A couple of days ago I went for a short hike here on Bolt Mountain. The area I was going hiking was within walking distance of my house. I was walking down a one lane road called Breckenridge trying to decide where to enter the woods. I had just come through a small curve when a doe snorted at me from just inside the tree line. I couldn’t see her but I heard her go bounding off further into the hollow. That made up my mind on where to enter the woods. I was trying to be extra quiet because I knew she didn’t run far.
Once inside the trees, she snorted at me again. This time I got a small glimpse of her as she moves even further into the hollow. She was a big doe and she didn’t like the intrusion. For about twenty to thirty minutes we play a game of catch up. I would cross an invisible line, she would snort to let me know I had gotten too close and off she would go again. Apparently she finally got tired of the game and left the hollow completely. I stayed in the hollow for about the next three hours taking photos and never saw or heard her again.
I have had a few unique experiences with deer in the woods. They are some curious creatures.
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August 11th, 2007 at 6:44 am
Sounds like you were led to the best place to take some pics. for the day???????
August 11th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
She definitely coaxed me into a beautiful hollow…
August 11th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Too bad you weren’t able to get close enough to get a picture of her. You know how we love the pictures.
August 11th, 2007 at 5:37 pm
Kristine… I got close enough a couple of times but my piece of junk camera was way too slow. Have a different one now though.
August 16th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
That doe will be back to that same spot. All you need to do is go out and wait for her.