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On the way home from work this evening I was reminded to keep a look out for deer as one dashed across the road stretched before me. The woods are home to critters that don't pay attention to traffic signals or the road I travel on between work and home. They have their own trails they follow on a daily basis and the black top road that brings me home each night seems to interfere with their forest trails.I love this pic that was forwarded to me in an email. It seems the tables are turned a bit in this deer woodland traffic jam illustration. It says to me, "stay out of our way - this is OUR road." It is apparent that this happy deer highway route was probably generated due to a supplemental program which I have no issues with. I love that these animals are managed and cared for by wildlife programs during harsh winter seasons. Each time I purchase a hunting tag, I know that the funds are being put to good use. However, if I'm being honest, there is one thing that does bother me a bit... when I see some folk feeding deer and it is obvious that there is plenty of food around for the deer to survive. It seems they are simply wanting the big game to drop their antlers in their backyard in the spring. That just unnerves me. What do you think? Is this an issue in your neck of the woods?
And on a lighter note... I bet there are a few good captions out there for the above picture. What caption would you put with this pic?
I hear several conversations going on at once... "OMG where have u been." "Does this coat make my tail look big" "Where's that big buck of yours". "I can't beleive she came showed up after last years rut." etc, etc, etc.
ReplyDeleteOne young buck loses control and hits the dirt, then all the rubber neckers just cause mayhem.
ReplyDeleteGreat to turn it around like that, Emily, and picture our roads interfering with their trails!
ReplyDeleteOne frequent concern I've heard about deer clustering tightly together at feed sites is that diseases (like CWD) spread more easily. It's no longer an issue here in Vermont, as all feeding and baiting was recently outlawed.
As for the pic caption, hmmmm. They look like they're standing in line. Santa's Sleigh Audition Day?
"Any of you seen a toll booth around here?"
ReplyDelete"Great, someone rolled over and spilled their tarsal gland all over the highway, and now all of us have to wait."
Those are my two stabs at a caption.
I don't mind supplemental feeding where it is needed, but I struggle with the individuals who feed deer in their backyard just because they're cute and they want to watch them.
That tends to irk me, just because of the disease spreading it can cause, and because those type of people are the same ones later on who would be complaining because they had a deer come crashing through their sliding glass door.
I'm done with my rant now.:)
Mornin' neighbor!
ReplyDeleteSven in Colorado here....redirected over to your blog from Brigid's place full of Mausers and Muffins.
It does this old heart good to see and read tales of gals and their guys hunting and fishing together.
Ms. "D" and I have spent some of our finest moment together knee deep in a trout stream, or walking the cut corn, hunting pheasant.
I stand on the same side of the fence as "Simply Outdoors". Supplemental feeding, particularly in sub-urban settings,
leads to a familiarity that invariably leads to some kind of unexpected human / beast encounter. Witness the recent deaths in and around Aspen where bears...well they acted like bears!