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I've noticed a lot of deer in various locations around the lake this month. It seems far more sightings than in the past.
Is this due to a milder winter or was there an unusual population increase last year? Has anyone else had the same observations this spring? |
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I notice them wherever there has been clearing.
But anyplace that has a lot of shrubbery or flowers should see an increase. |
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For as long as I can remember when I had visitors from out of state I would take them to long island to see deer, it was always almost 100% chance of seeing some. Seems like the last 10 years or so they have been sparse and did not see any a bunch of times.
I do remember there was some period when hunting was allowed or maybe the state hired hunters to thin them out but in the fog of time I have no recollection of when that was. Could have been 1980 or 2005 for all I know |
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As for the geese, just nature's way of letting us know not to try and grow a manicured lawn too close to open bodies of water. Last edited by John Mercier; 06-08-2022 at 07:04 PM. |
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Its licensed.
Still in the law that I posted. The LI owners caused an unnatural imbalance... and the results were overpopulation of an herbivore that attacked everything they valued. Same with the geese... They like open lawn areas near the water. Grow brush near the water's edge back several feet and the geese tend to find that spot less attractive. They also don't like long grass like you see in the nearby fields. |
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As John mentioned above, they're almost always in the clearings along the way. Sent from my SM-G990U1 using Tapatalk |
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About five years ago, there were bright blue police lights up ahead, driving the Meredith Center Rd returning from Laconia. Turns out a deer crashed through the windshield on a BMW suv, and the lone driver was getting loaded into an ambulance. ....
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There was lots of opposition to the thinning of the heard, I remember seeing signs, with the phrase "the killing fields" in read paint on the main road... But eventually Fish and Game, was able to get people to wake up.... The first few years where rough, I remember talking to the hunters some of whom had been confronted headed for the tree stands... But slowly as time has gone on, and the entire event is kept very quiet, it goes off with out notice, except for those of us that know where to look. Nothing happens on the weekends, all the hunting is done during the week, and as some others have said from designated spots, and tree stands... Last I checked, the participation in the event is still limited to a single Archery Club..... Because of this effort, the deer on the island are much healthier, they aren't everywhere like they used to be so you have to know where to look... I see some almost every weekend when I am there, and the vegetation they need to survive, has come back so the forest on the island is also extremely healthy....
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