"The Apple Tree"

[Wannabe1]

"The Apple Tree"

Opposite the apple tree I sit
The squirrels above throw a fit
For intruding upon their quiet space
While I hunt this lonely place

Early morning is where I found
As I slipped in without a sound
The many tracks of deer I see
Surrounding the single apple tree

There lay several of the fruit about
Some half eaten so, I had no doubt
A returning of the deer to see
This free meal of the apple tree

Looking around I found a spot
For my longbow and I to sit and plot
And come up with a strategy
Waiting and waiting patiently

So, opposite the apple tree I sit
The squirrels no longer throw a fit
A quiet evening has fallen to see
Not a single deer to the apple tree

Then of a sudden I hear the sound
Soft hoof falls on the air abound
And like magic they do appear
A very small gathering of black tail deer

Unaware they munch happily
The delicate fruit of the apple tree
While a predator amidst there wake
Plots with longbow his shot to take

Quickly but slowly through time and space
The cedar shaft to its mark did race
And found nothing even I could see
The empty clearing 'neath the apple tree.....TW

[Bear Heart]

I need an apple tree

[dingas]

Great poem!

[Ringneck]

Nice!

[mountain lion]

Originally posted by Bear Heart:
I need an apple tree

 x2  great poem

[sheephunter]

Great poem!

[Terry Green]

PUT A STAND IN IT!!!!!!!

[Wannabe1]

   Terry, the tree I wrote this poem about, wasn't high enough to put a stand in. I was actually sitting on a bucket stool about 20 yds away beneath a tall pine with the boughs hanging low enough to give me cover.

I had a doe and a 3pt come in but, unlike the poem, I didn't get a shot off.   :(

[Jayrod]

X2

Man, I was hoping this was gonna be about your deer!

As always, great read!

Good luck on getting one of those blacktails!

Bisch

[Wannabe1]

Bisch, I am heading out before first light on Thursday to have a go at it again. Gonna go to that same spot where the doe and I met on the old road.

[Josh Perdue]

Nice poem. Good luck

[Jerry Jeffer]

Very nice, I like when we share things like this.

[Alexander Traditional]

Nice poem. Good luck on your first.

[Slickhead]

I have a tree 10 yds from my deck. I get 100+ game cam pics a night.
Theres a doe and fawn that pretty much live under it all night.
I wish I could transplant in to the woods where my stand is.
Deer love apples.