For those of you who enjoy watching the Bald Eagle Cameras, here’s one with deer! My coworker Kevin was telling me about this webcam in Maine that watches deer eat from a couple of troughs and it’s so fun to watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VpoLPsBZgk
“The Brownville Food Pantry For Deer feeds up to 600 pounds per day of native oats (local) to help sustain the white-tailed deer population through rough winters here in Brownville, Maine. Feeding happens daily around 08:00(8AM) to 09:00(9 AM) Eastern Standard Time starting December 16 and continues to around the beginning of April. These are wild deer and this is not a deer farm. Some of the deer have been coming for more than 10 years. At times there are 100+ deer at the pantry. Wild turkeys also come and eat the native oats along side the deer. There is no Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD in wild deer in Maine. These deer are all very healthy and there has never been any type of disease spread among these deer. This “Yarding” of deer happens in Maine every winter, even if they were not being fed. You may see deer that are lame. Experts tell us that leaving them alone is the best thing we can do for them. Thank You for watching!”
Time to take some more jerky out of the freezer I guess.