Deer, oh dear:

Outcasts - the deer live here too

MapleLine Magazine: November 3, 2010

by Mary P. Brooke

<< Back to Holiday 2010 issue

SOOKE, BC. The District of Sooke in its Fall 2010 newsletter asked residents not to feed the deer as a way of attempting to manage the local deer population. In many urban areas of Greater Victoria deer can be a nuisance (eating gardens) or even a hazard (being struck on highways). See: Deer Smart.

Photo of deer by Karen Longland. Presentation copyright 2010 MaplelLine Magazine. Karen Longland of Double D Gardens has observed more male deer in recent years: “This is nature’s way of self-culling. Fewer does mean fewer fawns.”

Longland feeds COB (corn, oats, and barley together with some molasses) to regular ongulate visitors at her plant nursery on Maple Avenue South. “Housing development is taking away their natural habitat. It’s good to work cooperatively with nature in our rural area.” Two of her named deer-pals are Greta and a buck named Rascal. MM

This page is sponsored by MapleLine Business Centre. All your business service needs at 6707 West Coast Road in Sooke. www.maplelinebusinesscentre.com