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2 Deer In The Backyard
Topic Started: Nov 8 2004, 07:25 AM (306 Views)
mychrissy
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Chrissy
Frank just woke me up to tell me there are not 1, but 2 deer in the backyard. I'm so excited - what a wonderful sight. There is so much constructioin going on in our neighborhood I was surprised to see them. This is only the second time since we been living in the house I've seen them.
They were eating the honeysuckle plant.
:o :o :o
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Heathertee
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Heather-Central Connecticut
Wonderful sight, huh? LOLOL. Wait til the little ....deers.... (being nice, here) eat all your other plants and shrubs.

Last Monday I was told I have Lyme disease...again. Another month of antibiotics, goody.
This is the other gift those pretty, graceful deer can leave you, if the deer tick is in Florida, as I believe it is.

IMHO, the only good deer is the one in your freezer. :hungry:
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mychrissy
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Sorry to hear about you having Lyme disease Heather. Let us know how you are doing. Yes, we do have ticks in Florida, but not sure about the type. Just couldn't help being so excited we don't see deer often here. Now about that bear in the woods...... :P
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Heathertee
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Thanks, Chrissy. I feel fine; Lyme disease is insidious. The main problems come after the acute stage is over (usually just a little fever) . I never saw the bite; the deer ticks are the size of the tip of a sharpened pencil! The bigger (dog) ticks do not carry the disease.
I like to see the deer too, but....tired of having our daylily buds and vegetables being eaten! :no:
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Trailblazer
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Oh, I just love that. They can be such a nice surprise. What a great way to start the day. :)
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DylansMom
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Haven't seen any around the house lately, but use to see them when I would ride my horse out back in the woods. Saw a fox family once, those little ones were sooooo cute!
Greg, Dylan & Jasper too!
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mychrissy
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Frank and I were so excited when we saw the deer, you'd think we were having CHOCOLATE all day. :curtsey:
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They are beautiful, graceful creatures aren't they? Their eyes are what fascinate me--they make them look so gentle and intelligent. I was told by my son-in-law that the deer would eat all my plants, but so far all they destroyed is a couple of sweet cherry trees that I planted. They didn't have even a snack of the sour cherry tree. They are a source of endless wonderment for us. When there gets to be too many of them, they do a planned cull to cut down on their numbers--neither Haydn nor I would ever be able to bring ourselves to harm them.

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mychrissy
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Sylvia,
Yes they were beautiful and an amazing sight for us to see. There's not too much they can eat as the back of our home is mostly wooded. What was so nice is they were so close to the house this time and we could get a real good look at them. I'll wake up early every morning this week to see if they come back.
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TexasShadow
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I enjoy having deer on the place. There are hundreds of deer around here. They frequently pick our front yard to bed down for the night. If you happen to go outside late, you can hear the bucks snorting at you...kind of spooky...and then the sound of hooves running away.
For a long time, we had a family of african antelope...the kind with long, straight horns reaching back over their shoulders...the bucks were very striking...black and tan and cream. Rich ranchers around here stock their places with exotic animals and once in awhile, they get away.
But I guess some yea-hoo must have shot the bucks because we don't see them anymore....no license required for exotic game.
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Heathertee
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We just got back from a drive in the countryside across the river from here; saw BIG does, two each time, right around Gillette Castle. They weren't a bit afraid and we got right up close to them in the car. They strolled into the woods at a leisurely pace.

Mom said "Just as long as they stay on THEIR side of the River.."
It's funny how they know that it isn't hunting season yet. The day before it starts, they disappear and we don't see them again until it's time to grow the garden. :P
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Banandangees
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I don't know how big your property is, but to keep the deer away from our shrubs around the house, I pour a 5 gal pale of whole field corn bought at the local Ag COOP in four little piles about 100 yards away from the house. Only problem with that is, five years ago I bought one 100 lb bag of corn at a time. Now I buy five bages about once every three weeks in the late fall and winter. Seems the deer told some friends of our generosity. Corn is .07/lb or $7.00 a 100lb bag around here - which is better than replanting my shrubs every year; and we enjoy seeing the deer at a distance. I do have some pictures of hen turkeys perched in a flowering crab planted on our raised patio just outside our kitchen window. They eat the little apples when the corn runs out. The gobblers don't seem to want to get that close to the house. Can't figure out if the hens are smarter or dumber than the gobblers or just that they rule the roost like in the human world. :cool:
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kajtek1
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You love deers, till a dozen of them enters your miniature golf course you maintain so carefully on your back-yard. That happens to one of my customer all the time and all the fences and plastic nets work only to some degree.
Other customer is feeding them behind his fence. I was amaze seeing him tapping metal can with spoon, after putting the food dow, what cost the movement in the bushes and 3 deers coming right up.
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Heathertee
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In Indiana and Michigan about this time of year, the C-stores have stacks of burlap bags filled with "Deer Corn" and "Deer Carrots". I used to think people bought them just to feed the deer, but now I know better...they use them to lure the deer to stands. Not legal I think... :dunno:
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Banandangees
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What is fun to watch is the deer, turkey and gray squirrels gather around the same pile of corn out back. The deer and turkey eat side by side and the squirrels always give them big ones, darting in and out like they're going to scare someone. Comical.

Most of the people around us post their property against hunters. Not because they are against hunting but there are just too many houses and in PA few people use shotgun slugs. The high caliber rifles just carry too far for our semirural area. So, we have a lot of deer, turkey and even a few coyotes to keep the rodent population under control. :)
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