So I bored out the ends of a few choice pieces and inserted a shotgun shell with the shot dumped out. I then put some wood putty on the hole and rubbed it in some dirt.
The next week we flew up and stayed they had a cleaning service contractor there for three days. It seems their wood stove blew up. Go figure?
That summer they totalled three cars from hitting deer. I suggested they alter their driving habits to be more cautious during peak deer times. Nope.
That fall they contacted the county to have a traffic light installed on a county road because "visitors had a hard time finding them with no landmark to go by".
The next spring the husband and wife ran for the homeowners association because they wanted better paved roads.(so they could drive faster to hit more deer I suppose?)
They found out we fly in on most visits. The husband wanted to know if we wouldn't mind picking up his kids on his visitation weekends because he didn't like to have to drive half way to NYC to meet up with their mother? He was annoyed when I told him we don't go anywhere near that direction. He really expected me to say yes!
About a year later his new wife said she hated living out in the woods. They split up and sold the house.
That part about the shotgun shell...pure gold right there...