Fall foliage

[opinyun]

Boondox-
Believe it or not that little buck weighed 160 lbs dressed!
It does look small in the photo and it was small compared to two of my buddies bucks ...one was 175 lbs and much more bulky the other was 205 atypical 14 point.
All local too.
We have deer problems here too. Bad enough so we stopped planting pumpkins a couple of years ago. We used to grow a pretty good patch and the kids sold them and used the money for clothes (girl 15) and video stuff (boy 11).
The did pretty well. Then the deer found the patch and eventually they got bad enough to ruin the whole thing.
We went from 300-400 pumpkins down to 15 two years ago.
The deer just eat a hole in the side and suck out the seeds when they're green. If the pumpkin makes it to orange they'll generally leave it alone.
Pumpkin feed does make for good tasting venison though!
Opinyun
Maine

 

[Lane]

Here in South Louisiana fall color is rare. Every few years we do get a treat however. This is my neighbors field in mid October 2001.

 

[Harv]

Man, I love the colors and composition of that picture, Lane! /w3tcompact/icons/cool.gif Thanks for sharing. It's a real wall-hanger.

Very impressive first post. Welcome aboard! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Boondox]

Nice! The angle of the sunlight is perfect!

Pete

www.GatewayToVermont.com

 

[hayden]

That is a prize winner. Do you do a lot of photography?

 

[Lane]

For a few years I did a ton of commercial photo work. Mostly vehicles for magazine ads and sometimes 200 or more per week. Maybe something rubbed off. This pic is just the scene across the road from my place. I noticed the light was really perfect late that evening and got off my tractor, went inside and got my digital camera, zoomed in 20x and started firing. The colorfull trees are 2000' away. This image has been dummed down to get under the forum size. The original is 1024x768 and 2.25mb.

 

[oombala]

awesome is right! i can only imagine how nice it looks when the suns shining on them.

and people wonder why i love spending autumn in my tree stand.

 

[MrP]

Lane,

Thanks for the pic. It makes great wallpaper.

Here is my back yard from last October (not quite as spectatular).

 

[Dozernut]

MrP
Sorry, I have to disagree with you, that is beautiful! Isn't this a great country to live in, the scenery is staggering.

 

[Cottonhawk]

Fall is here again and days are getting shorter.
The first Fall color on my ranch (attached) remind me of this thread which has so many beautiful photos of your places.
It's time to share your Fall foliage yr 2006....!