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Title: Awesome Pics from the yard tonight!!
Post by: Otto on January 25, 2007, 08:34:00 PM
Got home this evening and was looking out the back window.  I've got a spot where I dump corn for the critters that's about 20 ft out my kitchen window.  Well the moon was overhead at about 5 pm or so.  First this guy shows up:

 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o232/Ottodude/PICT00008.jpg)

Then these 2 dudes show up:

 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o232/Ottodude/PICT0125.jpg)

And then I was able to get a close up of this guy as he walked about 10 ft out the back window.  

 (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o232/Ottodude/PICT0128.jpg)

It made for a late dinner as we sat around watching the critters for quite awhile.
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Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on January 25, 2007, 08:43:00 PM
Otto, that is indeed awesome! Thank you so much for sharing those. As much as I love my deserts and tropical swamps and savannah, I can't help but like the scenery and animals that I see in pictures of rural or wilderness USA and Canada. Thank you, Ben
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Post by: Lost Arra on January 25, 2007, 08:44:00 PM
Do you live next door to the Ferret?????

Great pics.
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Post by: Tim Kosteczko on January 25, 2007, 08:48:00 PM
Wow that is a great night, those two look like twins, with a little luck you will see them two agian in a little less then a year. great pics
Tim
Title: Re: Awesome Pics from the yard tonight!!
Post by: Otto on January 25, 2007, 08:52:00 PM
Lost Arra

Ferret lives about 40 miles from me.

I never saw either of these dudes all season long either.

Oh yeah....what looks like a 3rd deer in the background is one of my McKensies.
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Post by: whitebuffalo on January 25, 2007, 08:53:00 PM
Really nice pics, That one close up has a nice massive body on him. He should make it good through the winter. They both look very healthy though.
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Post by: Over&Under on January 25, 2007, 08:55:00 PM
Thanks for sharing!  Those are great.  I see the neighbors dog once and awhile...
jake
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Post by: ChuckC on January 26, 2007, 03:12:00 AM
Great pix...thanks
ChuckC
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Post by: houseman on January 26, 2007, 07:18:00 AM
I am moving to colorado in june.  I am really going to miss seeing all the deer that i get to see here.  Guys, keep the pics comming.  Thanks Jeff
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Post by: Huntrdfk@Work on January 26, 2007, 07:55:00 AM
Great pics, thanks for sharing......I need to move......  :cool:  


David
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Post by: Old Ways on January 26, 2007, 08:54:00 AM
Nice pictures. Just don't let the local poachers get wind of it. Seems nice horns make them go nuts.

We had a nice 8 point that came around most every night. My wife considered it a pet so of course I couldn't hunt it. One morning the report of a rifle shook the house. I ran out and caught a trespassing poacher dragging it away with a 308 in his hand. Shot it right in my yard aiming towards my house. What nerve. 911 dispatched a sheriff while I detained the perp. Later a DNR Conservation Officer took over the case. Believe it or not but I couldn't prosecute him because one edge (creek) of my property isn't posted. He still got in trouble though.
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Post by: TexMex on January 26, 2007, 08:56:00 AM
Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing.
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Post by: Dan Chamberlain on January 26, 2007, 08:58:00 AM
They look like brothers.  The racks are nearly identical in conformation.

Dan
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Post by: Izzy on January 26, 2007, 09:10:00 AM
Nice pics, thanks.We dont get to see a whole lot of fox here anymore, the coyotes eat them all.And get that poor buck a sandwich or something,and when hes eating it yank those sheds off .Real nice pics thanks again.
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Post by: Kingstaken on January 26, 2007, 10:07:00 AM
Otto..Great pictures.. :clapper:  

Is your B&B open durig hunting season...
Would love to visit....
I could bring a bucket of sand from the beaches here.   :pray:
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Post by: Shape Shifter on January 26, 2007, 10:17:00 AM
Now those are some nice deer. Great job on the pictures.
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Post by: zato ni on January 26, 2007, 10:27:00 AM
Thanks for shareing those pictures, gives me an idea run out and get some corn the deer could use it out here we are in an artic freez right now and food is probly getting scarce. I saw a young deer eating bark off a small pine the other day.
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Post by: Frank V on January 26, 2007, 12:44:00 PM
Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. It'd be nice to have a backyard like that. Frank
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Post by: NDTerminator on January 26, 2007, 12:57:00 PM
Looks like my backyard, Otto, except we have very few foxes anymore.  Had a mange outbreak about 15 or so years back, and what few have come back have been pushed out or killed by coyotes...
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Post by: BamBooBender on January 26, 2007, 01:06:00 PM
Nice pics! I saw a fox this past weekend too.
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Post by: Otto on January 26, 2007, 03:48:00 PM
ND Terminator

Ditto on the yotes here and their effect on the fox population.  I used to see foxes every year when I bowhunted.  The last 3 years all I've seen are more and more yotes and fewer and fewer foxes.
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Post by: JL on January 26, 2007, 04:21:00 PM
Cool pics! Those deer do look alike. I looking forword to the day I can look out my kitchen window and see those sights! Living in mega metro area right now and it bites!

JL
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Post by: bentpole on January 26, 2007, 05:34:00 PM
VERY NICE OTTO THANKS FOR SHARING!
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Post by: dosbow56 on January 26, 2007, 07:05:00 PM
Feeding Wildlife- "It is unlawful to make available food, salt, mineral blocks or other products for ingestion by wild deer or other wildlife in areas where wild deer are present."
Except: blah blah blah.....I just happen to be sitting here reading Illinois Hunting and Trapping Regs when I saw this one....had to blow ya some doodoo....great pics bud.
NotTheWardenDave
Title: Re: Awesome Pics from the yard tonight!!
Post by: Otto on January 26, 2007, 07:51:00 PM
Dave

I wasn't feeding the wildlife.  I was planting an early crop and accidently spilled 5 gallons of corn and sunflower.

I take it baiting is illegal in Il.????
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Post by: David Hewitt on January 26, 2007, 10:45:00 PM
Otto,
     Are you a Westsider or East of Cincy.  I've seen a lot of good deer along 74 and US50 on the Westside over the years.

Woody
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Post by: Jason Lester on January 27, 2007, 12:29:00 AM
Nice pics Otto,
   I rattled in a buck this year like one of those. Never gave me a shot though. You live near KI correct? Dad and I drive up that way in the GTO ever once and a while. (Not now there is salt on the roads though)
Title: Re: Awesome Pics from the yard tonight!!
Post by: Otto on January 27, 2007, 09:29:00 AM
Yeah, I'm over on the east side of Cincy near KI.

Lot's of deer here but development is taking it's toll for sure.
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Post by: dosbow56 on January 27, 2007, 09:58:00 AM
Steve,
Just under "blah blah blah" is in bold type, "Note: Hunting deer over bait is a separate offense. See page 11." So, Yeah......LOL
Under "Except:grain or other feed scattered or distributed solely as a result of normal agricultural, gardening, or soil stabilization practices. So, you're in!.......
Dave