The Plague of Deer Returneth
Sep. 10th, 2005 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ellyssianThe other day, them durn vermints et up more trees - they picked most of the leaves of the tulip tree and a large number off the river birch. They also cleaned all the leaves off of two of the hostas along the stream (leaving the ones by the porch, 10' away or so, alone.)
I offered to pay Justin $50 to sit outside 24-7, armed with a baseball bat, but for some reason he didn't take me up on it.
Last night they cleared off a number of the remaining river birch leaves and - this part gets me the most - they clipped the cider gum in half. Didn't like it, didn't eat it, just left half of it sitting there on the ground.
The cats are unusually quiet on the subject, and have refused to answer any questions about their gross dereliction of duty. Of course, they may have discovered that I stretched the truth a bit when I told them deer taste just like tuna.
If the deer keep this up, I might have to take up hunting, either that or try to bribe some of the bears. If only we could get the bears up off their fat, lazy, hairy butts and keep their noses out of bird feeders and trash cans, they may go back to their traditional prey.
I offered to pay Justin $50 to sit outside 24-7, armed with a baseball bat, but for some reason he didn't take me up on it.
Last night they cleared off a number of the remaining river birch leaves and - this part gets me the most - they clipped the cider gum in half. Didn't like it, didn't eat it, just left half of it sitting there on the ground.
The cats are unusually quiet on the subject, and have refused to answer any questions about their gross dereliction of duty. Of course, they may have discovered that I stretched the truth a bit when I told them deer taste just like tuna.
If the deer keep this up, I might have to take up hunting, either that or try to bribe some of the bears. If only we could get the bears up off their fat, lazy, hairy butts and keep their noses out of bird feeders and trash cans, they may go back to their traditional prey.
