Look what I just spotted on my front lawn

Do I live in a cool neighborhood or what?

jealous

Until you plant flowers and they eat them.

Pretty cool.

I saw a couple of bucks in my parking lot a few years ago, battling it out. I was more worried about one of them slamming my car. Those are CRAZY common out here. I almost clipped one on 35E coming home from the bar (and before you say are you SURE.... you were at the bar..... I was sober cab) and that's one of the biggest highways in the state.

We threw some stale cookies out on the deck and a red fox came up and was munching them down. We can hear her bark at nights, too.

you see deer, I see doe burgers

I'm starting to think a coyote as moved in around here. I have heard the howl a couple of times. The first time I was on the porch about 10pm with no lights on. Scared the crap out of me.

Toyman, that wouldn't surprise me a bit. The Alcoa plant just down from you has ~8k acres of woods around it.

fasted58 wrote: you see deer, I see doe burgers

I see bacon-wrapped venison filets.

Here in the DC suburbs we're awash in deer. I'm like 1/2 mile from the DC line and there's huge white tail bucks sauntering down the street. I almost was flattened by one while cycling in Rock Creek park last year. I came from my 4:00 o'clock in a dead run and missed my handlebar by about 2'. The car passing me and oncoming cars almost collected me after the deer missed.

I feel bad for 'em. They've got nowhere to go due to all the building and there's a gazillion of them 'cause there lots to eat an no predators aside from cars.

I had one run out in front of me the other night. I think it wanted me to chase it. It jumped out in front of my Ram and started running in front of me. I was on the brakes and I swear it was trying to match my speed while staying just ahead of me. Then it made the next left. Interesting but weird.

I'm glad he didn't loose traction or I would have wound up hosing him out from under the truck.

I used to chase 'em on my horse. Now that was fun!

We call the Natchez Trace "The Deer Road" for a reason.

I like my area. I've had as many as 15 deer and 16 turkeys in my yard (deer/turkeys not at the same time).

Here in Morris County, NJ, they're in my yard every day. Along with fox and coyote. And, of course, groundhogs, which are ubiquitous here.

We have a summer home in Sussex County, NJ and we're always seeing bear and red fox there, especially in the Fall.

One of our bears.

Deer picking apples off our apple tree.

Various critters.

silly people....this is the proper view

Grtechguy wrote: silly people....this is the proper view </blockquot FREEZE GOPHER!!

Deere? They're like squirrels around here. I have a family of 6 that live in my back yard.

Coyotes are always fun to see in the woods about 18' back from the edge of your backyard..that and the owls and hawks leaving the lower intestines and back legs still attached to the hips of their dinner in your yard. Deer are welcome compared to that stuff.

True story: Our house backs up to a small wooded area - deer jump the 5' fence like its nothing and come eat our hostas and other plants, so its not too uncommon to see several a year in our small yard. Our property slopes down away from the house towards the back, so the floor inside is actually about 4' off the ground outside in the back of the house. One morning just before dawn , the dog is staring out the back window in our bedroom, frozen - not moving a muscle. Because its not light outside yet, and the lights are on in the bedroom, it appears black outside. I turn out the light, and then I can see why hes disturbingly statuesque - a big 8 point buck is staring in the window at the dog and us...the height difference due to that elevation drop in the back yard puts my husky and this huge buck nose to nose...separated by just the widow glass. Neither moves for several minutes. Then, silently, in 2 bounds, the thing is gone, over the tall fence. He came back to watch us get dressed for a few more mornings...peeping tom deer...weird. Bandit was always at the window waiting...hed be whimpering ad fidgety as he waited, and you could tell the deer was there when he would go silent and still. Probably happened for about 5 days in a row, and I think he was honestly a little sad when the deer stopped showing up. I wonder if hes on a wall some where or just moved on.

bravenrace wrote: Deere? They're like squirrels around here. I have a family of 6 that live in my back yard.

6 of them?!

Deer jerky. Yummy.

We have a cabin surrounded by a national forest in Northern Wisconsin, and we have a documented wolf pack in our area. It's pretty neat to be sitting around the campfire at night and to hear the coyotes running after some prey and then hear the wolves move in and prey on the coyotes. After that you stay pretty close to the light of the campfire.

Venison chili = omfgood

4cylndrfury wrote: hot Venison jerky= omfgood

fixed that for you

Deer have replaced raccoons as the most likely animal to find routing through your trash around here.