The thumb of Michigan is dominated by a landscape of farms and woodlots. This mix is just about the perfect situation for white-tailed deer, and they are super abundant in this area. Spending a day driving the many grid roads assures one of seeing many of them.
But mostly they live in the woodlots, and that is mostly where I have been spending my time lately. So seeing a dozen or more in a few hours is typical. Interestingly, there are many does, and while walking around have discovered many fawns lying perfectly still on the ground, but very few bucks.
The trails through the woodlots tend to be grassy, some mowed and some just high grass. When they are high grass, the deer don't know I'm walking there until I am fairly close and they hop up to see what is coming. So I see, over and over, essentially this.
But mostly they live in the woodlots, and that is mostly where I have been spending my time lately. So seeing a dozen or more in a few hours is typical. Interestingly, there are many does, and while walking around have discovered many fawns lying perfectly still on the ground, but very few bucks.
The trails through the woodlots tend to be grassy, some mowed and some just high grass. When they are high grass, the deer don't know I'm walking there until I am fairly close and they hop up to see what is coming. So I see, over and over, essentially this.
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in a Michigan woodlot
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