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" BOB" wrote in message
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| JF wrote:
| We've been in our west Durham home, near Duke Forest, for eleven years,
and
| we've always had problems with deer. Twenty-five azaleas were regarded
as
| salad, and hosta, impatiens, lilies, and many other plants were usually
| consumed just before they reached their peak.
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| It's been worse, however, in the past two or three years. The deer have
| eaten English ivy almost to the ground, have drastically pruned the
liriope,
| and are evermore daring. They are often on the front walk or in the
backyard
| in the middle of the day.
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| This morning there were five in the front yard, including two in the
azalea
| plantings only six feet from the living room where I was taking
photographic
| evidence.
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| I'm sure part of the problem is a neighbor who puts out cracked corn in
the
| wooded area behind his house. The deer have worn that area, about twelve
| feet by twenty-five feet, to bare earth. I often see six or seven deer
in
| the area, about 150 feet from my backyard.
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| Is feeding deer the problem, or is it that there are just too many more
| housing developments?
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| Can I do any thing other than politely asking my neighbor to stop
feeding
| the deer?
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