Deer Almost In Hiding
by Kathy White
Title
Deer Almost In Hiding
Artist
Kathy White
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Like any animal, deer require food and shelter-fuel for the complex machinery of their bodies, and a place to rest and hide from predators and weather. We got a shot of this beautiful animal, not with a gun but with our camera, "almost" hiding, but checking us out for sure! Thus, the name, of the photograph "Deer Almost in Hiding". Deer are browsers and browsers eat brush and trees, which also provide shelter or, as hunters call it, cover for the animals. During wet, mild weather deer eat grasses, forbs, or any other easily digestible green growth available. Farm crops supplement this natural diet, but farms don't exist everywhere in North America, and crops aren't available year-round.
Whitetail bucks that have survived through several hunting seasons follow their instincts when it comes to protecting themselves. They are smart and can elude hunters simply by doing what comes naturally. Whitetail deer will almost never leave their territory. When hunting pressure gets intense, the deer will bed and become virtually invisible.
American Indians believed the moon, wind and rain affected deer movements. Current studies confirm that deer activity indeed varies depending on temperature, moon phases and even barometric pressure.
Whitetails, especially mature bucks, are active at night, preferring to feed, mingle and mate under a cloak of darkness. But no deer is completely nocturnal. Deer remain active at dawn and start to move again at dusk.
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October 24th, 2012
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Kathy White
Thank you to B Vesseur for the feature in All Natural Beauty of This World group! We appreciate it so much!
Kathy White
Bruce Bley, thank you so much for the feature of Deer Almost Hiding in the Macro Photography Group!! Appreciate you!