Someone has the right idea about surviving this hot weather!

#Deer #BlacktailDeer #MuleDeer #DeerFriend

Hello this is a Deer Witch here with your #AntlerWatch mid-June 2023 update.

We have antler velvet on the bucks, with the beginnings of branching for those of age to have forked antlers.

Summer coats, which are coppery in hue, more uniform in color across the body on bucks, and show more bones/musculature are in.

Bucks are still traveling in groups, today saw 6 grazing together.

#Deer #BlackTailDeer #PNWonderland

6223 - This morning something clicked besides the shutter. Thirty years ago I had all the ‘stuff’ dialed in. I’m beginning to remember it all. I think this young guy agrees.
#Monterey
#MorningWalk
#DSLR
#BlackTailDeer

I came across this on todays hike. A very common calling card left by male deer. It's usually seen low down on small saplings. A black tail buck deer rubbed the bark off one side of the sapling with his antlers. You'll see shredded bark fibers at the top and bottom from rubbing up and down. Elk do this too. (Bear and cat marks look different.)
#BlacktailDeer
#AntlerRub