Michigan deer are very very hungry!(PIC)
 

I live in a sub-division with 247 homes and I'm right smack dab in the middle....

My wife told me the deer were eating our landscape so I went out to do some magic man trackin in the snow...YEP....THEY WERE.

So I went down to the man cave and loaded up the I40...

She was right....The little(doe?) never even touched my squirrel feed...they're all over anything green on the trees..247 homes guys...and I'm in the middle...Crazy!

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How much snow you got Brian?

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I'm holding about 14 inches in my yard right now Steve...+ drifts.

We just keep getting pounded...and its bitter...0 degrees.

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I wonder if some of the heavily populated southern counties will losesome deer due to winter starvation? Normally they don't lose much, but we've had above average snowfall and bitter temps. I guess mother nature has a way of trying tobalance things out. I hear a lot of people complaining that they can't feed the deer. If they have to feed them in the southern counties to survive, there are too many. I wish that would lead to more hunters harvesting does in the fall.[&o]

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Winter and Deep snow can be tough on animals. Thank Goodness we don't have to deal with it very often down here.

Dan

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We in PA have been pounded too. While the snow isn't as deep, its mostly ice. We had 3-4" of snow, then an inch of ice, then 3-4 more inches of snow, then more ice. It's layered up pretty nasty. Combined with temps in the single digits for the past week, yeah, its been nasty here too. Hopefully it won't last much longer.

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I don't know what part of Pa you're in but in northern Clearfield county,we have well over 2 feet on the ground.The deer are starting to get pushed off the higher elevatations and into the valleys.This may end up being a tough year for deer in some areas around here.The deer didn't have the benefit of a heavy mast crop and if they got stuck in areas with little browse,we'll see some mortality and decreased fawn recruitment.

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It's been a tough COLD winter here in OH thus far as well, compounded by the drought at the end of our growing season, and I'm expecting to have some wintering deaths and decreased fawn production. Some of the acorns I picked up this fall were literally wrinkled in a raisin-like manner, which I'm sure means they weren't nearly as "nutritious" as they may have been otherwise. But they are TOUGH animals and they have an amazing will to survive.

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wow, that's kinda weird, but I guess if I was that hungry I would travel too.

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nice surprise in your yard.

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It's all that damn global warming....[&:]

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I feel for them in my area. We got a couple inches of ice week ago and then snow dumped on top of it making it very difficult for them to dig into it. I had six out back when I left for wings tonight.

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wow if they want they ain't afraid to get it!

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They're still coming in...this big doe came in with a yearling. I gotta get you guys a google earth shot of where my house is compared to the closed woods. It would really put things into perspective.

Latest pic!

If you're coming in late..this is in my back yard....no woods within a 1/2 mile ...247 home subdivision...and I'm in the middle. I'm guessing they're bedding in our sub-division in a small1 acre swail about 300 yards from my house...

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I took these pictures on New Years day. I live on the edge of a city of ~40,000 people. I knew they were coming at night but I never saw them during the day. She even bedded down for awhile.

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Second Pic

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Awesome!

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Theyre so used to having a lot of food when baiting was legal. Now theyre wondering where it all went.

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Just a thought, you could leave a trail of hay,lettuce,corn, into your drive....into the garage....Think about it!.......?...?

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Hell, I might even follow it...... free lunch!!

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You've head of deer getting spooked and crashing through windows haven't you? I bet a deer could do some hefty damage to an aluminum garage door! [8D]

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Just rabbit[8D] pics today