I was out in the frosty yard this morning with Lady the Pitbull, for her to take care of her Lady business, when we heard a rash of gunfire from over the hill toward the nearby woods. Shortly thereafter, these whitetail deer appeared across the creek on the other side of the gravel road at the end of our hundred-yard long driveway. They milled about, looking uncertain what to do, long enough for me to go in the house and retrieve my Cannon DSLR and telephoto lens.
Later I was able to verify from the Iowa DNR site that today (December 5th) is the first day of the first Iowa “regular gun” deer season. I put regular gun in quotes because there are a lot of restrictions on what constitutes a regular gun and acceptable ammunition.
I think I had better luck with my camera than the mass-expenders-of-ammunition had in the woods over the hill.
Missionary Sojourn 
Great “shot”.
Even though I live in a city of 40k+ we sometimes have deer in our yard (coyotes & beavers too). I do miss living on a gravel road with the nearest store is over 2 miles away.
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Yep! I’m a good marksman 😉
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Fantastic picture Jon. I hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas season>
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Thanks! Hope your’s is full of His blessings as well!
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Great photos. We also have deer in our neighborhood here in Branson.
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Thanks Geri! I think the area around Branson is beautiful! Thanks for the follow!
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