Thread: Deer sign...

Here's a video of reds going over a fence like this. It's a bit long so just flick through it. The crossing point is always the same place, you can see it from miles away, especially in late spring. Just an earthen patch on both sides of a wonky bit of fence, and clear deer trails leading to it. There's two crossing points, both have heaps of belly fur on the barbed top wire and in the surrounding grass.

The young animals are schooled in how to get across by the older hinds. You'll see the young ones working it out towards the end. They're dumb as animals though - we've shot dozens of nice fat meat hinds out of this paddock, often on consecutive evenings. Whilst they teach each other how to cross the fence, they don't teach each other than death lies on the other side.

(The far side of the fence is off limits.)