Sometimes Hunting Isn't About Hauling In Game

[Stray Cat]

For some reason, my senses were heightened this year to my surroundings in the woods during our Iowa deer seasons. During late muzzleloader season we had some overnight fog that just glazed everything it touched. As I was walking back to deer camp I came across this view that stopped me in my tracks. I felt like I was standing in a Christmas card. This is the land where I grew up, hunted, worked on the family farm, and now have been reacquainted with it to love it again. We all need to take a moment to absorb the the beauty that surrounds us, I did that day, and was darn glad I did.

[fortyshooter]

That would be a great picture to hang on a wall! Yep I love it when I get down to the country!

[Grunt67]

Know what you mean. To me it's more about getting out in the woods for a while, fresh air, scenery. Heck, I kill more time than anything else, LOL. Time well spent. Of course, I'm just an old country boy.

[Hatchdog]

What a spectacular picture, thanks for posting it. Stopped in your tracks indeed.

Back when I was a bit younger I used to hunt Elk in the Selkirk mountains in NE Washington State. We were up pretty high and I loved to sit on a rock and watch the weather come up the valley from Sullivan Lake. Saw some pretty views.

Your picture is down right Norman Rockwell (ish).

[runnin n gunnin]

Now that is a scenic view ! On the other side of the country call that white stuff is what we call sand in Arizona !

[JEBar]

beautiful indeed .... it would be interesting to take pictures from that same location as the seasons come and go

[Stray Cat]

beautiful indeed .... it would be interesting to take pictures from that same location as the seasons come and go

That is a great idea...spring turkey season, summer just for the fun of it, and fall turkey. I hunt with my younger brother of 14 yrs, as we reminisced about our youth working on the farm, we both agreed, we had it made back then...we just didn't know it.

[daytime dave]

Nice

[Sir Henry]

A slice of heaven.

[Headhog]

Hunting can be a great experience, but enjoying this kind of beauty is priceless.

Paul

[PatientWolf]

Gorgeous picture. Thank you for sharing it.

[BigAl52]

Thats a great shot Straycat like it alot.

[Stray Cat]

Thats a great shot Straycat like it alot.

Thanks Al, I placed it on my computer desk top. I relive that moment every time I boot up. Funny thing about that picture...I recently dropped nearly a grand for a new Nikon camera, but I didn't have it for that shot...it was taken with my Samsung S7 smart phone. Wish I'd of have had the Nikon and a lens filter.

[Rifletom]

Thats a great shot Straycat like it alot.

Thanks Al, I placed it on my computer desk top. I relive that moment every time I boot up. Funny thing about that picture...I recently dropped nearly a grand for a new Nikon camera, but I didn't have it for that shot...it was taken with my Samsung S7 smart phone. Wish I'd of have had the Nikon and a lens filter.

That picture is perfect the way it is. It was in the moment. Stunning.

[BigAl52]

Thats a great shot Straycat like it alot.

Thanks Al, I placed it on my computer desk top. I relive that moment every time I boot up. Funny thing about that picture...I recently dropped nearly a grand for a new Nikon camera, but I didn't have it for that shot...it was taken with my Samsung S7 smart phone. Wish I'd of have had the Nikon and a lens filter.

I use to have one of those nice cameras with all the bells and whistles. I had a nice case with extra lenses. Best camera in the world is the one you have with you at that moment. I got tired of hauling all of that equipment around. Now I have the one I always have with me. My cell phone. But to each there own.

[cooperhawk]

I use to have one of those nice cameras with all the bells and whistles. I had a nice case with extra lenses. Best camera in the world is the one you have with you at that moment. I got tired of hauling all of that equipment around. Now I have the one I always have with me. My cell phone. But to each there own.

Same here, it's hanging in my closet along with the lens cases. Funny how things have changed.

[Oksrt]

Definitly do a 4 season shoot. It will surprise you how different it looks.

[fergy]

Beautiful photo!
Hunting is so much more than trying to kill game. The sights you get to experience and peacefulness of the woods is what does it for me. Brain healing! Thanks for sharing your experience.