It sounds like it was colder than normal this year. Colder weather means
that animals need more energy/food to stay warm. Also drought as Anne
says.
arwen

On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Anne Lurie wrote:

I would think that last summer's drought must surely have affected the
natural vegetation that deer would eat. Even though our yearly rainfall had
"caught up" by the end of the year, many trees & plants had already been
adversely affected.

Anne Lurie
NE Raleigh


"JohnF" wrote in message
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Living in western Durham for 10 years, it seems the deer damage is
especially severe this year. They have thoroughly trimmed the ivy, azalea,
liriope, and many other species.

We see as many as seven deer in the street some nights.

Is the deer population especially high? Or is there a severe shortage of
wild vegetation?