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Cookie headed out with a spike camp while I was still finishing up an unsuccessful Wy elk hunt. Caught up with her and got the big wall tent camp set up about 3 days later. Deer numbers are down locally, but with 3 weeks of dawn to dusk efforts she did manage to hit the shutter about 3,000 times. Here's a sampling: Starting with a fawn. Always good when one can look into an eye. Then a spike that may have some plumbing issues. Velvet still not cleaned up. Not a chance of being a dink winner though. Next a forky sampling cottonwood leaves. Followed by an early morning 3by in the rabbit brush. Next a 4by testing the air for obvious reasons.
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Thanks for posting. I always enjoy her pics.
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1911a1: Your welcome, and thanks. Next a bedded 5by that simply would not turn around, but she got him later on. Just a big bodied guy with almost a white tail configuration. One of the larger 4by's hanging around but a little weak up front One she called Big Ugly that showed up on a snowy day. Good frame but weak tines. A drop tine buck that took a lot of patience to run down
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A minor scuffle with no damage done. We did see several bucks though that have lost an eye. Only managed to capture a couple river crossings A larger Roman nosed guy on a frosty morning. Another one that never really came close enough for a good portrait. About 150 yds out here. Probably one of the reasons he's attained that size. One she called the Masked Bandit, and the Peeking buck that had not really cleaned up his antlers.
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A little trash that has been around for about 3 seasons now And a tallish 5by that looks to be a bit of a fighter. Then some of the other critters that got in the way. Ringneck a few coyotes, a Rough Legged hawk that is pretty much a sit and wait type hunter, and a Screech Owl that dropped by almost nightly and was illuminated by flashlight. Have a good one and best of luck out there,
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60, Cookie has a fantastic talent ! Great stuff !
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I always look forward to your wife's wonderful captures. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for the comments. It is a low stress endeavor for me, and reason to be out in the wilds for another 3 weeks or so as opposed to sitting around the house. Would like to say it's low stress for Cookie too, but she can throw a fit when a battery dies, someone/something spooks off the target, or the critters just walk the wrong way. Also, seems the big guys like to show up about dark.
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Enjoyed the pictures, Your wife has talent , thanks for sharing.
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A little evidence that perhaps we should have spent some more time around the house. Bedded about 25 yds away as I was stoking up the Weber grill and closing the lid on the turkey. Folks are still out looking for these, and we're running them out of the yard.
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AlwYs enjoy the pics. Thanks for sharing them.
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Break time: To those with a discriminating eye for the location, please be discrete. Just had a 3by go through the yard.
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Looks to have lost an eye.
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1minute and cookie... wonderful photos, thanks for sharing with us ! HH
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Just got word from one of our wardens that Big Ugly bought the farm in a late muzzle loader season. RIP
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