I have always wanted to skip winter. Ours are brutual and I can easily feel cold at 80F. This morning was 32F. I just realized what the weird encounter I had with a young female deer was about this morning. I was walking my dog early, at dawn, and I saw two deer, I think both does. The one kept looking at us, coming closer on occasion. It’s rutting season, and not a good time to assume anything friendly about deer. I finally cut through some backyards, and came out in a different area where she couldn’t see it. I just remembered that I have seen a neighbor feeding a deer. She might have hoped it was me, although I doubt we smell anything alike. I let the wildlife be wild. I don’t feed anything outside.
I have always wanted to skip winter. Ours are brutual and I can easily feel cold at 80F. This morning was 32F. I just realized what the weird encounter I had with a young female deer was about this morning. I was walking my dog early, at dawn, and I saw two deer, I think both does. The one kept looking at us, coming closer on occasion. It’s rutting season, and not a good time to assume anything friendly about deer. I finally cut through some backyards, and came out in a different area where she couldn’t see it. I just remembered that I have seen a neighbor feeding a deer. She might have hoped it was me, although I doubt we smell anything alike. I let the wildlife be wild. I don’t feed anything outside.