Living near town and working in Athens, I've seen some weird places deer will chose to call home. People who aren't on campus much would never believe how many deer live right in town. Cemeteries, between houses, by baseball fields, a strip of woods along the bike path that's all of 10 yards wide, a brushy ditch along the old Hocking river bed, etc... Just last week, I almost stepped in deer shit scattered all over the sidewalk outside my building.
I fish often along campus in the Hocking, and the amount of deer sign (and sightings) in the thin strips of cover along the river is nuts. Drive on the highway past Lowe's about dusk and watch the number of deer that pour out of that brush and onto the soccer fields.
One of the strangest ones I have seen in recent memory was a really solid buck that I've seen multiple times on literally a tiny island of ground surrounded by highway and on/off ramps. The first time I saw him, he was up and feeding at dusk along the brush and I figured it was a fluke. Then I saw him there again about a week later, bedded just inside the brush, easily seen with snow on. He's perfectly safe if he stays on that little spit of ground, but he has to cross major roadways to enter/exit so it may end up costing him some day. I saw him a third time last week, again up and feeding at dusk. He's consistently spending at least some time in that crazy spot.
What are some weird places you've seen deer call home?
I fish often along campus in the Hocking, and the amount of deer sign (and sightings) in the thin strips of cover along the river is nuts. Drive on the highway past Lowe's about dusk and watch the number of deer that pour out of that brush and onto the soccer fields.
One of the strangest ones I have seen in recent memory was a really solid buck that I've seen multiple times on literally a tiny island of ground surrounded by highway and on/off ramps. The first time I saw him, he was up and feeding at dusk along the brush and I figured it was a fluke. Then I saw him there again about a week later, bedded just inside the brush, easily seen with snow on. He's perfectly safe if he stays on that little spit of ground, but he has to cross major roadways to enter/exit so it may end up costing him some day. I saw him a third time last week, again up and feeding at dusk. He's consistently spending at least some time in that crazy spot.
What are some weird places you've seen deer call home?
There were 2 other large does that also had twins, but none of them were hit on the road.
She was easily identifiable due to her small stature. As she would return, I'd wave and bleat and she'd slowly walk around me as I walked on towards my tree stand. All thru the season, she never spotted me in a tree, although there were other deer that did spot me in a tree while she was there....she never looked up into the trees. I fooled her several times with my turkey decoys.
