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A reader sent me this shot yesterday after I posted the bear picture.

I remember seeing this picture a couple of years ago, but not from the sender. A friend at work had it. As the guy who sent it wrote yesterday, “I know it made its way around pretty quickly. I was pretty proud of it.”

Who wouldn’t be? Of course the best element of this shot — BY FAR — is the deer. It’s just classic and makes this one of those shots that begs for humorous captions.

I got one other risque wildlife shot but the sow bear involved is balder than I am. But while I can pull off that look — haha — she really can’t. I feel so sorry for her I just don’t think I’m going to post it.

When I’m stuck posting stuff like this it should be clear the hunting is slow. I actually do have a couple of bowhunter hero shots I’ll get up soon.

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  1. The Amateur | October 13, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    Racoon to deer…

    Do you mind?!

  2. Stacie W. | October 13, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    I am cracking up over this. My goodness hunting season must be slow in the area. Last year I thought about putting up a trail cam just to see what passed through our 5 acres. While out riding our 4 wheelers one afternoon in the early spring, me and my son found evidence of human restroom activities. I remembered earlier in the day seeing our local electric company trucks parked on the side of the road below our house. Boy did I have a serious EEWWW moment after realizing that IF I had put that trail cam up I would have caught a burly linesman with the green apple trots taking a squat right there in the middle of our 5 acres. Needless to say, I’ll continue to use feed blocks to see the “wildlife” that passes through our property.

  3. Ralph Barton | October 13, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    Another Amazing Trail-Cam shot!!!

    and the deer looks like she is really enjoying the show!!!

  4. brandon | October 13, 2010 at 4:07 pm

    those bear saved that racoon’s life by teaching them the heimlich maneuver. im sure they got it from this blog…mark you have achieved the upmost diversity in your blog participants

  5. J.R. | October 13, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    Glad to see the wildlife on top of their CPR training.

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Mark Taylor.

While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures.

Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism.

After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters.

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