After selecting a well-travelled spot in the deer woods and creating mock scrapes and rub lines throughout the area, my dog Ozzy's trail cameras recorded some amazing deer hunter footage, some of which cannot be disclosed on this blog. Let's just say Ozzy has learned that some folks stoop to levels even he didn't know existed... and dogs do some pretty disgusting things.
Our cameras revealed hunters from all walks of life, and all shapes and sizes. It was "Swamp People" meets "Texas Chainsaw Masacre" in most of the footage. Occasionally we caught glimpses of real intellect, but that was rare (and most from the deer). Ozzy said he never thought a hunter would actually sniff a scrape, but several did. One camera recorded several hunters finding a large mock scrape at the same time. It was the Hatfields and the McCoys all over. Fists,tobacco juice, beer bottles and false teeth flew in a free-for-all that resembled a WWE "Last Man Standing" brawl in Vegas. Ozzy's scientific opinion is these folks need a role model... and some serious medication.
Perhaps the most interesting footage was a man that sprayed too much doe scent on his clothing. He carelessly passed by several cameras... followed by several very large enamored bucks. He hasn't been seen since. Ozzy said he hoped this guy saved the last bullet for himself.
The suprising result of this study is Ozzy wants to experience deer hunting firsthand. It just so happens that Saturday is opening day for the Georgia firearms deer season. I am now obligated to allow Ozzy to sit in the stand with me, so things should be real interesting. He told me he wants to see if this hunting thing will drive him as mad as the subjects in his deer hunter study(I'll let you know on Monday).
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