Dan O.

Cardeer; the same thing happened when they started ripping out the vineyards next door and putting in greenhouses. Couldn't you find some Indian artifacts or rare plants on the property. It always helps them sell houses next door if you put up a big sign saying "Future home of the Cardeer Toxic Waste Dump".

Dan O.

Natty Bumpo

Sorry to hear about that cardeer. My area has the same problems I live in one of the fastest growing couties in my state. Seems like everyone is moving away from the metro area (cant imagine why) and coming here. The biggest buck I ever got in my life now has a house sitting right where I got the deer. <img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

kentlyone

Bolt man has a good idea. If you are worried about the deer eating your garden and fruit trees I read some where that if you tie bars of heavily perfumed soap(irish spring etc.) around your garden and trees the deer will associate it with people and stay away. I dont know if it works, I spend most of my time trying to attract them. Sad story though. I guess peta people think its ethical to starve the deer to death rather than shoot them.

Dan O.

Cardeer the soap works like a charm. A small bar protects the tree for a year. Other people say that spraying soap solution or raw eggs keeps deer away also.

Dan O.

Bow-4-It

Cardeer, sorry to hear a story like yours, man. I freaking hate developers. They pi$$ me off<img src=icon_smile_angry.gif border=0 align=middle> You oughta see what they are doing to some parts of Delaware. It's disgusting. The s.o.b's tear up the farm land, build thousands of houses then take their money and build elsewhere. Luckily in my area Black Bird State Forest has been getting the farm land around here and turning it into public land for hunting. Whew!!! I retire from GM in 5 years then I'm outa here and look for my cabin in the woods away from everybody. Progress sucks!!!

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nwla/whackmaster

Yep,sad situation in alot of back-yards unfortunatly.I agree the loss of habitat is a terrible thing.The real irony here is the anti-hunters look at us as the demons here,uninformed as they are and they feel that the best way to protect wildlife is to take the law abiding sportsmen(and women) out of the equation.
Then they are the first to buy into the newer developments that are quickly encroaching into widerness areas that our beloved animals have called home.Next comes the inevitable....there are too many deer around here...they are desroying all my beautiful landscaping...somebody help!
Next we'll have some moron trying to convince the bewildered residents that they can intiate a program to sterilize the deer herd,thereby putting a stop to the reproduction of so many deer.Thousands of dollars spent every year on this lame-brain plan.Highly ineffective everywhere it has ever been tried,but somebody else gets rich why they figure out that ...this ain't working!
Sooner or later,the answer starts to come to them..well,maybe hunting would help to curb them some.DUH!!
In the meantime,what do we do?Talk to people,enlighten them about hunting,take a stand for what you believe in.Do it in a calm and informed manner.Know what you're talking about and have your facts straight.
This problem is not going away folks,it is our responsibility to protect our heritage.Man was put on this Earth as a predator,some just don't want to believe it.
Like the song goes...I can see the concrete slowly creeping,Lord take me and mine before that comes!

Later......whackman

pabuckhunter

what a waste of land I was in Germany once when I was in the army those people dont have the land to waste everybody lives in small towns and villages and all the land surrounds the towns its beutiful over here we are turning all the fertile farmland into strip malls and housing complexes for shame for shame<img src=icon_smile_dissapprove.gif border=0 align=middle>

445 supermag

CD I feel for ya I really do. I have a short story for you. I got a call from a friend of our family they are not hunters and don't or didn't believe in hunting. they loved to see the deer in there yard and thought that why would anyone hunt these beautiful animals. Well the guy calls me and tells me that he had a Japinese maple tree that was just over 6 feet high and now after the deer got hold of it, it is only about 11 inches tall. HE call me and said Kill these SOB's so I went over and got and nice spike of there land this year for them and they appreciated it. Even the neighbors said tell him to come over here and get some off my property for me too. Well we had a big party over out house with all our friends and they came and I cooked deer roasts 2 or them to be exact. These people who didn't like deer hunting even tried it and said it was really good. What a change so maybe they will to like what PA said with all that expensive shrubbary around. This tree costed them over 2 hundred dollars. SO there maybe be some light at the end or atleast I hope there is.

Brian

Robb92

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT WHATS GOING ON IN YOUR BACK YARD. I WOULD TRY THE SOAP, HEARD THAT IT WORKS