John Gryphon
Well-Known Member
There isnt a cinematic masterpiece in this tale
Out the gate at 5 AM, walking with the dog at 5.30 in just light and with horrible smoke making for poor visibility. Pushing on for a mile with thoughts of pulling the pin after nothing to note when I saw the dog suddenly swing and face left showing that he had heard something below us.
Looking down and across the gully the white flowers of a Dogwood bush were soon spotted moving as a deer fed and I soon found the deer,a hind with a fair calf, both feeding.
Well that started off two hours of cat and mouse in trying to get a bit of video capture. We moved uphill and back downhill four or five times in an effort of a better camera avenue through the trees with sfa to show for it and I then lost them in a screen of heavy schitt and basically had enough of my share of frigging about and headed back down and away and turned for one of those 'last looks' and saw them again. They had climbed higher and were casually walking across the opposite face at 115 metres or so but in that grey smoke.
The hind saw me moving along with them and stood Sambar still watching down at me. I was quite sure that she hadn't ID me as a human.
I ended up crackling dry Eucy bark and leaves,flapping my arms and giving her some dry throated girly honks of my own in an effort to elicit something other than just standing there. I always enjoy hearing them 'belling'
Btw I have had hinds come up closer to see wtf was happening on previous occasions.
The calf which initially had held back ( a bull calf I bet) eventually joined her in watching down at me. Presumably the hind had called it up to her.
Anyway the smoky videos are for those that enjoy staring at any deer.
The last video shows the pair a few metres apart, look for the ears lads.
Out the gate at 5 AM, walking with the dog at 5.30 in just light and with horrible smoke making for poor visibility. Pushing on for a mile with thoughts of pulling the pin after nothing to note when I saw the dog suddenly swing and face left showing that he had heard something below us.
Looking down and across the gully the white flowers of a Dogwood bush were soon spotted moving as a deer fed and I soon found the deer,a hind with a fair calf, both feeding.
Well that started off two hours of cat and mouse in trying to get a bit of video capture. We moved uphill and back downhill four or five times in an effort of a better camera avenue through the trees with sfa to show for it and I then lost them in a screen of heavy schitt and basically had enough of my share of frigging about and headed back down and away and turned for one of those 'last looks' and saw them again. They had climbed higher and were casually walking across the opposite face at 115 metres or so but in that grey smoke.
The hind saw me moving along with them and stood Sambar still watching down at me. I was quite sure that she hadn't ID me as a human.
I ended up crackling dry Eucy bark and leaves,flapping my arms and giving her some dry throated girly honks of my own in an effort to elicit something other than just standing there. I always enjoy hearing them 'belling'
Btw I have had hinds come up closer to see wtf was happening on previous occasions.
The calf which initially had held back ( a bull calf I bet) eventually joined her in watching down at me. Presumably the hind had called it up to her.
Anyway the smoky videos are for those that enjoy staring at any deer.
The last video shows the pair a few metres apart, look for the ears lads.
