The newspaper asked "Where are the deer?"

There was a story the other day asking where are all the deer.  It was talking about the reduced numbers in Iowa due to hunting.  Well, we think they are in woods behind us.  About a week ago, I was at our back fence with Russ looking into the woods and counted at least eight deer.

Last night I saw two a few yards away and along came a third.  Pretty soon we had five deer parading along our back fence.  One of them pawed at another with its front hoof.

Here are the photos following their trek:

 

 

 

Here they come...

 

 

If you look close, you can see a caravan of three...

 

 

And finally, here are four of the five...