Nature & Wildlife Thread

[Mike in Vermont]

I would be running out there like a crazy woman with cymbals banging to scare it away from my pond!!! I love wildlife too but not hunting in my yard!! You should see me when my cat has a live chipmunk in its mouth!! And we are all deer hunters in our house!!

Well, I did sick the dog on it both nights before I fed the fish. The bird flew down to the second pond, and had another morsel in it's mouth within a minute. lol

 

[Lisaebetten]

Trail cam photos from our cabin land. I posted Bob the cat before to JohnHuff but its worth putting on again. One deer has is velvet on and later it is all off.

Winner, winner Venision Diner!

 

[Mike in Vermont]

Those pics are awesome. I especially like the bobcat one.

 

[addy1]

Nice! I had one of my little trees, possibly killed due to a buck rubbing velvet. Waiting to see if the tree survives. I did not think they were rubbing this early, knew I had to protect the smaller trees.

 

[Mike in Vermont]

Nice! I had one of my little trees, possibly killed due to a buck rubbing velvet. Waiting to see if the tree survives. I did not think they were rubbing this early, knew I had to protect the smaller trees.

Last March I trimmed the apple trees. There was still snow on the ground. My wife and I left for a 2 week road trip to Texas. When we got back, the deer chewed huge amounts of bark off the trees. 3 to 4 foot strips. Their about 6 to 7 years old. I purchased some undercoating spray, and applied while they were still dormant. They grew quite well this year. I will apply another coat in a few weeks. They will be done growing by then. I hope they continue to live. I just finished building a 4 strand electric fence. That should help to prevent this again.

 

[Lisaebetten]

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Last March I trimmed the apple trees. There was still snow on the ground. My wife and I left for a 2 week road trip to Texas. When we got back, the deer chewed huge amounts of bark off the trees. 3 to 4 foot strips. Their about 6 to 7 years old. I purchased some undercoating spray, and applied while they were still dormant. They grew quite well this year. I will apply another coat in a few weeks. They will be done growing by then. I hope they continue to live. I just finished building a 4 strand electric fence. That should help to prevent this again.

oh yes we keep all the fruit trees well protected if the deer don't do them in some other critter does.

 

[addy1]

I need to wrap our emerald green cypress trees, they are just now recovering from the deer grooming they received last winter. They are not ready to be deer munched again, some were groomed pretty severely.

 

[Lisaebetten]

View attachment 75767 I need to wrap our emerald green cypress trees, they are just now recovering from the deer grooming they received last winter. They are not ready to be deer munched again, some were groomed pretty severely.

Wow that is something else. The deer keep the branches of the fruit trees trimmed in a nice even manner for us. Nice of them to help us out. I have
euonymus that grows along the ground and up my vertical posts that bushes out on my split rail fence. The deer feed on this all winter but it comes back thicker every year. Guess the deer have to eat to. We used to feed and put salt licks at our house for them until we got neighbors. We do put food plots, salt licks and even dug a pond for them in the swamp area.

 

[j.w]

Neat pix Lisa. The deer come around here and nibble and I've had to put net over some or my freshly planted trees but they seem to leave the mature trees alone. Boy if they did my Arbovitae trees like they did addy's we have planted along our road we would be in big trouble. We have them all along both sides of the driveway. Like about 80 of them!

 

[tbendl]

Jw that's a beautiful fence.

 

[j.w]

Thanks T now lets hope after 14 yrs here the dear don't attack them w/ a feeding frenzy vengeance!
They look so nice and cute and innocent.........................hah, they are really just giant slugs but I love them

 

[tbendl]

Beautiful creatures. The closest I get to wildlife these days are squirrels. And my daughter when she's hungry.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Its becoming the best time of year for hikes. Happy Fall everyone!

 

[j.w]

Rub it in JB.................we want to go now but we have just a bit more junk to do. Soon very soon we will get to go.
Your picture is very inviting!

 

[Lisaebetten]

Neat pix Lisa. The deer come around here and nibble and I've had to put net over some or my freshly planted trees but they seem to leave the mature trees alone. Boy if they did my Arbovitae trees like they did addy's we have planted along our road we would be in big trouble. We have them all along both sides of the driveway. Like about 80 of them!

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That is a cool fence!! Did they all live from the first year?