[Leica] Down with Bambi

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Deer have been a problem, especially this year in some parts of BC. 
Some towns in the interior, like Grand Forks and Nelson have had pets 
attacked and killed, and even people attacked. Deer have chased and 
knocked down people and kicked them with their hooves after people 
have tried to chase them from their yards. These towns are now 
considering some drastic measures.



At 11:29 AM -0500 7/11/11, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>A good German Shepard dog works very well.  Keeps the deer far away. 
>A Border Collie is no deterrent at all though.  ;(
>
>gene
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: tedgrant at shaw.ca
>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 1:07:18 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Down with Bambi
>
>DEER IN YOUR GARDEN?
>
>My my how devastating to your efforts of planting flowers and nurturing
>seeds to a state of beauty to come out of your home early some morning and
>there they are..... THE DEER, DOE'S AND FAWNS munching away having their
>breakfast!
>
>ANNOYING???????? I suppose I could use far stronger wording, however. Take a
>deep breath, stand quietly and watch! And if you should be bright enough to
>have a camera handy start photographing these beautiful animals for
>posterity. Or send photos to friends and family who live in the asphalt
>jungles of town wherever? Then hear or read their responses of... "WOW! How
>lucky you are, real wild deer right there in your front yard? Man is that
>ever neat! They're so beautiful and the accolades are amazing!
>
>How can I say this and be so gentle about it? Quite easy really it's
>called.....
>
>"GET OVER IT! AS I'VE HAD TO COPE WITH THESE GARDEN EATING CRITTERS EVERY
>YEAR FOR 30 YEARS WHERE WE LIVE RIGHT IN OUR CITY NEIGHBOURHOOD!"  And yes
>I've wanted to shoot them at times, yelled at them, tried to shooo them off
>by yelling and whatever fashion of noise or action you can imagine. Shooting
>of course is completely out of the question "deer hunting season or not!"
>The police and neighbours take a very dim view of that craziness and in
>Canada not every house has a gun.
>
>There are some simple things that sometimes work: Plant flowers and shrubs
>deer don't like, check with your local garden works shops. Even that doesn't
>always work. :-(
>
>But my wife came up with the idea of great ideas last year.:-)
>
>She bought a huge number of plastic hand made flowers of a variety that
>would normally grow in our area. I set to work hand planted them all, put
>some in baskets to hang off the lower tree limbs and added some real ones
>mixed in about them. But the plastic took precedence.
>
>Guess what, the deer came, sniffed things, stood around with a questioning
>look on their faces and left!:-)
>
>DEER PROBLEM SOLVED! Oh they came by this year, some along the other day, a
>doe with a tiny just born fawn, had to be only a few days old it was so
>small. Beautiful!
>
>And yep I've taken pictures and posted some to the LUG gallery a few times
>in past years.
>
>But I never could understand hunting them for food when the big chain
>grocery stores are loaded with more food than a fat person can eat! So why
>shoot, or as we had happen here. A complete dimwit, supposedly hunter using
>bow and arrows to hunt them. Archaic morons!
>However that came to a screaming halt very quickly when a doe was found with
>two arrows sticking out of her struggling to cross a street a block away.  A
>huge number of locals thought the arrow hunting people might like to have an
>arrow placed firmly into the hunter where it might hurt the most. Definitely
>constipation would follow! :-)
>
>The doe found with the arrows unfortunately had to be put down by the Game
>Warden as it was so badly injured.
>
>Like I say, get over it and don't whine because you spent a bunch of money
>buying flowers when you know you have deer that will find and eat them. The
>well made phony flowers look just as natural and beautiful as the real and
>they last usually a couple of years or more.
>
>If they become a little dusty looking?  Just gently spray them down with the
>hose as though they were real and they're fresh looking to go another month!
>
>See how easy it is to live with our four legged friends of beauty! :-) Go
>Bambi go! :-)
>
>cheers,
>Dr. ted :-)
>
>
>
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