I'm not Feeding the Deer. . .Really!

The warm weather reduced the ground snow by about half and that has moved the deer a little ways back into the forest. That is a good thing as deer need to be deep in the woods and not hanging around yards and roads. Ecery Winter a few unluck deer are road kill, but that does feed the Crows, Chickadees, and eagles.

Michigan has a feed ban for deer, but its impossible to stop them from cleaning up under the feeders and stealing a snack from the Turkeys. The only deer I don't begrudge cleaning up is this orphan yearling. This little guy is about the size of my lab dogs and has lost its mom. He tries to hang out with the other yearlings, but most will not have it. Even though its early in Winter, I think that Spring will find this little guy a bit bigger and stronger.