Wildlife & Related

[arbol]

Dude look pretty Buck'ish.

[Hummer]

Dude look pretty Buck'ish.

Yes, and he's in the rut chasing does. It's a great time to hunt deer (and the first time I've ever hunted the mule deer rut). This fellow's head accentuates the very big body but the antlers, while high, lack basal mass and width. In the past three days I've seen a few bucks with wider antlers but probably not bigger bodied. I expect I'll be very lucky to find one much better. The very severe drought in western CO this year reduced food quantity and nutrients needed for antler growth. While October brought more rain which will help with winter forage it's too late to influence antler growth.

So far, November has been dry which will likely continue through the month.

[encorehunter]

This guy's was on our place. I got to about 5 yards while he was raking a bush. He couldn't have cared less about me. Last we he would have been hanging in the barn right now.

[Hummer]

At the Palisade farm for a few days we've seen Red Fox in the yard three times. This morning two fox went through together and I got these shots of one hunting quail and other birds in the brush pile about 15 feet from the dining room window. Fun to see them so close.

[Bailey Guns]

Wow! Gorgeous little fox, Hummer! Nice work.

[Hummer]

Wow! Gorgeous little fox, Hummer! Nice work.

Thanks BG. I expect you'll see fox and other interesting wildlife around your new place. A little land with natural habitat is so valuable.

[Bailey Guns]

I hope so...

[Grant H.]

Crappy pic from a cheap security camera, but we had a fox wander through to start the new year. Looks very healthy in the video (not surprisingly).

SE Longmont.

[Hummer]

Crappy pic from a cheap security camera, but we had a fox wander through to start the new year. Looks very healthy in the video (not surprisingly).

SE Longmont.

Pretty good that the camera picked it up. My trail cams seem to lag and catches fast moving wildlife on their exit.

I caught night video of a fox slipping under the electric fence wire then looking into my living room window before quickly scooting back out.

[Hummer]

We continue to get great views of a red fox hunting birds and rodents around the yard and within 15-30 feet from our dining room and living room windows. It's evident why our once abundant bunny population has been wiped out. This fox is an intensely focused hunter, and playful, too. We watched it tree a very lucky feral/free roaming cat. I don't give it long to live. Here's a few pics of Foxy hunting around the house today.