Thou Shall Not Pass!

**Hillbillygirl** · 09-09-2011, 08:06 PM

Just coming home from getting supplies and just about to our lane, this little fella jumps out of our bush, so we stop the car, get out and this is what we get.
(forgot to even check settings on camera, so not so great, just wanted to capture the moment)

Who's coming down my road?

Stop right there,"Thou shall Not Pass"

Ok, thats it, I'll come over there and move you myself then.

**theantiquetiger** · 09-09-2011, 09:16 PM

Beautiful animal!!!! Sad thing is they are near extinct here in south Louisiana. Another thing, probably the reason he was coming towards you is that you got out of your car and he thinks you gonna feed him. This is gonna get him and maybe a human in trouble. People should not feed these things (I am not saying you did, but I bet he has been feed by many humans, so when ever he saw you get out of the car, he is think "free lunch")

**Hillbillygirl** · 09-09-2011, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by theantiquetiger

Beautiful animal!!!! Sad thing is they are near extinct here in south Louisiana. Another thing, probably the reason he was coming towards you is that you got out of your car and he thinks you gonna feed him. This is gonna get him and maybe a human in trouble. People should not feed these things (I am not saying you did, but I bet he has been feed by many humans, so when ever he saw you get out of the car, he is think "free lunch")

Nope, no feeding. He is only a young male just on his second year. We were well downwind of him and hiding behind open door, so he was just curious if it was safe to get back to the pin-cherries he had been munching on across the road. He regularly feeds on these, and if a vehicle comes along, he bolts for the safety of our woods. As soon as we moved, he was gone. He is a regular here, and lives in a wooded ravine just 200 yards from our house, and is more than welcome to stay as long as he causes no trouble.