Deer are getting to be a pain

[kthompson]

And which animal kills the most people in the USA each year??
Deer

 

[impdaddy]

We have owned our place (cabin) for a year and a half now. Every time my wife plants a new tree or flower next weekend it is nibbled to death. I have used that nasty a** liquid fence stuff with limited success. I don't get a good answer when I say " why the heck do you want to plant deer food?" ans= silence. Now however she is asking about hunting with us in the fall. Dang those were the 2 weeks when she didn't want to be there. Getting to recognize those plants they won't eat such as mums,roses,daiseys and spruce trees. Now if I can just get her to appreciate venison, we will harvest the **** out of them critters. BTW i got a noce 10 point last year .

Kinda rambling here sorry.

 

[Stimw]

You might want to describe how large those northern deer are!
I'm from Ohio and the guys that I used to work with here in Florida would bring in pics of the deer that they shot over the weekend and they are the size of a large German Shepard! I always told them if they saw a Real deer they would wet themselves!
I've seen deer in Ky. almost as large as a horse!

 

[Tig]

You need more coyotes in your neighbourhood.

 

[PILOON]

Hostas= Deer salad! (or maybe dessert)

 

[deere755]

You need more coyotes in your neighbourhood.

They are also getting to be plentiful. I guess just not plentiful enough though.

 

[LMTC]

Coyotes don't seem to be much threat to deer, at least here. We have an abundance of both. Just a few weeks ago I watched a coyote that seemed to be trying to catch a deer in a 50 acre corn field...the corn was up perhaps 2' so I couldn't always see the coyote. The coyote would head for the deer (a yearling I'm guessing....perhaps 80#) at a fast trot, and when it got within 20-30 yards the deer would jump and run maybe 50-100 yards. I watched this scene repeat probably 7-8 times before the deer finally turned and disappeared into the woods. It was almost laughable. Perhaps the result would have been different with more coyotes, but I think most of our mature deer (120 and up for most does, 50 more for bucks) would kick the snot out of a coyote or two. I really don't know what the average is, but I have seen many 200# + bucks taken around here over the years. I took one 15 years ago that was 230 field dressed; I would think they could do some serious damage.

 

[J35]

Coyotes are hard on the fawn crop.

Lots of young deer means you don't have as many coyotes as you think you do.

Simple as that.

Electric fence or about dozen snares will solve your deer problems year after year.

You can complain or get busy.

Have fun

 

[GaryCrowell]

Depredation permits.

I don't know if Illinois has this, but around here (mississippi) the farmers can get depredation permits if deer are eating their crops. My cousin was involved in a depredation hunt a few years back and they basically spotlighted them in the soybean fields at night. Some inmates from the local jail were there to dress the deer after the shooters did their job. There were about five shooters including my cousin and they killed around 30 deer that night. It's not hunting, just shooting and it's a bit grisley, but it's about the only thing that works when deer are tearing up your crops.

 

[smfcpacfp]

in the rear around here. I don't want to offend anyone but as far as I am concerned we could kill all the deer around here and I would not miss them. They destroy our trees, shrubs, and crops.

You and I are of the same mind, but for different reasons. They constantly like to run in front of my vehicles. How long will it take for this species to understand that it is unwise to run into, and in front of things on the road?

I hate the bastards.