Yalo
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I have sited many Mule Deer over the years in areas with wire fences in California. Mostly barbed wire. Doubt I have not had the opportunity to observe the deer jumping over or through the fences which seems strange since fences are everywhere save once.
However, viewing an old video of mine I noticed a small buck trying to decide how to go through a fence rather than jumping over it. He gave up and retreated. And recently I saw an online video of a larger mule deer figuring out how to one horn at a time go under a gate and not jump over it?
Additionally I view deer tracks on trails right up to the fence line of barbed wire on both sides as though they slowly slip through the barbed wire? I assume does and or smaller bucks?
Many questions? If pushed do the mule deer normally jump over barded wire and or go through it? And do they do something different if not pushed?
Startled a 3 point next to the road once and swear he went through the barded wire in a panic? But not sure it happened, because it happened so fast and only a brief glimpse of the proceedings, my only time with a buck traveling past a fence?
Recently observed half a dozen does from a distance all go through a wire fence on the right side of a paved road. Actually, did not realize there was a fence on the left side of my view at first down in the brush. I concentrated on the right side of the road. It tuns out the right side was a taller fence maybe twice as tall as the barbed wire fence on the left side of the road and wider spacing between the wire (appeared barbless to boot). Deer were relatively calm.
Out of the blue the deer panicked and decided to return from where they came up a hillside across the road and the 2 fences. Moving fast all but one went through the right-side fence crossed the road and was not paying attention to the left side but I know the last two leaped over the left side fence. The deer either always jumped the left side or did since in a panic knowing the left side tougher to go through? What I did not do is see if the left side of the road had tracks right up to the fence indicating if not in a panic would have gone through the wire rather than jump over?
What have members seen?
However, viewing an old video of mine I noticed a small buck trying to decide how to go through a fence rather than jumping over it. He gave up and retreated. And recently I saw an online video of a larger mule deer figuring out how to one horn at a time go under a gate and not jump over it?
Additionally I view deer tracks on trails right up to the fence line of barbed wire on both sides as though they slowly slip through the barbed wire? I assume does and or smaller bucks?
Many questions? If pushed do the mule deer normally jump over barded wire and or go through it? And do they do something different if not pushed?
Startled a 3 point next to the road once and swear he went through the barded wire in a panic? But not sure it happened, because it happened so fast and only a brief glimpse of the proceedings, my only time with a buck traveling past a fence?
Recently observed half a dozen does from a distance all go through a wire fence on the right side of a paved road. Actually, did not realize there was a fence on the left side of my view at first down in the brush. I concentrated on the right side of the road. It tuns out the right side was a taller fence maybe twice as tall as the barbed wire fence on the left side of the road and wider spacing between the wire (appeared barbless to boot). Deer were relatively calm.
Out of the blue the deer panicked and decided to return from where they came up a hillside across the road and the 2 fences. Moving fast all but one went through the right-side fence crossed the road and was not paying attention to the left side but I know the last two leaped over the left side fence. The deer either always jumped the left side or did since in a panic knowing the left side tougher to go through? What I did not do is see if the left side of the road had tracks right up to the fence indicating if not in a panic would have gone through the wire rather than jump over?
What have members seen?
