Thanksgiving is generally the 3rd week of November right??? The third Thursday of November.
Deer Gun season always starts on the Saturday before.
So I was talking to the grand daughter last night and she informed me that I was wrong! What? WHUT?
Well I looked it up and indeed, Thanksgiving is on the 28th. Duh. I was wrong wrong wrong. However, I did get all of my outdoor work done for the gun season I thought was starting this weekend. It isn't, so hurray for me. I got everything done a week ahead of time. That includes most of the ingredients for our Thanksgiving dinner.
Maybe I was having a Miss Merry Moment! 💖
Well, that actually made me very happy in so many ways! I have another 7 days of being able to go out to the woods and play! [Um, hike...I mean. Hike. Yeah.]
The trail cams have really been capturing a lot of very cool bucks doing some fun things right in front of the trail cam. I'm glad I turned on the option for short videos. It really helps me study what the deer are doing.
Two different large bucks are walking right up to a little branch in front of the camera and rubbing their faces on it. Later in the night there is a doe that stands under the branch and smells it intently.
Does that mean that the bucks are leaving a scent on that branch as a message to the ladies? Maybe. I am no deer expert. So I looked it up. Bucks do rub their faces on branches to mark their territory. They also lick the branches to leave markers for the ladies.
Until I had a camera that could take some video, I had no idea. I knew the 'marked' territory, but I thought it was just like dogs and coyotes did. By peeing on things. In a buck's case, maybe peeing and scraping his antlers on trees.
I learn something every day!
So this buck does exactly that .. and later on, a doe comes up to check it out! 20 second video.
I think this is the way the way a white tail buck leaves an email on his dating app!
Well. I'll be durned!
Have a neat weekend.
November's a busy time for deer. Thanks so much for the trailcam footage.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! I do enjoy seeing what critters are up to. Adding video sure makes things clearer than they used to be.
DeleteIn many ways trail cams and other remote devices have revolutionized the study of wildlife. And I was reading recently how drones are now being used to good advantage.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree. Drones can be great but it is something I doubt I'll ever use. There is so much to learn in this world.
DeleteYou are funny! I also thought Thanksgiving is on the 22nd. Mark told me a couple of days ago it's the 28th. I looked and I WAS wrong. That never happens!
ReplyDeleteOh good! I thought I was the only one!
DeleteMy grand daughter said there was quite the discussion at work over that too. So we are not the only ones!
How weird is that?
You have a pretty good quality trail cam.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I like it. I had one of the top trail cams for years that was very pricey. These are around $40 US dollars and operate quite well. I am pleased with them.
DeleteOh no, don't use me for keeping track of times and dates, LOL. I, too, am very confused as to how Thanksgiving is so late this year (of course I am) I made a mad dash to the store yesterday for the turkey so it would have time to defrost. Then realized it is next Friday it needs to go in the frig. As you say, at least things are done and ready. Enjoy the week!!!
ReplyDeleteI read something that said it was later because this is a leap year? I don't know, but I had to give you a fun nudge on that!
DeleteLOL!
Obviously, I am not the only one who has made this mistake!
:)
Yay! Now you have all that extra time!!! Lori
ReplyDeleteOne blogger said that the bucks pee down their legs to leave their own special scent to the does...:) Well you have another week...our deer season ends tomorrow and we can go out on the trails again:)
ReplyDeleteGoats pee on their beards and faces, ewwww.
DeleteThe bucks have 7 scent gland in their legs, bodies, and faces. These are called scrapes, where they dig up the ground. I think we are up to 5 scrapes all about us. It stops, of course, when rutting season is over. The doe is only in heat for 24 hours, so the bucks spread their scent around, hope to get her in the mood and mark territory. It is fascinating. I had a pair mate right out in my back yard. It was quite something.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you have an extra week!