Ransom's Deer Park

[Ransom]

All these pictures were taken either from my front deck, or from inside the house looking out the front window.

Okay, in May and June, it was "The Boys" loitering around in my front yard. They are in the process of growing out their antlers for the year, and at this point, the bone is still covered in velvet.

Here is a wider shot, showing all three guys.

Then, in late June and still living in my front yard, are "The Girls and Children". It is a doe with twin fawns, and a young doe that is probably last years fawn by the same mom. They really make themselves at home!

They even drink from my birdbaths.

Then it's down our driveway and off to our pond, for a big drink.

Ya gotta love living in the country. Just make sure you plant stuff in your yard that they don't like to eat.

[BriarRose Kildare]

Oh how wonderfully beautiful and sweet. Thank you so much for sharing your pics. You are truly blessed with such beauty surrounding you.

(sigh....I miss living in the country.)

[Zephaniah W Nash]

Hmmm... Methinks I need to send Calamity your way, she needs a boyfriend her own age.

Whatever you do, don't start feeding them vanilla cookies! Our deer will fight you for 'em!

[Red-Handed Jill]

Wow - that's outside your front door? I'd never want to leave - no wonder the deer are making themselves so comfortable!

[Merrydeath]

what great pics, and that they are safe and sound in your yard. I've seen too many killed deer this year to be happy.

[Patrick Hand]

Deer are sooooo dang cute....

and they really don't like tomato plants.....(or we'd have a problem....)

so when they walk through the kinda side/front yard early in the morning.....

Hey.... I know there is always food available if times get tough....

(same theory I have about the Raccoons. that eat the cats food...)

Hey.... outta fairness..... I leave them alone, and just look at them..... haven't gotten THAT hungry yet........

[JohnnyTarr]

Hey great pics there man. I get to move to the county this fall. It is in the middle of farmland so all I get are phesents.

[Cpt Sophia M Eisley]

Wow...beautiful pics there. I'm with BriarRose, that does make me miss living in the country.

[Ransom]

I really do enjoy having them around. I think of it as kind of an honor that they feel safe enough in my yard to bring the babies. We don't feed them anything, other than the occasional melon rinds which I put out by the pond.

Oh, and Johnny Tarr — that would be "Hey, great pics LASS, not man.

[Rumba Rue]

You are so lucky to have friendly wildlife around you.