Winter whitetail activity on January 22, 2020

[Marty1]

I was able to catch a few pics of deer activity at around 4:00 p.m. yesterday in the late afternoon. There were a total of 6 deer herded-up which I watched for about half-hour. First pic shows a few of them browsing just inside the wood line edge

a few were huddled along the field edge

another was checking-out the open field

some were grazing in the areas without snow

and one just decided to lay down just insider the field-woods line edge

 

[Muley Hunter]

You should see all the bucks hanging around town here Marty.

I guess they're celebrating making through another hunting season.

 

[Buck Conner1]

That's the way it was yesterday in Uray CO. Pete, you stop at a traffic light and have a small doe rub her head on your bug deflector.

 

[Muley Hunter]

I love that town. I almost moved there. Whatcha doing there?

 

[Buck Conner1]

Sold a couple of antique shotguns to an old friend, made the delivery (excuse to get out and about).

Yes, we have talked about Uray many times, lots of good places to visit or hang out in and around there. :thumbs up:

 

[Marty1]

You should see all the bucks hanging around town here Marty.

I guess they're celebrating making through another hunting season.

Oddly enough none of the 6 whitetail deer I saw had antlers. Whitetail bucks may also have shed their antlers by now too.

 

[Muley Hunter]

Mule deer here can lose their antlers from late Dec all the way to April. However, i'd know a buck without headgear.

 

[user 23626]

"Boss Buck" made it through another hunting season, he disappears for awhile, probably down on the river with the whitetails on private. I like seeing him and his kin as they keep me from getting too excited when seeing smaller bucks while hunting. Here we do not get to hunt during the rut. Deer in my backyard and around town all winter. Kinda like a biological indicator that all is well.