Trail cams (slang for cameras) are all the rage today among hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. I don't own one, but my brother-in-law does and he gets some pretty fun and sometimes unexpected pictures. Many are like the one below, taken at night, as a doe and her fawn left the corn field they had been eating in.
And then again, who says that only deer like to have their picture taken? The turkey gobbler below is more than happy to show off his fine beard and plumage. The beard is composed of special feathers that feel like coarse hair and hang down from the turkey's chest.
Above we see a mature whitetail buck with a very strange beam on the left side of his antlers. This was probably the result of an injury to the deer on some part of his right side, rather than to his strange antler.
This goofy fawn wanted to check out the branch a buck has marked with his oral scent glands. The fawn is too short to reach by stretching his neck while all four feet are on the ground, but that's no problem for him!
The picture above doesn't have a deer hidden in it but it is a classic example of what happens when you forget to remove the weeds in front of your trail cam. The camera is triggered by a motion sensor and leaving any weeds in front means that you will be looking at 300 pictures of the same weed blowing in the wind. Yes, that does get a little old.
As a last little bit of enjoyment I give you Mr. Nosy Buck, and there is always one of them around who just has to see what that funny thing with the red blinking light that seems to be growing out of a tree is. The flash doesn't seem to frighten the Mr. Nosy's of the deer world and many get even closer than this so that all you see is part of a nose and an ear! Deer...you just have to love them, and trail cams make it easier to see them up close and personal.
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