A Back Yard Surprise

[Ray S S]

A couple of days ago, Karen glanced out the living room window and saw this deer standing about 12 feet from the
house. It appeared to be looking in at her. My camera was right there handy so she got some pics. While she was
watching it, I pulled in the driveway and came in the side door just barely out of sight of the deer. She heard
me close the door and turned to look then bolted for the woods. We often see them in the yard, but never saw one
come that close to the house and stand there and pose for a pic. Sometimes, too they run across the road and
run a few feet of the house on their way to the woods in back but are moving too fast to get any pictures.

Here are three of the pics she took.

Enjoy,

Ray

 

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[Charmin]

That's really good, Ray. Put some corn out there and you'll have lots more. We've started feeding the deer outside our yard fence and have 10-15 coming in every evening. Three of them are beautiful bucks!
kind regards,
sandcreek

 

[sasnz]

they sure are a majestic animal. Nice pics too

Sasnz

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

She is a beauty! Tell Karen congrats on some great shots! I hope you see more of her.

 

[naturegirl]

It's so cool when they come up close like that. Your heart just skips a beat. We feed the deer also, they are starting to show up right after dark now, they will get braver as the weather gets colder. One fall we watched a young one, still with spots, came bursting through the brush headed for the feeder, Mom stamped her foot a few times, and Jr. stopped, then walked cautiously to the corn. Haven't had one come that close to the house though.

naturegirl

 

[extractor]

Healthy lookin deer. Wish it was in our back yard.

 

[Ray S S]

Hello, Sandcreek4 Yup they love that corn. And we have been having a lot of corn-on-the-cob ( it is so
good)lately and I've been throwing the husks out there just into the woods a bit. By the tracks there
have been some deer chewing on them but most of them is eatten by the smaller critters. Those bucks
of yours would be fun to watch. Those bucks can get your blood circulating pretty good. LOL
Thanks for your reply,

Ray

Greetings, Sansz, Yes they are. I would rather watch them now and shoot them with a camera that
shoot them with a gun. I guess I must have had enough of that when I was younger. It's been a few
years now since I have been out hunting.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.

Ray


Thanks Country Girl, for your response and the good wishes. I told Karen that you said congrats on
her pics of the deer and she said thank you

Ray

 

[Ray S S]

Hello, Naturegirl, it is always more fun when they come up close enough to the house to be
able to see them clearly from inside. Like you mentioned about the doe and fawn, it always
amazes me at how well the mothers of wildlife can communicate certain signals from her to
remind them about their safety and the young understand and act accordingly.

Thanks for the interesting reply.

Ray


Hi there extractor, yeah, I'll bet. And, also, I hope she comes back soon to our yard.

Thanks for your comments,

Ray

 

[Tank69]

great pics I agree throw out some corn or even a few apples there both like deer crack , they cant get enough of either

 

[Ray S S]

Thanks, Tank, I throw day-old bread out there. That works too. But you guys are right, they do go for
the corn and apples.

Ray

 

[allen]

good job on those great pics !!

 

[ivan salis]

she was most like checking out the tomato plant I see in the photo --they like most flowers too --- like candy sweets to em.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Good looking MI deer

 

[Ray S S]

ivan salis, she might have been. We have other tomato plants here and nothing has bothered them. Just
out of sight to the left is a large Hibiscus plant loaded with the dinner-plate flowers and it looked
like she might have nibbled on a couple before Karen spotted her. Thanks for the reply

Thanks, 4-h, we really enjoy seeing them, too. This one was especially fun, being so close to
the window.

Ray