http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=3666985

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Stressed sheep... :)

Not that this matters, except as a point of interest for those who may enjoy listiening to the sounds of the woods this fall. a deer does bleet is very similiar to that of a lamb, except that in stead of sounding broked or vibrato, it is a constant BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, these sounds will be increasing in intensity now with the cold front and the rut realy starting to heat to up ...if you will. fawn bleets are similar but the voulme is softer, the pitch higher adn ends with a near buzzz sound. A buck grunt can also be heard more often and sounds like a large bullfrog, adn should be heard in and around does. Bucks antlers are now all polished to a bright white and coats have changed from red/brown to the winter thick brown and white(this means a rather bad winter...but I like winter).
Be wary as skunks are still breading and running the woods like crazy durrng the day....should you see a skunk....keep eye contact (the oposit of what you do in other situations) and back away slowly, turning your back will cause the skunk spray....good news a skunk can only spraw about three times a day.
this has been a word from a North American woods.

That's interesting..I enjoy wildlife photography and have heard some strange sounds in the woods. Once I heard what sounded like a crying child, but it couldn't have been. I noticed deer, a raccoon and a squirrel in the area.

That's interesting..I enjoy wildlife photography and have heard some strange sounds in the woods. Once I heard what sounded like a crying child, but it couldn't have been. I noticed deer, a raccoon and a squirrel in the area.
The crying sound is typically associated with an animal that is wounded and several of the spieces yoou mentioned make those sounds inc rabbits.
If you ever want to have have in photograph, you could buy some game calls (like a hunter) and and do a photo safari like those that are ganing so much populariuty. there is a young women who lives nearby that has often gone hunting with me to take advantage of increasesed opurtunity. just a though...she has gotten some great pictures. Last year was her best 5 feet from a 13 point 300lbs buck big big big

If I saw a creature like that that close, my hands would probably be shaking so bad I'd drop my camera. That and the fact that my stuff is pretty heavy is why I use a tripod.
I have a little trouble with self-control when I see one of those great, frame-ready scenes. There's been a couple of times i've forgotten to turn on my camera, or it turned itself off (battery-saver) and I didn't realize it. I dropped film all over the forest floor once when I was trying to change rolls.

If I saw a creature like that that close, my hands would probably be shaking so bad I'd drop my camera. That and the fact that my stuff is pretty heavy is why I use a tripod.
I have a little trouble with self-control when I see one of those great, frame-ready scenes. There's been a couple of times i've forgotten to turn on my camera, or it turned itself off (battery-saver) and I didn't realize it. I dropped film all over the forest floor once when I was trying to change rolls.

You could always use a (out house) type blind (like a tent basicly and bery light)

The moments when you see everything so perfectly, the sun is just right, the dew or frost glistening and then your opurtunity passes you by are some of my favorite moments, as the stories are very very good.

I see lots of stuff about blinds in all of the bird magazines. However, I've only seen them being used in conjuction with watching birds. What about other species?

I see lots of stuff about blinds in all of the bird magazines. However, I've only seen them being used in conjuction with watching birds. What about other species?

Here is a link to cabelas, and the blinds which they offer. you may also want to look at climbing tree stands. These tree stands allow you to get up and above the spieces you are photographing, they are very comfortable and vey light, most are back packs that make for great mobility. They also ofer screwin "tripods" that attaach to trees so you can use multiple cameras.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/index/index-display.jhtml?id=cat540014&navAction=jump&navCount=1&parentId=cat20712&parentType=category&rid=&_DARGS=%2Fcabelas%2Fen%2Fcommon%2Fcatalog%2Fcatego ry-link.jhtml_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712
I wanted to attach a link to some photos of deer that live on our properity, however it is a hunting site, adn there are many pics folks would find to be in bad taste...so all I can is do an internet search for whitetail deer pics and you may come across them..lost of good pics to be taken...and seen.

american, is this what you meant when you said hunters contribute so strongly to the economy?

Another good site is called MyWildlifePics, which allows people to submit their own work for others to view. Some are pretty good, but a few of the pictures are kind of mundane. Maybe I'm overly critical of duck pictures, because for awhile I was taking virtually all waterfowl pics.
Once I had neither my camera or binoculars and I saw a bizarre pair of birds. I went home and looked it up and realized I had seen my first pair of mergansers.
I have also seen blue heron, littl;e brown heron, coots and sandhill crane. Those are very elegant birds.