RE: Those Deer !
- Subject: RE: Those Deer !
- From: D*
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:23:25 -0500
Wildlife do what they have to so they can survive. If surroundings
provide enough food and water ... they don't go looking for it.
Deer come here in the winter.. to drink out of the pond. Their natural
water holes that did not freeze up are no longer there. My pond has a
heater to keep a small area open. So they come and drink... over many
fences, thru city lots, just cause they have to. At this time of year,
they are never seen, most likely living in a patch of trees south of
here. Problem is... they are going to make it another subdivision soon..
so I may have be joining the rest of you with deer problems.
Donna
IL, Zone5
>
> I KNOW I'm going to regret saying this, but I am surrounded
> by woodlands and farm fields and I have never had a deer eat
> anything in my yard. I've seen hoof prints in the mud (back
> when it used to rain here) and actually had three yearlings
> walk up my street at 9am - while I was standing in the
> driveway with my son and our dog, but that's the extent of
> the deer in my area. I'm about 15 miles northwest of
> Milwaukee. When I lived in Don Martinson's neck of the
> woods (a closer in suburb of Milwaukee, more densely packed
> with homes) I had awful trouble with deer and rabbits. Go
> figure!
> --
> Pat Mitchell
> corgilover@wi.rr.com
> SE WI Zone 5 - too hot, too dry
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