warm spell
deer in the woods
lying low

in darkness
pulling the decoy sled
through the mud

cloud shadows
longer and longer
suddenly cold

November dusk
the minutes ticking away
until dark

after butchering
a deer head on a tractor -
Keith's Deere

after the fall
blaze orange in
leafless trees

snow flurries -
the restless hunting dog
paces the floor

snow squalls -
in the office thinking about
duck decoys

first rut -
the one antlered spikehorn thinks
I'm number one

season's over -
frying up the last
of the woodcock

Latest News

Hunting Haiku Fans:
(all four or five of you!)

I've taken a new job at Historic Ithaca, so posting to Hunting Haiku Daily may be a bit sporadic for me over the next few weeks until I get fully settled in. I hope to come back and fill in gaps for days we've missed, but for now the blog will have to be Hunting Haiku Almost Daily until further notice. thanks, and as always I appreciate your reading this blog.

Jim

goose opener
setting field decoys
by moonlight

new job -
emptying the truck
of hunting gear

Fall tom turkey
seven and one half inch beard
Thanksgiving assured

day of the dead -
a feast of venison
fajitas