Weasel and I hit the hills today in search of a wild turkey.  We did see one but not able to identify whether it was a hen or tom as it was flying.  Some turkey with a shotgun scared it up ahead of us.

We also saw two moose and one deer.  Hiked for  6.24  miles (according to google earth measurement).  Oh, ya and we discovered a geo-cache, but we didn’t have a pen to write our names as finding it.

So, unless you are very interested in more of the story, you have read the Readers Digest version already.

We got to the parking spot about 7:45, our little secret spot.  See if you can guess where we were from the pictures.

We decided to leave the decoys because we had no idea what we were in for at this place, we had never been there before.  So off we went.  Several different trails could lead us up and away from the vehicle.  We chose a lower trail as it lead us toward the river (hint).

Just out of sight where the river makes a slight turn are the two moose we saw.  As we proceeded up the trail we ran into these things, whatever they are.

They looked like bundles of small bamboo sticks taped and wired to the tree.  There were a total of 10 bundles.

Off we went up the trail.  It was a wonderful hike and it ended when the trail crossed the river and there was no way to continue without getting our feet wet.  It was not worth that and so we turned around and headed back down.  Around a nice little bend overlooking the canyon, we stopped for a welcome Kippersnack break.

Weasels like kippersnacks and crackers.

While there we decided to test out his Grouse Wing Camo.  Can you find the weasel in this picture?

How about this one?This one?

Down the trail about half way back to the truck we stopped for a quick breath and found a geocache.  It was cleverly hidden in a broken off oak tree that had a small hollow place and they had placed a small rock on top of the cache.  An ear plug holder that contained a single piece of paper with a few names of people who had found it.  We didn’t have a pen to write our names on it, so we just took a picture and put it back.

We had a great hike and fortunately we did see the one turkey.  But we know there are others in the area.

We are not sure when the next chance to get out will be but until then, we have high hopes on locating the wiley birds and bringing a couple home.

I hope you have had a wonderful National Fire Day!

Bears Butt

May 2, 2012