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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

I went out into my yard just now and apparently the buck stops here!

A deer with antlers that apparently slept in my yard last night. The deer slept. I don't know if antlers sleep.
aug 29, 2025, 2:35 pm • 332 21

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lorisanor.bsky.social @lorisanor.bsky.social

Beautiful, but also 😅

aug 30, 2025, 1:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Yeah more then once a deer and I have given each other mutual heart attacks by surprising one another

aug 30, 2025, 2:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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Deb Terry @lacemuse.bsky.social

Blessed image.

aug 30, 2025, 12:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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JMay @bubbles9333.bsky.social

The buck stops at my house too.

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aug 30, 2025, 4:55 am • 4 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Great shot!

aug 30, 2025, 2:46 pm • 1 1 • view
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JMay @bubbles9333.bsky.social

He brought his family with him as well.

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aug 30, 2025, 7:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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JMay @bubbles9333.bsky.social

Thanks.

aug 30, 2025, 7:24 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

😍

aug 31, 2025, 1:14 am • 0 0 • view
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Mel @elder420.bsky.social

My dog is barking at one over the fence as I type. She does her best to keep them out of the yard. Mini aussie needs a job 😉 and with luck it might keep one of the Papillions from being trampled.

aug 30, 2025, 3:28 am • 2 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Yeah, my sister-in-law lost control of her little dog and it ran and tried to attack one of the bucks. The dog lived, but there was quite the vet bill

aug 30, 2025, 3:38 am • 1 0 • view
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Mel @elder420.bsky.social

We were lucky. My wife had a rake or something in her hand and chased it off of our oldest girl. The hoof grazed her side but not deep enough to require a vet. Scrapped the skin off a little. That was before the aussie. They haven't gotten her yet. They won't.

aug 30, 2025, 3:44 am • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Whereas my labrador looks at the deer and the turkeys and anything else in the yard, and you can see her shrug.

aug 30, 2025, 3:40 am • 3 0 • view
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Mel @elder420.bsky.social

All 5 of ours go bonkers. Four of them almost add up to a dog. The big one is 7lbs.

aug 30, 2025, 3:45 am • 2 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Rofl

aug 30, 2025, 4:03 am • 2 0 • view
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Mel @elder420.bsky.social

She worries them and generally herds them to the opposite fence.

aug 30, 2025, 11:51 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bella @kristinajensen.bsky.social

Cool!

aug 30, 2025, 7:08 am • 1 0 • view
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loose forma @luceforma.bsky.social

aug 30, 2025, 2:01 am • 0 0 • view
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Aliéne @alienedc.bsky.social

aug 30, 2025, 11:11 am • 2 0 • view
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Carousel Rider @literata1.bsky.social

Buck-a-Night Hotel.

aug 30, 2025, 2:29 pm • 1 0 • view
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thebeeselbow.bsky.social @thebeeselbow.bsky.social

My 4am lawn mower.

aug 30, 2025, 7:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

I think the ones in my neighborhood are spoiled! I never see them eating grass, only decorative plants that we would really prefer that they did not! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

aug 30, 2025, 2:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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thebeeselbow.bsky.social @thebeeselbow.bsky.social

My grass lawn is not short & has a mix of lots of clover & other wild seeds. Deer are kept off the other plants with a electric fencer.

aug 30, 2025, 4:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Ah! Tall grass is a fire hazard around here and the neighbors would be sure to have something to say to me. And I've decided that I can share the rest of my plants with them

aug 30, 2025, 4:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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plattyqueen0.bsky.social @plattyqueen0.bsky.social

We got bucks that visit for watermelon scraps and fresh water. They are like Big Dogs !

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aug 30, 2025, 12:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Absolutely gorgeous shot

aug 30, 2025, 2:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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plattyqueen0.bsky.social @plattyqueen0.bsky.social

It’s from our bedroom window. He still has his fuzzy rack. We enjoy watching them and after they figure out that you are no harm they don’t mind hanging around.

aug 30, 2025, 3:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Yes it's great when I get to talk to them often enough that they no longer run out of the yard when I go out to empty the garbage

aug 30, 2025, 3:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Spikes mom @nancyroth.bsky.social

He is all ready for the season after a nice visit ❤️

aug 30, 2025, 3:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Mating season for these guys isn't until sometime in November or December!

aug 30, 2025, 3:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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London Reed🫘8647 & 86ICE 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🇬🇱🏳️‍⚧️🇩🇰🇬🇱🇨🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸🇲🇽🇺🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @londonreed.bsky.social

Beautiful

aug 30, 2025, 10:53 am • 1 0 • view
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Blip@Blackhat_1 @blip-blackhat-1.bsky.social

that's a great nature shot

aug 29, 2025, 7:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Thank you 😊

aug 29, 2025, 7:48 pm • 1 0 • view
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DeeJay 🇨🇦🦫 @charmjarm.bsky.social

Awesome!

aug 30, 2025, 2:27 am • 1 0 • view
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Zoe Alt Department of Radios @retrozo.bsky.social

Mule Deer?

aug 29, 2025, 2:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

As far as I can tell, yes. I think that's the only kind we get around here?

aug 29, 2025, 2:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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Zoe Alt Department of Radios @retrozo.bsky.social

That's cool. I've always lived in the Mid Atlantic, so it's only Whitetail. Never saw a Mule Deer in person

aug 29, 2025, 2:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

I have fed many of them, by attempting to have a garden 🙃

aug 29, 2025, 3:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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Margaret. Ms. Sanger if you’re nasty. @dwnwthtyrants.bsky.social

Do you think he was resting there to evade hunters? So cool.

aug 30, 2025, 2:07 am • 0 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Lol, no. There's no hunting near here. Hence all the animals.

aug 30, 2025, 2:49 am • 1 0 • view
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Margaret. Ms. Sanger if you’re nasty. @dwnwthtyrants.bsky.social

Oh thats cool. The White tail always sleep in our yard in summer through late fall. For a safe place and apples🤭

aug 30, 2025, 1:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Built 4 Anarchy @jadegreentara.bsky.social

🤣🫠💖

aug 30, 2025, 3:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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Epstein Files @jusnews.bsky.social

Bucking Around

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aug 30, 2025, 2:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Oh that's a beefy boy!

aug 30, 2025, 2:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Epstein Files @jusnews.bsky.social

Standing he was proud and warning me as I walked by with my 20lb no help, I mean Bichon Frise

aug 30, 2025, 3:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Adlynn Aster @adlynnaster.bsky.social

Hey handsome!

aug 29, 2025, 2:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

I was real confused by this notification for a second

aug 29, 2025, 5:05 pm • 1 0 • view
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Adlynn Aster @adlynnaster.bsky.social

Hey beautiful

aug 29, 2025, 5:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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m-ia.bsky.social @m-ia.bsky.social

:)!

aug 29, 2025, 2:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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Don aka Damnit Don @donm1955.bsky.social

Such a cute little dog ,you've got there! What's his name?

aug 30, 2025, 4:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mari 🏳️‍⚧️ @mariposaeldridge.bsky.social

Buck, naturally!

aug 30, 2025, 4:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Don aka Damnit Don @donm1955.bsky.social

Oh, Buck needs a treat...bag of oats, um carrots, maybe?

aug 30, 2025, 4:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dan the man @1967chevymalibu.bsky.social

No doubt

aug 29, 2025, 5:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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Chet @chetgee.bsky.social

Cool!

aug 30, 2025, 3:33 pm • 1 0 • view