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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Apr 7, 2021 8:35:33 GMT -5
Last evening I was sitting in my glider and saw an old doe that I witness being born 8 years ago. This was the 1st time I've seen this doe since last spring. This doe has one white spot on her back that makes it easy to identify, plus she is the tallest deer in the woods. Taller than most of the bucks. I've seen her push away 3 year old bucks under my white oak tree. She is top deer in the woods. After her 1st year with one fawn she has produced triplets ever since. Even at 8 years I saw her still producing three fawns per year. She must have had the fawns late last year. I could still see a big size difference. This doe has been around the same 30-40 acres her whole life. From day one this doe has been very secretive and seldom seen. I thought she has passed away, but per what I saw she is still going strong. Just like always as soon as she saw me she turned around and went back with her three fawns following. If the past she would have the fawns on one side of the ridge and she would bed on the other side of the ridge. I good 80 to 100 yards away. Most times the fawns where in my back weeds-woods area. Each evening around 4pm she would walk half way to the top of the ridge and call her fawns. After a half minute or so the fawns would come out and met up for feeding. She did this year after year. This would be the time I would see her. I would look through my front windows. I would only see her and the triplets the late spring to early summer months. Only a few times hunting in the fall. I never shot her, but twice I could of. From day one she was very nocturnal and secretive. It appears most of her offspring's are the same way. What an amazing super doe.
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Post by mgderf on Apr 9, 2021 21:06:25 GMT -5
The real super deer are the ones you'll never see. We have more than we can count on our Fountain county property, judging by the tracks left. Immediately after this past deer season I started visiting my woods every chance I got. I have been clearing honeysuckle and small trees in front of my shoot house in preparation for a food plot. I cut/pulled, stacked, raked and burned an area about the size of an average home lot in town. Once the fire was out I spread the ashes around with a leaf rake to fertilize as much ground as possible. One month after the last fire(s) I visited again to find a multitude of flowers and small plants that were not present before the clearing. There were also more deer tracks, of all shapes and sizes, than I could track. There were literally dozens of different sets of tracks, most all fresh, going all different directions, and some within 20 FEET of my window! Headed back down in the near future to start sewing my small plot. Turnips will be on the menu, maybe some alfalfa, but I have quite a bit of light in a few places so I thought I might try a couple of apple trees too. I was amazed at how much new growth came so quickly after the burn. This process will continue for some time to come.
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