Daily photography - White-tailed deer
Have you ever seen white-tailed deer at close range?
If not, this post is for you! I am lucky to spot some every time I go to Bois-des-Esprits, a small forest near my house. They are part of a group of 20-30 deer that call the area their home.
Also known as Virginia deer, white-tailed deer are found across the American continent, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia. They have a reddish-brown coat in the spring and summer, which becomes grey-brown the rest of the year.
Bucks (males) sport antlers during the warm seasons and weigh between 68 and 140 kg. Does (females), which are lighter, give birth to one to three fawns at a time, usually in May or June. The latter are recognizable to their white spots.
Whitetail deer are fast animals, reaching sprinting speeds of up to 58 km/hour. They are also very agile, with an ability to make 2.5-metre-high and nine-metre-long leaps!
The deer in Bois-des-Esprits are used to human presence. So, they are not very shy and can stand very close to you. My policy is to stay at a safe distance and move slowly, so as to avoid creating problems for myself. I have met people who try to feed them, but it is not a practice I condone.
I took the photos below within the last couple of years...
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I've never seen these white-tailed deer before! They are really unique. Thanks for the informative post.
@avant, I'm glad you liked the post!
@mhm-philippines, yes they are common animals in these parts. :-)
@gibic, yes, they are used to human beings. So you can stand really close to them. If you don't move too much, they will not bother you. They are just naturally curious animals.
@nananini, it depends on the time of the year. They tend to be larger during the winter...
@tatoodjay, thank you!
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I have seen many white tailed deer up close, but I enjoyed your photography very much!
They’re so lovely! I never seen it before. My favorite is the last one, looks like they don’t really care and just walking around 😀
They look much bigger than the deer I am used to seeing around various places I've lived here in the US.
Those are very nice close-ups. Wonderful to have them in you neighborhood, I'm sure.
These are such cute shots so cool you see them often
lovely!
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