Camera 1 – 11/07/2019 – My Baby Boy!
Even though I appreciate the gentle beauty of deer and have posted a blog in the past. I have not spent as much time on the deer as I have the large predators, but now I want to focus on one young male, my baby boy.
The location of this house provides numerous opportunities to observe families of deer. One little fawn and I had no idea if it was a male or female, frequented a spot beneath our back deck. Whenever the mother would move away the baby would, of course, follow. When the family returned the baby sought-out the area beneath the deck once again. I began to recognize this deer as it grew up not by any specific physical characteristics but by its behavior. He is a solitary adult male now but he is still my baby boy!
Camera 5 – 08/23/2019 – Up close and personal! He still had the velvet on his antlers.
Once I opened the back door and stepped out on the deck, and suddenly there was loud thrashing thumping beneath me. Almost immediately a buck with a full rack of antlers emerged. It was my baby boy. Then during a snowfall earlier this year, I was building my first snowman and when I looked up not more than four or five feet away stood a male deer. It was my baby boy. I said, “hello.” There was no response, of course, and he slowly walked away pausing to look at me a couple of more times.
Camera 1 – 09/06/2018 – 12:58pm
Camera 1 – 09/15/2018 – 1:47pm
November 7th, my baby boy returned to his spot under the deck. I watched his entry and tried to go quietly outside, but he was immediately aware of my presence. So he quickly came out, looked at me, and slowly moved on. He is quite large now, and such a handsome guy. I don’t know if he is mature enough to start a family of his own, but it is November and the “rutting season.” I’ll be watching and waiting.
Camera 4 – 11/07/2019 – He came out from beneath the deck, and paused to look at me before walking away.
“The mating or ‘rutting’ season occurs during November and early December. Bucks can be observed running back and forth across the roads in the pursuit of does. After the rut, the bucks tend to hide and rest, often nursing wounds. They suffer broken antlers, and have lost weight. They drop their antlers between January and March. Antlers on the forest floor provide a source of calcium and other nutrients to other forest inhabitants. Bucks regrow their antlers beginning in April through to August.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_deer
“The gestation period for does is 6–7 months, with fawns being born in late May and into June. Twins are the rule, although young does often have only single fawns. Triplets can also occur. Fawns weigh 2.7 to 4 kg (6.0 to 8.8 lb) and have no scent for the first week or so. This enables the mother to leave the fawn hidden while she goes off to browse and replenish her body after giving birth. She must also eat enough to produce enough milk to feed her fawns. Although does are excellent mothers, fawn mortality rate is 45 to 70%. Does are very protective of their young and humans are viewed as predators.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_deer
I look forward to updating you on my baby boy!
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