There are only two people that read this blog that will be gleeful about this post: Cody and my mom. Cody because if you have a heartbeat and there is a season dedicated to blowing you to kingdom come with a rifle, a bow, a bazooka or a rock, he will hunt you. And my mom because she loves her roses.
You see, in North Carolina, there is a law that allows for the execution of deer in your own front yard. It is known as the "Urban Deer Hunt." Apparently, much like my mother, there a number of people here that are weary of the deer feeding on the vegetation on their property. And like Cody, there are a number of people that are bloodthirsty and interested in exercising their demons on the unwitting beasts that are tampering with their tulips.
Ramon Bell, president of the N.C. Bowhunters Association N.C. says an urban deer season can make deer change their minds about grazing in the gardens of landowners. "What urban deer seaosn does , in addition to taking out about 10 to 15 percent of the population, is reintroduce a predator, and that knowledge alone moves them back out to areas where they can be legally hunted," Bell says. "Without hunting, everything overgrazes, and then deer come up into town and eat everything in sight, including your hostas and your roses." Apparently they really love the hostas.
Bell is a bright one indeed. This is a great solution for the deer nuisance. Unfortunately, the law is only limited to bowhunting, so don't grab your AK and move from L.A. just yet. Hopefully soon they will open it up to rifles and shotguns so you can go around spraying your neighbor with reckless abandon and innocently claim that you were just trying to protect your bird of paradise. For the wicked deer, it looks like there is no safe haven anymore. It turns out that they were being hunted in the wild so they came to the safety of the suburbs. With the suburbs now heavily guarded, they might as well just jump in front of the next speeding Chevy, for their days are numbered. Thank God. Because I have a flower box with some Impatience and Daisies in it and there is no way I'm letting some overfed, power hungry, bully of a deer take that away from me. Not in the great state of North Carolina.
For questions about how to keep deer out of your yard using fencing or repellents, contact the state Wildlife Commission at 919-707-0010 or www.ncwildlife.org.
If you have questions concerning how to plant a garden that deer won't ear, contact Sabrina Thompson (no relation to our beloved Cody), the state park manager at Bass Lake Park in Holly Springs at sarina.thompson@hollyspringnc.us.
Cody, for more information about the N.C. Bowhunters Association, visit www.ncbowhunter.com or email I'mMoreImportantThanAnythingElseOnEarth@dbags.com.
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1 comment:
awesome.
miss you friend.
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