Another Deer Story (1 Viewer)

[jazzeum]

Some of you may remember this incident we had with a deer seven years ago, https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com...wimming-Pool-In-Your-Back-Yard&highlight=Deer

Well, we have another one. This year we put up a fence around our property because my wife’s hobby is gardening and the deer are always eating her plants. After many years she’d had enough so after protestations on my part, we had a fence installed.

Yesterday afternoon while I was getting ready to post some photos, she runs in and says that a tree has fallen on the fence and a deer is running around the property. Yesterday morning we had very high winds and with all the rain we’ve been getting, the roots must be a little loose and it came crashing down.

Fortunately, it was only one deer and although he’d had a feast, he was now in a state of panic because he couldn’t figure how to get out; he kept crashing into the fence repeatedly. We opened the gates but he couldn’t figure it out. He exhausted himself and at one point lay down panting heavily.

Then, somehow, he managed to get himself on the other side of the fence and when I found him, I thought he’d had a heart attack because his mouth was open and his eyes wild. Assuming he was dead, I called one of these recovery services that had taken away the swimming pool one, who promised to be there in the morning.

I went out and checked him and saw that he had changed position and thought that was odd. Then, I thought I saw his ear move; well, maybe he is alive. My wife thought he might be stuck in the fence.

I left him because I had to go try to stop up the hole in our fence until the fence installer could repair it next week.

I went out this morning and he was indeed stuck in the fence and very much alive. When he saw me he started to scream and I backed off. The recovery service said they only deal with dead animals, not ones very much alive, so I called the police, who warned me to stay away from him as you never know what an injured animal will do. They promised to come and I assumed they would put him out of his misery.

While I was opening the gates for the police to drive through, I heard a noise and turned around and saw the deer bound away, worse for wear, but very much free. I now have to buy a saw and cut up the tree

So ends another deer saga.

 

[Alexander the Great]

I think it is your fault, if you had not insisted on installing the fence all of this would not have happened....the wife could have said I am joking of course.

 

[jazzeum]

Funny you should say that. When my son heard about it, he called my wife a deer killer. We feed a wild cat who we call Little Harold because he looks like our cat Harold. When the fence was being built, he and I wondered how Little Harold would get through the fence. After the fence was completed and he didn’t show up for a few days, my son told her that “you killed Little Harold!” However, he figured out a way in and shows up at least once a day for his meals.

 

[jazzeum]

The damage, with my jerry rigged deer barrier.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Brad...you house looks like it's on the edge of the wilderness...lots of trees behind it...I'm guessing this isn't the first deer you have seen on your property...

 

[marco55]

We have a huge problem with deer in the roads.I hit one a couple of months and it messed up my lower front end on my truck,the deer unfortunately paid a higher price.One came in front of me this morning but veered off.I go in to work early so I'm on the road between 5 & 6.I guess it could be worse and have moose running around.
Mark

 

[jazzeum]

Brad...you house looks like it's on the edge of the wilderness...lots of trees behind it...I'm guessing this isn't the first deer you have seen on your property...

Mike, the line of trees behind the fence isn't that deep and on the other side is another person's house. All of the houses in our town have to be a minimum of two acres. When we first moved here in 1993 it was semi rural. It's a lot more urban now.

Yes, we have plenty of deer. I've had a few brushes with them in the car but nothing serious. Sometimes they just run into traffic. You always have to be on alert.

 

[Terp152]

Mike, the line of trees behind the fence isn't that deep and on the other side is another person's house. All of the houses in our town have to be a minimum of two acres. When we first moved here in 1993 it was semi rural. It's a lot more urban now.

Yes, we have plenty of deer. I've had a few brushes with them in the car but nothing serious. Sometimes they just run into traffic. You always have to be on alert.

I had two deer run into the rear quadrant of my car on two different occasions. Didn't even see them coming, so there was nothing I could do. What kind of animal with a brain puts its head down and runs into a large moving object?

My sister lives in rural PA and has a deer fence around their yard, like you. A deer crawled under a small gap to get in. They opened the gate and it ran out. Chris

 

[Combat]

I read somewhere that deer are responsible for more human deaths than any other animal. They cause an amazing amount of carnage on the roads. I've never figured out exactly why an animal like that runs into a car or the path of a car with their sensitivities to noise and movement. You would think they would not get within a mile of a noisy car.

