Deer damage especially severe
 

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?

Deer damage especially severe
 

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?

Deer damage especially severe
 

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
...
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?

Deer damage especially severe
 

Saw five of 'em crossing our cul-de-sac last night. Oddly, they were
coming from the direction of a major road that runs near us. Maybe we
need more hunters.

MAC

Deer damage especially severe
 

there are few things going on

development pressure where large tracts of land is now houses - near us it
is brier creek and long lake, in total about 1 thousand acres now gone

no one hunts the animals so that every year you get new ones without the old
ones taken out, except by cars.

I believe you are allowed to hunt them on your own property I would have to
ask one of my neighbors...

The good thing is as they develop this land the new homeowners put in fresh
landscaping (hostas, azaleas, etc) for the deer, so I am hoping that the
deer fill up before they get to my house!!

Deer are primarily browsers, they eat new growth and only go after old
growth when there is no new growth, so this time of year they are like kids
in a candy store, eating everything they can!

One other thing is that animals will not cross a brush pile, so the ice
storm has changed their migration paths. If there is a large brush pile or
trees in their way they will go around it and find a new trail looking for
food. I guess they found your house this time!!

Tomotolord

"JohnF" wrote in message
...
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?