Other hobby - videoing the crtters in the woods

ctfjr

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I have placed 8 cameras in the woods within 50m or so from our house to catch the various animals that wander through. There is an active fox den that is kind of the center of activity.

Here are a few recent - enjoy 😊






 
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I've heard coyotes in the woods behind my house and have heard of black bears in the area but have never seen any. Makes me want to set up some cameras back there.
 

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I gave up ,after losing 3 cameras I figured it wasnt worth the time or money,, you did very well getting those pictures!
 

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I have placed 8 cameras in the woods within 50m or so from our house to catch the various animals that wander through. There is an active fox den that is kind of the center of activity.

Here are a few recent - enjoy 😊






Can deer eat rhododendron? They poison any animals I know and quick too
 

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Can deer eat rhododendron? They poison any animals I know and quick too
I have been told by many people they don't. I can tell you 1st hand they do :(

If they were poisoned it wasn't deadly - I have clips of them just about every night on the woods cams
 

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I have been told by many people they don't. I can tell you 1st hand they do :(

If they were poisoned it wasn't deadly - I have clips of them just about every night on the woods cams
Gotta get me some deer ;)
 

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I have been told by many people they don't. I can tell you 1st hand they do :(

If they were poisoned it wasn't deadly - I have clips of them just about every night on the woods cams
They seem to eat just about anything, including POISON IVY of all things! They do all my rhododendron trimming for me in the front yard.
 

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They seem to eat just about anything, including POISON IVY of all things! They do all my rhododendron trimming for me in the front yard.
My sister tried every deer-resistant or deer-proof plant in zone 7. A hungry deer will eat anything, holly bushes and red cedar included. Some people call them wild goats. They ended up fencing a back yard so she could have flowers.
 

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I wish to hell they would eat this bamboo I got growing here
 

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I have been told by many people they don't. I can tell you 1st hand they do
Same here, they eat the flower buds and the new leaves on the Rhododendrons, They eat the flower buds and leaves on the mountain laurel, they eat the Yuccas, the new buds and flowers on just about everything in my yard, we have a fenced in area for the dogs and the deer come up to the edge of the fence and eat along it, the dogs run out and bark at them and the deer stand there looking at them and then go back to eating.
In the summer they go down into my ponds and eat the water lily buds
 

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They seem to eat just about anything, including POISON IVY of all things!
The reason people are affected by poison ivy is because of an allergic reaction, many animals including goats eat poison ivy without any ill affects because they are not allergic to it, Dogs generally won't have a reaction but will carry the oil into your home and you can get affected from transfer of the oil to human
 

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The reason people are affected by poison ivy is because of an allergic reaction, many animals including goats eat poison ivy without any ill affects because they are not allergic to it, Dogs generally won't have a reaction but will carry the oil into your home and you can get affected from transfer of the oil to human
All I know is I tried it once and all I got was the fuzzy tongue :ROFLMAO:
 

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The first picture is 2 otters, not a good picture as them little buggers are fast. The others need no explaining except there were 3 more deer with the 2 which is what they were looking in the woods for. Lots of bobcat tracks around but no pictures as of yet. Great video's, thanks for sharing.
 

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The deer did quite a number on my pine shrubberies this year. Does anyone know of a way to save them?

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I'm not sure however they may come back on their own. I was really surprised when the deer walked right by my young apple trees without touching them.
 
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This was 10 min ago
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