Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm for the deer! For such overtly over the top gorgeous gentle critters as deer for there to be a controversy about it then I don't know. Normally the only thing I don't tolerate is intolerance. But when it comes to animals of any kind then its big time. Especially deer for peets sake! What's wrong with you people!!?!??! Mark William Rabiner > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:35:52 -0700 (GMT-07:00) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Down with Bambi. NOW: GO BAMBI GO!!!!!! ;-) > > Dr. Ted Grant wrote: > >> I at one time would get absolutely furious about them eating off a couple >> hundred dollars of newly planted flowers or sun flowers coming up >> beautifully about two feet high, only to come out one morning to find the >> bud and about a foot of the stock gone! End of sun flower season! :-( A >> rant >> ensued! Finally I gave up and figured if you can't beat the ...! Join them >> and figure out how to move them along to the neighbours yard or farther >> along the street. :-) >> >> Hence my reading about deer and the type of flowers they rarely eat. And >> discussion with the local flower growing companies for advice! Now better >> use of false flowers that make a major difference. > > As far as I'm concerned out-smarting them like this is the best way to deal > with them. > >> By the same token where would you rather live? In a condo right in the >> heart >> of the noise blown city? Where the only "wild life" you encounter are the >> drunks and druggies or whatever other low life? Or sort of on the out >> skirts >> of town where once in awhile some of the critter beauties of Mother Nature >> quietly saunter through your yard, stop for a bite here and there and move >> on? >> >> I need not tell you my preference! :-) > > Nor mine :) I'll take the flower-eating deer any day. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information