The vivid colors of mixed hardwoods in the northeast, intermingled with the dark green of softwoods, form a picture that is world renownd. Many visitors come each fall to enjoy the spectacular reds, orange and yellows blended together by nature's artist.
For some reason unknown to the author, Sitka or Black Tail deer can be called by blowing on a piece of grass held between one's thumbs. After calling and then shooting one deer using this method, Steve stopped hunting and tried his hand at photography. It's not much of a challenge to shoot a deer after calling it up this close. The challenge is to call it up this close.
As times change, the State of Maine may see a higher financial return in having moose close to main highways reserved for viewing instead of hunting. In the summer of 2000, the Laws had guests from Pennsylvania, who wanted to see one of Maine's famous moose. Steve's wife, Elaine, took them on the road by Lily Bay on Moosehead Lake toward Kokadjo. Here is what they saw. Just behind the tree, at the moose's rump, is a second moose they did not see until an enlarged version of the photo was examined.
