Re: The Hijack Zone - Zombies Welcome
HIJACK!
Nancy saw some deer!
Yayy!
We got up at oh-dark-early and set off to the local WMA in hopes of spotting some wild game in natural habitat.
Arrived at 0545 and it was still plenty dark, with heavy overcast skies, 75 degree temp, high humidity and no wind. We drove to "the spot" that I plan to hunt in a couple months and parked the Jeep. Shut the engine off and rolled down the windows to acclimate ourselves to the outdoors. Immediately 4 bazillion mosquitoes entered the truck!! Aieeeeee!! Rolled up the windows and began swattting. Now, I'm not sayin' that these skeeters were bad or anything, but while I was killin' the ones inside, I saw a pair of them outside tryin' to pick the door locks to get in!!
Anyway, after things calmed down inside, we fired up the engine and drove around in the dark for 20 or 30 minutes hoping to see something with the headlights. No joy. Ended up going back to "the spot" to wait for sunup. That gang of skeeters was still waiting... standin' on the street corner in leather jackets and talkin' trash. We kept the windows up.
The sun arrived and we watched for 20 minutes afterwards, but still nothing. So, we headed toward the gate. On the main road out, I mentioned to Nancy that deer are sometimes spotted crossing that very road. Sure enough, less than a minute later a doe and a young of the year fawn bopped right across the road not 50 feet in front of us. Cool! I slowed down until I spotted them about 30 yards off the road, then stopped. Bravely, I rolled the window down as Nancy handed me the camera! Thankfully, no mosquitoes pestered me as I tried to get decent photos of the deer. The pair were looking at us and the fawn continued to move slowly away. I manuevered the Jeep while trying to keep them in sight. Had to move several times, but the deer were not alarmed at all... just curious. They both fed a little and slowly faded out of sight.
The pix were taken while the deer were about 50+ yards away in the scrub. I had it set to 10x optical zoom for orientation, then hit the digital zoom for the closeups. Tough to do while maneuvering the vehicle, watching for other cars (none) and trying to keep the deer in sight. But, I did have some success!
As we were driving out, I told Nancy how glad I was that she was finally able to see some deer in the wild... to which she replied "I was hoping to see a BEAR!" LMAO!
