A few deer at the house...

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When I was looking out off the deck yesterday morning, I noticed these across the neighbors fence. We have deer around our house just about every day, but we don't often see any Bucks that are as big as this big guy...
I've got a 30 inch 4 point Mule Deer hanging on the wall, and this guy is definitely bigger than mine.

Its always a good start to the day, to see the critters out and about. Now if I could just get the big buck, to go to the area where I hunt :D

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Wow they are beautiful......:thumbup:
A great portent for a excellent new year Mike:)
 
BloodGroove4570 said:
Hes a beauty:thumbup:, thanks for posting.
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Your welcome.

Alfaholic said:
Wow they are beautiful......:thumbup:
A great portent for a excellent new year Mike:)
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Thanks Steven. I hope you had a good New Years, and have a great 2011.

DennisStrickland said:
great pics all i saw today was one squirrel. thanks for the treat.--dennis
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Absolutely Dennis. I see the deer so often, sometimes I take them for granted.
We have some other very nice Bucks around here, but they are not near as big as the one in the picture

dipbait said:
WOW! Thats an impressive rack.
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It really is. The pictures don't do it any justice. Its even more impressive up close
 
I don't have any that nice but I have one decent 4 x 4 mulie. I'm in an agricultural area so they REALLY like my neighborhood because of all the orchard grass and alfalfa fields. The woman who sold me the place once had a fish & game guy come out to do a count so she could get a depredation tag. At the time of his visit, he saw 67 deer hanging around the property. She got the tag.

Before anybody plants any decorative vegetation around here, they always ask the nursery employees: "Do deer like it?".

If I go out and trim trees, I leave the downed branches for a few days before cleaning up. When I return, all but the thickest parts of the branches are gone. Maybe they get tired of orchard grass and alfalfa?

Thanks for the great photos!

DancesWithKnives
 
A Rottweiler on a thick chain would probably move that hobo problem to somewhere more hospitable and might even back some of the small critters off to the next property.

If I get a dog I'm sure I'll see a lot fewer "lawn deer", quail, and bunnies.

DancesWithKnives
 
DWK2 said:
I don't have any that nice but I have one decent 4 x 4 mulie. I'm in an agricultural area so they REALLY like my neighborhood because of all the orchard grass and alfalfa fields. The woman who sold me the place once had a fish & game guy come out to do a count so she could get a depredation tag. At the time of his visit, he saw 67 deer hanging around the property. She got the tag.

Before anybody plants any decorative vegetation around here, they always ask the nursery employees: "Do deer like it?".

If I go out and trim trees, I leave the downed branches for a few days before cleaning up. When I return, all but the thickest parts of the branches are gone. Maybe they get tired of orchard grass and alfalfa?

Thanks for the great photos!

DancesWithKnives
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It doesn't take them long to clean things up does it :D
When the snow starts getting deeper, I'll put out a couple bails of Alfalfa for them. They do fine on their own when things aren't covered in snow, but they can always use a little help in the middle of winter

GingivitisKahn said:
My backyard has squirrels, groundhogs and hobos. Think I'd rather hang out in yours. :D

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Beckerhead #42
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Yep. No hobos in my back yard. At least that I know of :D
 
That's very kind of you to supplement their feed a bit. With so much development, a lot of their natural forage disappears.

I'm lucky in that this area doesn't usually get deep snow and I'm within walking distance of over a thousand acres of orchard grass, alfalfa, and winter wheat. So my neighbors are carrying much of the feed burden.;)

DancesWithKnives
 
DWK2 said:
That's very kind of you to supplement their feed a bit. With so much development, a lot of their natural forage disappears.

I'm lucky in that this area doesn't usually get deep snow and I'm within walking distance of over a thousand acres of orchard grass, alfalfa, and winter wheat. So my neighbors are carrying much of the feed burden.;)

DancesWithKnives
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Thats nice of your neighbors to help out :D I like helping them out a little when they need it. The way I look at it, its small price to pay, to be able to live in the area we do. I tend to take for granted sometimes, being able to walk outside and see deer 20 - 30 feet from my door..

We have a good Mule deer and Elk population here. My son is in middle school, and last year there was a small herd of Elk hanging out at his school.

He has spent so much time with us camping and hunting, that it really didn't phase him. He did tell me that, there were an awful lot of kids that were freaking out because they had never seen a real Elk that close before before
 
Cool!

I've done a fair amount of elk hunting but the thing that freaked me out was the CA coastal park just below the OR border. Some friends and I stopped for a hike when in the area and near the beach there were 6-7 very large Roosevelt bulls. Mostly 6x6 but maybe one large-bodied 5x5. One was within 20 ft. of the trail and the rest were within about 30-40 ft. The elk were feeding while a crowd of 10-20 people accumulated to take pictures. It was quite something to be that close to such huge elk.

I was looking for a new place to live at the time and we sent a photo to one of my elk hunting buddies in Missoula asking what he thought of the land we were touring. Didn't mention the state park part!

DancesWithKnives
 
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