I think your terrier might be broken.
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We have 2 large herds of deer who live in the fields very near to us, and it is not unusual to have to wait while 20 - 30 deer gambol across the lane in front of you. Absolutely wonderful site.
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FWIW, if they were going to be spooked it most likely would have happened before you saw them.
Good your terrierorist wasn’t overly reactive to them - suspect the story’s different with the smaller furries
There are loads near here too. I’ve even seen one in broad daylight on a grass verge in the town.
They’re living off the fields, of course. I think I saw Jamie Oliver once saying that the current UK deer population is ten times what it would be if we (i.e. farmers) didn’t feed them. We don’t mean to feed them. They just take stuff.
Once they’re aware of you (clue is in where they’re looking) whether they’ll run or not depends, among other things, on how far away they are.
Lack of predators and lack of sympatric competitors (e.g. no wild horses, cattle or caprids) are bigger factors. All humans have done is change the nature of available feedstuffs - and deer are remarkably fussy eaters, there are not that many crops that they’ll take, though they do do a lot of damage wading through them!
It’s usual ie more common than not, to drive past a herd of 50 or more grazing next to the Wrigleys factory (on the edge of Plymouth) during the middle of the day. (used to be just mornings & evenings). Not intimidated by the daylight nor passing traffic. Evening accidents quite frequent now.
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I fucking love Bambies. They’re really cool to hang out with at the right time of the year.
The following picture is old. We attracted a buck and a doe. The buck became my mate and the doe was as fascinated by the human cub we bought with us as the human cub was by the doe.
It was a painful time for us three humans and the bambies understood this. Note I didn’t say seemed to have understood this.
It was a beautiful experience that none of us will forget.
They also have a sense of humour. Note the jealous one pissing in the background:
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Learned a bit about something that is ubiquitous in our flowerbed:
Fat bear time
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Well, wildlife detection anyway
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I never knew ‘Beaver Bombing’ was a thing!
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Then there are some bits of the internet you have not been on.
Or so I’ve heard…
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