Poet taking time around end of autumn to find wild animal's domain (4,5)

I believe the answer is:

home range

'wild animal's domain' is the definition.
(area where a particular animal lives)

'poet taking time around end of autumn' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'poet' could be 'homer' (Homer is an example) and 'homer' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to find' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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