Doe in the garden.

Well, they're back, & this time in the daylight. I first shot some of them after dark last year:
Midnight Applenappers; thieves in the night.

This was in the evening & I had to shoot through a bush. I was laying behind it & trying to raise up enough to find a hole & my back didn't like that one bit! The AF was giving me fits, so I tried MF & missed by a bit.

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Stunning beauty!

Wonderful!

Very Nice!!!

good shots

She was! The next time I'm there I'll keep my eyes open for her & try to do better.

Thanks for the comments!

I think its great you have them in your back yard to see and photograph. I know it is frustrating though when they eat from gardens and orchards.

The apples aren't all that great, so they can have all they want. OTOH, a friend lives in a Detroit suburb & they eat his wifes flowers & everything else. He says that they're so tame that he has to chase them to get them to leave.

I know exactly what you mean about them being so tame they have to be chased away, there are plenty like that around this area in town where my parents live.

I'd expect that in MT "where the deer & the antelope play...", but in a crowded, busy Detroit suburb? They've learned that they're safe there, but I'd expect more fear of all the moving things like cars & dogs.

As lond as they have suitable food, shelter, and security they adapt pretty well to living in back yards when those conditions are met. I drives a lot of people crazy trying to protect their landscaping, gardens and trees. In the local town here there a lot of dogs and the deer are thick. Some days you just about can't look anywhere without seeing a deer. They even get hit by vehicles on main street where the speed limit is 25 mph. It didn't used to be like that around here when I was younger, and even though I have to protect my property to keep them from totally destroying it I still enjoy having them around to look at.

I used to date a woman who lived on a lake & noticed that everyone else has goose crap on their beach but hers & asked her why that was. She said that in the spring when they were small, she'd throw pebbles at them & chase them away. When they had grown up, they still stayed away.
Maybe the solution to your problem, & mine, might be a low powered slingshot?

PhotosGuy wrote in post #8588305
I used to date a woman who lived on a lake & noticed that everyone else has goose crap on their beach but hers & asked her why that was. She said that in the spring when they were small, she'd throw pebbles at them & chase them away. When they had grown up, they still stayed away.
Maybe the solution to your problem, & mine, might be a low powered slingshot?

I'm sure that would help to keep them away, if you had time enough to get it done. In my case and others in this locality we are greatly out numbered by the deer, and I figure it's just easier to put cages around the trees until they are big enough the deeer will not kill them by eating or rubbing them. I really like having the deer around, but wish they would be a little easier on them. I think the deer don't mind having the homes around either, since people water and grow stuff they have a lot more food than the would have otherwise, plus they don't get shot at as much during hunting season with houses around every 10-20 acres.

I figure I moved into "their" homeland, and we'll share the land.

Thanks, ford_JJ!

Good point!

A good ground blind with some corn will get them close. But you can create problems with to many. Nice shots.