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Field Notes 4

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 Field Notes 4 Oct. 31 2026 17:30-18:00 medium wind that changed direction a few times very cloudy and wet 55 degrees 10 hours and 22 minuts of day light I noticed that all of the trails were a bit more beat down as well as the beds on the west side of the property by the river and in the beds their were a lot of extra deer tracks. You can tell that the deer are running around even more randomly right now dew to the rut I saw a spike a 4 pointer and about 12 ish does give or take a few. I saw 2 does walking on the sand beds by the river on the west side of the property when I walked in and spike was right across the river. 30 yards north on the water their was 2 mallard ducks one was a drake and the other was a hen. when I got closer to my spot I saw alot of does in the property and I heard others in the south so I actually passed my spot to see how many their were and if their were any bucks wich is when I saw a 4 pointer about 25 yards south of the property. all the deer and turk...

Field Study 3

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  Field Notes 3 Oct. 9 2026 16:00-16:40     No wind and cloudy 65 Degrees 11 hours and 21 minuts of daylight I noticed a huge change on the west side of the property near the water their is alot of tall grass and some sand next to it by the bank and a few other spots and the grass was very pated down and looked like it had dry mud on it with alot of deer tracks wich tells me at some point the deer walked across the river and laid down to sleep their but I didn't notice to much of a diference in the other deer beds. their did seem to be alot more movement in some of the trails running from the sand bank to the east. their also seemed to be alot of very small random trails that were to many to count or keep track of because they were probubly walked on once. I saw a blue jay fly by in the center of the property I heard deer sneezing and crossing the river. I also heard turkeys gobbling and a crow circling around ubove is a picture of one of a trail that runs to the bank on ...
  Experimental Design Josiah Wolters

Field Sketch Josiah Wolters

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 On the left is a picture of a log with a bunch of ants on it and a zoomed in version and on the right is a doe(female deer).

30 by 30 video Josiah Wolters

 

Field Notes 2

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 Field Notes 2 Sep. 26 2026 16:00-17:00 A few clouds but mostly clear skys and didn't seem like ran was coming soon and little to no wind 60 Degrees 11 hours and 58 minuts of daylight I did not notice any changes aside from more deer movement but I also went at a slightly later time I heard one crow just flying around the aria, 3-5 deer jumping around and sneezing neer the deer beds and on the smaller deer path, a plane flying overhead and two bikers riding along the trail in the east. I saw 2 bikers, 3-5 Deer 2-3 along the trail and 1-2 in the center of the property and on the smaller deer trail, alot of small flys on the big log in the south of the property This is the big patch of deer beds on the north east part of the property. This is in the middle west part of the property were all the sand is close to the river and their are tracks for deer and another animal that I think is a raccoon. The deer an the left is a doe and the deer on the right is a spike(a buck with one point ...

Sketch of Deer and Log with Flys

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  This is a picture I drew sep 26 2026 of a doe and a log with small flys on it.