We've bought our house back in 1999, so about 17 years now. In that time we've had many, many visitors, two-legged, four-legged and even some without legs. However, in all this time we've never had the pleasure of, or at least "seen", an adult White-tailed deer buck. Of course they're out there, if for no other reason than all the spotted fawns we've seen over the years but the buck has been stealthy.
That all changed on November 18 of this year and what a treat it was. For not only was there a big handsome 8-point buck calmly hanging out in our backyard, he was also hanging with a doe!
He was definitely smitten with her and didn't stray too far from her. They were both contently nibbling on leaves and branches but oh so vigilant at the same time too.
He spotted the neighbor getting into his car -
He had some itches, prolly ticks -
At one point a black cat even ambled by to join the photo op -
They both hung out for well over an hour but eventually as the neighborhood awoke they were driven off and into the thicker, wetland underbrush they went.
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