The hollow is a small valley bisected by an equally small stream. Once upon a time (the 1930s) the hollow was almost treeless and used as pasture, but that ended by the 1960s when friends purchased this old hill farm. During the ensuing years the hollow was re-occupied by trees and it’s now entirely wooded.
One of my camera traps has been in the hollow for a number of years and has gotten a host of interesting videos that have been posted on In Forest and Field. Here are the video clips from the fall and early winter of 2025.
At seven minutes into the video you’ll see a buck with a typical 4-point antler on the left side and a smaller distorted antler on the right side. Odd antler configurations are frequently caused by an injury to the growing antler in early summer or an injury to the underlying bone.
Toward the end of the video here are a number of clips of bucks following or searching for receptive does with the intent of siring next spring’s fawns.
The buck with the odd antlers was shot by a hunter during deer season, but all of the others apparently survived.
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