Wow - so many in that pic, it's like they're having a party, lol.

 

Is there some reason they seem to like to gather around your camera? Is that a food source or a water source? (I'm sure you placed it in the best strategic place...just wondering what that is)

 

This is probably a bad time to ask how your bow hunting went last weekend, lol.

 

Nothing yet.

 

But I just love being out there.  I love being able to see nature, and it not seeing me back.  hehe

 

Watching all the different animals, and their behavior is just amazing.  Last weekend, as I was sitting out there, a great horned owl flew about 10 feet in front of me.  Just beautiful.  So quiet and graceful.

 

And a red fox, one of the most beautiful, just playing around.  And a bobcat, was withing 20 yards, never knew I was there.

 

I'm at my happiest when I'm there.

Color me green, lol.

 

Sounds to me like you ought to leave the bow and arrow at home and take your camera. You might have better luck, lol. 

 

I wonder just how many wild species roam your property. That has to be like the most awsome thing ever.

 

I also wonder if I were to ever someday finally get the opportunity to live like that, would I even know how to "survive", lol? Admiring wildlife from a distance is much different than knowing how to live with it (plants included).

 

Of course, I'm sure you'd teach me everything you know.

Ooops, forgot to answer your original question...

 

Well, we usually change the camera locations every few weeks or so.  Most of the pictures we got were from around an apple tree.  They love apples.  And my husband is good at noticing their "signs" like scrapes ( an area on the ground dug up ) and rubs ( when a buck rubs his antlers on tree bark ) and the bear like corn, and we had 3 different corn fields this year, and 2 fields of buckwheat, and he planted about 5 or 6 "food plots" ( a specialized clover mix, with added protiens ).  Plus the deer population is completely outrageous here.  There really aren't alot of predators to keep their population in check.  A coyote will occasionally snag one, and there are times when a bear will as well, but without the natural predators of yesteryear, like wolves and mountain lions, their populations has just exploded.

 

Wow, I guess I'm rambling....

 

Yes, of course I would teach you!

No, that's not "rambling" at all - I'm learning a lot from it! I take it your state doesn't have a wolf reintroduction program? That's a shame.

 

While I don't partake, I understand hunting. I understand that hunters want 'more' available to hunt and don't like the competition. I also understand that ranchers don't want the wolves to get their stock. But I think the bottom line is, nature does what it needs to do in order to maintain the balance. Without predators, deer populations explode, they can't find enough food sources, so they have health problems, they starve, etc., and they're more likely to infiltrate private property in order to find food, ruining gardens in the process.

 

And now I'm rambling, lol.

 

I never knew that bears like corn!  (I used to have a thing for bears, lol)

 

Your hubby knows what he's doing, doesn't he?