Days Gone By!

Crossing the Union River from Great Pond Road or coming down the 23-00-0 from the Stud Mill was always a treat. Traveling and crossing Hinckley Brook, Dead Stream produced a bird, deer and maybe a bear. This once was a well traveled road used by logging and recreation. The old boiler tubes made a heck of a base for the bridge. Those days are now gone as the bridge as been washed out and the remains pulled. Now we must loop around to 01-18, maybe the River Road can once again be openned.

Turkey and Deer

While I am only an armchair biologist, I would offer that there is not enough food in most of Maine for both Turkey and Deer. My property has a large number of Oak trees'. The mast crop is falling hard, especially when it hits the barn roof. Usually there are six or so deer working the acorns through out the day and night. The turkeys however live in the tree's and clean up the mast crop, at times I think before it hits the ground. There is no question in my mind that the turkey directly competes for the same mast crop as the deer.