Whitetails

Had a partial bag of feed pellets left over from the wildlife park trip.  They appear to be alfalfa but not really sure.  Decided to throw them out for the deer that overpopulate my yard.  There have been several occasions lately where one or two would attempt to come up to me to see if I had something for them to eat.  So thought I might to try and get one to hand feed once as they obviously had done somewhere else.  They got pretty close but they weren't the same deer that had come so close prior.

There are many more than what this shot indicates and get a lot closer too. 

 

I haven't fed deer here since the first few years we moved here.  Back then we were by ourselves here, not a neighborhood like we are now.  It was great to watch the deer come in to feed and see how they interacted with each other.  Now, they are more of a nuisance.  Since our area has grown so dense with folks, there are no predators and less habitat for the deer.  We are seriously overpopulated with deer, and people.  The neighbors don't seem to understand that the continued feeding doesn't help them at all, especially the using the corn they insist on feeding them.  Don't plan on planting any expensive shrubs or flowers.  Even the deer proof plants get hit.  We no longer are able to grow the Texas Bluebonnets we once had in the unfenced areas. 

 

 

 They have gone so far as to eat on our Purple Sage.   That is almost unheard of.

 

Happy Trails.