Deer resistant Landscaping

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by SAB1

Quite a apparent you are not hunter and fully believe your statistics are made up. Archery happens to be a very successful method of removing deer from the population in fact in Massachusetts the archery harvest now rivals the number taken with gun. Look what archery has done for Long Island in Moultonboro. Archery is a very effective management tool for managing the deer harvest.

I agree...his "facts" are typical of what antis spew...news flash...archery hunting is not going away. His ilk will continue picking away at what they don't believe in though.

[swnoel]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

I agree...his "facts" are typical of what antis spew...new flash...archery hunting is not going away. His ilk will continue picking away at what they don't believe in though.

Unfortunately, the equipment gets blamed for the poor decisions made by the shooter. A well places shot with a sharp broad head is devastating and will kill the deer quickly. You can't have an intelligent conversation with an anti trapper or hunter
If trapping ever gets banned those calling for it will be the first to scream when rabid animals attack and damage is done to property and roadways because of over population.
One only has to see what happened with the explosion of beavers and the destruction they create! I have a friend who's 83 and has been a trapper his whole life, it's amazing what's happening... they are few trappers in NH and he is inundated with calls to remove beavers from communities and private citizens! He's making a lot of money for doing this and many just bitch about the price!

[Salken]

" You can't have an intelligent conversation with an anti trapper or hunter" Who said I was anti hunting ?
The fact is most arrows are not well placed and these deer can take days to die a very painful slow death,but of course that obviously doesn't mean a thing to you and that the study conducted by the Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Agencies is just fake news. I guess it's just people of my "ilk" who give a damn.

[SAB1]

Originally Posted by Salken

" You can't have an intelligent conversation with an anti trapper or hunter" Who said I was anti hunting ?
The fact is most arrows are not well placed and these deer can take days to die a very painful slow death,but of course that obviously doesn't mean a thing to you and that the study conducted by the Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Agencies is just fake news. I guess it's just people of my "ilk" who give a damn.

Completely false again. There are far more well placed arrows than not. Archers are a special breed that spend countless hours practicing and perfecting the shot just as a fly fisherman perfects his cast and perfect presentation of the fly as it hits the water. Archers are very passionate about the sport and likely no one feels worse about a crippled deer than an archer.

[fatlazyless]

Had a collision with a deer last night, about 7:45, on the Meredith Neck Rd heading north, down in the dip below the beautiful horse farm where there's a big brook with water flowing under the road through a big concrete culvert pipe. The speed limit there is 40-mph and I was going about 30-35. Only saw the deer for one fast second before it smacked ..... fortunately, it looked like a thin deer, and not a big one ..... is possible the wheel ran over its leg and damaged its leg?

Anyway, it smacked the right front fender, leaving two new bruise indents and some white deer hair stuck next to the head light cover, the Meredith Police were called and showed up fast, took a report, gave me a report number, the deer was down for 30-seconds, got up and ran off into the woods.

Got to look at the fender in the morning and decide if its worth getting fixed what with a $250 comprehensive Allstate deductible, plus the windshield already grew a 10" crack over the inspection sticker about a month ago, just a glass stress crack probably from driv'n the rough Rt 175 road in Holderness, so that makes two $250 deductibles to get two insurable incidents fixed.

Will probably do nothing unless the windshield flunks the next annual state inspection ..... which it no doubt will ..... so's this deer smack got me incentivized to go get the month old cracked windshield replaced ...... or something?

[ishoot308]

Now if you would of had a deer resistant foam noodle on your bumper this never would have been an issue!

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Now if you would of had a deer resistant foam noodle on your bumper this never would have been an issue!

LMAO! Don’t give him any ideas Dan!

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by ishoot308

Now if you would of had a deer resistant foam noodle on your bumper this never would have been an issue!

…...yes.... looking at the fender in the daylight now, there's two welts, sort of blended into the finder rim, just above the tire, about the size of a tennis ball...each

…..you know how some big military vehicles have surround protection against mines and remote control explosives with a buffer armament …. a dense 4" foam noodle circle of deer protection …..going around the car ….like a circle of protection from the deer, or from someone in the Walmart parking lot who is backing up while texting at same time.... protect your car with the NOODLE ZONE!

….. the police officer and some onlooker went way back into the woods looking for the hit deer …. but the deer had totally left the scene without stopping to exchange papers ….. a hit and run!

[dt5150]

Originally Posted by SAB1

Completely false again. There are far more well placed arrows than not. Archers are a special breed that spend countless hours practicing and perfecting the shot just as a fly fisherman perfects his cast and perfect presentation of the fly as it hits the water. Archers are very passionate about the sport and likely no one feels worse about a crippled deer than an archer.

absolute truth. i've been bow hunting for more than 20 years, and i've killed a bunch of deer and turkeys with a bow. sure, i've made some poor shots. we all have. it happens. whether due to "buck fever" (nerves), improper form, hitting a branch/deflecting the arrow, or simply just making the decision to take a less than ideal shot. bad shots happen, for one reason or another. but more often than not, the shots taken by bow hunters are accurate and lethal. believe me when i say this, NO ONE wants the shot to be a good shot more than the hunter does. we take great pride in being the best that we can be. we practice and practice and practice some more to hone our skills so we can be the best, most accurate, lethal, conscientious, reasoning predator that we can be. and most of us take great pride in that.

and the belief that archery is an inhumane method of taking game is completely false. i've personally witnessed deer shot with a rifle go an awful long way after being shot through both lungs. close to a mile. on the flip side, i've seen them drop in their tracks. same with bow hunting, i've seen them drop on the spot and i've seen them go a long way. you would be absolutely amazed at how tough these critters can be and what they can survive. all the more reason to be as proficient and accurate as you can possibly be, regardless of the choice of weapon.

[fatlazyless]

Take my word on this ..... Camp Menotomy, way down the end of Meredith Neck ...... with something like 90-acres of woods, swampy wet lands, grass playing fields and 2000' of undeveloped Winnipesaukee shoreline is a lot more like a wildlife refuge for the deer, fox, bobcat, black bear, and wild turkeys than like a camp for Girl Scouts.

About twenty years ago, a long line-up of yellow and black 'No Hunting-No Trespassing' signs got attached to a lot of big trees, there, close to the road. And, the animals have been partying big time, for a long time, at Camp Menotomy. Its' real name should be 'Camp Menotomy for deer, and one very happy black bear.' Those Girl Scouts have all moved on to bigger and better things, and the wildlife animals have taken it over.