Can a cattle guard be installed on the gateway, Arnold? Deer won't cross it. Judy On 3/12/2023 3:38 PM, Arnold Trachtenberg via pbs wrote: > I was on the Board of Directors for ten years at: > https://flatrockbrook.org/about-us/… > We installed a deer exclosure fence to allow the forest to mature naturally. The deer were influencing the habitat by removing any young growth that provided habitat for many birds and other creatures. > We had a consultant from Rutgers University who are the host of the State Cooperative Extension Service. > We did get some blow back from neighbors who felt that the fence was pushing the deer onto their property. > Our consultant stated that deer have 3-5 mile walk and rarely stay in one location for more than 1/2 day. > So far the fence has worked out well. > Biggest problem is the neighbors are propping open the gates to let the deer in to the Nature Center. > Arnold > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Mazer via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Mark Mazer <markemazer@gmail.com> > Sent: Sun, Mar 12, 2023 3:09 pm > Subject: Re: [pbs] Wildlife damage recovery > > " If you have a country property that is fenced to keep dogs in (as I did > for many years), and if the dogs are large and predatory, deer will stay > out." > Jane, > Not more than 60 seconds ago a beautiful mature doe (she had twins last > season) sauntered across our unfenced 20+ acre field maybe 100 feet past > the veggie garden and small orchard. Ever watchful, Fred the Giant > Schnauzer gave his deer specific warning from inside the house and the doe > pranced into the swamp. We have a 1500 square foot fenced-in run off of the > kitchen door for the beastie; his bark keeps the riff-raff away. > > Best, > m > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 2:46 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> I use Milorganite. Blood meal, a slaughterhouse waste product getting >> ever more costly, is a nitrogen fertilizer. >> >> Deer are so well fed in our gardens, here in the Garden State of New >> Jersey, that only the first year do does have a single fawn. After that, >> twins are common, even - occasionally - triplets. >> >> Judy >> >> On 3/12/2023 1:53 PM, Lorena Gorsche via pbs wrote: >>> In Lake Oswego, Oregon, I sprinkle Blood Meal or Fish Bone Meal around my >>> roses, etc. the deer live here year around, eat my next door neighbours >>> roses, etc. The roses love it and the deer don’t. Lightly sprinkle weekly >>> sometimes livery two weeks. I’m >>> >>> Lorena PNW >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 8:27 AM Mark Mazer via pbs < >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >>> >>>> " If you check out where dogs continue to roam freely you will not find >>>> deer." >>>> >>>> That has not been my experience in Perquimans County where there is no >>>> leash law. >>>> >>>> Mark Mazer >>>> Hertford, NC >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 8:51 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs < >>>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> NJ has a bow season, shotgun with solid slug, a sabot, and black >> powder. >>>>> We have a hunter who uses a black powder gun. He gets one or two deer >>>>> off our property each year. We are gifted back strap, roast, etc. >>>>> >>>>> I still, almost every day, see a group of 5 deer on their >>>>> peregrinations. But it is with pleasure that we eat delicious locavore >>>>> free range venison. >>>>> >>>>> Judy >>>>> >>>>> On 3/11/2023 8:17 PM, Marc Rosenblum via pbs wrote: >>>>>> On 3/11/2023 12:12 PM, Diane via pbs wrote: >>>>>>> Vancouver Island has no coyotes but lots of cougars. They aren’t >>>>>>> generally shot. When a cougar is roaming near a school, the children >>>>>>> are kept inside. And the cougar that entered someone’s apartment was >>>>>>> just moved to a wild area. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> They don’t manage to keep our deer in check, though. When I was >>>>>>> young, about 1945, we used to make special trips to see deer in the >>>>>>> forest. I don’t know what encouraged them to overrun our cities. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Diane >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> pbs mailing list >>>>>>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >>>>>>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >>>>>>> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >>>>>>> PBS Forum >>>>>>> latest: >>>>> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… >>>>>> Diane, >>>>>> >>>>>> What encourages deer to overrun our cities is nonsensical hunting >>>>>> regulations which allow them to overpopulate. 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