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Author Topic: "The Apple Tree"  (Read 363 times)

Offline Wannabe1

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"The Apple Tree"
« on: September 03, 2013, 03:40:00 PM »
"The Apple Tree"

Opposite the apple tree I sit
The squirrels above throw a fit
For intruding upon their quiet space
While I hunt this lonely place

Early morning is where I found
As I slipped in without a sound
The many tracks of deer I see
Surrounding the single apple tree

There lay several of the fruit about
Some half eaten so, I had no doubt
A returning of the deer to see
This free meal of the apple tree

Looking around I found a spot
For my longbow and I to sit and plot
And come up with a strategy
Waiting and waiting patiently

So, opposite the apple tree I sit
The squirrels no longer throw a fit
A quiet evening has fallen to see
Not a single deer to the apple tree

Then of a sudden I hear the sound
Soft hoof falls on the air abound
And like magic they do appear
A very small gathering of black tail deer

Unaware they munch happily
The delicate fruit of the apple tree
While a predator amidst there wake
Plots with longbow his shot to take

Quickly but slowly through time and space
The cedar shaft to its mark did race
And found nothing even I could see
The empty clearing 'neath the apple tree.....TW
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Offline Bear Heart

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2013, 03:42:00 PM »
I need an apple tree
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Offline dingas

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2013, 05:48:00 PM »
Great poem!

Offline Ringneck

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2013, 06:57:00 PM »
Nice!

Offline mountain lion

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2013, 08:19:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Bear Heart:
I need an apple tree
:biglaugh:  x2  great poem
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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2013, 08:35:00 PM »
Great poem!
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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2013, 09:00:00 PM »
PUT A STAND IN IT!!!!!!!
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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2013, 09:12:00 PM »
:biglaugh:    Terry, the tree I wrote this poem about, wasn't high enough to put a stand in. I was actually sitting on a bucket stool about 20 yds away beneath a tall pine with the boughs hanging low enough to give me cover.

I had a doe and a 3pt come in but, unlike the poem, I didn't get a shot off.   :(
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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2013, 09:13:00 PM »
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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2013, 09:57:00 PM »
Man, I was hoping this was gonna be about your deer!

As always, great read!

Good luck on getting one of those blacktails!

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2013, 10:03:00 PM »
Bisch, I am heading out before first light on Thursday to have a go at it again. Gonna go to that same spot where the doe and I met on the old road.
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Offline Josh Perdue

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2013, 10:46:00 PM »
Nice poem. Good luck

Offline Jerry Jeffer

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2013, 11:10:00 PM »
Very nice, I like when we share things like this.
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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2013, 06:35:00 PM »
Nice poem. Good luck on your first.

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Re: "The Apple Tree"
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2013, 07:20:00 PM »
I have a tree 10 yds from my deck. I get 100+ game cam pics a night.
Theres a doe and fawn that pretty much live under it all night.
I wish I could transplant in to the woods where my stand is.
Deer love apples.
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