Watching Deer In The Backyard
Posted by lowcountryhunting on June 24, 2008
Amy and I are often asked what we do for fun living so far out in the country. And just importantly, people want to know how we entertain the kids with “nothing” to do out here.
Well, when you live in the country, there is always something to do, you just have to enjoy that type of lifestyle. And as you know from reading, we watch the wildlife. We watch them from the stand, from the many country roads and even from our house.
This is a picture of Bo and Will watching a doe in our backyard out of the window of my home office last night. She has just dropped a couple of fawns, so she was in need of some of our corn to help her milk production. And she was willing to deal with just about any type of disturbance to get a full stomach! Our boys not only fought over who had a better view, but the “baby” kept hitting the window while going “pow, pow, deer”. Now normally that would have sent her packing, but I guess she was hungry enough to put up with it last night.
And not only is watching the deer in our backyard fun, but it also shows me how well they know their environment. We have several big dogs in the yard, and they hate squirrels. So they are always guarding the corn to keep it safe from those fuzzy-tailed rats; yet, the deer always know when they are not paying attention and that it is safe for them to slip out and grab a bite…
This makes me ask, “Do you still think they don’t know when you are on your stand?”
Jeff
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Cute picture of the boys. I see more animals out my office window than I think Mark does during hunting season.
June 24th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Oh my goodness…I used to think I could never live in the city because I would be bored out of my mind! In fact, when we moved to Idaho we moved to a place with just 7 acres and I was devastated – I wondered, well, what am I gonna do on just seven acres?! There is a ton of stuff for us country bumpkins to do to keep busy -and in my opinion, there is no better place to raise a family. I know I completely enojoyed growing up so far from town – even if it meant I missed out on T-ball and optomist league football because my folks couldn’t afford to drive me to and from practice. I hiked, I fished out canal, I built forts (that country will remember me for a long time!:) ) I played games with my brothers, we hunted, we played a lot of wiffle ball and basketball, we trapped gophers – this is turning into something way longer than intended. Sorry. My point is, I pity the people who’ve never had the privilege of growing up in the country!
June 24th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Great photo. I think definitely tend to know when we are on stand. They haven’t lasted for hundreds of years by being stupid.
They are definitely smarter than me…well most of them are anyway.
June 24th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
That is a neat photo.
June 24th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I’ve lived in both urban and rural areas, and I really like both, but I’m so grateful I grew up in the country. I had plenty of places to play and hang out – catching critters in the irrigation ditch, building forts, digging hideouts, tooling around in a little inflatable boat in our pond, playing with my Tonka toys (such a tomboy!). And that was just on five acres.
The other nice thing about country living is that there was very little of that city pressure to spend tons of money on clothes and cars. Of course, I felt like a total country bumpkin when I went off to college, but I caught up eventually.
And though I live in a suburban area now, I’m sure my final home will be a farm in the country. Yep, just as soon as our house is actually worth something again and we can afford to sell it…
June 25th, 2008 at 9:42 am