Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan Wajsman ASKED: Subject: Re: [Leica] Deer in winter. >>>> Can you not keep them out of the garden with a fence?<<< Actually the back area has a 6 ' high fence and the older animals jump it if we spook them! They are airborne in a flash, quite amazing really. By the same token some of my "whining" isn't really that serious because they are kinda cute when the doe has a set of twins or we have a mixture of mommas and little ones. And yes I run for the camera nearly everytime they're around and don't think about what they've just eaten out of the garden until I've done a walk about later. cheers, ted >I know, Ted, I lived in western NJ for 5 years, where deer are the main >road hazard at night. We were not into gardening, so there was nothing to >eat in our garden, but I see it must be a nuisance. > > Nevertheless, they are cute and photogenic. And the only reason there are > "too many" is that we humans have screwed up the ecosystem by > exterminating the wolves and other predators. > > Can you not keep them out of the garden with a fence? > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 2011, at 1:19 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> > wrote: > >> Nathan Wajsman offered: >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Deer in winter. >>> They are so cute!! You should put some food out for them... >> >> Nathan mon ami, >> They maybe cute on the screen or postcards or books about critters! >> >> But in my garden in the summer and you have a wasteland of nothing when >> you've been expecting beautiful flowers and lots of fresh home grown >> veggies! The critters / deer where we live are a beautiful big pain in >> the butt through out the complete area. >> >> They dash across the road and get injured, killed or cause accidents when >> a driver attempts to miss hitting one of them. We've had neighborhood >> meetings where the people want the herds culled in whatever fashion is >> easiest. There's so many they eat thousands of dollars worth of flowers >> and vegetables. >> >> I know the young look like cute little Bambi's, but they grow up and >> create more little Bambi's and the herd gets bigger and bigger. >> >> I have lots of neat pictures of them around our place and I'm sure I've >> posted some on the LUG. >> >> There is usually great excitement when we have visitors from the Mainland >> with their children and eating away in the front garden are a half dozen >> deer of various size. The children have a great time and want to go >> outside and pet them. >> >> There might be a click of the door opening and they're gone in a flash. >> >> We'd be only too glad to round up a dozen or so and send them over to you >> if you'd like! ;-) >> >> cheers, >> ted >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information