Hooper walkies

We had such fun. In the first photo, you can see Hooper inspecting a deer scrape. I've seen one here before. There are three spots I find every year.

Justin Hoffman, my photographer e-friend, taught me about deer scrapes. To spread their scent, the males  scrape a spot on the ground, removing the leaves, then urinate on their inner-knee hormone glands (tarsal glands), to spread their scent and mark their territory. Then, they rub their faces on the overhanging branch to similarly place their scent. 
Hooper had to inspect it. 


I've only seen one big buck on the trailcam lately.

In this archive photo, you can see the dark legs, with hormones colouring their legs.

a fine buck, 2015!
Note the colour of the back of his legs.

Here is Justin's video, showing how the buck creates the scrape. He sets up his superduper trailcams in the forest.