I can logically understand & know the need for keeping the population down because the natural predators no longer exist to keep the population down. But there's just no way I could kill anything myself. Interesting how the logic & emotions work against each other at times......I would rather watch their animal behavior than kill them any day.

One night I saw a deer come out of my woods & I opened my sliding door & walked out on the deck......the deer heard me but hadn't seen me yet. It made the most interesting blowing sound with it's nose.....until it finally turned & went back into my woods. I went to the internet (where else to we get every answer to the questions we ask?) & found out that noise is what they make when they are warning other deer about a danger THEY DON'T SEE. They make a regular vocal call when they do see danger....much different from when they don't see the danger.

Came home late one night & drive my truck into the driveway....my lights shined down my field & into the woods....standing right in front of my woods were 2 huge bucks......didn't count the points....but they were definitely huge. Another night I drove up in front of my house & my lights shined into my other field that I hadn't mowed yet.....there laying down in the middle of a pile of brush was a doe.....just kept laying there & I wanted it to move because I didn't want my dogs chasing her when they got out of the truck.

Was wondering how your horse riding experience went after the last time we posted several weeks ago. I absolutely love riding in my english saddle. Remember you said your new lady friend rides in eventing. Eventing is great as it throws together cross country, dressage, & stadium jumping which gives the horse & rider a lot of different experiences....definitely NOT Boring. I have a 17.3 hand high thoroughbred I'm waiting to bring to my farm. My mare gave birth to her 6 years ago. She was just at training age when I moved here & didn't want to take pot luck with trainers who I didn't know so left her where she was for training.....then I ran out of money to bring her here. That bonding at birth was something I couldn't give up to sell her......she was & is a very special horse with a very special personality....even though she is huge compared to me at 5'2".....she's my gentle giant.

I ride everyone else's horses right now....it's good experience, but falling off & fracturing my back earlier this year was definitely unplanned. One of those spooks & bolt manuvers with the horse & I thought I better bale just in case the horse was planning on accelerating across the alfalfa field. Bad choice on my part it seems

Hope your ride was a bit more uneventful than that ride of mine was.