WHITETAIL DEER

White tail deer are commonly found in most of West Virginia. They are commonly hunted by humans, mountain lions, and coyote. This specific picture (taken in my front yard) is of a young buck. (6 point) This picture was taken a couple months ago so the deer's velvet is just coming in. Velvet is a leathery coat that covers the animal's antlers during a specific time of the year.

If I hike up on the hill in my backyard there are deer everywhere. If humans don't begin to conserve on a massive scale this species as well as many others will be gone.

Journal

My friend Jesse and I went hiking last weekend and we had an awesome time. We were gone most of the day and hiking in the hot sun. (85 degrees) According to my step counter we hiked over 6MILES! in 6HOURS! Well here is my messy journal.

Translation:
Dear Journal, 7-14-09
Today Jesse and I are once again in Fairveiw, WV. We visited the Indian caves. We are currently
calling in turkeys with a call. No luck. (peace sign) We are going to a tree stand. Jesse and I are in the (old) tree stand calling turkeys again. Nothings working but we are looking at some (beautiful) deer. (3 does went by and didn't notice a thing) OML: Oh My Llama I almost stepped on a turtle. It is a cute little box turtle. So that little guy was in the middle of the woods. So about 20 yards away we said we should go back and put it near water. (after we got back 40 minutes later.) We couldn't find him. (We couldn't even find the tree it was by.) Till' next time!

Animal pics.

A comment was left saying I should have posts on animal pictures in WV, then describe each animal. So I will go hiking and see if I can get some pics.

Cooper's rock

My family and I went to Cooper's rock last weekend. That place is AWESOME! There are lots of hiking trails, many animals to see, places to discover, and b-e-a-utiful scenery.

(Recomended)

I have nothing to write about

This is a pic. of a seagull I took while I was down in Oak Island.
I Have nothing to write about!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE leave a comment on something. It doesn't matter if it is a bout what birds I saw today I just need a suggestion of something to write about.

Hiking

Today Jesse and I went hiking up at my grandpa's farm. We filmed an ENTIRE!!!! 4 minutes. So the videos we post may be a little short. Anyways I wrote in my journal and hear is exactly what I wrote. What is in ( ) is what I put in just now not what I wrote.

Just in case you can't read what the entry says :

Dear Journal, Jesse and I are at Fairveiw (WV) and we hiked up a HUGE hill. We saw abandoned horses. (They were stuck in and small fence about 80yards long and 5 ft. wide without water. we tried to leave them some but we had nothing to put it in.) We are going to hike down the other side, which we have never done before. (by the way that hill was at a 75 degree angle!) So far we have seen 4 deer and 4 (abandoned) horses. We found mysterious circle-e tracks. We have traveled to the basic end of the (LONG) path.