Timeline for How should I approach deer to photograph them?
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| Jul 31, 2017 at 19:38 | comment | added | scottbb♦ | @GalacticCowboy absolutely. I had Texas or Florida deer in mind after I saw the picture. But you're right, I don't want to be anywhere in front of a full sized mule or white tail in the mountains — they aren't small! | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 16:50 | comment | added | user50888 | There are a lot of cultural differences between the US West and the East and South and North...people in Mississippi don't say, "I need a practical car, so maybe a Subaru." There's less of slippery slope with wildlife because there is less of it left that warrants zero tolerance attitudes toward deer. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 16:40 | comment | added | user1406 | For what it's worth, "docile" deer can mess you up badly. Yes, their flight instinct normally prevails, but you do not want to be on the receiving end if it chooses to fight instead, or if it feels like it is cornered and cannot flee. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 14:31 | comment | added | scottbb♦ | @benrudgers Understood, completely agree. As our suburbs (exurbs?) extend into their habitat, most interactions with deer definitely fall into the 'nuisance' category. As far as rangers / wardens writing citations, I suppose it depends on the location. I know that Nat'l Park and Forest Service rangers in the Rocky Mountains are fairly strict with enforcement. Of course, there's little they can do on somebody's private property. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 14:16 | comment | added | scottbb♦ | @can-ned_food Nice catch. I suppose my statement was from a moral relativism standpoint, that is, assuming the zoo already existed, or perhaps assuming the zoo (or preserve, etc.) houses already compromised / socialized animals, then it's more ethical than approaching wild animals. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 13:34 | comment | added | can-ned_food | Hah, some people might disagree that viewing them in a zoo is ethical! Anyway, besides laws regarding baiting deer for purpose of hunting, it is indeed probably inadvisable to bait deer in a suburban environment, where there are few hunters or proper predators but many automobiles and dogs. | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 12:31 | comment | added | user50888 | @junkyardsparkle In places with deer season, is running away the wrong behavior ? | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 6:10 | comment | added | junkyardsparkle | @benrudgers - The point about "training the wrong behaviors into wildlife" still applies, whether "pest" or "strongly protected resource"... | |
| Jul 31, 2017 at 4:48 | comment | added | user50888 | In some parts of the US, deer are often considered closer to pests than a strongly protected resource. Practically speaking, the bright line for deer can tend to be hunting rather than scaring. By hunting I mean out of season. The game warden is more likely to crack a joke when someone spooks a deer taking photographs than write a citation. People spend all year putting corn bait down in front of the blind they plan to use come November because Bambi is mostly just venison. | |
| Jul 30, 2017 at 23:30 | history | answered | scottbb♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |