thanks, there's minimal sign at the bottom, you're right i have seen some tracks and droppings, but its very sparce, looks like it could well be 1 deer. i looked.

On the ridges, the acorns, theres no sign at the oaks at all. Just the squirrels enjoying an all you can eat fest I was perplexed by that as well as crop edges, it just seems very off; not seen it before in an area this large and with heavy deer pop years prior.

im hoping im wrong, but it sure looks like a ghost bush