Deer and more Deer

I woke up this morning and I decided to watch some television. As I was watching tv, I looked out the window and saw a brown animal. I got up and saw that it was a big deer wandering around the back yard. It continued walking around the back yard until it got to our white tomatoe buckets. It was eating the weeds that were growing in the buckets.

I went back to watching tv until I noticed the deer acting skittish. I got up and went to the far side of the house to look out the window. I happened to notice that there were eight to ten deer on the side of the house. They ranged from what I think might have been a buck (antlers shed) and several does. Two were yearlings, the others were a little older. Paul and I need to buy some deer chow and start feeding them.

That is the most deer I have observed on our property at any given time. The females are probably pregnant and need nurishment to see the fawns born in the best condition. You can sure see how the change in habitat and the drought is having an impact on the herd. We have also been hearing a lot of activity from the coyotes in the neighborhood. We have been hearing a lot of yipping across the street.