Views of the Neighborhood – Deer Check

~ John W. Howell

I thought we would cruise around and check the deer. We have our faithful bus companion, and it is loaded with brunch and bubbly.Views of the neighborhoodPhoto by unsplash

Hop aboard, and let’s see what we can find.

Views of the Neighborhood

Our first sighting is of a mama deer all by herself. I hope everything is okay in the deer household.

Here are a couple of this year’s fawns. Their camouflage spots are beginning to fade.

A young buck wondering what this yellow thing is doing here.

A middle-aged buck having a stroll.

Then there is grandpa. I wonder if we could get him to turn and show us his rack. “Hey, Grandpa.”

Wow. All the previous photos were taken by The Producer. She actually called to the buck, and he stopped and turned. I guess he couldn’t resist a pretty woman.

A whole family taking advantage of the rain refreshed grass. This is the only picture I took on this trip.

Views of the Neighborhood

This is an Axis deer who escaped from an exotic ranch nearby. Originally from southern India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, the axis deer was introduced to Molokai, Hawaii in the 1860s, Maui years after that, and Texas in 1932, intended as a game animal. Some escaped the ranches like this one. There are over 6000 roaming free in Texas. Photo by the Producer.

I hope you enjoyed our little safari. Feel free to refill those containers with bubbly but remember no drinking and driving. Have a safe and healthy week.

78 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Deer Check”

  4. Terrific deer drive, John! My parents have a number of Axis deer around their home in Boerne. They said they are beautiful. They love watching the deer, particularly the fawns. Happy Sunday!

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  8. Wow! What a great collection of deer. We don’t get to see these guys in our neighborhood. I really enjoyed this tour, John. Thanks, and kudos to the producer. I hope you both have a great week.

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  9. I can’t imagine having deer walking through my yard. How lovely. (Except for the plants, perhaps). Wonderful pics, and the Axis left me gaping. While introduced exotics are generally not a good thing, and tend to upset the nature’s balance, it’s hard to NOT like this guy. (Down here, we mostly get huge Burmese pythons, iguanas, tegu lizards, and the like.) I never even heard of Axis deer. Thanks for the lesson and the beautiful pictures. Now may I please have another glass of virtual bubbly? 😀

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  12. What a fun trip, John — thank you! I’ve heard that deer can be mean, especially at certain times of the year, but it’s hard to see any meanness in the eyes of the cuties you found. Why, even Grandpa looks more curious (or perhaps appreciative of the Producer??) than angry!

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  15. I always enjoy seeing the Axis. They confused me at first, when I saw them from afar; I thought they were overgrown fawns. “Deer check” brought to mind “bed check.” It wasn’t just for camp. My first year of college, bed checks were standard for freshman girls. We had curfews of 10 p.m. during the week, and 1 a.m. on weekends. During the week, it was lights out at 11 p.m. Wander over to UT and ask the young women there what they’d think of that!

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    1. When I was in undergrad all the women had to be in by 10:00 and 1:00 as well. Sometimes those wild rides to the dorm were heartstoppers. I once got trapped in the dorm and had to spend the night. This was not the time of co-ed accomodations either. I looks back and wonder how I ever avoided being thrown out of school or worse. Lots of laughs though.

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      1. Apparently the powers that be never figured out that girls who missed curfew kept from getting in trouble by staying out all night. Their dorm pals would cover for them, sometimes by making a “body” out of towels and clothing under the bed coverings. Today, I find myself suspecting that the dorm mother knew very well what was going on, and was in on the cover-up.

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  20. Great photos, John! The young buck looks like a statue. We have a lot of deer around here, too, so it’s not unusual to see them strolling up and down the street. The bus ride was fun also and the bubbly hit the spot. Cheers! 🥂

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  21. The Producer did a wonderful job of capturing all the deer. I am still in awe that they just roam around willy nilly like this. Here, it is such a big deal if we manage to glimpse one!

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        3. That is the idea although deer can scale a fence almost at will. We put in a privacy fence since they don’t like to jump anything that they can’t see where they are going to land. Pretty smart deer.

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  22. Axis deer, huh. Unfortunate nomenclature, what with it’s wartime aggressors and ‘of evil’ connotations… coming over here eating our grass… beautiful though. Personally I’m glad my only issue is with the foxes using my topsoil sacks as sandpits. Deer would decimate my dahlias.
    Oh and the Bubbly bus looks the business. Do you take bookings in South London?

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    1. We could come over there. I’ll keep an eye out for some historical event. A bus load of Yanks is just what South London needs. You are right about the deer in your garden. There would be nothing left.

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        2. They’ve been genetically modified over centuries – we avoid saying ‘evolved’ because that suggests progress- by inbreeding and now their Linnaneus classification is aboreal-twit or commonly treestupid. They live on vacuous platitudes and bullshit delivered on silver platters by flunkies. The only reason they survive as a protected species is they make every prime minister look vaguely competent in comparison. They are Palace trained and will when prompted give their standard call of ‘have you come far’ to every question.

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  26. That bus may not look like much, but its contents are priceless. I mean . . brunch and bubbly of course.

    These captures are pretty spectacular in their own right, Boss.

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