On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:57:31 GMT, "Jonny"
wrote:


Don't know about any diseases. May well be, I don't know. The majority of
the local white-tail in Wimberley surrounding area I've seen are very
skinny, similar to charity commercials you see for Africans starving. Skin
and bones.
The white-tail that frequent my above ground leech field seem average
weight. My immediate neighbor has a corn feeder. The "tame" white-tail in
and around the river just west of RR12 in Wimberley proper seem fine as
well. Locals feed them.
Can understand why Cindy perceives disease, but unlikely. Possible though.
In my opinion, its simply the drought manifesting itself by the land not
providing sustenance. Don't kid yourself, there is a drought still
occurring in S. Central Texas.
White-tailed deer are not pests. Its just humans who treat them like pets
or feed them for potential food sources or trophies who create the problem
that may occur during normal circumstances. In the worst of a famine and
drought, deer will assault anyone's garden though. Don't get me wrong here.
I don't consider deer under those circumstances pests, just trying to
survive is all. That's natural, and to be overlooked. No matter the effort
put into the garden assaulted.

That's my point. People moved to Lakeway because of the free flowing
deer and aren't they cute. Now the deer are eating their plants and
suddenly the deer are disease infested. That term was not really
about disease, I saw it as a metaphor and symptom of how people
totally disregard animals and their welfare.