[Leica] Re: More on deer

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

I love an off topic conversation.  Legal or illegal Canadian Geese are
everywhere.  We could have a nice goose dinner for every homeless person in
America and still have the creatures.  It is not even fun anymore to "feed
the geese" with a small child as they might eat the child on their way to
the bread.  Nets and a nice moist heat I say.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 3/12/06, lrzeitlin@optonline.net <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>
> Adam writes
>
> <<Deer are an epidemic problem now in many parts of the country, as Don
> observed. There are more deer in Wisconsin and Minnesota than at any
> other time - conditions are perfect for them. I'm sure it's a problem
> in New England as well. And, of course, there are zillions in
> California.
> I also think there has been a huge increase in raccoons although I've
> never seen any statistics to back this up.>>
>
> Both deer and racoon like to live at the edge of the woods where they can
> venture into the meadows to seek food, then retreat to the safety of the
> dense forest to escape predators. The suburban landscape in the NorthEast
> and the Midwest is often carved out of woodland, offering deer the perfect
> habitat Civilization has largely erased the deer's animal predators. The
> exception is the coyote. These munch on young abandoned fawns if they can't
> get their preferred meal of pussycat. There are fewer farmers and hunters
> who take deer for food and/or trophies. And, of course,
> the Indians are too busy running casinos and, in NY and CT, polishing
> their Rolls Royces. Despite the fact that deer abound in the suburbs, most
> communities have wisely banned gun hunting near settled areas. Bow hunting
> is OK but the season is very short. The best weapon seems to be the brush
> guard on a massive SUV.
>
> Solutions in our area range from trapping the deer and slaughtering them
> for food for the indigent to injecting them with birth control drugs. Deer
> are no joke. They despoil the landscape, eat young trees and plants to
> change the nature of the woodland. All the local rhododendrons are eaten up
> to the six foot level.  In time deer will evolve long necks like giraffes.
> They are vectors for lyme disease. If you live in deer country, you know
> that Bambi is no friend.
>
> I have a wonderful recipe for venison stew in case anyone is interested.
>
> The next soapbox topic is illegal immigrant Canada geese. I have plenty of
> Leica pictures of those, as well as goose crap on my
> shoes.
>
> Larry Z
>
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