Strike Two
When I got home from the fire department drill last night the garage door for the Del Sol was open, which I thought was kind of odd. When I got into the house, Lori told me why. She had hit … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: deer
Leave Them Alone
I finally had to resort to caging my little escalonia starts because the deer were determined to make a bonsai garden out of them. I think they realized that some day these shrubs were going to grow up to become … Continue reading →
The Perpetrator
After going down Friday night to pick her up out of the hospital it was too late to drive back to Ferndale. We went back this morning and on the way stopped so Heidi could take some photos of the … Continue reading →
Scared Deer
Going out to the truck this morning I came across a doe and her two Bambies munching away in our yard (amazingly they were eating weeds!). I startled them and mommy deerest took off, crossing the driveway and lept over … Continue reading →
Bambi #1 & #2
Lori loves seeing the fawns every year, and a few days ago she was wondering why she hadn’t seen any. We’ve been seeing a lot of bucks around lately, but no babies. So of course the day that Lori leaves … Continue reading →
Mountain Lion Food
Here is why it didn’t surprise me to the mountain lion tracks yesterday. Today there were 14-15 rose destroyers in the Bugenig’s field which is the largest herd I’ve seen over there. Definitely time to cull the herd.
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Deer hunting season is just over, otherwise this guy probably wouldn’t be so conspicuous. He was in the neighbor’s yard, along with about 6 other deer. I’m not sure, but I think he’s expressing his opinion on the recent weather … Continue reading →
Good Deer
With the heavy rains this year, the deer haven’t been such a problem in the yard. I think first off, most of them must have been stuck on the other side of the creek when it came up. Second for … Continue reading →
Flying Buck
This picture was taken the morning of July 4th, but I knew I would have a better July 4th picture to show, and this could have happened any day, so we’re going to pretend it was the morning of July … Continue reading →
Hello Gertrude!
I came home from a firecall today to find a two point buck back by the garage. I ran inside and grabbed the 500mm lense and camera expecting to get a great picture of it. Unfortunately the batteries died just … Continue reading →
Automatic Tree Pruning
Here we have totally appropriate deer behavior, munching on the abundant supply of willow trees that line the creek. This morning both Galen and Ricky were pretty interested in keeping the deer out of our yard, and surprisingly, the deer … Continue reading →
Cats vs. Deer (part II)
I really don’t understand our cats. They are afraid of Sophie the bunny who is 1/6 their weight, while Sophie is totally fearless of the cats. Then on the other hand, Galen and Ricky are both very curious about the … Continue reading →
A rare buck
Here’s something that Linda didn’t get to see. We’ve had baby dear and momma dear pictures this last week, so to be fair, here’s the male side of the family. We don’t see bucks very often, and they aren’t the … Continue reading →
More backyard wildlife
Double Bambi
The evening of the fourth ended up being wet, so I didn’t take the camera out to record our fireworks. Once I figured out how to light them in the rain we had fun. (I finally resorted to using a … Continue reading →
Everybody say “ahhh”
Deer are now an everyday occurence in our yard. But this guy is definitely the smallest one we’ve seen. I’m beginning to think I should just give up on gardening and take up raising deer as a hobby.”
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