I grew up with a grandfather who was a hunter and fisherman. Taught me how to cast a line AND place a bullet under the left front leg of a deer before I was 10. I used to bullseye groundhogs at our farm in Upstate NY as a young girl.

We'd see deer all the time.......and fish in the ocean.......OH MAN!! I've grown up with an appreciation for wildlife that's for sure........

Every winter now (and for the past 7-8 years), without fail, the backyard at my house (yes, the same one where you've seen my 'Aux. Airfield' and the 'Mountain Rescue'), gets overrun with-and I'm not kidding-at least 60 deer....sometimes more. We live at the base of a mountain, and at the top is a very flourishing apple orchard (again, if you remember my pic from 'Theme Week' where I showed the lake-that's up at the top of the mountain behind my house)

And once, years ago........I spotted a Red Fox in the woods behind the house.......just before winter.....unfortunately in the spring I found him under one of the wood sheds........but my gramp told me to grab him and pull him out. I held him up by the tail and he snapped a pic with the Polaroid...........

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