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Originally Posted by phenomshel
DEER!! Yesterday we went out to a friend's house to help her de-crap her computer. She lives out in the middle of nowhere, about an hour's drive from us. Gorgeous countryside, but we weren't the only ones who thought so. We spotted five deer and one raccoon on the way there and back. I'm just glad none of them were directly in front of the truck (except the raccoon, which we still managed to miss). I spent the whole ride home wound tighter than a coiled spring watching for deer to dart in front of us.
I know they were here first, but dang they are nerve wracking.
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When I was growing up in rural Wisconsin, it was a real treat to see a deer grazing in a field, and sometimes a year or two would pass without seeing any. And other wildlife, except rabbits and squirrels was nearly as rare.
I went back to visit my aging mother a few years ago, and the place was a veritable zoo. The deer were everywhere; at one point I was forced to stop and let a whole herd of them cross the road while the buck stood in the middle of the road staring at me while his harem crossed. I saw wild turkeys, raccoons, foxes, bald eagles, badgers, and even a great horned owl.
The farmers hate it, the critters decimate their crops!