ddesigns t1_isx9eb2 wrote
Reply to comment by IrrumaboMalum in Odds Of Hitting A Deer In PA Go Up: How To Avoid It This Season | Across Pennsylvania, PA by oldschoolskater
80% of the deer I see are in the city and I drive all over the place.
IrrumaboMalum t1_isxa80j wrote
What scares me is seeing how well they can jump first hand. I've watched them trot up to my fence and just casually hop over a fence that is almost chest height on a 6' person - me.
PolyDipsoManiac t1_isycfhe wrote
I’ve seen half of a herd wait for a break in traffic to cross a suburban road when traffic interrupted the first ones. There’s probably a strong selective pressure for smart deer that tolerate humans.
First_name_Lastname5 t1_it0tcpx wrote
I've seen a heard go over higher. it's honestly really impressive to see in my opinion at least.
oldschoolskater OP t1_isxabrg wrote
I see a lot along 88 between Castle Shannon and Finleyville.
alwaysboopthesnoot t1_iszw0qe wrote
They sleep in our yard. They move in herds sometimes, clip clopping down the street and slipping between cars. Sleeping here draws coyotes up from the ravines. We’re dodging them left and right out here in the suburbs. Went to pick up my kid’s prescription at the pharmacy drive thru last week and on the steep hillside up above and next to me were three practically within arm’s reach. I rolled up my window, jic they decided they liked my flowers in the bouquet sitting on the seat next to me and tried to fight me for it.
No joke, they ate my phlox and hostas to the ground right in front of me while I was sitting outside grilling on the patio, last spring. I yelled, I turned the hose on them, banged pots together. They just stared at me. Two neighbors on this street have collided with deer in the last few weeks. One in their driveway, another after they pulled up to a stop sign. They’re EVERYWHERE.
Shower_Handel t1_it0jlmq wrote
> No joke, they ate my phlox and hostas to the ground right in front of me while I was sitting outside grilling on the patio, last spring. I yelled, I turned the hose on them, banged pots together. They just stared at me.
Time to throw hands
alwaysboopthesnoot t1_it2urgg wrote
They bow hunt near here annually (to much consternation by many who don’t know about the diseases deer spread, or that where deer are there are bears and coyote that could eat their nasty, snapping, little ankle-biter nonstop barkers too)…
I love deer. They’re cute—-and also very tasty. But we have got to get these numbers their under control, for the health of the deer and for our own!
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