Triplet Black-tail Bucks Sporting Spikes and White Mustaches
Three young black-tailed bucks recently hurried past a local game camera, each sporting the short spike antlers of youth and what looked remarkably like white mustaches. The audio is an interesting part of the clip. The deer can be heard making a sharp snorting sound—a common alarm signal used when deer sense something unusual or potentially threatening.
Black-tailed deer often travel in small bachelor groups during the summer months, with young males spending time together before the autumn rut…um…changes their priorities. The matching spike antlers suggest these three are likely yearlings or young bucks still growing into adulthood.
As for those distinguished white whiskers? They’re a normal feature of black-tailed deer, though the bright contrast can make them look surprisingly human at just the right angle. For a brief moment, the trio appears less like wild deer and more like three old-timers gathered for an early morning coffee and a neighborhood update.
Whatever they were discussing, one of them clearly thought something was a cause for alarm.
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IMHO:
An adult Mountain Lion will eat those deer in… about 3 weeks. 1 deer a week.
If they browse a dope garden… they will be ‘in the freezer’ after one night.
Go figure.
that sounds like a confession
sounds like some one who just had a bday!
theyre sending thier best
The distinct sound of a generator whirring in the background could have been the source of the scent that caused the bucks to blow.
usually the deer like being around houses and gennies and such
its always alot safer than out in the woods
even a bozo would know that
another reason you see them near the rd disporportionatly
Yup. Humans help to keep the Mountain Lions away.
When they get hungry… they will take live stock, cats and dogs.
Real hungry… they take humans.
Before the SF/LA urbanites took over California, we used to have Lion Hunting.
Also had we had county ‘predator hunters’… they kept the lions under control.
Lot of deer back then. Every hillside had deer trails going up the bank.
Now… nothing. Don’t even smell many dead deer along the road, used to be one dead deer a mile !
When I first arrived in the early ‘70’s, I couldn’t believe the number of deer and feral pigs. When I was living in the hills, I remember small groups of deer and pigs below my garden area. Those were the days my friend, I thought they would never end. Venison and feral pork are still my favorite meats.
your above post with your comment about deer getting shot browsing weed gardens is not entirely accurate. Sure feels good, though, don’t it? There are bad people everywhere, but chicken-wire fencing was a good cure for deer just like every other garden for food or flowers. I know, it’s more fun if you can de-humanize the “bad” people.
Not my quote but I love it: venison, the original fast food.
a bozo in the wild will hunt lost cheetos once a week
in between dorito beard forraging missions
mtn lions cover square miles per day and rareley stay in the same place long
but you saw the lion king amd already kne that
Yup. Mtn Lions do move around… when they have taken all the deer out of one location.
They eat about 10 (+-) lbs of meat a day. Takes about a week to consume an ‘average’ deer. They will stick around the kill until they have eaten most of the carcass… (unless a bear finds it first).
Used to be a group of Black and White Mtn Lions up on the East fork of Canyon Creek.
A long time ago, I saw a black one at an old road crossing a creek. Only one that I’ve ever seen other than that ‘tawny’ color. Pretty fortunate that my dog didn’t see it.
Went down and looked at the tracks, lots of different cat tracks in the mud… then I headed out, (I didn’t have a gun at the time).
BTW: I really don’t like Cheetos or Doritos.