This long weekend, the backyard had about 10 inch snow. So it's fairly easy to spot the footprint of white-tail deers. I noticed a dozen white-tails gathering together in a close quarter around 2 PM, in less than 200 yard away in the woods. Using a binocular 7x50mm, I can tell there is a 4-pointer buck and all the rest are does. I am wondering what happened to the big buck that I saw last year :-(
The bedding area is about 100 yards away from houses, without thick brushes. so I can see clearly without a binocular. And my kids can spot them too.
During the night with bright moon light, I can see them foraging away from their bedding area around 4 PM. passing my backyard , across the road. They are very reactive to car noise on the road.
Every night, they moved their bedding area a little bit ( 50 yards ) from the previous night for some reason.
This dozen deers are loosely divided into 2 doe groups and a lonely buck. And I even saw the young does running in circle near the bedding area. I guess she is very happy with a full stomach.
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