The hottest time of the day?
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The hottest time of the day?
A friend of mine and I always notice does and fawns feeding by the road at 3 o'clock or so, when it's the hottest. Is it that they are bedded by the roadside and the fawns are young and restless? I see it all over and noticed it every summer. I would think they would want to lay low in the shade at this time? I also get trail cam pics of bucks hitting corn piles at this time. But those piles are in the shade, and it's not as frequent as the roadside sightings.
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Re: The hottest time of the day?
Deer need to eat and water a couple times a day. I think statistically the hottest time of day is 2pm.
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I realize that they must get water and food several times a day. But when it's so hot and with all that hair? I would like to think they would want to stay cool when it's hottest, no?
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Milk Weed Seed wrote:I realize that they must get water and food several times a day. But when it's so hot and with all that hair? I would like to think they would want to stay cool when it's hottest, no?
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Are you seeing them lying down, the ground is significantly cooler than the air.
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Standing on the grass by the road just hanging out.
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Re: The hottest time of the day?
Wonder if they could be after salt
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Re: The hottest time of the day?
I've seen quite a few lately around the same time of day. Saw one today around 2 and pulled up next to it along the road and it just turned around and slowly walked back in the wood lot.
Probably a variety of reasons but it might be cooler for them if they are on their feet than lying down. They will get more air flow around their body standing.
Probably a variety of reasons but it might be cooler for them if they are on their feet than lying down. They will get more air flow around their body standing.
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Milk Weed Seed wrote:Standing on the grass by the road just hanging out.
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The grass adjacent to asphalt/concrete grows the most.
They are eating fresh shoots of new growth.
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I see some around 2-3o'clock.
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I have not noticed any time of day that it was not hot latley.
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Zap wrote:I have not noticed any time of day that it was not hot latley.
True that.
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Inferno out here..deer still have to eat and drink though.
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66 here in GB!! Raining! Over 3 inches the last 2 days!!
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It was only 100 here yesterday but the heat index was off the charts. I worked out in the shed until noon and my eyes gave out too much sweat in them.
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Stanley wrote:It was only 100 here yesterday but the heat index was off the charts. I worked out in the shed until noon and my eyes gave out too much sweat in them.
We mowed from 8-1 today.
112 heat index when we quit.
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