Deer Feeder Trough View - Brownville, Maine, USA

When deep snow buries the forests of central Maine, the deer know exactly where to go. This camera watches a long feeding trough near Brownville, where wild white-tailed deer gather through the hardest months of the year.

Feeding runs from mid-December to early April, once a day in the morning, and on a busy winter day 100 or more deer can crowd in, with wild turkeys pecking at the oats alongside them.

They're all wild and free to come and go, and some of them have been coming back for more than ten years. From spring to early winter it's much quieter, though deer and turkeys still wander through the trees.

Did You Know? In deep snow, deer naturally band together in sheltered pockets of forest called “deer yards.” Sharing packed-down trails saves them precious energy until spring.

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