 

[jazzeum]

I had two deer run into the rear quadrant of my car on two different occasions. Didn't even see them coming, so there was nothing I could do. What kind of animal with a brain puts its head down and runs into a large moving object?

My sister lives in rural PA and has a deer fence around their yard, like you. A deer crawled under a small gap to get in. They opened the gate and it ran out. Chris

She was lucky. We were trying to get him out but the poor thing was so spooked that he couldn’t figure out how to do it. I still can’t figure out how he got on the other side of the fence because there are no breaks in that area.

I read somewhere that deer are responsible for more human deaths than any other animal. They cause an amazing amount of carnage on the roads. I've never figured out exactly why an animal like that runs into a car or the path of a car with their sensitivities to noise and movement. You would think they would not get within a mile of a noisy car.

About 10 years ago, a deer in our town ran into a car and the car hit a tree killing two people. It was pretty bad. So far, the barrier I erected is holding.

 

[Combat]

Not to make light of the carnage caused by deer-related accidents, but it makes me think of that scene in "Tommy Boy" where they hit the deer and, believing that it is dead, put it in the back seat only to have it revive and destroy their car. That is a classic.

 

[mikemiller1955]

I remember Farley on SNL...
soooooooooo overcharged in his skits...
he was hysterical!

 

[jazzeum]

I have to say I was quite shocked when he roared back to life because I was convinced he had died of fright or something. I suppose he was just trying to recover and gather his strength. Aside from wishing him no harm, I wasn’t keen on paying the $275 price tag it would have cost to have him taken away.

 

[Terp152]

I have to say I was quite shocked when he roared back to life because I was convinced he had died of fright or something. I suppose he was just trying to recover and gather his strength. Aside from wishing him no harm, I wasn’t keen on paying the $275 price tag it would have cost to have him taken away.

If he was dead, drag his carcass out to the public road and call the county. Just sayin'... Chris

 

[Terp152]

We have a lot of deer around our property. I once played a large flashlight across the back yard while looking for my dogs and found 8 deer looking back at me. Haven't had a problem other they eat my vegetable garden. The does will bring their fawn to our orchard in the evening for desert of apples and pears. What I have problems with are skunks. :rolleyes2: Had one dog sprayed in the morning and the other in the evening before bed. :redface2: They killed it though and I found it next morning. I almost walked into one at night while going out to our chicken coops. I've shot skunk and possum in the barn. Lots of coyote around. Had one come out of the woods and stared at me. Wasn't sure if it was rabid as I have never seen one do that before. But it went back in the woods. Was kind of new experiences for me, raised a "city boy" but learning after being here 22 yrs. Chris

 

[jazzeum]

If he was dead, drag his carcass out to the public road and call the county. Just sayin'... Chris

A few weeks ago, someone hit one and it died on our property (the part between the road and the fence). Even though it was a baby, dragging it to the road was no easy task; they weigh a ton. The next day I found that someone had it put it back on our property. I called the police and because it was close to the road, the town picked it up.

 

[hotel3alpha]

All,

Hitting a deer is so terrifying! It happens so fast and you are bewildered as to what just happened. Frankly, I wish it on no one, because it is sooooooo dangerous, those suckers can kill the drivers. When I hit a deer it was like 5 AM in the morning and it came out of nowhere, could not stop, there were other cars around and BOOM! I had to keep driving but you feel like the jerk who just killed bambie. Problem is, if you swerve you may cause more accidents or mayhem, plus you can't save him if he is mangled. So, suffice to say you have to keep going, if your in traffic that is. It just sucks and here you see carcass's on the highway! They are majestic beautiful animals and I am sad to see one become buzzard food.

HOWEVER COMMA they need to stay out of my yard and quit eating my plants.

John from Texas

PS: Jazz, so let me get this straight you put it on the road and then one of your neighbors put it back on your property AS IF you were doing something wrong. Gross man that they went to those lengths.

 

[jazzeum]

John, our road is a semi busy one and not that wide so I understand why someone would do that.

Brad

 

[tdubel]

Brad,
Sorry to hear of your woes, terrible and costly! 2 years ago this fall in my then brand new jeep I hit a deer, $5500 worth of cosmetic damage but Logan and I were fine, could have been worse.

As to your issue, where I grew up, that deer would have been harvested!!! I have never been much of a hunter, I don't like the dressing, etc.

TD