tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post5151449238407156339..comments2024-03-22T20:11:44.673-04:00Comments on Saratoga woods and waterways: Hiking the Saratoga BattlefieldJacqueline Donnellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-27818008496583075892010-03-16T10:32:19.319-04:002010-03-16T10:32:19.319-04:00Way back in my college days, we did a Deer Drive a...Way back in my college days, we did a Deer Drive at Saratoga Battlefields. There must've been 30 or so students and teachers, and our mission was to census the deer population. We would surround a section of forest/field, and one line would walk through, flushing the deer ahead of us - kind of like beaters used to flush the deer or boars in old Europe/England for the nobles when they went hunting. As the deer sprang away, they were counted by the person whose left side they passed as they exited the area. I almost stepped on a fawn in one area. We tallied some ridiculous number of deer - something like 10 or 20 per square mile, versus the 0.5 per square mile we got up here in Newcomb the day before. It really demonstrated the difference terrain/habitat makes in where the deer go.Ellen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-46677424863428391902010-03-16T09:51:51.553-04:002010-03-16T09:51:51.553-04:00You have some lovely photos in that post. I very ...You have some lovely photos in that post. I very much relate to the temptation of little paths that branch off from the main trail through the woods. I hate (but also love) trying to decide between two appealing and divergent paths. Which way will have more treasures?Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370084953064042249noreply@blogger.com