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Elizaray |
Posted - Apr 09 2007 : 8:16:31 PM White tail deer have amazing hearing. So one day as I was wandering through the woods I was suprised and awed that about 20 feet away was a family group of white tailed deer laying down to escape the hot summer heat. I paused and grabbed a near by Juniper tree to steady myself so I wouldn't make more noise than necessary.
The male of the group looked at me and studied me as if trying to decide if I was a threat. We stared at each other for what felt like forever. Then as if they had spoken to each other they got up and bounded away deeper into the forest. I got the sense that they weren't afraid of me, but rather that they were just going somewhere a bit quieter.
I was completely awed and just sat down for a moment as the reality of what I had just seen sunk in. I eventually made my way over to their wallows. I remember pressing my hand into the stag's wallow and feeling a tiny bit of residual body heat and finding a few whisps of shed fur.
I hope I never forget that memory or those feelings!
Elizaray |
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Elizaray |
Posted - May 31 2007 : 4:21:05 PM Oh I hope the momma came back for her baby!
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Jen |
Posted - Apr 30 2007 : 11:56:07 AM We were driving to town yesterday & my husband caught sight of a deer lying down in some tight saplings just up the road from our house. I stopped & he got out to peek, and as I watched, I could see something flopping strangely. My first thought was that it was injured, but it jumped up & I still saw an odd movement where it had been. Chris said, "It looks really wet on the ground up there." Suddenly, it all fell into place in my brain: springtime, doe down, wetness - birth! Chris jumped back in the car & we took off, hoping mama would return promptly for her newborn. Sometimes I think that if we humans were a little less, well, human that the wild world might be better off!
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