Both my wife and I are new hunters this year, got a deer tag just in case, but did not expect anything since we are hunting by road as we have a couple young ones, so its close to home and going for grouse by truck, but you never know. We spent 3 weeks up in region 8 driving the back roads, got a few grouse, but did not see one deer, not even a doe.
We get back home to the coast and sit out on the front porch having a drink once the kids are in bed and my dog starts acting up, something is out in the dark. Sure enough here comes a doe and 2 grown fawns which have been hanging around the property and seem to be sleeping here most nights this past summer, they were maybe 10-15 feet from us, not scared of people at all, munching on my nice green grass doing their own thing. They are suddenly startled and looking in the direction where they came from, and not 5 minutes later a nice big black tail buck comes out and is standing there staring at us, and back at the doe wanting a piece, probably spent a good 20 minutes in my yard checking out the doe and fawns and vise versa.
All the driving we did and not one deer, then we get home and its 15 feet away from me in my front yard! I swear to god these buggers are smarter than alot give them credit for. As much as it pissed me off seeing a good amount of meat so close to my freezer, it was still a pretty cool experience to watch unfold. I kind of felt like leaving a trail of carrots into my garage!
We get back home to the coast and sit out on the front porch having a drink once the kids are in bed and my dog starts acting up, something is out in the dark. Sure enough here comes a doe and 2 grown fawns which have been hanging around the property and seem to be sleeping here most nights this past summer, they were maybe 10-15 feet from us, not scared of people at all, munching on my nice green grass doing their own thing. They are suddenly startled and looking in the direction where they came from, and not 5 minutes later a nice big black tail buck comes out and is standing there staring at us, and back at the doe wanting a piece, probably spent a good 20 minutes in my yard checking out the doe and fawns and vise versa.
All the driving we did and not one deer, then we get home and its 15 feet away from me in my front yard! I swear to god these buggers are smarter than alot give them credit for. As much as it pissed me off seeing a good amount of meat so close to my freezer, it was still a pretty cool experience to watch unfold. I kind of felt like leaving a trail of carrots into my garage!
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