My wife left our cabin early today to visit a friend. Before she had gone ten miles a buck jumped out in front of her in a well-shaded place. Her car hit it in the hindquarters. Once she came to a stop she looked for the deer for some time but never found it.
Did it survive? If not, will a hunter find it before the wolves or carrion eaters such as crows and eagles?
The damage to her car seems minimal, only a cracked headlight, one we just had replaced.
I told her to call our insurance company as soon as possible. Also when the adjuster comes to make sure he checks for frame damage. When I hit a bear in 2014, the adjuster only looked at body damage. A few years later a mechanic found significant mechanical damage.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
More missed wildlife photo ops
This past weekend was really the weekend for wildlife and other natural phenomena. And, of course, I missed the optimal times to record what I saw or heard.
Saturday we looked out our cabin window about 6:30 in the evening and saw a very large deer. I quick took a picture but I had the flash on, giving me a great shot of the screen. I would have tried to intercept the deer by going a different way, but I didn't have my shoes on.
Given its size, we think it might have been a buck whose antlers had not yet started for the year.
After I went to bed, I was wakened a pitiful bellow or two, then a wolf howl, another bellow, more howls and even barking. I thought of grabbing my camera to record the sounds, but I was sure they would stop before I had the camera even on. All was quiet for a bit, then we heard on more bellow and that was it.
We think a wolf pack took down a moose calf. I considered going out in that direction in the morning, but it has been weeks since I had cut that trail and I didn't want to rouse any bugs.
My last chance to get something interesting was on Sunday. My wife said that she heard fir cones dropping continuously like rain. When I was by the fir stand, I heard nothing. Later I was out there and I heard them, at least one ever five or six seconds. I pulled out my camera to take a panorama. Of course, as soon I did that, the cones stopped falling!!
Saturday we looked out our cabin window about 6:30 in the evening and saw a very large deer. I quick took a picture but I had the flash on, giving me a great shot of the screen. I would have tried to intercept the deer by going a different way, but I didn't have my shoes on.
Given its size, we think it might have been a buck whose antlers had not yet started for the year.
After I went to bed, I was wakened a pitiful bellow or two, then a wolf howl, another bellow, more howls and even barking. I thought of grabbing my camera to record the sounds, but I was sure they would stop before I had the camera even on. All was quiet for a bit, then we heard on more bellow and that was it.
We think a wolf pack took down a moose calf. I considered going out in that direction in the morning, but it has been weeks since I had cut that trail and I didn't want to rouse any bugs.
My last chance to get something interesting was on Sunday. My wife said that she heard fir cones dropping continuously like rain. When I was by the fir stand, I heard nothing. Later I was out there and I heard them, at least one ever five or six seconds. I pulled out my camera to take a panorama. Of course, as soon I did that, the cones stopped falling!!
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