Re: Deer

In a message dated 12/11/2002 10:11:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
Cersgarden@aol.com writes:

> In a message dated 12/11/02 7:02:46 PM, mtalt@hort.net writes:
> 
> << I think
> 
> that controlled hunts, using only proven, experienced hunters are the
> 
> way to do this. >>
> 
> Marge, this doesn't do the job either.  We have this in our state and it 
> remains a big, expensive problem.
>   Ceres

Either one would be welcome in our area.  In Westchester County, NY there is 
NO hunting allowed, and sometimes it seems the deer outnumber the people.  
Folks who lived in towns used to laugh at the complaints made by those of us 
who lived out of town (real country doesn't exist here).  Now they are 
walking down the streets of down-county towns.  My friends in Ardsley, who 
claimed never to have seen one until a couple of years ago, now have deer in 
their yards.  You should hear them scream!  They take it as a personal 
insult.  
I do know that there is some clandestine hunting with bows in the wooded 
areas near us, but surely not enough to make any difference.  The mild 
winters we have had lately haven't helped the problem, either.  Some people 
build fences, but we live in a very unlevel, rocky, hilly spot that would be 
almost impossible to fence.  We are just very selective about what we plant 
where - between the deer and the rocky terrain there isn't much room for 
conventional landscaping.   Auralie

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