I just wanted to share this story since so many of you appreciate our great outdoors and the wonders nature provides.
We have seen this girl for many years, first identifying her as "Gimpy" in 2004 when she appeared with her left front leg injured and dangling. It eventually fell off leaving her with just three good legs. She was an adult doe at that time so based on that, she is at a minimum 13 years old currently. I had not seen her since May so I wasn't sure she was still around. A few days ago, she appeared in my back yard where I like to feed the deer. She was laying in the weeds behind my garden and waited until the other deer had left and then went to the corn piles and picked up what they had left behind. Since seeing her that day, she has been on my trail cameras almost every day. Yesterday, she was here during the day and one of the cameras got a nice clear picture of her.
I am not sure if she had any babies last spring (2015) since she does not appear to have any deer running with her currently. In 2014, she had twins. The year before that, she had triplets. She is a tough old girl and appears to still be nice and healthy and in good shape. The resilience this doe has shown is amazing, and I am thoroughly amazed that a three legged deer could survive this long without being hit by a car or killed by coyotes or dogs.
We have seen this girl for many years, first identifying her as "Gimpy" in 2004 when she appeared with her left front leg injured and dangling. It eventually fell off leaving her with just three good legs. She was an adult doe at that time so based on that, she is at a minimum 13 years old currently. I had not seen her since May so I wasn't sure she was still around. A few days ago, she appeared in my back yard where I like to feed the deer. She was laying in the weeds behind my garden and waited until the other deer had left and then went to the corn piles and picked up what they had left behind. Since seeing her that day, she has been on my trail cameras almost every day. Yesterday, she was here during the day and one of the cameras got a nice clear picture of her.
I am not sure if she had any babies last spring (2015) since she does not appear to have any deer running with her currently. In 2014, she had twins. The year before that, she had triplets. She is a tough old girl and appears to still be nice and healthy and in good shape. The resilience this doe has shown is amazing, and I am thoroughly amazed that a three legged deer could survive this long without being hit by a car or killed by coyotes or dogs.