there's obviously a long story behind most of these pictures. with me there's always a story, but there's a particularly long one associated with my very first experience with what's known simply and understatedly as "deer camp". but until i find time to write it, i guess maybe you won't get to hear the real story unless we're sitting by a fire trading tall tales.
if you don't know me and you're suprised to find out that i've gone white-tail deer hunting you don't have to feel odd, since most of my friends and family are probably just as surprised. but sometimes it's good to surpise everyone - even yourself :-)
and for the 99.99 percent of people who are confused about the title, it's a reference from the movie "escanaba in the moonlight" in which the lead character is an aging man who is such a bad hunter he's never downed a male deer ( a buck ) and is derided by all the local adults and schoolchildren ( escanaba is a real town and not far from our own deer camp ) as "bambi's best friend" and a "buckless yooper". and i suppose it might help to know that residents of the upper peninsula of michigan are commonly referred to as "yoopers". see, it's really quite a clever title even though nitpickers will nitpick that i'm not really a yooper.
none of the deer pictured were harmed, but i am - in fact - no longer a buckless yooper.
Gorgeous pictures of the deer in the snow. I'm glad you guys are back to blogging. You were missed.
Tina / AL
By 11:41 PM
, atI'm just glad I found your Blog. We miss the U.P. We haven't been home in a couple months due to work.
By wanderlusters, at 12:03 AM
“"it is hard to be brave," said piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." rabbit, who had begun to write very busily, looked up and said: "it is because you are a very small animal that you will be Useful in the adventure before us."”
the complete tales & poems of winnie the poohthis site chronicles the continuing adventures of my son, odin, who was unexpectedly born on the fourth of july at 25 weeks gestation, weighing 1 pound 7 ounces.
he's quite a fighter and you can always send him a postcard to the most current address listed here if you're inspired by his adventures. see the postcard project/google maps mashup to see a map of the postcards.
if you're new, you can browse the archives to catch up. and don't forget to watch a few movies that i made while we were in the neonatal intensive care unit. or if you want the abridged version and you can find a copy, you can read about his adventures in the november 2005 issue of parents magazine.
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