After we finished the apple and took a swig each of ice water we headed on. I told the kids that the first one to see a buck rub would get an ice cream cone on the way home. Of course, they would all get one, but they don't think of that and the competition really gets them into it.
Here's the first ones we found. Emmett and Lindsey walked right past them so I made it a point to stand around until Jacob noticed them and "won" his ice cream cone. Being the youngest, I figured a little help wouldn't hurt. These are some pretty nice rubs but there are MUCH bigger ones on the property. I'm talking thigh sized and tore up! Notice there are several behind us and you can't tell but there is one about an inch thick that is busted off about a foot above the ground. I saw several of the busted ones like that this year while hunting. Kinda gets the imagination going.....
After a bit we came to a good sized creek that we couldn't hope to cross without some kind of log bridge and lucky us, there was a good one right there where we came up on it.
Of course, kids being kids, they wanted to play in the water with sticks, throw rocks and look for tracks in the sand on the banks and stuff. I gladly gave them the time to do so as that is why I take them out to the woods. They all have a real appreciation of time spent in the woods or around streams. In fact, they'd rather spend a hot summer day playing in a local creek hunting crawdads or maybe building a rock dam than go to someplace like Worlds of Fun or Chucky Cheese's. That's just the way I want it too!
Well, as we were getting ready to cross the log, something caught my eye in the creek just on the downstream side. Here is exactly what I saw.
The tip sticking out of the water is what caught my eye but about two seconds later I'd figured what it was and noticed the second side towards the low right underwater.
Topic: Look what we found! A family walk in the woods. (Read 910 times)
