Grandson Convention, ATV Rescue

 Our only granddaughter got a stomach bug and missed the short visit to the farm.

 But these three little imps made it out for a day.

 Nah, there's no mischief in these guys...

We did the usual Ranger rides.

Lots of help on the camera tour.

 We had to overflow into a second vehicle.

 Eric got the one atv out for a spin.

And he decided to head off and check out the trails.

 Which led to this text message.

It required a walk to high ground just to find cell signal in order to request a rescue.

 He got stuck on this log.  It's hard to see but the more he tried, the more it slid to the left and was close to turning over.

 I got the 2nd atv running and made it out thru the nearly impassable deep creek crossing.  That's when I discovered that the radiator fan wasn't running and the engine was overheating.  Made it back after getting mine a little stuck too.  Some videos.
Tom Stuck in the Bottom

Eric Emerging

The adults stayed up late (almost 10pm!) playing a cut-throat game of Uno.

More Ranger rides.

The birdseed buck.

 Two ten pointers.

 Coyote

Bobcat

Coyote

Foxes

Fox, ready to pounce.

Bonus Weekend - No Buck

 Beautiful weather and there were lots of deer moving on Saturday evening.

 I had these four in the main field, they moved over joined 3 more at the driveway, and I could see at least 4 more down by the pond.  No bucks though.  Didn't see a thing on Sunday morning.

 I previously posted about this guy visiting with Joan at the bird feeders during gun week.  I finally went back to see what the security cameras showed.

 Here he is at the feeders.

 Joan finally got my attention and here I am making a stalk.  At 50 seconds I'm about to make my move.

At 51 seconds he' on the move and I just realized that I had the scope dialed up.

52 seconds and he's in the tall grass.

 I had 2 seconds to acquire target and make the shot - wasn't even close.

 On the hunt this week.

 Big rub just down from the barn.

Another

And another

Poop of the week

More rubs - they sure like my pines.

Bad clock on this camera.

A 10 pointer at mid-day.

Nice buck.

 Birdseed buck (I think).

Nice close up of a common view.

 Fox

Bobcat

Coyote