Deer Escorted Our Resident Bobcat Away!

Three Deer would have no part of Bobcat in the Neighborhood!

I heard the young Stag huffing & hollering, stamping & looking at our Outdoor Cam. There underneath our deck, was the beautiful Bobcat, either curiously checking out the Camera, or trying out a new spot to catch breakfast! She was out of the ground cover and much bigger than we thought! She held perfectly still, while one female deer stamped, smelled, spit? on bobcats hiding place in the bushes, and another female stood as look out. Young Stag would take a step toward her, then two back. Scare tactics were big here, as I watched from the porch, mesmerized by what would happen next!

We had another Deer/Bobcat encounter the night before. Mother Deer with two spotted babies came out of the forest, and Mom immediately could smell the huge cat. She stomped repeatedly, and her babies stopped were they were. No leaping & running through the yard today. They were so good! Mom let bobcat, hiding in the shrubs, know she would not let her near the babies. The three skirted the woods, headed over to the apples, and eventually up the hill. We have a thrill a moment out here!

Back to this morning, Bobcat took an opportunity when the Stag backed off, to slowly stroll off to the left, into the woods. The three huge deer followed her, bellowing, stamping all the way. They proceeded to hop the stone wall and all disappeared into the deep woods. It only took about a half hour before I could again see the top of Bobcat’s head nestled back into her place in the shrubs. She led the deer on a merry chase, circled around, and returned to her abundant hunting grounds.

We apparently have no end of squirrels out here. They don’t understand relocating once danger is spotted. They just hiss and yell, thinking they will outrun her, up to the deck, up another tree. We do live in a Paradise. Amazing, insightful, Bobcat medicine has to be patience, tenacity, cleverness, and just taking what you need. Here’s the Image of our 3 Guardians of the Forest Deer, with a wrong dated year, sigh.