The Wildlife - they are a-stirring!

PennyPenny · 03-22-2011, 01:10 PM

Left this morning around 11 am and going up my 1/2 mile driveway I saw footprints in the snow. I kept on going thinking it was just somebody and their dog walking. When I came back, I stopped and got out and looked. No doubt it was a moose.It came out of the neighbors yard, crossed our driveway and down the embankment to the brook.

hilltopper · 03-22-2011, 01:25 PM

I saw my first deer in a couple months on our property probably about a week and a half ago...a group of five. A few days later my wife saw a beagle chasing a deer through the snow. I better not see this again......

A week or so ago I thought I saw the silhouette of a fox on a pile of sunflower seeds we had out. Two days later my wife saw the fox trotting down the driveway midday.

A week or so ago I was my first chipmunk of the season.

Also tons of turkey around include one large male who is already starting to show off for the ladies.

TOAD · 03-22-2011, 04:45 PM

Seeing the deer is a good thing for the herd. This was a very though winter for them...expecially the young. Hope there was not too much winter kill.

Down here in Western Mass....the winter kill was pretty bad and the coyotes took a lot of deer in addition to the harsh winter conditions.

03-22-2011, 01:10 PM	#1
PennyPenny Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 140 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Moose tracks at my house Left this morning around 11 am and going up my 1/2 mile driveway I saw footprints in the snow. I kept on going thinking it was just somebody and their dog walking. When I came back, I stopped and got out and looked. No doubt it was a moose.It came out of the neighbors yard, crossed our driveway and down the embankment to the brook.

03-22-2011, 04:45 PM	#3
TOAD Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soon to be Moultonboro Posts: 258 Thanks: 1 Thanked 81 Times in 34 Posts	Seeing the deer is a good thing for the herd. This was a very though winter for them...expecially the young. Hope there was not too much winter kill. Down here in Western Mass....the winter kill was pretty bad and the coyotes took a lot of deer in addition to the harsh winter conditions. __________________ "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.....Unknown....but attributed to George Washington

03-22-2011, 01:25 PM	#2
hilltopper Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Meredith Posts: 727 Thanks: 25 Thanked 109 Times in 70 Posts	I saw my first deer in a couple months on our property probably about a week and a half ago...a group of five. A few days later my wife saw a beagle chasing a deer through the snow. I better not see this again...... A week or so ago I thought I saw the silhouette of a fox on a pile of sunflower seeds we had out. Two days later my wife saw the fox trotting down the driveway midday. A week or so ago I was my first chipmunk of the season. Also tons of turkey around include one large male who is already starting to show off for the ladies.