Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: bjrogg on November 12, 2019, 12:19:01 pm
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I got a chance to go out hunting last night. Wind was blowing hard right off the big lake. About 29 degrees. I was rewarded with the chance to get up close and personal to a nice little spike horn. He's standing about 15 yards a bit more than quartering away. I had a pretty decent shot as he walked by me but I just decided to watch him.
Can you see him? I know it's not the greatest picture, but it's no wonder they just appear like smoke. I watched him for several minutes and it was amazing how many times even though I knew exactly where he was I couldn't see him.
Marc played this game several times and it always seems entertaining.
Bjrogg
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It doesn't help that I had to resize the picture to post it, but he's hard to see on the original to.
Bjrogg
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Just above and to the right of centre??
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Your in the right area DC. I'm sorry I don't know how to draw on these pictures and post them but you might have spotted him. Can you be a little more specific?
Bjrogg
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I was thinking just above and to the left of center.
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DC is warmer.
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Is he along the horizon line?
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Slightly below it. Can see his rear and part of his tail which he has nicely tucked in to conceal. Also his nose which shows up a little better on the original. Even these features are obscured by leaves and snow though.
Bjrogg
You would think he'd stick out like a sore thumb in this snow but he can just disappear completely in fifteen yards
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I see him :)
Only because I watched the video last night. Look for the black/white tail.
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I see him :)
Only because I watched the video last night. Look for the black/white tail.
Yah he's definitely easier to see on the video. If I was more tech savvy I could probably figure out how to take a frame from the video and use it.
Bjrogg
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I know the picture isn't great. I think I might have figured out how to draw on it . I'm not sure but DC might have spotted him. If you look behind that green leaf is his body. His rear and tucked in tail are to the right of it and a twig with a small snowblotch is smack dab concealing the center of his tail. To the left of the leaf is a ear and nose but they are very hard to see.
Just amazing how good they can blend into surroundings with the slightest cover. He didn't see me though and I did see him so that's always a plus in my mind.
Bjrogg
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I need to head home and have some wine, maybe two. I'm sure I'll see him then :)
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I need to head home and have some wine, maybe two. I'm sure I'll see him then :)
Lol. Probably find the rest of the herd.
Always makes me wonder how many I never see. I have to constantly remind myself that there are deer around me. Some of them probably very close. Either I haven't seen them yet or they haven't seen me yet. But we're both here together. I didn't see this one until he was about ten yards from me.
Bjrogg
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Looking straight at us. I see him.
While hunting I've had deer walk behind a tree and never come out. Just vanish. ???
We had a white Akita/shepherd mix that would disappear while we walked in the woods. I'd call for her and she was standing right there but until she moved she was hard to see.
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Looking straight at us. I see him.
While hunting I've had deer walk behind a tree and never come out. Just vanish. ???
We had a white Akita/shepherd mix that would disappear while we walked in the woods. I'd call for her and she was standing right there but until she moved she was hard to see.
Actually he is looking away from us. He is at probably a 60 degree angle just looking around before he leaves this cover to go out into the field.
Yup have had them deer just appear out of thin air in front of those those trees before to Pat
Bjrogg
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I was close but I wasn't seeing him. I'f i'd shot at what I was looking at I would have hit him in the knee. I see him now :D
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He would be very safe from me! I had to look three times after you pointed him out!
Hawkdancer
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I saw him... but i second guessed myself. :P :)
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I was close but I wasn't seeing him. I'f i'd shot at what I was looking at I would have hit him in the knee. I see him now :D
If I didn't know where he was I probably wouldn't see him either. Pearl had it right though. The black off his tail shows up best, but even it has a blotch of snow smack dab in the middle of it. I wish I could figure out how to get a frame from video and post it. Just not that tech savvy.
Bjrogg
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here you go, i think this is easier to see.
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If you put a dot in the center of that circle it'd be right at the base of his tail. I couldn't get my phone camera to zoom in and I should have held it a little higher. I didn't have any more cover than he did. I did have a blanket that was kind of a dirty white color with brown gray and tan markings on it. And the snow was starting to accumulate on it. He never saw me but when he did leave the cover he walked around my little pond to my downwind side. He presented me a great shot one step before he caught my scent. It was interesting to watch the lightbulb turn on. His ears went up and he was gone.
Bjrogg
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When you're posting these "where is it pics" you don't want to centre the object of interest. First thing I do is look all around the middle.
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When you're posting these "where is it pics" you don't want to centre the object of interest. First thing I do is look all around the middle.
I know that's always our natural way of taking a picture. Honestly when I took this picture I couldn't even see him on my screen. I just clicked about three pictures and then took a short video. It wasn't as much fun as shooting him with my selfbow but it was still pretty cool. And I did really enjoy the encounter.
Bjrogg
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I made him out. Look at George Washington in the upper right hand corner of the picture./'''']=--[]'//????????
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I made him out. Look at George Washington in the upper right hand corner of the picture./'''']=--[]'//????????
Lol. Might be easier to find old George in there than that little spike horn. Especially if you helped drink some wine.
Bjrogg