Deer Feeding Neighbors

[Jennibc]

Originally Posted by AustinSpartan

It's not that they're bad neighbors, they're actually just fine. They're Chinese and I have very little in common with them

What does their being Chinese have to do with it? We have new neighbors from China and they have been very approachable. How do you know you have very little in common with them if you haven't spoken with them much?

[atxcio]

Yeah, if just feeding the deer is the worst neighbor problem you have, maybe you should just be thankful for that. And deer poop isn't really that bad, it just looks like little fertilizer pellets.

You could plant some extra-deer resistant plants in the trouble areas, or spray some coyote urine (or other deer-away products) along whatever entry spots they are using to get into your yard.

[mimimomx3]

Do they speak English?

[kingugly]

"Passive" - taking to the internet rather than speaking to your neighbors.

"Aggressive" - asking for a place to call to report them for feeding the deer in your neighborhood.

[austinnerd]

Originally Posted by kingugly

"Passive" - taking to the internet rather than speaking to your neighbors.

"Aggressive" - asking for a place to call to report them for feeding the deer in your neighborhood.

That seems to be stretching the definition to an extreme. Had they actually "outed" the neighbors, then that'd be one thing. Asking for some advice on what to do is completely different. Ditto asking for a place to call vs actually placing the call.

[lvoldfarm]

To all of you that have no heart for the poor deer. First of all, we all know corn is not the best food for deer, they are better off to hunt for the natural food. The problem is us "human"? destroy their food plots, cutting down their food sources. I see a lot of deer are skin and bone, what you see are their rib cages, especially during the drought, that's when I start to feed them. Though the corn is not the best for them, but it beats to starve to death, people eat stuff from trash when they are very hungry and keep them survived. We took away their food plant, plant those "deer resistant" plants built gigantic houses, drove them to die from starvation. At least we can do is "supplement" them a little bit and live peaceful with them. If you absolutely hates wild lives, move to the high rise in downtown, somewhere the wild lives had been completely driven out by "human". And I would say, we should stop people moving in, we are getting "over populated", we should pack some people up ans relocate them to Alaska, Montana, Idaho where there are more rooms or even somewhere in Texas that don't have these many "human". Just my opinion.

[AverageJoe83]

Maintaining a stationary feeding area for local deer could actually help to prevent damage caused by deer feeding on plants and other items on your property and in the general area, but it is still illegal by city standards. Don't get authorities involved immediately. Are they feeding the deer by hand or leaving a trough out for them? If they feed them by hand, come outside while they're doing it, and interact with them a bit. Gauge their mood when they're interacting with the deer...it may be generally bringing them joy to do it. Try striking up a conversation with them, and casually mention that they could get in trouble if they get caught.

If your intention is to report them without creating tension by making it obvious that it was you, just continue striking up conversation with them if/when you get a chance. If you actually appear to not mind it so much, they'd be less inclined to think it was you that reported them, if you ultimately want to go that route.

Try "deer-away" type repellents, or...and i'm being serious...scare them. Run at them shouting and waving your arms (the deer, not the neighbors....though please record it if you do it to the neighbors). If the deer are agitated enough when near your property they will know to avoid it when they're waiting to be fed. If they're being fed they're probably not harming anyone so they shouldn't be much of a problem, but I understand you not wanting them on your property.

I've experienced quite a few situations where the deer were so trusting they would actually come up to eat from my hand. I even had a fawn allow me to scratch her behind the ears and pet her muzzle. She followed me around for a half hour after that and would come by every day for about 2 weeks to see me. Sometimes she would just plop down in the corner of the yard and watch me go about my business. Nuisance animals for sure, but they can be sweet. Never got a tick from interacting with her (though I did wear repellent every time I went outside). She eventually stopped coming when it got got colder and she didn't come back after that. Good thing - she needn't become too trusting of humans or get used to going into neighborhoods.