Bucky Badger at Work

 I took my tractor out to mow the trails a couple weeks ago and found a huge hole in the way! A large amount of sand dug out and it was right in my way. I have found many of these huge dugouts in the horse pasture from time to time, but always figured it was coyotes digging for rodents. This one was much larger although there was no sign of any recent activity of which I thought might be a badger. 

Winnie included for perspective. I decided to just go around the hole as far as I could to the right. Which worked fine until the front wheels of the John Deer fell into the excavation that went far into the opposite direction of the hole! OK. Now I'm thinking "How am I going to explain this one?" However, I have been a regular viewer of the shows that have heavy equipment in situations such as this. After having a think about it, I set the bucket firmly down, which lifted the front tires enough to let the back tires move us out of the pit. I'm free!

Later I went out to refill the holes and tamped down the huge cavity so I don't fall into it the next time I ride Cheyenne out there.

Run, Bambi, Run!

 I took the horses out to their pasture one morning recently and noticed a doe at the NE corner of the enclosure effortlessly bound over the 4' fence. Thinking.....I wonder if..... And sure enough I found a tiny fawn tucked into the corner of the fencing. The horses were already out there, so I couldn't just leave it sitting there for hours until they came home, so I made the executive decision to take the little one to the other side of the fence to reunite with momma. 

The little one was barely the weight of my largest fatty cat. She bleated her disapproval right away when I picked her up! All legs but not struggling to escape. We made our way back to the gate and then back to nearly the corner of the fence. I released the fawn with all my best wishes for her and her momma. She scampered off and I was hoping she found her way to a reunion. My wishes were granted when in the early morning hours a couple days later I saw a doe with her little fawn relaxing in the water of our creek.