While there are deer in SoCal (the Pepperdine campus in Malibu is practically infested with them, as is the JPL site in La Canada-Flintridge, and I’ve almost hit them on the 405 Freeway through Sepulveda Pass) they’re uncommon. Whereas in Vermont…
When we stayed at my mom’s place in Barre (this was a few years ago, like twenty years) we would see them every morning.
That’s an apple tree, and they would raid it around dawn every day. The only down side to seeing them was getting up at dawn, which even then was not my strong suit, but hey, DEER!
Cool! (Except for the ones, probably these, that would wander out into the road at night and threaten to re-arrange your radiator and give you a free airbag check to see if they’re still working.)
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 