Recent evening sightings...

A few recent trail cam photos...

Indian artifact

Here is a broken point that probably was used for some other task many years ago.

Another good deer taken...

Tall and wide, six on the right and four on the left side of this deer's rack.

First hunt of the year, success.

Hunter, Conrad, travels all the way from Washington State to get his South Texas deer.  He made a fine shot from about 250 yards.

Game cameras at feed troughs.

Oat planting time...

The oats are in.  All we need now is some soaking rain.  The fall oats give the deer something green to eat when the cold weather sets in.

Hunting season is here... rifle hunts with a valid Texas hunting lisence and MLD tags.

This must be Myrtle...

They all don't make it.

My guess is that predators got this one.  Probably coyotes attracted to the blood smell of scraping the velvet off his antlers. This one looks to be a three year old buck.

It's that time of year once again...

Deer are starting to "scrape out".  Pictured is one buck that has just completed rubing the "velvet" off of his antlers and another that hasn't started yet.

Fawns catch on quick...

Fawns come to feed with their mothers and soon they are sticking their noses into the feed too.

Pear Apples

There is a good crop of prickly pear cactus "apples" or tunas this year.  It always is a curosity to me how they are eaten by wildlife in a short time.

The "Boys" are back...

These bucks all act like buddies now.  In about a month they will start to scrape off the velvet on their antlers and not be so chummy.

Ella's favorite at the ranch

 These troughs are a welcomed place for a dog to cool down.

 She enjoys splashing around and ducking her head under the surface.

 Soon she is out and what's next?

Her soakings are always followed by a good roll in the dirt.

In the cool of the night.

Everyone's hungry at the same time.

Young buck with extra points.

This one has estra "kickers" on both G-2s.  The G-3s may be doing something too.

Javelinas

Trail Camera Pictures

It is always interesting to see what the next year's crop brings.  It is one thing for the cameras to catch them at a feeder and another to sit out and see them.

Katelyn's Tree

This oak tree was planted when Katelyn was just a baby.  Being an Oak it will take a long time to grow.  Maybe when she is my age it will be big enough to have a picnic under it.
It is close enough to a water source so that I can periodically give it  a soaking.

Artifact

Whenever I find pieces like this I always wonder if the other half is nearby.

Country Dogs are tough...

 Ella, pictured this morning, getting back to normal.

 Ella really enjoyed coming inside where it was cool.  You can see where most of the swelling had gone down.  This was about twenty-four hours after getting bitten between the nose and lip on her right side by a rattlesnake.

Here is a side view yesterday, Sunday.

Snake bite...

Here is a picture of the snake that bit Ella on the right side of her face today.  About six weeks ago I took her in to get vaccinated for just this happening.  Ella's right side of the face is quite swollen and I'm thinking she will be a sick puppy for a few days but my experience is that it isn't fatal.

Ella

 Ella listening for some distant dog barking.

Ella really enjoys taking a dip in the troughs.  Here she is making an exit.