Nice living so close to the woods. Here the deers are very cautious due to excessive hunting.
On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Attila Boros <[email protected]> wrote: >> Are they domesticated? Never seen any that close to a house. > > They are not domesticated, just quite inured to the presence of > humans. They come right up on our deck, to eat the potted flowers > there. They are somewhat cautious on our lawn, as they know we have a > large dog who may chase them, but they still come right up to the > house. > > Most of my flowers are on the deck, inside the pool fence, or in a > tiny fenced-in rose garden near our front door. I spray the flowers > on the deck and the shrubs out in the open with deer repellent, but > that works only for a short time. After it rains, they start munching > again. > > We are next to 22 acres of municipally owned green acres preserved > wooded area, and between the woods an the stream, so they cross our > yard frequently. All of Central New Jersey is affected by deer > overpopulation. The municipal government now pays a bow hunting club > to thin out our local herds every fall. Twice over the past 4 years, > a wounded deer has collapsed and died in our yard, followed in a few > minutes by the hunter who was tracking his kill. They offer us some > venison or two bottles of wine for the trouble of having it hauled out > of our yard; I always accept the wine. <G> > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
