Cathy in the Wright

Score!

Yesterday The Governor and I were ambling around The Outpost when we ran into my father-in-law at one of the barns. He told me that there was a dead deer by one of the fence lines. His guess was that it ran into the fence and died. The carcus had been dragged a bit and has been ravished by scavengers. Apparently, there's not much left other than the head.

"How cool! Where is it exactly? I want to go take some pictures."

"Why?"

"Great blog material!"

He winced. "Are you sure? It's kind of gruesome."

Apparently, he only reads my blog on occasion.

So after I get out of my pajamas, The Governor and I are off on a 4-wheeler ride. I have a general idea of where the corpse is, so I'm bringing the camera.

Wish me luck.

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UPDATE

Shut out. We couldn't find the deer. We tramped through the woods in the area I thought it would be, but couldn't find it. Nothing but buckthorn and wood ticks.

After failing to find the rotting venison, we went for a long ride around The Outpost. On the southern property line, we did find this guy:

Not too shabby. No blood, guts, maggots, or other gore, but better than a snake which got runover in the driveway. We'll take it.

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UPDATE II

Ran into the father-in-law. He gave me more detailed directions to the deer. We will try again after lunch.

UPDATE III

Well, we finally found ground zero. Just for your viewing pleasure, I crawled through the buckthorn and prickly ash just to get these pictures. No hardship, really. I've endured worse. The night I tracked Sisyphus through an ice storm was extremely hazardous, but the resulting photos were worth it. (Sorry, private collection.) Anyway, here's the deceased:

This next shot I took while leaning to one side. I was balancing on my left-hand fingertips while I shot with my right hand. My fingertips were resting on what felt like a piece of bark. After snapping the picture, I looked down to see that the bark was actually the deer's ear.

I ought to put up a tip jar just for that one.

Enjoy! Hope you've already eaten.

Posted by Cathy at April 27, 2006 08:19 AM