Owl Nesting Box

Grandson Reed is spending his Christmas break with us and it's a good time to work on an outdoor project. An owl nesting box.

Last spring I was lucky enough to see and photograph a Barred Owl on our property. I have also got some night time photos of owls on game cameras. Since I know there are owls in the area, let's see if they need a nesting box.

The hard part of this project wasn't building the nesting box, it was installing the nesting box 15 feet up a hemlock tree.

The plan was to use a 15 foot high ladder stand as a working platform to install the nesting box. The plan was working OK until I pull the nesting box to the top of the ladder stand and realized a one person stand didn't give me much room to maneuver and install the nesting box. After a few close calls I was able to finish the installation.

Local Bucks

This fall I gathered a lot of photos of deer on our properties. Today is the last day of rifle deer season and I hadn't posted these photos until now to avoid encouraging other hunters to come looking for them.

A wide 7-point

A different wide 7-piont

A nice 8-point

A big beefy buck

Deer Hunting

I'd been watching the local deer prior to the start of rifle deer season and found a few nice bucks. This big buck is only a six point, but on my list of choice bucks.

On the first day of rifle season I passed on shooting a small 8-point buck since I knew of bigger bucks in the area. I didn't see any more legal bucks for the next 4 days. I did have a flock of turkeys watch me for over an hour one day.

The waiting for "Mr. Big" paid off and I was able to drop the big 6-point with one shot.