Some backyard visitors

MuddyPaws1 · Feb 18, 2013, 07:36 AM

jamesjingyi · Feb 18, 2013, 07:39 AM

Nice! What did you use to take the photos?

Squilly · Feb 18, 2013, 08:34 AM

3rd picture was epic!

dma550 · Feb 18, 2013, 08:42 AM

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3rd picture was epic!

Agree, nice shots, they are so hard to sneak up on! Pic #3 is my favorite too.

We just had a run-in with a HUGE bard owl by the side of the road. He appeared injured, and when we got out of the car to check him out, the injured party was really a huge HAWK that he had killed and flew off with. I didn't have night photog equipment, but sure wish I could have taken his picture. I lvoe living in the country!

Aeolius · Feb 18, 2013, 08:50 AM

There was a barred owl in my backyard last night, shrieking like a woman being attacked. The first time I heard one, it was doing a coyote call and it completely freaked me out.

Barred Owl Sounds

Of course, we do have coyotes around here... and deer, possums, raccoons, bobcats, etc etc... I love to go for midnight walks in the woods to see what I'll find.

MuddyPaws1 · Feb 18, 2013, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jamesjingyi

Nice! What did you use to take the photos?

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Originally Posted by Squilly

3rd picture was epic!

Cannon SX40 HS is the camera.

That 3rd pic I was trying to focus on the deer through the trees but it didn't work out like I was trying. And she was on to me so I didn't have enough time to get the manual focus to work.

ucfgrad93 · Feb 18, 2013, 10:39 AM

Great pics, OP. Thanks for sharing. What part of the country are you in?

senseless · Feb 18, 2013, 09:14 PM

Darn, I hit one of these guys at 40mph a few months ago. Very sad.

Lil Chillbil · Feb 18, 2013, 09:16 PM

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Darn, I hit one of these guys at 40mph a few months ago. Very sad.

doesn't matter as long as you ate it...

MuddyPaws1 · Feb 19, 2013, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

Great pics, OP. Thanks for sharing. What part of the country are you in?

Far north Michigan.

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Originally Posted by Lil Chillbil

doesn't matter as long as you ate it...

A prius hit one at the end of my driveway and then crashed into my driveway. All it did was smack the deer in the head and bust it's neck but it totaly F-ed up the prius...as did the snow bank at the end of my drive. I was shocked as how poorly that car fared against a small deer and a snow bank.

We made a big batch of jerkey last night from that deer. Chilli the other night, stew on Sunday and tonight we'll have a roast. And I didn't even have to sit out in the cold hunting it.

Aeolius · Feb 19, 2013, 11:28 AM

I went out for a night walk at around 10pm, last night. There must've been twenty deer in the backyard. Alas, I did not hear the barred owl. They do have a territory in the hundreds of acres, though.

designs216 · Feb 19, 2013, 11:54 AM

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Darn, I hit one of these guys at 40mph a few months ago. Very sad.

I had one run by the front of my car and it was so close, I heard his tail slap the front bumper.

MuddyPaws1 · Feb 20, 2013, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Aeolius

I went out for a night walk at around 10pm, last night. There must've been twenty deer in the backyard. Alas, I did not hear the barred owl. They do have a territory in the hundreds of acres, though.

I have yet to see or hear an owl. Still hopeful though. We haven't spent much time out at night though since it's cold as crap out there.

touchmonkey · Feb 20, 2013, 05:51 PM

So, how'd they taste?

MuddyPaws1 · Feb 20, 2013, 07:13 PM

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So, how'd they taste?

LOL

We have had a few that we can identify coming in for months. When hunting season was on, I was instructed by the wife that I was not to shoot "the ladies" meaning her does that come in. I hunt way back in the back of our property. These are up by the house.

But hunting season has been closed for some time now.

shadow puppet · Feb 20, 2013, 09:23 PM

Snow. I remember what that looks like although it's been eons.
What a cool visitor too.

Thanks Mr. Paws. I'm glad you shared.

skepticidis · Feb 21, 2013, 01:40 PM

Great pictures. That's a lot of snow collected on the roof.

ucfgrad93 · Feb 21, 2013, 02:07 PM

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Great pictures. That's a lot of snow collected on the roof.

Just got 5.5 inches of snow last night. Love it!

TyPod · Feb 22, 2013, 01:31 PM

Hell of a trail you got leading up to that feeder! How many come by?

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Squilly In Time-Out Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: PA	3rd picture was epic!
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Aeolius macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2002	There was a barred owl in my backyard last night, shrieking like a woman being attacked. The first time I heard one, it was doing a coyote call and it completely freaked me out. Barred Owl Sounds Of course, we do have coyotes around here... and deer, possums, raccoons, bobcats, etc etc... I love to go for midnight walks in the woods to see what I'll find.
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ucfgrad93 macrumors G4 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Colorado	Great pics, OP. Thanks for sharing. What part of the country are you in?
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senseless macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, USA	Darn, I hit one of these guys at 40mph a few months ago. Very sad.
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Aeolius macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2002	I went out for a night walk at around 10pm, last night. There must've been twenty deer in the backyard. Alas, I did not hear the barred owl. They do have a territory in the hundreds of acres, though.
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touchmonkey macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2008	So, how'd they taste?
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shadow puppet macrumors member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Sunny Cali	Snow. I remember what that looks like although it's been eons. What a cool visitor too. Thanks Mr. Paws. I'm glad you shared.
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skepticidis macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Orlando, FL	Great pictures. That's a lot of snow collected on the roof.
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TyPod macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2006	Hell of a trail you got leading up to that feeder! How many come by?
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