Bark-a-thon 2013

Today, as they have for several days recently, two young deer came up in the yard to eat acorns under a large burr oak near Teddy and Lily's exercise area. It was still damp out so they had not been let out yet. Teddy managed to spot one of the deer passing by and the bark-a-thon was on.

 

It is tough to see due to the angle but the deer on the left is the one farthest from the fence. If you look just up the fence from the gate you can see one grazing along the fence line. This picture was taken after the dogs had been barking for about 30 minutes.

As you can see the deer are completely unconcerned with all the barking coming from the house. We have french doors in the great room and a garden door in our bedroom. The dogs were running between the two sets of doors barking for almost an hour. It was wonderful. The great thing about living out here in BFE is the wildlife coming up in the yard to eat. The other great thing is that the dogs can bark for hours and there is no one around to complain. They don't disturb anyone but us and we have become somewhat immune to the racket.

 

This picture and the next couple were taken just west of our house on the way to Galesburg on Wednesday evening. This deer was in the ditch when we drove down the hill. She jumped over the  fence and decided when we stopped we were not a threat and posed for a few pictures.

She stopped and gave us this coy over the shoulder look back as I snapped a few pictures out the car window.

 

After a couple of minutes she turned to have a look at us and really never seemed to feel we were a threat. The archery season has started and in a few weeks shotgun season will open. A deer that stands still and looks at you like this will end up in someone's freezer. I don't have the heart or desire to  kill one so the only shots I take are these.