Maggie deer, buck, coyote

Maggie

We've had this deer come around for several years now. Hubby is verklempt! She stood there, while he went and put deer food in the manger (you can see this on the photo series from the trailcam). She remembers him, and brought her yearling. In 2016 she had twins, a male and female. This year, a singleton.

JB adores this deer. She couldn't fight off the others, and was at-risk from the coyotes with her dislocated leg. She would wait around until the other deer had a bit of a feed. He would spot her, and go out to make sure she had some feed of her own.  You can see the bad leg in the sixth photo, below.

This is her archive:

Hunting season rolls around again... – Nov. 2016
Maggie, the dear deer – Dec. 2016
Maggie: Broken-legged deer video – April, 2017

May 7, 2016 – JB talks to her all the time. She's not afraid of him.
 

Deer scrape

Meanwhile, down at the other trailcam, with the buck scrape... Here is the freshly scraped spot. I'm thinking it's the big buck. This is where they mark their territory.


It's funny that the coyote frequently runs across this spot.


This morning, they were down at the scrape, and ran away when they heard me coming. I think, with the timing, it must be Maggie and her yearling.


Then there are the bucks playing at the scrape! I could see these two sparring from up on the deck. Happily, they pranced right in front of the trialcam! They were right beside it.