Comments on Muddy Boot Dreams: Deer-ly beloved what a collection of deer photos

Great shots! I'm so glad they decided to show...

2012-01-31T12:34:59.768-08:00

Great shots! I'm so glad they decided to show up on a night your camera was out finally! You could try a salt lick too...

Wow I love that you could catch them on camera...n...

2012-01-26T04:52:32.511-08:00

Wow I love that you could catch them on camera...nice racks...we rarely see bucks. I never feed them and I try not to feed them with my garden but most of it is what they eat normally....so far we have healthy nomadic deer here.

great series of photos Jen, good idea to leave som...

2012-01-26T03:55:11.811-08:00

great series of photos Jen, good idea to leave some food for them, I bet they come back frequently looking for more

It so tempting to feed the wild animals, good to k...

2012-01-26T03:34:40.021-08:00

It so tempting to feed the wild animals, good to know there are sites with the proper info, beautiful photos,

The bucks should be shedding their antlers soon. ...

2012-01-25T22:11:10.773-08:00

The bucks should be shedding their antlers soon. Great Trail Cam photos..we do not feed the deer..they are close enough anyway..and harbor those darn ticks..so the further they stay out of our woods the better I like it:)

My inlaws feed the deer at their vacation home and...

2012-01-25T20:38:11.669-08:00

My inlaws feed the deer at their vacation home and it sort of scares me. They love the apples from the apple trees but are aggressive and come up the driveway sometimes when we are out there. Scary when it is a buck.

I'd like to see the stats on how many people a...

2012-01-25T19:41:27.578-08:00

I'd like to see the stats on how many people actually did click through to see the 66 deer photos. That made me laugh out loud.

Great shots! You have some nice bucks. Don't...

2012-01-25T18:28:45.582-08:00

Great shots! You have some nice bucks. Don't forget to hunt for their sheds this spring. They are great for decorating.

OH, here another thought. In the 20+ years we hav...

2012-01-25T15:00:10.800-08:00

OH, here another thought. In the 20+ years we have raised chickens, I notice that lately they pick all the grain out of the scratch grain, and leave the corn. The squirrels eat it. I have been adding whole oats to their feed and what I do (its hard to find here) they lay better. I am going to check whole barley next.
I read someplace, but I forget where, that chickens won't eat genetically engineered corn (should be a message to us!)..I am wondering if that it why they always eave it behind now..

If the winter is really bad, you can drop them som...

2012-01-25T14:51:55.830-08:00

If the winter is really bad, you can drop them some grass hay far away from where your garden will be, otherwise not good to do it..they will come to expect it, and if they don't get it, they will come closer and closer to the house looking. If you feed them any where near the garden area forget having anything left for yourself! LOL...
As cute as they are they will eat everything down to the stalk..start finding out about deer resistant plants...don't forget, ticks go on all other animals, and each animal, they find, carries a different bacterium for the tick borne disease list, the deer appear to be the end host for Lyme disease (although some of the other tick diseases are just as bad) I would be wary of encouraging them to be close to the living areas..although other animals can bring infected ticks also.
I know..I have had several different tick borne illnesses that took 10 years to diagnose because they have such BAD tests for it...
I look forward to hearing about your progress!

I wonder if horses would like pumpkin? I may have ...

2012-01-25T14:36:37.251-08:00

I wonder if horses would like pumpkin? I may have test that out with my mares. Your pics remind me of that wolf photographer, Joel Sartore. Ever heard of him? He sets up feeding stations and cameras in the MN wilderness and gets amazing shots of the wolf packs. (I used to live near him..)

Hello neighbor, well sort of, I live in southern A...

2012-01-25T12:55:33.769-08:00

Hello neighbor, well sort of, I live in southern Alberta not far from the BC/AB border. Found your blog through Brenda's Cozy Little House.

Congratulations on buying your new home. Very exciting!

We live in a small rural town and see many deer along the highways. But we have had them venture into town on occasion.

Have a great day!

Yea for your 'deer-cam'! That is awesome y...

2012-01-25T12:06:18.232-08:00

Yea for your 'deer-cam'! That is awesome you managed to accomplish these. And you are learning new things as you become more country-fied! ;) It's always fun to learn more about the earth, the critters and their cohesion of existence.
Will you have deer at your own home?

That's pretty exciting. I love it when they c...

2012-01-25T10:45:48.795-08:00

That's pretty exciting. I love it when they come to visit just not when they eat all the plants up in our garden:)

Just when we thought we knew enough, we learn more...

2012-01-25T10:21:33.051-08:00

Just when we thought we knew enough, we learn more. I love deer!!

You finally got some great deer photos. I agree a...

2012-01-25T09:59:27.597-08:00

You finally got some great deer photos. I agree about not feeding them as it hinders more than helps especialy when they are living near sub-divisions and urban areas. There is a huge 'deer yard' in our area and there are at least 2 people I know of that feed them on a regular basis. As a result the herd has grown to about 25 deer and they stay right in the area and get hit by cars all the time. They can't be shot during deer hunting season as they are too close to homes so they are basically 'protected' and therefore mulitplying. We've hit and killed 2 within a mile of our house. They are a hazard and we are always watching carefully for them in the dark while driving. They are beautiful animals to see in the wild but are becoming tame and a danger. They also eat plants and cedar trees and veggie gardens! Not nice. :(

Do they really eat pumpkin? I never knew that...th...

2012-01-25T09:46:51.098-08:00

Do they really eat pumpkin? I never knew that...threw our old pumpkin into the woods but it´s still there...under the snow...maybe they will find it in the spring? The cold will keep it until then maybe- hehehehe...
Did you have an automatic camera that filmed at night? Very neat photos Jen...

We have deer at our house every day. If we don...

2012-01-25T06:04:25.301-08:00

We have deer at our house every day. If we don't see them we see their tracks. I was gone for a couple of hours yesterday and found one of the old Halloween pumpkins (I had hidden behind a post) on our porch. Not sure how it got their. I always roll our pumpkins into the woods for the to eat.......pumpins are okay, right.

When we first moved here, we left food for the dee...

2012-01-25T05:01:43.968-08:00

When we first moved here, we left food for the deer in a couple of places in our woods. Then we learned the same information about it being ultimately harmful to the deer. New York State has a policy (law?) concerning feeding deer.

We were sad because we thought we were doing the right thing.

We love our deer.

xo
Claudia