man & nature # 271 ~ dumb animals?
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 08:16AM 
Browsing Old Forge residents ~ Adirondacks - Old Forge, NY • click to embiggenSpotting deer in and around villages and towns here in the Adirondacks is not that unusual. That said, these deer and about 7-8 of their relatives seem to have taken up permanent residency on Main St. in the central Adirondack village of Old Forge.
Main St. in Old Forge is also a section of the primary, in fact, the only highway that traverses the Adirondacks. Consequently, on my 100s of trips through the park, passing through Old Forge is just part of the trip. I been through there 100s of times, both night and day, and the number of times that I have seen groups of deer - at times as many as 8-10 deer - just browsing on Main St. is just down right weird.
This picture was made around 9AM last Saturday just before I went into the diner for my wide-and-fat short stack (see civilized ku # 263 below). The deer were just browsing and paid little attention to passersby. The somewhat humorous thing about this is that it is the middle of deer season and these deer seem to have discovered that the safest place to be is right out in the open on Main St. where, quite obviously, no hunting is allowed.
Reader Comments (4)
9pm? as in 2100 hrs? What time does the sun go down over there? We're as far north as Montreal here and it's night time by 6pm - 1800 hrs.
Mike - my mistake. 9AM it is
After I read further - up to the pancakes - i figured it had to be breakfast time - gotta read all the way thru!
I read that yesterday, 4 deer kicked down a door and went inside an insurance agency in a Pittsburgh PA suburb.