The view from the office

 

I saw the four deer this afternoon.

The first was forty minutes before the end of legal-light. It was 300 yards away and running.

The second was 120 yards away and I could only see the top half of its body due to cover. It did not look like a very large deer and it didn't move very much.

The last two deer were 5 minutes before the end of legal light and they were in dense brush and near the edge of the property. I don't have written permission to track deer onto the neighbor's property.

No shots were fired.

Pruning

I know it looks like I was able to prune the tree in about 45 seconds, but the contrails were left by two separate planes. The orchard was beneath the approach for the Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford International Airport

The "J" stenciled on the trunk of the tree is because the fruit keyed-out as (probably) Jonafree based on fruit characteristics and the records of what was planted in the orchard. 

The good news is that my expectation was to get five trees pruned and I was able to prune seven!  I have another fifteen to prune at that location and then I will start pruning the trees in Eaton Rapids.