Hi All,
Last Friday, my eleven year old son made the weekend drive up to the family camp in the upper peninsula of Michigan. My father was already up there. We enjoyed a great dinner and each other’s company before a good nights sleep under a full moon. We woke up early and dressed heavy for a cold sit in the tree stands. My son sits with me in a double stand. He’s not strong enough to pull a compound powerful enough to kill deer, so he practices with my new cross. He shot a nice doe the previous weekend and was really excited to see a nice buck. It was not to be. The morning was very quiet and we didn’t see or hear any deer.
We worked around the property all afternoon and dressed up for a cold evening hunt. Again, no deer. Then we heard a deer snorting and running. it was covering a lot of territory and making a ton of snorts as it ran. I have never heard a deer make that much noise on purpose. Then, a doe came in and ran away. It never made us or even looked at us. After a short time we heard another deer running in another direction and snorting and wheezing as it ran. We heard it run at least a half mile as it snort off into the distance. Lastly, a doe and two fawns came and snacked on the corn from a spin feeder. They were very nervous.
This happens every year. It means the wolves are moving through. There is no mistaking it. Oh well, there’s nothing that could be done so we enjoyed the wilds and got down when it was too dark to shoot. We walked a quarter mile to the trail that led to my dad‘s stand. We waited for him as it started to sleet and rain. He had a similar experience and after a short discussion, we started down the road to the 4 wheeler which was a half mile away. The road is very skinny, but graveled nicely and we need no flashlight to walk it. We were quietly talking as we rounded a corner and all the sudden, as quiet as a ghost, a large wolf crossed the road about 5 yards in front of us. It was a big boy. It’s back was very high. Of course, my dad saw nothing, which is not uncommon.... My son yelled, did you see that dog? Of course, I had. It had left scat not far from where it crossed in front of us that we found the next day. It was full of deer hair.
A spooky, but exciting experience! You can’t beat the wilderness for interesting times. Better than any video game.
Regards
Last Friday, my eleven year old son made the weekend drive up to the family camp in the upper peninsula of Michigan. My father was already up there. We enjoyed a great dinner and each other’s company before a good nights sleep under a full moon. We woke up early and dressed heavy for a cold sit in the tree stands. My son sits with me in a double stand. He’s not strong enough to pull a compound powerful enough to kill deer, so he practices with my new cross. He shot a nice doe the previous weekend and was really excited to see a nice buck. It was not to be. The morning was very quiet and we didn’t see or hear any deer.
We worked around the property all afternoon and dressed up for a cold evening hunt. Again, no deer. Then we heard a deer snorting and running. it was covering a lot of territory and making a ton of snorts as it ran. I have never heard a deer make that much noise on purpose. Then, a doe came in and ran away. It never made us or even looked at us. After a short time we heard another deer running in another direction and snorting and wheezing as it ran. We heard it run at least a half mile as it snort off into the distance. Lastly, a doe and two fawns came and snacked on the corn from a spin feeder. They were very nervous.
This happens every year. It means the wolves are moving through. There is no mistaking it. Oh well, there’s nothing that could be done so we enjoyed the wilds and got down when it was too dark to shoot. We walked a quarter mile to the trail that led to my dad‘s stand. We waited for him as it started to sleet and rain. He had a similar experience and after a short discussion, we started down the road to the 4 wheeler which was a half mile away. The road is very skinny, but graveled nicely and we need no flashlight to walk it. We were quietly talking as we rounded a corner and all the sudden, as quiet as a ghost, a large wolf crossed the road about 5 yards in front of us. It was a big boy. It’s back was very high. Of course, my dad saw nothing, which is not uncommon.... My son yelled, did you see that dog? Of course, I had. It had left scat not far from where it crossed in front of us that we found the next day. It was full of deer hair.
A spooky, but exciting experience! You can’t beat the wilderness for interesting times. Better than any video game.
Regards
