Brush hog hazard

You gotta love the country life. It's not as boring as some might say. Even brush hogging has the potential to make an interesting memory.

Every summer I do some brush hogging around my small property to keep the place looking halfway respectable. Because a doe whitetail deer hangs around and raises a fawn every year, I usually wait until around the last of July to brush hog. I don't want to run over a fawn, and I don't want to eliminate the safety of cover for a fawn.

This photo shows my surprise memory. I accidentally ran the right front tire of my tractor over a deer antler, puncturing the tire. Antlers like this are called "sheds." Antlers drop from the heads of buck deer during winter.