With the return of the green grass, the deer have also returned to our yard. The trailcam has been quiet for months, capturing an occasional bird or insect crawling across the lens, but nothing else.
By the way, the time stamp is off but we think the dates are correct. I'll have to doublecheck this weekend.
We caught these two roaming through the green of the front yard. No antlers on them, so they were either young bucks or doe.
Here's a young one picked up on the camera late one night. Gosh it looks so small.
Later that night, there were friends coming by (or maybe Mom and siblings?). There were four this time but they were gone by the time the sun came up because no more photos of them in the daytime.
We did capture this one on camera in the daylight another day. A male with a rack of antlers.
I cropped the photo to get a more closeup view. He's probably still youngish, but we're not sure how you count the points on a buck.
Still nice to see them back now that things have greened up. They have never caused any problems (knock on wood) for us. Of course we do have the orchard area sectioned off with the fishing line fencing so they leave those alone. "J" said she sits out on her back deck in the mornings (facing their back pasture which is the other side of that fence in this picture) and has a cup of coffee as she watches them graze in the pasture and hope the fence back and forth.
She said it is very peaceful...
Thanks for sharing your trail cam photos.
ReplyDeleteFrom the looks of it; looks like them feral hogs didn't do any damage to your property. They where just passing through to better pastures I guess.
Enjoy your evening and have a wonderful weekend
No to the feral hogs and there were no more sightings of them. The front yard is so big and expansive we have the camera pointed that way and anything wandering through and up and down the driveway would be captured. Hopefully they were just passing through, ha.
DeleteHow nice to just look and know they like your yard...well, except for the orchard.
ReplyDeleteThey do like our yard and so far, they've stayed away from everything and we're ok with that. They probably just pass through but again, we don't mind, for now anyway, ha. It is beautiful to see them. Can't wait to sit and have our own cup of coffee and enjoy it in person.
DeleteMy dad used to say in the West only the points on one side were counted, so with that, it looks like you have a nice 3 point. In NY, it would be a six pointer. Eye guards don't count as points, but small points on other part of the antlers count if they are big enough to hang a ring one. He was from Montana, and that's how he said they counted them there. No matter how you count them, you have a fine specimen there.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU for this info, we didn't know that. Fascinating to learn things like this, that's what's so wonderful about the internet, meeting new people and learning from their history. :-)
DeleteFor the first few years of a deer's life, bucks TEND to aquire one new pair of points per year (one on each side.) so this guy is likely 3 or 4 years old. At some point, bucks often stop aquiring points and, instead, build height and width on to their antlers, which supports the idea that this guy is still relatively young. :)
ReplyDeleteMore great info! Thank you for this. So he's maybe "teenager ish" in deer years, ha. There's no hunting on most of the properties around us so maybe if they don't roam far, we'll see him get bigger. Thank you again!! We appreciate it.
DeleteWe have a lot of deer at our house. Our cat Binx is fascinated with them. He loves laying by the sliding door watching them.
ReplyDeleteWe never thought about the cat being fascinated by them. I hope we get out there to have Hobart out there and let him see some fun sights in his older age, ha.
DeleteThey are so beautiful. I know they're happy that the green grass has returned to your area. The last picture is pretty enough to frame.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty, especially that green grass that's back with a vengeance, ha. They are lovely creatures for sure.
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