Sherry
July 18th 03, 01:08 AM
>On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:44:17 -0400, "Shazza"
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>>Finally, a nice post devoid of references to live bait. Where I live it's
>>near impossible to have any kind of garden because of white tailed deer.
>>You can't believe any of the literature that deer will eat this, but not
>>that. Deer will eat everything and anything. And if there's one thing a
>>deer won't eat (I can't imagine it exists), rabbits or groundhogs will.
>>Living by a nature preserve has its pros and cons.
>>It's nice that you can keep your cats outside without any problems.
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>Silly question maybe but can you not put a fence up?
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>79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
>The other 42% are made up later on.
>In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle.
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>On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:44:17 -0400, "Shazza"
> wrote:
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>>Finally, a nice post devoid of references to live bait. Where I live it's
>>near impossible to have any kind of garden because of white tailed deer.
>>You can't believe any of the literature that deer will eat this, but not
>>that. Deer will eat everything and anything. And if there's one thing a
>>deer won't eat (I can't imagine it exists), rabbits or groundhogs will.
>>Living by a nature preserve has its pros and cons.
>>It's nice that you can keep your cats outside without any problems.
>
>Silly question maybe but can you not put a fence up?
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It would be a massive undertaking to fence a garden well enough to keep a deer
out. I've seen them bound over 6-foot fences like they weren't even there. The
best answer is to plant extra rows, just so there's enough for you * and* the
deer. (Their favorites seem to be watermelons and yams. They paw the
watermelons open, and literally dig up the yams with their hooves).
Sherry
> wrote:
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>>Finally, a nice post devoid of references to live bait. Where I live it's
>>near impossible to have any kind of garden because of white tailed deer.
>>You can't believe any of the literature that deer will eat this, but not
>>that. Deer will eat everything and anything. And if there's one thing a
>>deer won't eat (I can't imagine it exists), rabbits or groundhogs will.
>>Living by a nature preserve has its pros and cons.
>>It's nice that you can keep your cats outside without any problems.
>
>Silly question maybe but can you not put a fence up?
>--
>79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
>The other 42% are made up later on.
>In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle.
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>On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 10:44:17 -0400, "Shazza"
> wrote:
>
>>Finally, a nice post devoid of references to live bait. Where I live it's
>>near impossible to have any kind of garden because of white tailed deer.
>>You can't believe any of the literature that deer will eat this, but not
>>that. Deer will eat everything and anything. And if there's one thing a
>>deer won't eat (I can't imagine it exists), rabbits or groundhogs will.
>>Living by a nature preserve has its pros and cons.
>>It's nice that you can keep your cats outside without any problems.
>
>Silly question maybe but can you not put a fence up?
>--
It would be a massive undertaking to fence a garden well enough to keep a deer
out. I've seen them bound over 6-foot fences like they weren't even there. The
best answer is to plant extra rows, just so there's enough for you * and* the
deer. (Their favorites seem to be watermelons and yams. They paw the
watermelons open, and literally dig up the yams with their hooves).
Sherry