Originally Posted by mc
Stan I would love to come out and help with the deer problem.
Count me in on that - I spent a whole week hunting in northern Maine last November. While I saw some sign, I saw no deer. I'd be happy to help Georgia's problem. Likewise with KY Jon's.

I guess it's going on 30 years ago now - I was working for a lawyer who had his office on his farm, in a nicely converted garage. This was in Central Jersey. There would be 50 or 60 deer in the pasture around dusk. Driving out in the evening in the fall there'd be a couple buck fights going on at the same time with the does watching. Headlights sweeping and cars passing didn't bother them a bit.

The one year the neighboring farmer got a depredation permit and killed something like 100 deer. Buried them - there was no "hunters for the hungry" or food bank to take them. Knocked the herd back, but 2 or 3 years later the numbers were almost back to where they'd been.

Like I said: I'd be happy working to supply the food bank and maybe take a little venison home with me.

Last edited by Dave in Maine; 03/03/24 01:00 PM.

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