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DEER Saturday 02/06/2021

MamaWick — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 20:45:56 GMT

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...

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1Snickers — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 20:55:02 GMT

The word is getting around, your herd has grown!

I can tell deer ar still around from how they trim my bushes. I see them flashing by on walks occasionally.
My three were in the yard last week, they grazed on grass awhile before going to the lake. I still fill the water low birdbath and my stone one. They deer seem to do doing fine without feeding them but I miss them.

LOVE Cricket! She looks comfortable!

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golding76 — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:06:29 GMT

Who is King Bucky who showed up with all the lovely girls?

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on the bay — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 21:15:16 GMT

Wish I was there!

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Katcat1 — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:01:17 GMT

Looks like a lot of young ones. I enjoy your pictures.

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Pooky1 — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:09:02 GMT

there beautiful. Love the pictures and your dog also.

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January121 — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:27:01 GMT

I love, love, love them ❤️🥰

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luvzchiz — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 22:55:38 GMT

@MamaWick What great pictures of your beautiful herd. Who is that majestic buck in the background?

Woofss to Cricket. She is a gal after my heart, taking an afternoon snooze.

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spiderw — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:02:12 GMT

Mrs. Sunshine has brought out all the visitors gathered at the Wick's for their dining pleasure!!!! The does and buck are calm and content to have such a nice day, good food and some bonding. Cricket meanwhile is snuggled under her blanket enjoying a quiet snooze! It is a good day for all!

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MamaWick — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:15:47 GMT

The rut appears to be over. The antler shed should begin soon. That is Jack Buck. Joe Buck was also here but didn't make the cut on pictures today.

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godi — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 23:22:12 GMT

Mr Buck is showing off his harem. Watching all the deer tired your beautiful fur baby out. ❤️🐾

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Yahooey — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:16:08 GMT

i get a flock of pigeons - doesn't seem fair

❤️❤️❤️❤️ ur pics - always puts me in a good mood

and Cricket knows how to chill - has it down to a science

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sceniccoast — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:24:18 GMT

Beautiful indeed! @MamaWick

Thanks again for sharing your family of deer with us .. oh, and of course, "Cricket."

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maximillian — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:30:44 GMT

The fans are coming in town for the "big game," or at least the "big feast" at the Wicks!

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riley1 — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:37:58 GMT

Looks like that buffet line is getting longer and longer.

Hugs to Cricket - all tucked in taking a nap.

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Lindsays Grandma — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 04:54:04 GMT

Oh my, in that first picture it's almost as though that beautiful deer is saying, "I'm looking at you babe." She/he is that close, I could almost reach out and hug it.

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KathyM23 — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 05:49:40 GMT

Although I live in town, we do have a hill with woods a couple streets above us and DH said he saw deer tracts in our yard. Our neighbor told us today there were 2 deer in our yard about 5 a.m. this morning.

We put out several types of bird and woodpecker food and cracked corn and peanuts that the squirrels love. DH feels the deer were eating the cracked corn. He is going out tomorrow to buy the kind of corn the deer eat. We have about 20 species of birds coming to the feeders and started with 5 squirrels. Today we had 10 squirrels at the same time.

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on the bay — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 09:14:25 GMT

@KathyM23 -

Hi Kathy,

You have a lot of great visitors too!

My neighbor used to drive quite a ways to buy corn for the deer.

I wish I had known then that corn is not good for deer.

We've talked about this here too

and @MamaWick , often says she never feeds them corn. I wonder how it became popular with people to feed them that. This is just from google search-

"Corn: DO NOT feed deer a pure corn diet as the high starch content of corn can cause high acidity in the rumen which kills microorganisms necessary for digesting food. Hay: DO NOT feed hay to deer."

I think they do like carrots,

Your birds sound wonderful and must be so much fun to watch

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MamaWick — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 15:11:10 GMT

@KathyM23 Please do not buy corn for deer...even the stuff that is called deer corn. It is extremely bad for them. There is a bag of feed called Deer Nutrition that many places carry. It is balanced for them. I also feed them carrots and apples. But corn is a big no-no. You can look up what is okay to feed.

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KathyM23 — Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:18:29 GMT

Hmmm! Did not know that about the corn. Yesterday our herd increased from 3 deer to we now have 5 of them. Our friend who is a farmer is always complaining about the deer eating so much of his corn crop. Since his deer are triving and increasing, I sure did not know they should not eat corn. Evidently the deer don't know it either! Will have to check and see what DH actually bought for the deer. They are also eating alot of our birdseed and peanuts! I did know they like apples and carrots.