bad weather for deer

daithi55

have gone out the last few evenings but having no results grounds to hard for walking making loads of racket
but on the other hand its great for the foxes have got one both evenings

Boyle243

2nd tat on the deer, they haven't been out in the mornings since the snow and frost started. guess they cant get at the grass under the frost..

daithi55

ya took a small trip along the trcks through the woods theres lots of grass under the trees not froze id say there nibbling away on that instead

kakashka

Yeah in my experience they usually stay put under cover in this kind of weather,move off hills if bad enough

jwshooter

this time of the year deer are very nocturnal with only 7 hours of day lite,they prefer to feed at nite.
there metabolisms slow down to cope with poor feeding and there less active to save energy in day lite.
saying that a warm sunny eve you will catch them on westerly facing forest edges and hills.

the cold will put more pressure on them to feed ,but with a full moon at the end of the month feeding and moving about at nite will become easier for them and thats exactly what they will do.

it will be mid jan before deer start to show again in numbers, this is due to pregnant hinds under pressure to feed from a growing calf inside them.

this is the same every year where deer are under pressure from hunting.

kerryman12

interesting post JW