You're living in the area where the native range of white tails and mule deer overlap. These two deer species have different behavior patterns, so I wonder if some of the behavior differences we are noting are mule deer vs. white tailed deer, as well as the deer's behaviors in response to a different terrain and degree of forestation. Around here it is hilly and mostly forested, so the deer go into the fields to graze and hightail it into the nearest woods when startled.
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