A handsome young buck!

@Fleura (31371)
United Kingdom
March 26, 2025 5:31pm CST
I have heard or read this phrase used as a description of a lively young man in the past – more often in historical contexts it has to be said, rather than in contemporary use – but today I had a visit from the genuine article – a young roebuck! He came strolling along and stopped to nibble the fresh young geranium leaves right under my window. When he was startled he leapt away in a flash, but then came back again and took his time wandering around the garden. I think he is quite probably the same one who first came to visit with his mother back in 2023, and then came with her again, plus a younger sister, last year. Now he’s all grown up and such a handsome chap! I know there are too many deer destroying the young trees, and they are a nuisance when they eat my flowers, but who could fail to find this one appealing? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2025.
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@allknowing (143024)
• India
27 Mar
Hope he does not destroy your garden
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Fleur
@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar
Me too. Our garden looks too much like a scrapyard with bits of wire netting surrounding all the most important plants!
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@allknowing (143024)
• India
27 Mar
@Fleura I have a biggish garden but when I sow some seeds in a pot the birds will come only for that
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rakski
@rakski (135032)
• Philippines
27 Mar
What a lovely surprise to have such a special visitor
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DE
@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
27 Mar
I'm sure he'd look even better in your freezer. Venison is always good!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
27 Mar
@Dreamerby Thank you.
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Fleur
@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar
Not if it's carrying 'zombie disease'!
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (7481)
• Calcutta, India
27 Mar
Lol you have a great sense of humor
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (113694)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Mar
They are lovely to watch
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (185259)
• United States
27 Mar
What a great picture. I love seeing wildlife.
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (7481)
• Calcutta, India
27 Mar
Wow the deer is cute.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16883)
• China
27 Mar
He looks like a muntjac.He actually eat the geranium leaves,which have unpleasant smell.
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Fleur
@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar
He's definitely a roe deer. Muntjac look like this. And they're smaller.
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changjiangzhibin89
@changjiangzhibin89 (16883)
• China
28 Mar
@Fleura Thank you for the photo ! I have seen the Muntjac but not the roe deer.
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Fleur
@Fleura (31371)
• United Kingdom
28 Mar
@changjiangzhibin89 Muntjac are native to south and south-east Asia, they were introduced here. Roe deer are a European species.
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Max Crisp
@Orson_Kart (7194)
• United Kingdom
27 Mar
Sadly I don’t recall ever being called a handsome young buck. Cheeky young whippersnapper, definitely. That’s a great shot! All I get in my garden, apart from birds, are squirrels trying to hide/find their nuts!
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