Sleeping Deer

 

Hunting With My Camera

It's hunting season here in Virginia, which means my man is off on the hinter parts of the farm looking for that elusive buck.

Meanwhile, I took the photos below from the house this morning. This one will live another day.

He's a pretty deer. I'm glad I was the one doing the "shooting" and not my husband.

At Rest

I caught this nice little buck taking a rest the other day. He's an 8-point buck, but not large enough to shoot. He'll wait for another day, I hope.

On the Porch, Not the Rooftop

Last night as I fixed dinner, I had something in the microwave that would take five minutes, so I told Alexa to play Uptown Funk and I went to dancing. My husband was in the shower. 

I danced by the front door, and saw deer. They kept coming closer, despite the music and my gyrations. I grabbed my camera. One of them came right up to the porch. Yes, they get that close. 

I left the door frame in the photos to give an idea of how close they really are sometimes.

 

Another Deer Picture

 

A Good Photo

I shot this early this morning using a Nikon Coolpix B700.

Turkey Trot

I glanced out my office window and saw two tom turkeys strutting and chasing after a female over in the woods.

Nothing to do but grab the camera!

 

I was so zoned in on the turkeys I didn't even realize I'd taken this photo of a deer and turkeys until I downloaded the pictures. It is always nice to manage a shot of a deer and turkey at the same time!

The Bucks Stop Here

In Velvet

 

Oh Deer!

 

Deer

 

We have quite the deer herd visiting us in front of the house almost daily. I've counted as many as a dozen, but generally it's about nine. They like to lay in the area in front of the house, where it is sheltered from everything but my eyes.

I enjoy watching them rest like that. They seem so content and unwary.

We have too many deer on the farm now. Not enough hunters. Some of these animals are quite small and while some are last year's fawns and still growing, deer are not as large as they once were, when the population was better control.

Too bad we can't round them up and haul them off to auction like we do the cattle. They might stand a better chance than roaming around in the wild, where there's not enough food for all of them now.

Here's Lookin' At You

 

Fawns at Play

 

Peaceful Scene

I can't often get all the critters in one shot like this. Deer and turkey in the front field.

Autumn Colors