It appears as if at least three deer, two mature does and one immature deer are living on the Kimber Park open space, now behind a 6 foot high cyclone fence. These look to be the same deer that regularly came out at twilight when the club was open. It is also very probable that the immature deer is the one photographed earlier this year in July being nursed by its mother.
Here’s the fawn and it’s mother from July 20th of 2011.
Fawn feeds from its mother on the Kimber Park Open Space
Here’s some video of the deer taken the night a stroller first spotted them:
The question was, were they somehow coming and going from the property or were they staying behind the fence? I’ve been looking for deer tracks at likely places in the soil outside of the fence but never found any. Working off a hunch, I went over very early in the morning of November 28th, 2011. Here’s what I saw:
Brush pile on the Kimber Park Open Space
OK, I couldn’t resist, but you have to look very closely. Here’s a closeup of the same picture:
A deer is hidden in the brush pile
If you look closely you can see the deer creeping out of the heavy brush pile behind the trees on the old pond bed. They then came up the slope and were wary enough to focus on the click of my camera’s shutter, as shown here.
Three wild mule deer on the Kimber Park Open Space
The blur in the foreground is the top of the cyclone fence. This is the same fence that is shown in the Turkey post.
Apparently wildlife control says everything is fine. They report that the deer can escape. I am personally very concerned. While the adults may survive a jump over the fence, I hope they choose wisely and don’t injure themselves on the many hazards possible from such an attempt. I am also doubtful that the juvenile can jump the fence while still immature. Wildlife control says it could find one of the gaps and be able to crawl underneath the fence if the adults flee.
For the time being we can enjoy them at our leisure, as they seem to be staying. Hopefully the winter rains and plentiful morning dew will give them enough water.
Help us keep an eye on the deer and make sure that they are doing well.
Awesome pictures. The deer in the brush pile is amazing, you would never know its there without really close examination.
I noticed that the deer are still on the property. They were feeding in the grassy area along the back at 5pm on December 4, 2011.
This is after the cyclone fence was moved back 10′ along South Las Palmas. 😦
I just wanted to report that on Sunday at around 11:30am I saw the juvenile deer alone, feeding, on the property behind the cyclone fence along South Las Palmas Blvd. This is the first time I’ve seen them when they weren’t in a group.
Please reply if you see the adult deer on the property again.