Concord, Mass
1909.
March &
April.
May
  During my first visit to Concord this spring
(March18 - April 8) I saw no deer signs anywhere except
on the top of Green Hill where (on April 4) I found fresh
droppings under some pines. But when I returned to
the farm house from Washington & Cambridge on May 1
the foot paths and cart roads in our woods were marked
everywhere (except on Balls Hill) with more or less recent
tracks of various sizes. They occurred most numerously along
the lane leading from our old farm to the Ritchie place. Among
these were the footprints of a buck of unusual size. This
animal visited the flower gardens at the rear of the house
on the night of the 3rd or early morning of the 4th when
I found his big hoof marks everywhere among the flowers.
Apparently he had not injured anything except the hollyhocks
of which a number had been cropped down clear to the
ground.
Deer
May 7
  As James was driving back from town this forenoon
he saw a good sized doe standing by the roadside about 50 yds 
South of our big elm. As he approached nearer she leaped
over the wall into the field on the west side of the road where
she joined her mate, a buck of the largest size. As James drove
slowly past within ten yards of the pair they remained motionless
gazing at him. Gilbert saw them there from the road and
from our parlor window a little later. Still later (10.45)
the mail carrier passed them in his wagon followed by his
big dog who seemed unaware of their presence. They were in
the corner of the field nearly half an hour, Gilbert thinks.
  Benson saw them in the hollow where the brook passes under
the road leading to his house as he drove to town about 7 P.M.
When he returned about 10 P.M. they were standing exactly
where he left them within a few yards of the road.