Our "pet" deer

[Barb]

Look what was in our front yard a couple hours ago, 5:30pm, getting dark.  We have seen 6 or 7 at a time before but never 9!  6 Does and 3 fawns born last Spring.  Not a buck in sight.  They were about 40 feet in front of our house, I took the pic through 2 glass doors,  They would have run off if I went outside or even opened the door.  These deer eat lots of what I plant, but we enjoy them anyway.  There are plenty of deer where we are moving in a few months, so we won't be deerless.
Barb

[LizStreithorst]

Wow, you are so lucky.  They're all over my woods but I rarely get to see one because of the dogs.

[Mugwump]

..a pretty sight there, Barb....thanks for sharing.. ...

[wsantia1]

Wow, that is a lot of deer.  They look great.  I saw 3 at one time during my early morning walk a couple of weeks ago.  Thanks for sharing.

[GraphicGr8s]

We've had up to 10 in our yard. And every time I have neither a camera nor a bow and arrow.

[b125killer]

That's cool, i have seen turkeys and a red fox in my yard. The deer stay away but i know there around. I have seen there tracks. I have also heard coyotes close to the house but didn't see them. It's rutting season for the deer. I have to watch out for them when I drive too and from work.

[ilroost]

Cool. Don't see to many deer around the farm, but a lot of possums,skunks,coons and coyotes. With the chickens there is always some critter lurking

[PaulineMi]

That's such a pretty sight. We had a lot of deer where we used to live. Now we only see them occasionally. 

[Bushkill]

We've had up to 10 in our yard. And every time I have neither a camera nor a bow and arrow.

Nor behind the wheel of a truck with a cow catcher.

We have so many, they actually outnumber the human population. If you go hiking on any trail in Pa. north of I80, all you see is a band of darkness right up to 7 feet high. They don't give anything much of a chance. Pa. game commission manages the seasons to maximize deer populations.

We live in an area that has lots of weekend homes and every so often, you'll see the typical newcomers' mistake. Last fall the guy down the road planted a LONG row of 6 foot tall arborvitae. The first time Caroline and I drove past it, all I could say was "the deer are gonna eat good in the hood this winter". Sure enough, by February all 20 of them looked like Charlie Brown Xmas trees. So what did he do this year? Planted another 20 in between the dead ones! Gotta have $ to burn.

[LizStreithorst]

lol  Wonder how long it will take him to learn?

[Barb]

Not much of a gardener is he?  I have lost so many plants to deer here, but I have learned what they do and don't eat, so I don't make the same mistake twice.  Pansies are their very favorite treat.  Like a candy bar to us I guess.
Barb

[BallAquatics]

Mine like to eat the tender new shoots of my black raspberry plants...

Dennis

[LizStreithorst]

Mine like to eat the tender new shoots of my black raspberry plants...

Dennis

I haven't eaten a raspberry since I was a kid up north.  If I were able to grow raspberries here I would take up hunting if a dear nibbled my tender new shoots.  I'd have a freezer full of meat, too boot