This is me, Wilder.  This is my Nature Journal.  Check back every now and then for new entries about outdoor stuff.  I am always coming across something interesting.

Deer Hunting –

Deer Hunting – In West Texas this year, cottonwood trees went straight from green to black leaves dropping. There wasn’t a golden yellow phase that makes the landscape seem magical. The early hard freeze nipped everything, which also meant the deer rut started a bit early. The

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Foal –

Foal – New-born foals are almost magical. You feel so proud and happy when you see a little horse wobble around for the first time, almost like how a mother would feel. When foals are first born they are just a soft-haired bag of bones. They look

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Spring –

Spring – The white wildflowers with this calf are called spectacle pods. They get their name from their little green seed pods that look like old-fashioned eyeglasses. Spectacle pods never fail to bloom each year – even in drought. Sometimes they are so thick it feels like

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Ring-necked Pheasant –

Ring-necked Pheasant – The ring-necked pheasant is striking, but when surrounded with snow something magical happens.  Their shiny green neck and bit of red around their eye, makes them seem like a snow god rather than just a bird.  They don’t fit in…and yet they do. Pheasants

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Hunting Sunrise –

Hunting Sunrise – It goes like this.  A dark blanket with little specks of white light covers the sky.  The eastern horizon glows purple, then red.  With a little cloud cover, God really goes wild with the pinks and blues.  As birds start to sing, the sun

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Bobcat –

Bobcat – It’s rare to see a bobcat in the wild, but they are everywhere.  They are stealthy and camouflaged and so are seldom observed by the average hiker or hunter. Bobcats, somewhat like lazy-bones domestic cats, are diurnal. They prefer to hunt around sunrise and sunset,

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