North 40 Life Magazine | Page 28

It quickly became apparent that they hadn’t read the script as they flew down with the first few rays of sunlight and followed their hens in the opposite direction. As I sat there contemplating my poor luck and trying to put together a new game plan, I happened to look a few yards to my right and noticed an antler lying on top of the pine needles. It clearly wasn’t pretty. With two tines chewed nearly to the main beam and bleached white from the sun, it would have belonged to a re