuck. Urghhhh...
Well, as I'm mentally kicking myself in the ass for not bringing a plinker, the buck lunges toward the feeder. He drops his head and scoops up the woodchuck in his antlers. The woodchuck is holding onto the feeder for dear life with both front feet. Unconcerned with the woodchuck's tenacity, the buck twists and swings it's head to the left, sending the woodchuck flying downstream.
Pretty neat, if you ask me. A woodchuck that climes trees and a buck that attacks woodchucks. Looks like I'm messin with some badass game this year. Better watch my six out there....
Deer were not hurt during the taping of this story. Can't say the same for the woodchuck...
I had the day off, so I decided to be my own woods-camera and watch my feeders. All three are pretty close together at the bottom of a gully near a creek, so I sat down in a hole uphill from the feeders, laid out my pack, got my binoculars ready, and covered myself in camonetting. Long day, lemme tell ya - finally got to read Mein Kampf from cover to cover, just to find out the guy, indeed, WAS a total idiot. But I digress....
At about 2pm, I heard some russling below, so I grabbed my binoculars and started scanning the feeders. Watched a small buck making his way straight to the closest feeder, looked like a 4-point through the shaky binoculars. As he approached, the feeder looked like it moved. There was a huge woodchuck sitting on the feeder eating the corn.
The woodchuck freezes, and so does the buck. The woodchuck thinks he's slick, like the buck can't see him. Damn, and me without my AR-7, beautiful shot at the woodchuck. Urghhhh...
Well, as I'm mentally kicking myself in the ass for not bringing a plinker, the buck lunges toward the feeder. He drops his head and scoops up the woodchuck in his antlers. The woodchuck is holding onto the feeder for dear life with both front feet. Unconcerned with the woodchuck's tenacity, the buck twists and swings it's head to the left, sending the woodchuck flying downstream.
Pretty neat, if you ask me. A woodchuck that climes trees and a buck that attacks woodchucks. Looks like I'm messin with some badass game this year. Better watch my six out there....
Deer were not hurt during the taping of this story. Can't say the same for the woodchuck...