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Mom and Dad wanted to see who's been eating their flowers
They live in Pennsylvania, right outside of Philly and recent road constuction in their area has got the deer moving around more than usual. Their flower beds have been hit hard and they, purely out of curiosity, wanted to see the culprits. So, I gave them some help. For their anniversary, I got them a trail cam. I set it up last night and it didn't take longer than that evening/early morning (with some help from a few sliced apples/corn cobs I seemed to have accidentally dropped right in front of the camera on the way home from the grocery store) to get a look at the late night flower raiders.
I told them I could take care of the problem, but they would have to wait for mid-September at the earliest. :tooth: Mom, being the liberal, East Coast Bambi-lover that she is, just gave me a dirty look. My reply was verbal: "fine, then don't complain about your flowers." I'm kidding of course, since I'm fairly certain it's illegal to even bowhunt in these backyards, but it's neat to give my folks the chance to see the deer that have been coming in undetected at night for the first time...and maybe scout for a meat doe...errr, get a look at them myself in the process. :jester:
I told them I could take care of the problem, but they would have to wait for mid-September at the earliest. :tooth: Mom, being the liberal, East Coast Bambi-lover that she is, just gave me a dirty look. My reply was verbal: "fine, then don't complain about your flowers." I'm kidding of course, since I'm fairly certain it's illegal to even bowhunt in these backyards, but it's neat to give my folks the chance to see the deer that have been coming in undetected at night for the first time...and maybe scout for a meat doe...errr, get a look at them myself in the process. :jester:
Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.
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No doubt. You can see the torn ear on the one in the closeup. It appears that she even has a very long hair growing off of her chin. These deer see absolutely no pressure due to the laws in this area, so unless you actually walk outside and harass them, they will come through every single night. My folks have actually spotted a few crossing the street in their neighborhood (including some bucks) right at dusk as if it's no bg deal. They seem totally habituated to human scent. I may go out just before 2AM tonight and sit hidden behind the shed to see them stroll in. I really do enjoy just seeing them out like this.
FYI the saftey zone for bows is 50 yards, anything within that and you need to have permission of the landowners.
Ya just gotta love game cams.........
It's the circle of life man....
You have a pm.....
That's exactly what it is out here. None of these people (my parents included) want to see deer get shot, so they are starting to infiltrate everywhere. It's not until they start losing a lot more of their expensive luxury cars that things will start to change.
The pic is deceiving because the neighbor in back is the only one with a high cedar fence. The other adjacent properties are low fenced and my parents have no fence.
As long as you have the camera out for this and you are in costume, try lassoing one, I seem to recall an email stating that this is possible, your mom would probably help with this more humane method:tooth:.
Barbecue the deer alive, that'll make skinning and gutting a lot easier. AND all you'd need is a fire permit. :jester:
While mkk41 knows exactly what's going on in this area, for the other folks who don't know that the major roars renovation in this area has consumed a lot of deer habitat and I just saw a big reason for the spike in deer movement in that area. In the course of widening Route 202 (the main road in that area), they destroyed a huge tract of bedding cover and feeding areas so they could have a place to dump all of the excavated dirt. That section used to be nothing but green and it's now nothing but dirt. The deer had to find someplace to go for food, and the backyards are as good a place as anywhere, I guess.
- George Orwell
Trust me, if they let me do it, I would gladyl set up with a bow in that second floor window and take a chip shot at one of those does when the season starts. I could easily cull 3 or 4, even without the apple bits on the gorund, as they seem to like the bushes near that window quite a bit. The problem is convincing the suburbanite soccer moms that yes, you really do need to start shooting these things before they end up killing you and your kids in an ugly car wreck, or strip you forest completely bare from overpopulation.
Yup, and it was like that even years ago. I rememeber a female friend of mine took me out on a foggy night to drive through one particular spot that was so thick with deer coming out of the ether that our top speed was about 5 mph. It went on like that for about 10 minutes before we could get a safe enough view/clearing to pick up our speed even a little bit.
She must have been a blind blonde...................he was dating a 'No Idea'
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