Popular Post Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Popular Post Share #1 Posted March 8, 2022 Outside my office window. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 8, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 8, 2022 We don't see the large herds of 30 or 40 anymore. There are just a couple evey now and then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted March 8, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 8, 2022 I saw a spike this morning in the cemetery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted March 8, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 8, 2022 I seen one on my way home from work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 9, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 9, 2022 I see a doe with two fawns often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted March 9, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: We don't see the large herds of 30 or 40 anymore. There are just a couple evey now and then. There was like 40 in the cemetery last week. It was creepy to me that there was so many. I heas heavily outnumbered. Some were standing, some were laying about. <shudder> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 9, 2022 Share #7 Posted March 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: There was like 40 in the cemetery last week. It was creepy to me that there was so many. I heas heavily outnumbered. Some were standing, some were laying about. <shudder> If you encroach on their territory the first thing to watch for is that some of the deer may face you and begin to pound on the ground with a front hoof. Womaxx has had this happen while attempting to get closer to the herd with her camera to get better pictures. I've watched Athena walk around near and in such a herd and I've gone out to call her in before she got hurt as she's not experienced at coexisting with wild creatures. She seemed to think they were a fun toy to play with. I believe that hunting in the area has discouraged the large herds from gathering and most of the deer have moved farther into the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted March 9, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 9, 2022 13 hours ago, maddmaxx said: We don't see the large herds of 30 or 40 anymore. There are just a couple evey now and then. Still see some pretty large groups around here. But only see them in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parr8hed Posted March 9, 2022 Share #9 Posted March 9, 2022 13 hours ago, Old No. 7 said: Outside my office window. I have a really big pin oak in the front yard. This is what the yard looks like when those things lose their nuts (or whatever it is that falls from pin oaks). It is not uncommon for me to have 4-5 in my front yard eating them when I leave for work in the morning. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted March 9, 2022 Our neighborhood herd is about 7-10. They roam in smaller groups in fairly predictable patterns. The tick farm next door puts out food for the deer. Their path is front yard to back yard, the other neighbors, back through our backyard to the tick farm and then down to the stream next to the horse stables. It’s all heavily wooded. I’m the spring we will see fawns soon. Last year there were a set of two and three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted March 9, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, maddmaxx said: If you encroach on their territory the first thing to watch for is that some of the deer may face you and begin to pound on the ground with a front hoof. Womaxx has had this happen while attempting to get closer to the herd with her camera to get better pictures. I've watched Athena walk around near and in such a herd and I've gone out to call her in before she got hurt as she's not experienced at coexisting with wild creatures. She seemed to think they were a fun toy to play with. I believe that hunting in the area has discouraged the large herds from gathering and most of the deer have moved farther into the woods. I do not get close. I was passing through on the paved cemetery road. The ones on my property come in at dusk. They sleep on the lower end of the property. During the day, they leave. I have found their bedding down spots. I have never got close enough for the stamping behavior. I have heard if it though. It's strange cause some of them seem almost tame. I think locals are hand feeding some. They do not seem too fearful of me. When they act like they are not fearful, I give a little roar and they run. I want them to be afraid of me. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted March 9, 2022 9 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: When they act like they are not fearful, I give a little roar and they run. I want them to be afraid of me. Good plan, I like watching them but deep down they’re tick-infested varmints. Lyme disease comes from deer ticks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted March 9, 2022 Share #13 Posted March 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said: Good plan, I like watching them but deep down they’re tick-infested varmints. Lyme disease comes from deer ticks. Not too much out here. Very few cases, so far. Is it the moisture that makes them worse in the East side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted March 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: Not too much out here. Very few cases, so far. Is it the moisture that makes them worse in the East side? Probably true. I don’t know fer sure. I’m not a scientist, I just play one when I’m drinking beer at the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 9, 2022 Share #15 Posted March 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Old No. 7 said: Good plan, I like watching them but deep down they’re tick-infested varmints. Lyme disease comes from deer ticks. I don't worry about the deer. Around here ticks just blow across the deck in the wind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted March 9, 2022 Share #16 Posted March 9, 2022 This time of year when the fields are losing their snow, it is not uncommon to see 100 or more deer between work and home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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