Read in the paper that this weekend in the eastern tier of counties along the MO river and some along the Platte in eastern NE of a deer herd reduction hunting season. The popluation has more than doubled in the past couple years and the deer strikes around here have become absurdly commonplace. Within the 3-4 miles of road I drive before I get into town I see on average 8-10 deer kills by autos each year. Really have to watch for those suckers.

Ya gotta buy a $30 permit and you can shoot two antlerless deer. You can buy as many permits as you want. They are hoping that a couple thousand deer are shot. Any and all legals weapons are permitted.

At my place just norf' of Omaha, deer have become as thick as flies. It is common to have 6-8 does in my yard at once eating crabapples several times a day. Last weekend I was sitting on the front porch and I lightly stung two with a BB gun out of sheer oneriness on my part.

Turkey aren't quite a thick but we see a flock of 6-7 toms and another flock of the same size of hens. If I start feeding birds, they are all over the deck and poop everywhere.

Horned deer much less common, that is until the season opens. Then I am likely to see a dandy or two with bigger racks. Seems when they are getting pressure they like to hide out out around people's homes where the pressure is less.

I never thought I would live to see such abundance of game this close up.