By the way, they are stupid as heck. I have one of those airhorn alarms, and they don’t even bat an eye. I’m having to wear ear plugs, and they’re just standing and looking at me.
Be careful not to get too close, though, because they have hooves as well as teeth, and heads made for butting, and can hurt you badly.
The main danger is that they carry deer ticks, which can give you Lyme disease, a terrible chronic condition if not diagnosed and treated promptly. Deer ticks are very tiny and can crawl right up your shorts without you noticing, so cover up or use insect repellent while gardening if you are in a deer-infested area.
Correct. You don't want to get kicked.
I've heard of people who have been.
Years ago I was so angry at a young buck that was eating
my bean plants that I contemplated taking 'more aggressive'
action and swatting the thing on it's ass to get it to go away.
I mean - it was ignoring me as I stood ten feet away yelling at it.
But I thought - 'This guy could kick me - and that could be bad'.
So I thought better of it - and let it eat the bean plants.
Which he did - stems and all - right down flush with the ground.
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"What bean plants? There never were any here. You must have been hallucinating..."
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Pink, pinto and black bean plants about two feet tall - all gone in under 20 minutes.