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NNadir

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32. I remember after my wife and I moved to New Jersey from California and bought our house.

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Mon Jan 18, 2021, 08:12 PM

Jan 2021

I called her to the window of our kitchen to show her the 13 deer that were in our yard, thinking how beautiful they were.

Now, more than two decades later when I see them I mutter, "Shit! Giant rats!"

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OMG! I'm surrounded! [View all] csziggy Jan 2021 OP

Oh, deer! underpants Jan 2021 #1

My last dog would ignore deer and elk, looking beyond them every time in hopes of hlthe2b Jan 2021 #2

My Pekingese would chase deer all day! SharonAnn Jan 2021 #15

I gave up on growing veggies decades ago csziggy Jan 2021 #17

Cats ignoring deer-- no surprise there ailsagirl Jan 2021 #3

My old cat would stalk the deer csziggy Jan 2021 #18

Daffodils wryter2000 Jan 2021 #4

I have paperwhite narcissus - same family as daffodils csziggy Jan 2021 #19

Years ago we lived near a wooded area and would sometime see deer The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #5

the two Chihuahua crosses theink they are going to take a deer down Kali Jan 2021 #11

Cats chasing deer are like dogs chasing cars csziggy Jan 2021 #20

The course is clear. LSFL Jan 2021 #6

For about thirty years after we bought this place we did not hunt the deer. csziggy Jan 2021 #26

If you get the chance LSFL Jan 2021 #37

I just let them keep the meat csziggy Jan 2021 #38

Cute! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #7

Not long after we first bought this farm I heard screams down in a lower pasture csziggy Jan 2021 #28

Aww! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #30

Lantana UpInArms Jan 2021 #8

Yes, lantana is poisonous csziggy Jan 2021 #29

Curry plants Buzz cook Jan 2021 #9

I don't think they are native to North Florida csziggy Jan 2021 #31

Wonderful! MuseRider Jan 2021 #10

"I will have to plant stuff that the deer will not eat." flamin lib Jan 2021 #12

+1 happybird Jan 2021 #14

Here natives that deer don't eat are pretty numerous csziggy Jan 2021 #34

They came up on my deck last summer to eat my veggie plants happybird Jan 2021 #13

I'm surprised they ate your coneflowers. I have a bunch of them, but they've never messed with them Frustratedlady Jan 2021 #22

Does the spray smell like bad bacon? happybird Jan 2021 #24

It's hard to describe. A little rotten egg smell...(we sound like we're spraying breakfast!). Frustratedlady Jan 2021 #33

they say motion detector sprinklers work. mopinko Jan 2021 #16

I thought one of them was rabid... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #21

i had 2 of them sniffing around my back gate a while back. mopinko Jan 2021 #23

I've encountered them a few times while hiking... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2021 #25

i hate typing on my phone. mopinko Jan 2021 #27

We've gotten way too much rain to add more water to the yard. csziggy Jan 2021 #35

I remember after my wife and I moved to New Jersey from California and bought our house. NNadir Jan 2021 #32

The deer owned this part of the farm before we built our house here csziggy Jan 2021 #36

I've advocated for the reintroduction of wolves and panthers to NJ, but it hasn't been too... NNadir Jan 2021 #39

I'm sure they are annoying and distructive and I sympathize with you, but OTOH, Fla Dem Jan 2021 #40

The most annoying part is that I cannot leave my bird feeders out in the evenings csziggy Jan 2021 #41