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NFT: Deer

Route 9 : 9/22/2020 5:16 am
I know you skyscraper folk don't have this issue like us country residents but I always have three of these fools on my lawn every morning. Then I open the door to go out to work and they jump about three stories high because they get startled.

Sometimes I go outside and think someone is looking at me and it's a deer staring me down.

Do you have an ol' buck on your wall? I want to mount all of these guys on my wall the way they bounce around here and jump on everything. Also be alert (especially this time of year) because these idiots just decide to stand in the middle of the road for no reason. Don't want to see anyone get hurt.
New Yorkers...  
BamaBlue : 9/22/2020 7:24 am : link
dealing with Deer.

They're always in my backyard  
bc4life : 9/22/2020 8:23 am : link
have actually seen them nursing their young. I like having them around
3 is nothing  
giants#1 : 9/22/2020 8:37 am : link
Have at least a dozen that roam my neighborhood. Wouldn't mind them if they just stayed away from my flowers and grapes.
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SFGFNCGiantsFan : 9/22/2020 8:39 am : link
Imagine you're a deer. You're prancin’ along. You get thirsty. You spot a little brook. You put ya little deer lips down to the cool clear water...bam! A fuckin’ bullet rips off part of ya head! Your brains are layin’ on the ground in little bloody pieces! Now, I ask ya, would you give a fuck what kind of pants the son-of-a-bitch who shot you was wearing?!
I didn't notice the NFT at first and thought Deer was a RB option  
GiantBlue : 9/22/2020 9:28 am : link
we were looking at....LOL......

I live in a rural setting in SEPA and see deer all the time. I was hiking with my wife just this past saturday down by the Schuykll River we came upon a Mom and a few of her offspring.

They looked at us, we looked at them and then they each hopped at first and then ran in different directions.

We sometimes have some deer in our backyard early in the morning, but it is rare as they prefer the corn in the farm across the street.
dealing with wild turkey's is much worse.  
gtt350 : 9/22/2020 9:33 am : link
nasty birds.
I have a suburban house  
oghwga : 9/22/2020 9:47 am : link
Surrounded by woods. Prime deer feeding grounds. All I can grow are boxwoods. The chipmunks are what I want to kill. If anyone has any remedies for those fuckers let me know.

Cruelty be damned I think I'm putting out a bucket trap.
chipmonks are harmless used to feed them out of my hand  
gtt350 : 9/22/2020 9:49 am : link
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RE: dealing with wild turkey's is much worse.  
26.2 : 9/22/2020 9:56 am : link
In comment 14981283 gtt350 said:
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nasty birds.


You spelled "tasty" wrong.
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26.2 : 9/22/2020 9:57 am : link
I'm in the mountains of WV where we have a vacation house which has turned into just our regular house. The deer are everywhere right now. I see probably a dozen a day.

Last Fri night I saw three black bears on my property.
RE: I have a suburban house  
BMac : 9/22/2020 10:09 am : link
In comment 14981307 oghwga said:
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Surrounded by woods. Prime deer feeding grounds. All I can grow are boxwoods. The chipmunks are what I want to kill. If anyone has any remedies for those fuckers let me know.

Cruelty be damned I think I'm putting out a bucket trap.


Bucket traps work, but cats work better. Try adding in some rhododendron and andromeda to your plantings. Also Irish junipers and bird-nest spruce work very well, Stay away from yews.
oghwga  
bc4life : 9/22/2020 11:09 am : link
You cannot stop chipmunks, you can only contain them. They are going to make plays...
squirrels got to be a problem  
bc4life : 9/22/2020 11:11 am : link
so I tried to live trap them. Did not know they die if left in traps for longer than 24 hours, possibly less.
About 1.5 million deer-related car accidents annually  
Marty in Albany : 9/22/2020 12:10 pm : link

"The cost of these accidents results in over $1 billion dollars in vehicle damage
There are around 175-200 fatalities every year and 10,000 injuries
The majority of these accidents occur between October and December, but can happen year round."

You feel different about deer when you hit one. I do.

I hit a dead one that was lying in the passing lane of US 87 when I was driving home to Albany. It was late at night and I didn't see it. I was doing at least 70 mph.

I was lucky. The road was empty. My Honda Civic rode over the carcass and flew about 25 feet through the air. It landed squarely on all four tires. Had it been alive or the carcass frozen, the results could have been deadly.

My Honda needed a new exhaust system and a new cooling system, about $2500, but no damage to the frame.
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close calls with deer back in NY  
bc4life : 9/22/2020 1:26 pm : link
one hit my wife's car. acts of nature, what're you gonna do?


Down here there are way more of them, so, you know to drive accordingly.
RE: I have a suburban house  
Del Shofner : 9/22/2020 1:40 pm : link
In comment 14981307 oghwga said:
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Surrounded by woods. Prime deer feeding grounds. All I can grow are boxwoods. The chipmunks are what I want to kill. If anyone has any remedies for those fuckers let me know.

Cruelty be damned I think I'm putting out a bucket trap.


