Probably due to all the development in recent years, I am seeing more bucks than ever this year. In fact, one came barrelling into the side of my car about a month ago and did $2000 worth of damage. Thank God for insurance. At the time, I thought that it was the first buck I have ever seen in our area that I thought would be worth the effort required to put it in the freezer. Since then though, I have seen several. I saw a big one yesterday morning and another medium sized one this morning. If you look at this picture, there are two bucks in it. This was taken on our road. I can only think of three reasons for the sudden increase… 1) Development has given them less open area and made them more accustomed to people. 2) A decrease in predators, or 3) An increase in predators in open areas has pushed them in toward people a little more.
