Oh, around here we have so many deer that they’re pretty much seen as pests! They eat our gardens and regularly wander into the highway nearby and get hit by cars. Hunting is very limited, and they have no natural predators here, so they are seriously overpopulated.
Still, it makes me sad when I see one injured or killed. And I like seeing them out in the woods (not in our yard, where they used to find an enormous salad bar until my husband extended the height of our fences!). Our latest issue though is…bunnies! A mama bunny decided to have her babies somewhere in our back yard, and unfortunately our dog Woody found two of the babies and, well, it did not end well for them. He just doesn’t know better (he’s sweet but not too smart). Mama bunny seems to have moved out of the yard since them (the kale is now once again growing!), so I’m hoping future bunny generations will stick with nesting locations outside of our fence!
Now if we could also get Woody to leave the turtles alone too! He just wants to hunt all the wildlife, unfortunately. He even barks at big birds overhead.
