Louann and I spent part of Sunday in the woods picking blackberries & blueberries, just looking about at the animals......and FEEDING THE YELLOW FLIES AND MOSQUITOS!
So at one point we see these 2 does feeding along the built up road, maybe 100 yards away. Sense we are in the truck they pay us little mind once we stop and sit for a moment. We get out the binoculars so we have a real good look, hoping to see little guys!
Never see fawns but did note that the deer were feeding intently in one small area, maybe a 20X20 sq ft spot.
After watching them a while we continued on down in their direction and they ran off. The reason we were on this road is because of the large number of blackberries and as we get to where the deer were......well, you can see what was there.
So we get out and start picking......mostly hand to mouth as Louann left breakfast sitting on the counter back at the house. And yes it was somehow my fault.
Anyway, as we're picking I get to looking for the clipped tips or the pulled off berry stems where the deer were feeding. I can't find any?? I look harder, find their tracks but just can not see where they have been browsing the blackberries.
And mind you this is in the exact spot where we watched them for some time feeding intently.
Finally I notice what is in the other picture......and there was a fair amount of it......and there were quite a few more of them that had been just clipped.
Don't know what it is, but as it was mixed in with the blackberries and as the deer were eating it INSTEAD of any part of the blackberries I'd guess they prefer it.
But then I thought blackberries were a "preferred" deer food??
Ideas?
So at one point we see these 2 does feeding along the built up road, maybe 100 yards away. Sense we are in the truck they pay us little mind once we stop and sit for a moment. We get out the binoculars so we have a real good look, hoping to see little guys!
Never see fawns but did note that the deer were feeding intently in one small area, maybe a 20X20 sq ft spot.
After watching them a while we continued on down in their direction and they ran off. The reason we were on this road is because of the large number of blackberries and as we get to where the deer were......well, you can see what was there.
So we get out and start picking......mostly hand to mouth as Louann left breakfast sitting on the counter back at the house. And yes it was somehow my fault.
Anyway, as we're picking I get to looking for the clipped tips or the pulled off berry stems where the deer were feeding. I can't find any?? I look harder, find their tracks but just can not see where they have been browsing the blackberries.
And mind you this is in the exact spot where we watched them for some time feeding intently.
Finally I notice what is in the other picture......and there was a fair amount of it......and there were quite a few more of them that had been just clipped.
Don't know what it is, but as it was mixed in with the blackberries and as the deer were eating it INSTEAD of any part of the blackberries I'd guess they prefer it.
But then I thought blackberries were a "preferred" deer food??
Ideas?