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That one time -- whatever brought it about, or whatever it meant to the squirrel -- is one of the cherished little moments of my life. You and your mocking bird seem to have a more long-term relationship. Good for you... g Perhaps he was a pet or rescue that had been freed? Neat experience, anyway! Makes you feel good when a wild animal seems to trust you. Cindy |
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Cindy,
One day Chick (my wife) and I were bream fishing among some cypress trees on Black Bayou and I heard something sliding off the bank. The forest comes right up to the lake on that side, and there was lots of underbrush, so I thought it was a big alligator. Then, not fifty feet from us came a whitetail doe. We stayed quiet and still, as she swam out into the lake. Then she saw us and turned and headed back. Along the shore are floating cypress logs and she got her front legs over one and could not get either back leg over. The harder she struggled, the more her head bobbed under and she was getting strangled and thrashing harder and harder -- trying to get first one hind leg up high enough to get a foot hold and then the other. I could tell by how here belly spread out that she was carrying a fawn -- probably two. (Twins are the norm for white tails, I think.) I paddled over as fast as I could and grabbed the leg she was trying to lift and raised it far enough for her to get it onto the log, and she hoisted herself over and struggled through some more logs and water's edge brush and got onto the shore. She stopped there, lowered her head and coughed up some water and slime for a few minutes as if oblivious to us, while we just sat there and watched. Finally she turned her head and looked at us as if to say "Thank you," and then walked off slowly. My guess is that she was about ready to give birth and came down to the water to get the weight off. It's just a guess. I've told this experience to a few friends who said they would have had venison for supper, despite the fact it was out of hunting season. Everybody to his own way of thinking, I guess. I'm just glad we got to see her, and glad I could help. g "Cindy" wrote in message . .. That one time -- whatever brought it about, or whatever it meant to the squirrel -- is one of the cherished little moments of my life. You and your mocking bird seem to have a more long-term relationship. Good for you... g Perhaps he was a pet or rescue that had been freed? Neat experience, anyway! Makes you feel good when a wild animal seems to trust you. Cindy |
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"g" wrote: Cindy, One day Chick (my wife) and I were bream fishing among some cypress trees on Black Bayou and I heard something sliding off the bank. The forest comes right up to the lake on that side, and there was lots of underbrush, so I thought it was a big alligator. Then, not fifty feet from us came a whitetail doe. We stayed quiet and still, as she swam out into the lake. Then she saw us and turned and headed back. Along the shore are floating cypress logs and she got her front legs over one and could not get either back leg over. The harder she struggled, the more her head bobbed under and she was getting strangled and thrashing harder and harder -- trying to get first one hind leg up high enough to get a foot hold and then the other. I could tell by how here belly spread out that she was carrying a fawn -- probably two. (Twins are the norm for white tails, I think.) I paddled over as fast as I could and grabbed the leg she was trying to lift and raised it far enough for her to get it onto the log, and she hoisted herself over and struggled through some more logs and water's edge brush and got onto the shore. She stopped there, lowered her head and coughed up some water and slime for a few minutes as if oblivious to us, while we just sat there and watched. Finally she turned her head and looked at us as if to say "Thank you," and then walked off slowly. My guess is that she was about ready to give birth and came down to the water to get the weight off. It's just a guess. I've told this experience to a few friends who said they would have had venison for supper, despite the fact it was out of hunting season. Everybody to his own way of thinking, I guess. I'm just glad we got to see her, and glad I could help. g Geez. :-P NObody should be that desparate for venison! What a sad attitude... You did good! :-) -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... There is no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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