We have a lot of deer here. The fawns are adorable but they grow up to eat my roses and other plants. Their tastes change year by year...this year they are munching on rhodies, last year they hit the geraniums pretty hard, some years it’s the plum trees (yes they jump up on hind legs and strip the branches).
We had a herd of 20-25 in the woods close by our house. It was impossible to do any gardening.
There were enough complaints that somebody came out and did something. Nobody seems to know who “somebody” was or what they did. But the herd is down to three or four now. I’m sure in a year or two we will be back to a full strength here. One neighbor who is always in the know about these things is rather cagey; he says they provided some good meals to the poor.
We have a couple of neighbors who think they are cute and like to feed the beasts in the winter, too. How nice of them.