What does this look like to you? Could it be the path back to the barn after grazing all day. It could be, but it’s not! This is a genuine southern Michigan deer run. I found it going through a 20 yard wide funnel between a pond and a thicket. The deer are feeding across the street and then seeking shelter back where the “Wild Ferns Grow!” I bet most of you are drooling thinking about where “old” Mike is going to hang his tree stand, right? Well as it often seems to go for me, this runway was on a piece of “lease” property that I happened to be a day late in obtaining. That’s right somebody beat me to it. So near but oh so far. If you don’t have a good friend or relative with a southern Michigan farm, it’s hard to find a good spot to hunt. I’ve tried the state properties and usually see more hunters than deer. I may end up hunting very close to home this year, like in my backyard!
Congratulations are in order for my nephew Brandon Ansel who tagged a huge doe yesterday. He sent me a couple pictures but I was having a hard time posting them. The head on this old doe looked like a brown cement block. She had been eating awful good as the fat layer, under her hide, was about 1″ thick. Corn feed venison, you can’t beat it.
That is one heck of a deer trail, and it’s too bad that you can’t get access to that property.
I know what you mean about finding properties. We had to pay to hunt for a number of years, and then I just happen to get lucky and find some property I can hunt for free. You can’t believe how much I thank my lucky stars every day for that.
Congrats to the nephew. I wanna see a pic:):)