used this lovely Sunday morning to get out there, shoot some arrows, explore and enjoy nature in full bloom.
Thers an old lake i used to hike around with my dad in days gone past and i wanted to see how it looked like nowadays. 10 years ago there were some well used hiking-trails around it, but as people in general seem to loose interest in wilder places around here i was completely by myself. Apart from the normal signs of logging there wasnt any sign of other people around, wich is very special for my part of the world (except for one, well come to that later...).
Anyways, enough boring words here are some pics to let you come along if you like:
Squirrel watching me on my way in:
Beavers work:
First sight of the lake:
Carps cruising the shallows, the biggest ones were about 10#:
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This gate once was used to hold fish back when the lake was still used for breeding carp (some 20 years ago):
Ducks nest; Breakfast spot with a view:
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Well, nowadays it seems you just have to look close enough and youll find s**t anywhere you look (or a diaper in this case):
The knife and sheath i made myself this winter:
I then decided to follow the little stream that goes into the lake upwards...
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Worms and Buzzards gotta eat too. Or in this case worms gotta eat buzzards:
And in the middle of thick forest, at the end of the little stream there was this:
Equipment used:
Thanks for looking, Axel
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What was that in the middle of the deep forest? I would love to roam a place like that with a bow. You are a lucky satyr.
Our buzzards don't have stripedy feathers. I think in Europe they call buteo-type hawks buzzards. I could be wrong, though. your post has many fine pictures, and I wish I could have tagged along.
Killdeer
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thats a wooden fountain at a well where the whole water for the stream and the lake come from.
Youre right about the buzzards, We call hawk-like birds "Bussard", mixed that up in my mind.
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It looks like you had a very enjoyable hike. You have some nice country to roam, thanks for the pictures. -Jay
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Axel,thanks for sharing your pics.A really cool place to wonder around for sure.Are you allowed to bowfish in that lake,it looks to have plenty of carp in it.Nice BigJim TC also.
Danny
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quote:Originally posted by Killdeer: I think in Europe they call buteo-type hawks buzzards. I could be wrong, though.
This is correct. The Common Buzzard is a Buteo. Early settlers in the americas misidentified vultures from a distance, calling them "buzzards" and the name stuck.
Looks like a nice place for a walk.
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Very cool pics, are you allowed to bow fish in Germany?
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