Woodfield's Deer - woodfieldsdeer

I never fed the deer in the beginning.  At that time the dogs were running the woods with Pokie (a.k.a. Devil Dog, a neighbor's dog who was all white and too pretty to resist) and Black Jack ruling all its inhabitants. The farm dog gang (Jack, LB, Nug, Pokie, and her sibling) were becoming ruthless murderers especially during the killing month (June) when the wildlife babies and fawns were born.  This was evident when a dangling leg bone would be displayed in his huge jaws (Jack had the largest mouth I have ever seen in a dog!) as though it were a trophy. My good husband told me years later about a little fawn carcass found near the yard, so, no wonder the deer never got close to the house!  After Jack passed, I began to see them when I rode the horses in the big field and the little fawns would think the horses were playmates and prance behind us.  Thankfully, my horses are level headed and my bones were spared from the hard ground resulting from a quick shy, rear, buck or whatever horses choose to do the moment they are surprised.  One spring about three years ago, two little fawns would show themselves in the 'deer yard' close to the pond.  (it wasn't a deer yard then).  I was amazed at one who would trot out and then dart back to the brush for safety.  It was then that I decided to help out that winter and throw corn under the thick brush above the pond where they seemed bed down.  I believe those babies were Brownie and Bossy.  Brownie will get very close to me and just stare while I croon, telling her how beautiful she is, while Bossy always keeps a little distance between us just as they did as fawns!

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bossy boy.jpg 2008-07-16

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bossy boy behind longhorn.jpg 2008-07-22

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bossy with bb.jpg 2008-07-22

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bossy boy attack.jpg 2008-07-22

brownie's babies nub and cocoa.jpg
brownie's babies nub and cocoa.jpg 2008-07-22

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brownie.jpg 2008-07-22

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july farm 2008 029.jpg 2008-06-21

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brownie, babies, bossy and.jpg 2008-07-22

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july farm 2008 038.jpg 2008-06-21

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july farm 2008 065.jpg 2008-06-22

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july farm 2008 237.jpg 2008-07-22

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widehorn3.jpg 2008-06-22

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longhorn.jpg 2008-07-22

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widehorn1.jpg 2008-07-22

brownie and brave one.jpg
brownie and brave one.jpg 2009-01-10

BB watching Brownie and Nub.jpg
BB watching Brownie and Nub.jpg 2009-01-10

bossy grooming her son BB.jpg
bossy grooming her son BB.jpg 2009-01-10

brownie, bossy, brave one, shy one, nub, cocoa and BB.jpg
brownie, bossy, brave one, shy one, nub, cocoa and BB.jpg 2009-01-10

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cocoa establishing dominance.jpg 2009-01-10

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mixed icy 08-dec-08 073.jpg 2009-01-10

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mixed icy 08-dec-08 075.jpg 2009-01-10

nub feeling threatened.jpg
nub feeling threatened.jpg 2009-01-10

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IMG_0439.JPG 2008-08-02

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IMG_0624.JPG 2008-08-14

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IMG_0622.JPG 2008-08-14

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IMG_0431.JPG 2008-08-02

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IMG_0791.JPG 2008-08-30