I am preparing for war on the chipmunks myself. They were out of control this year and ate a lot of the tomatoes in the veggie garden. The deer were less of a problem this year than the chipmunks.
Marty  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 9/22/2020 1:46 pm : link
Jeez, that's pretty terrifying. About 10 years back or so, I hit a deer while on a country road in Maine. Very scary. The car was a little banged up, but nothing too bad. I have no idea if the deer lived though. You hear stories of people hitting them & going through the windshield & dying...terrifying.
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Del Shofner : 9/22/2020 1:51 pm : link
I've hit deer twice. One was pretty dead-on at 60 mph, on the Taconic Parkway. No chance to avoid it, it was running full speed right to left and was in front of my car and then hit in a flash. Put an end to the radiator and some other parts of the front end, but I was able to make it home. It is indeed scary.
Chipmunks are undermining my patio  
oghwga : 9/22/2020 2:35 pm : link
Eating my tomatoes and burrowing under my built in raised planters.

They don't poison easily unfortunately and they're tough to trap.

I'm going to put up some owl houses in the winter time and hopefully some will move in this spring.
RE: ...  
BlueLou'sBack : 9/22/2020 2:40 pm : link
In comment 14981323 26.2 said:
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I'm in the mountains of WV where we have a vacation house which has turned into just our regular house. The deer are everywhere right now. I see probably a dozen a day.

Last Fri night I saw three black bears on my property.


I walk for about two hours 4+ times per week, and I see deer on these walks in suburban NJ more often than not.

Yesterday I saw a black bear cub crossing the street about 50 meters in front of me.
RE: 3 is nothing  
Route 9 : 9/22/2020 3:02 pm : link
In comment 14981229 giants#1 said:
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Have at least a dozen that roam my neighborhood. Wouldn't mind them if they just stayed away from my flowers and grapes.


They're all over the place in my neighborhood. One time a deer got startled (of course) and not knowingly jumped right into the lagoon across the street from the golf course.
I like the deer  
D HOS : 9/22/2020 7:06 pm : link
I see deer every single day. There is a herd that lives in and around my house and currently has about a dozen. There are at least four herds that live in my neighborhood. Some days on a walk through my neighborhood I can count up to 20. Not just does but bucks and usually more than a few fawns. The new fawns sometimes get parked in the deep ivy in the woods along my house. No need to get rid of them, they are part of the charm of wherever you live. They get used to you if you ignore them and if you are quiet and calm. Even my dog doesn't really pay them any attention. Sometimes I have looked out a window to see a deer playing with my cat. They like if you throw watermelon and cantaloupe off to the side of your yard.
I have seen deer  
Big Al : 9/22/2020 8:46 pm : link
In the middle of the road while driving near the Hackensack Maywood border. I have heard some live nearby in a small wooded area called Borgs Wood.
Oakland, NJ  
djm : 9/22/2020 9:27 pm : link
Deer are everywhere around here. Fuckers are all over the place.
what no Bears?  
gidiefor : Mod : 9/23/2020 8:28 pm : link
amateur
Bears  
D HOS : 9/23/2020 10:02 pm : link
LOL! My parents live in the mountains outside of Kingston NY. I show them pictures from my house of deer in my yard and they are like "oh that is cute" and then they show me pictures of bears on their deck.
RE: what no Bears?  
Route 9 : 9/23/2020 10:03 pm : link
In comment 14982830 gidiefor said:
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amateur


There was actually one in Little Egg roaming around just this June.
RE: I like the deer  
BlueLou'sBack : 9/24/2020 12:39 am : link
In comment 14981839 D HOS said:
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I see deer every single day. There is a herd that lives in and around my house and currently has about a dozen...They like if you throw watermelon and cantaloupe off to the side of your yard.


Bears prefer ice chests full of salmon or blueberries.
Add Turkeys to the list  
montanagiant : 9/24/2020 1:29 am : link
Every bit as bad as Deer where I live
Woodpeckers and flying squirrels  
LBH15 : 9/24/2020 8:15 am : link
creating problems in my neighborhood as of late.

RE: chipmunks  
J : 9/24/2020 8:32 am : link
had the same issue with chipmunks burrowing underneath our patio, shed, stairs etc.

I bought a couple of live traps from home depot. I used raisins+peanut butter to trap 12+ chipmunks and moved them to a nature trail close by. We were good for about 2-3 months, but with fall here a few more have moved in.

Linked the ones I bought
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RE: what no Bears?  
djm : 9/24/2020 9:57 am : link
In comment 14982830 gidiefor said:
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amateur


Those too. I never knew how animal kingdom-ish Oakland was until I moved here. You will see as many Deer walking around as you do squirrels. Bear are seen almost daily.
Will be hunting for my first time this year  
armstead98 : 9/24/2020 11:07 am : link
Quarantining in the Adirondacks, looking forward to spending some time in the woods and maybe coming home with some venison.
RE: RE: what no Bears?  
BlueLou'sBack : 9/24/2020 11:11 am : link
In comment 14983080 djm said:
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In comment 14982830 gidiefor said:


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amateur



Those too. I never knew how animal kingdom-ish Oakland was until I moved here. You will see as many Deer walking around as you do squirrels. Bear are seen almost daily.


So can I bring our bear here in Allendale over your way? Seems kinda lonely here
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