Anyone else seeing way more deer in their yards in 2021

[The Heretic]

I get coyotes coming into my yard going after the deer.

 

[OldBroad44]

Naw. Our deer population has gone down and been pretty stable since our resident cougar moved in.

 

[tac]

Local bears must have gotten a few in the last year, as well as the turkeys, but they still come back most every day - eight or ten...

 

[boattail]

Had a big ol male bobcat in my pasture this morning when I went to feed the horses.....they are getting brave coming around here.

 

[Bobbygun]

When the cat woke us up because he wanted a snack at 2:00 a.m. this morning, my wife took this picture.

 

[ajgunner]

Had our regular mom and twins out back this morning. Looked out front and did a double take---another mom with twins that we have never seen before. This pair is much smaller and still have spots. Walk upstairs to office and out on the side is 2 spikes I have been seeing for several weeks. Went back down to get the phone/camera and there is yet another spike---never seen here before, and he is jazzying up the mom. Get back upstairs and now there is a decent fork sparring with the twin spikes. Not getting real mean with each other yet, but certainly pushing each other around. I knew someone decent was around because one small fruit tree got raped a couple of nights ago and I know both of the regular spikes have not had velvet in over a month.

 

[Mikej]

Had our regular mom and twins out back this morning. Looked out front and did a double take---another mom with twins that we have never seen before. This pair is much smaller and still have spots. Walk upstairs to office and out on the side is 2 spikes I have been seeing for several weeks. Went back down to get the phone/camera and there is yet another spike---never seen here before, and he is jazzying up the mom. Get back upstairs and now there is a decent fork sparring with the twin spikes. Not getting real mean with each other yet, but certainly pushing each other around. I knew someone decent was around because one small fruit tree got raped a couple of nights ago and I know both of the regular spikes have not had velvet in over a month.

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That's exciting! All I have in my yard are more and more cats from inconsiderate pet owners. But then "Potland". What else would be expected?

 

[Knobgoblin]

This young man is sneaking through the one more winter, I reckon.

 

[Bobbygun]

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This young man is sneaking through the one more winter, I reckon.

That dude is well fed! I had one like that hanging out in my yard, but he turned up on Facebook in a "trophy photo" posing with my neighbor's grandson. Pretty sure he won't be eating any more of the wife's plants.