My wife and I decided to take the dogs camping this weekend. We ended up having company, too. My brother and his girlfriend came out, along with two of our cousins.
It was a nice time. Weather was great and we got to see some wildlife. We were sitting around the fire at night and saw 2 pairs of eyes about chest height back in the woods. We never did figure out what they were, but they would circle our campsite and move 20yds or so at a time. Then they would pop back up as they moved around the left side of our camp.
The next night, we were sitting making dinner and my wife told me there were two deer behind us. I looked at our dogs and they were both perked up staring at the buck and his doe. They were about 20-30yds away, in a clearing just behind our tent. The buck was a 12pt'er and he was a BIG BOY! The doe was as average a gal as I have seen around. The couple in the campsite next to ours started taking video, but of course my phone was dead so I couldn't even get a picture! We watched them graze and then followed 'em reeeeeally slowly when they started to leave. We got back to an access road and saw another 3 deer meandering and having dinner. That's when we thought we'd better get back to camp before someone else decided to eat what WE were having!
That was a really nice trip. We have seen deer there MANY times, even in 90+ degree weather at 2 in the afternoon. We've seen turkeys and other animals there on occasion, including raccoons, foxes, turtles, snakes and a TON of different birds.
I can't wait to go again, next time it'll probably just be the 4 of us(Wifey, the 2 dogs, and I) just so we can have some nice quiet time... Plus our anniversary is coming up so we're deciding if we're going camping or to a bed & breakfast somewhere.... I hope you all get to go camping too. This is a really good time enjoying Mother Nature and it's a great place to practice woodcraft and primitive survival skills in a semi-controlled environment.
It was a nice time. Weather was great and we got to see some wildlife. We were sitting around the fire at night and saw 2 pairs of eyes about chest height back in the woods. We never did figure out what they were, but they would circle our campsite and move 20yds or so at a time. Then they would pop back up as they moved around the left side of our camp.
The next night, we were sitting making dinner and my wife told me there were two deer behind us. I looked at our dogs and they were both perked up staring at the buck and his doe. They were about 20-30yds away, in a clearing just behind our tent. The buck was a 12pt'er and he was a BIG BOY! The doe was as average a gal as I have seen around. The couple in the campsite next to ours started taking video, but of course my phone was dead so I couldn't even get a picture! We watched them graze and then followed 'em reeeeeally slowly when they started to leave. We got back to an access road and saw another 3 deer meandering and having dinner. That's when we thought we'd better get back to camp before someone else decided to eat what WE were having!
That was a really nice trip. We have seen deer there MANY times, even in 90+ degree weather at 2 in the afternoon. We've seen turkeys and other animals there on occasion, including raccoons, foxes, turtles, snakes and a TON of different birds.
I can't wait to go again, next time it'll probably just be the 4 of us(Wifey, the 2 dogs, and I) just so we can have some nice quiet time... Plus our anniversary is coming up so we're deciding if we're going camping or to a bed & breakfast somewhere.... I hope you all get to go camping too. This is a really good time enjoying Mother Nature and it's a great place to practice woodcraft and primitive survival skills in a semi-controlled environment.