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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
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 Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 09:13:38 AM
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We just spent this week up at the Beyond Hope Resort, on the end of the Pend O'Reille. This area is a game preserve and the deer are totally tame. I was feeding them dried corn and had seven bucks and six doe right in our campsite. When I ran out of corn, one buck, was rather sad and came up to my lawn chair "sniffing" around. He put his nose right in my face! Anyway, he eventually dropped a big ol' puddle of drool right on my thigh! I squeeled about it and then it dawned on me that most people have probably never been slobbered on by a big ol' 5 point buck! LOL! Sadly, this area is being sold and will become luxury housing. Not sure where our sweet deer friends will go.
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 09:51:13 AM
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How funny! Sad that the area is being sold...too bad. I'm sure the deer will eat up the gardens and flowers just fine.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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JessieMae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessie
Raleigh
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 11:19:20 AM
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| Wow! That's amazing! I've always been a little afraid of bucks and didn't know they could be docile; I know a couple of people who have had them come crashing through sliding doors. |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 11:21:15 AM
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I'd love to see some pictures. What a memory!
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 3:25:53 PM
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I have a lot of pics from last year. Didn't take them this year . . . seemed sort of repetative. I will try to figure out how to post them! There is one of a deer taking a grape from my husband's mouth! Looked like they were frenching! LOL!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 5:39:00 PM
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That is really cool, Brenda. I've never even HEARD of anyone being drooled on by a deer much less a big buck! I'd love to see the picture of the grape feeding.
Just be careful as the rut approaches. Bucks can be extremely aggressive during that time and does can be in the spring when protecting their young. I don't want anything bad to happen to you!
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Past Blessings
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Orchard Prairie
WA
USA
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Posted - Aug 26 2008 : 11:14:25 AM
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Yes, I have heard they can be agressive too. I do know not to touch their antlers and was told if the antlers have lost their "Velvet" they may be more agressive too. These all still had the velvet.
The sad thing about this is that since these deer are totally tamed and depend on people (and gardens . . .) for food, if they leave this area and wander too far, they are easy prey for hunters . . . they don't have the normal fear that they should have and would probably walk right up to the hunter. Even though they are deer, they are kind of "sitting duck."
But I do so enjoy them. We had names for several of the "repeats" that we came to recognize. One, extremely pushy doe, we named "Sharon" because we know a Sharon that has no sense of boundaries. LOL!
Hugs & blessings,
Brenda
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