Re: Okay.. now... How about Deer

Shoot the deer and send the meat to me, I love it:

At 09:30 AM 6/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>First year grower here with an upcoming problem.  Seeking guidance from the
>learned and imaginative group of fellow listers out there in that great
>pumpkin patch world of ours.
>
>I'm lucky in the sense that I have no woodchucks in my part of the world.
>However, I am blessed with an ample supply of white tail deer.  These
>critters don't appear interested in pumpkin plants in the least.  They allow
>you to grow the plants to your hearts content.  They even appear to be
>uninterested in pumpkins...at first....perhaps they just want you to spend
>the maximum amount of time, money, and energy before they strike...I'm not
>sure.
>
>At any rate, they apparently enjoy the process of busting pumpkins with
>their hoofs once they are about ripe.  I am thinking they may have a deer
>party and see which deer can make the biggest hole with their hoof...perhaps
>as a way for the bucks to impress the doe.
>
>I would like help in thwarting the deer fun.  Sort of a Deer Party Pooper
>Program, if you will.  Any suggestions??
>
>Pumpkin thought for the day 06/01/00
>
>The world is a pumpkin patch
>To enrich and work each day
>Until we grow the best we can
>With help from friends and toil.
>
>The world is a pumpkin patch
>To make better in our own way.
>Yet we so often treat as dirt
>God's precious, living soil.
>
>The world is a pumpkin patch
>and the question of the day-
>Will our fruits be great or small?
>The answer comes from our soul.
>
>Bernell McGehee
>Liberty, Mississippi
>
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
Personal Best 862
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