While waiting for the super moon to crest earlier this week, I ran into a whole herd of deer just east of the City of Red Deer limits, north of Hwy 11. The same field had hundreds of geese, and the ones further back started to suddenly fly off but I couldn’t see why, until I went driving towards the other end.
There was a thick line of trees, so I had to shoot through them to even get part of the group, but there was probably at least 20 of them if not more - which is the most deer I’ve ever seen in one place. Whoever owns the land has “no hunting” signs in place, so I wonder if they always hang out in the area because they know it’s safe, or if it’s a sign of how quickly nature starts to reclaim its territory with people staying inside.
Also saw a family - a mother with 5-6 other deer, and 4 of them at least were young ones, today walking alongside one of the major thoroughfares in the city, so it could just be a sign of spring, too.
