Every day, there's one or two, usually right up by the house. This shot was taken out my window. The deer's about 15 feet away. And it, like the other ones, has been eating the hell out of my nicer flowering bushes.So to be nice--and to get the deer to leave my flowering bushes alone, I put a salt block and some deer corn down yesterday. It took the first deer all of two hours to find the treasure, and she ate her fill and never once touched my bushes.
But I guess deer don't keep secrets too well. I looked out today and there were FOUR of them in my yard, all as close as that one. And after they finished off the deer corn, they had my bushes for dessert.
Sigh...
lol...the secret is out!!! Awww...now you have a fan club! :)
ReplyDeleteThat stinks........sorta:) I'd love to see deer in my yard, but since I'm horrible with plants I wouldn't be losing anything:)
ReplyDeleteAhh - once you pay the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane!
ReplyDeleteI'm tellin' ya - .44 Mag is your answer. That'll make them think twice about coming out. Then they'll go eat your neighbors foliage!
Sigh. Feeding wildlife is bad, that's why there are rules against that sort of thing where I work. If you keep feeding them, they'll ravage your yard. And when you can no longer afford to feed the hordes, they'll starve. I don't suppose you're in a bow hunting unit? That might solve your problem, although there are probably rules about baiting them.
ReplyDeleteThere's hunting allowed all around here, Liz.
ReplyDeleteThe stuff that I put out for them? It's actually molasses-covered bait corn sold just to attract them.
Hunting season's about to open and it decimates the local deer population every year. I'd pop one or two myself, but somehow it just doesn't seem sporting to just lean out the window and shoot deer that have been coming around all year to snack. I'll go get mine down in the hunting zone like we're supposed to.
Now I DO like the occasional deer to stop by, so if a couple of them stick closer and don't get slaughtered this year, that's not really so bad.
I just need to keep them away from my flowing bushes.
I've heard that coffee grounds'll do that.