Today’s deer visitors

I was rather late getting the deer feed out today. We ran out yesterday, so the plan was to pick up some more after getting our Easter basket blessed in town. That was scheduled for noon.

My younger daughter came along, so we took advantage of being out together and played Pokemon Go while we were out. There was a major update, and all kinds of new things in the game, so we had a lot of fun – and saw a lot of other vehicles driving around and parking in certain areas, just like we were! 😀

Which meant we didn’t actually get home until past 2pm or so.

Rather than get the same feed at the local store we usually do, I decided to try one of the places in town that carried feed. It’s quite a bit more expensive, though we caught a good sale, so it wasn’t too bad. We still got only one bag. The reason for the extra cost became clear, when we saw the list of what was in it. Our usual feed is mostly sunflower seeds with some grain. This stuff is mostly grain, plus corn and a couple of other things.

We’ll see how it goes over. It wouldn’t be worth paying extra, if it turns out the deer don’t like it.

As the feed was being rung up, I noticed the display had it under “pet food.” I chuckled and commented on it. The cashier told me, they may was well be pets, considering how much money people are spending to buy feed for them.

Interesting.

On the way out, we saw quite a few deer in that first mile on the made road from our place, and more on the way back. Deer did come to our place while we were gone, even without fresh feed, and my older daughter got a few photos. Once my younger daughter and I got home and unloaded the van, I put the new deer feed out. Some came by when I wasn’t around to take photos, but the mama with no tail and her boy came by again later on, so I was able to get more photos.

I have had a name suggested for the deer with no tail.

Detail.

*groan*

Yeah. I’m going to run with it.

So here is Detail and her boy!

Check out those antler nubs!

They are noticeably bigger than the last time I saw him. I’m thinking we should be seeing antler tips very soon.

Detail has such a long face, and a distinctive dark spot above her right eye. For a while, I wasn’t sure if it was her fur, or something caught in her fur, but it’s definitely a dark patch of fur.

She also obliged me with a tongue shot.