First post. I'm a retired IBEW electrician and have been living the dream since I retired in '16. My wife retired a few months after myself. We bought a home in northern central Michigan when we retired 3 years ago. The 1/2 acre pond is part of the homes geo-thermal heating and cooling. We have some hybrid bluegills, perch,and bass, and supplemental feed the hybrid gills for about 7 months out of the year. Looking forward to learning some things from the seasoned veterans here. Aerated 24/7, our pond is a little over a half acre and 14' deep.
We went from living in the Capital city our entire lives to a wonderful rural location with our nearest neighbors about
a half mile away. The wildlife the pond attracts is amazing.
j
Summer view
Winter view
This is the matriarch doe in our area. I believe she is six.
She had twins for three years in a row prior to this last year.
This last year she had triplets. This is a shot of her looking very pregnant last May on the backside of our pond. I have a progression of shots of
her and the triplets through the summer and fall as they use the food
plots I put in for them.
No mistaking her with any of the the other deer as she is a head taller then every deer she hangs with,
even the big bucks.
Early Jun we saw her for the first time with the triplets.
July
Nov
Backyard bucks
Wood ducks and squirrel
Turkey - Squirrel
Turkey - Deer
