She thinks she's a moose

[JNRBRONC]

I've watched a doe on two different occasions wade knee deep into a pond, stand there sticking her face into the water up to her eyeballs, drag up a mouthful of material and munch it. Not sure what it is she is eating, moss or a plant. Might have to check into it further. Has anyone else watch a deer pretend to be a moose? Is she lacking some nutrient that she's getting out of pond vegetation?

 

[Sligh1]

Looks completely healthy of course & obviously looks like she found some vegetation she likes? Interesting!!

 

[Daver]

Great! That's all I need...more equipment to plant water based food plots!

 

[Bucksnbears]

Never seen a deer do that.

Interested in what's she's feeding on.
Cool behavior.

 

[JNRBRONC]

She was back this morning for breakfast. Need to walk down and take pictures of what is growing in there.


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[JNRBRONC]

Yesterday after work, I took a brand-new camera and a steel fence post down to try to get pics of the feeding activity. I set the cam to photo and video mode, so should get some still shots as well as video. Watched from a distance and it wasn't 2 hours and the deer was hitting the pond. Will wait until maybe Sunday to go pull the card. Took this pic of what is growing in the pond:

 

[JNRBRONC]

On the walk to the pond:

 

[Central Iowa]

Interesting!

 

[Steve-O]

I have 3 doing this near me on the daily. No way I could get back in there right now to check what they are nibbling on.

They are standing in a patch of lily pads though. Suspect some type of grass as it's very near a bank?

 

[JNRBRONC]

She came to the pond just 2 hours after I hung the camera, I was watching from a distance. She picked off the camera first thing and didn't seem too happy about it. There was on avi where it looks like maybe she is eating moss/algae, but she didn't lift a dripping mouth full. She stopped visiting the pond, don't know if my intrusion killed it or what she was eating lost its allure.

 

[Slick]