It’s that time again

[GaryH]

[casts_by_fly]

We have a couple in the neighborhood. The single that I saw a couple weeks ago was still shaky legged and mom was licking her down. We’ve got a set of twins around also. I’m sure there are probably two more sets of twins around. 

[Woody B]

We had a fawn bedded down just behind my backyard fence last week.  

[TnRiver46]

Saw a pic online of my brother in law holding a baby deer! Wife was insanely jealous 😆 

[gim]

I saw a buck with antlers starting to grow out last weekend.  I could even see the beginning stages of a "fork" on each side when it looked at me in the distance.

[casts_by_fly]

As if on cue:

 

 

56 minutes ago, gimruis said:

I saw a buck with antlers starting to grow out last weekend.  I could even see the beginning stages of a "fork" on each side when it looked at me in the distance.

 

I’ve seen a couple around now. I think I have a bachelor group around. There were three together about 3 weeks ago and all were starting to fork their g2’s. 

[JackstrawIII]

My craziest fawn story happened probably 10 years ago. I backed my car out of my driveway and noticed a fawn laying in my driveway right where my car had been. Apparently its mom had stashed it under my car for the day. Thank goodness it did not appear to be injured in any way when I backed out. We spent quite a bit of time looking at it, talking to it, etc. and it never budged. Just locked eyes with each member of my family quite calmly. Was really special. 

[fin]

 

I almost stepped on this one walking through the woods a few years ago. It never moved and I never saw or heard Mom.

[TnRiver46]

That’s how they do, just sit completely still. Mother trains them well at a young age. Two years in a row there’s been one just like this in the exact same spot at the base of a post oak tree, not 15 feet from our siding 
 

[Bird]

The deer and the turkeys have learned over the years to nest and raise their young close to the house.

 

They do this to avoid the coyotes. Imo

[GaryH]

[casts_by_fly]

1 hour ago, Bird said:

The deer and the turkeys have learned over the years to nest and raise their young close to the house.

 

They do this to avoid the coyotes. Imo

 

same here.  The one that I saw the mom licking clean went straight t a couple apple trees in my neighbors yard.  Last year it was his mulch.  I had another last year bedded about 20' outside my office window in a wooded rock bed.  Smart critters sometimes.

[Bird]

1 hour ago, GaryH said:

Is that an albino? Or the way the sun is hitting the momma ?

Great photo regardless.

[GaryH]

41 minutes ago, Bird said:

Is that an albino? Or the way the sun is hitting the momma ?

Great photo regardless.

She’s an albino. She’s 8 yrs. old. Been hanging around our property since she was a fawn.

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, GaryH said:

She’s an albino. She’s 8 yrs. old. Been hanging around our property since she was a fawn.

 

 

 

 

 

44 minutes ago, Bird said:

Is that an albino? Or the way the sun is hitting the momma ?

Great photo regardless.

@Bird that’s a close up of her.

[gim]

2 hours ago, Bird said:

The deer and the turkeys have learned over the years to nest and raise their young close to the house.

 

They do this to avoid the coyotes. Imo

Doesn’t stop the yotes here. They will walk right into someone’s yard and snatch a cat or small dog. They aren’t dumb or afraid, they’re smart. Follow the food.

[Bird]

52 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Doesn’t stop the yotes here. They will walk right into someone’s yard and snatch a cat or small dog. They aren’t dumb or afraid, they’re smart. Follow the food.

Yes, I've seen many videos of yotes snatching cats and even small dogs.

We live in a remote mountainous area where they seem to stay far away...... but we here them.

 

[gim]

11 hours ago, Bird said:

Yes, I've seen many videos of yotes snatching cats

 

Doesn't bother me one bit.  They can pick off as many stray or feral cats as they want.

[Susky River Rat]

I found a bed walking my dog a few days ago. He was very interested in the smell. 

[Functional]

On 6/4/2024 at 8:03 PM, gimruis said:

Doesn’t stop the yotes here. They will walk right into someone’s yard and snatch a cat or small dog. They aren’t dumb or afraid, they’re smart. Follow the food.

back when I lived in NY we got a call to come take care of some coyotes after they killed a deer AGAINST the side of someone's house. Scared the life out of their younger kids. 

 

Living in the south they are cautious to come up to even a caller thats 150 yards from a house.

 

Think it depends on if they are used to population or if they are more country. No idea where you live but that's a guess. 

[gim]

40 minutes ago, Functional said:

Think it depends on if they are used to population or if they are more country. No idea where you live but that's a guess. 

 

Oh absolutely.  All of the wildlife by me are used to people and pets because I live in a suburban environment.  Can't hunt any of them here either.

 

Out in a more rural area wildlife definitely has a fear of human activity because they can be hunted.  If I see a yote when I'm deer, pheasant, or turkey hunting, they are GONE in seconds.

[TnRiver46]

On 6/4/2024 at 8:03 PM, gimruis said:

Doesn’t stop the yotes here. They will walk right into someone’s yard and snatch a cat or small dog. They aren’t dumb or afraid, they’re smart. Follow the food.

I saw coyote crap in my front yard yesterday 

[gim]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

I saw coyote crap in my front yard yesterday 

 

Honestly I would worry about someone's dog getting into it in a yard.  When I pheasant hunt, a trap is something I always worry about.  Luckily I've never encountered one but that doesn't mean I won't.