I just looked out the back door to find one of my hens in a deep discussion with a deer over who was going to get the last piece of a crab apple.
While they were occupied in their discussion I stepped quietly out the door and closed in to about 25 yards before the deer lifted her head and gave me a look, then went back to eating apples. I could have slipped behind the hedge and killed her with a spear!
I had left the shotgun in the house just because she was visible from the Judges' house, and season is not open for two months. The temptation might have overwhelmed me.
They are thick this year and it is about time to get out the 3-d targets and start practicing with the bows.

