Deer For Breakfeast In Texas.

Guymoe · February 25, 2009

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/316898/deer_...kfast_in_texas/

Enjoy.

Zembonez · February 25, 2009

HAHA! That's pretty cool and very believable.

We have neighbors and friends that have 10-12 Whitetails in their yards in broad daylight. There are so many that many communities have ordinances AGAINST feeding them in neighborhoods. They are murder on landscaping but most of us just enjoy them.

Guymoe · February 25, 2009

A buddy of mine up north feeds them all winter.His daughter can walk up to them with the grain pails at feeding time and they don't back away from her.. Really neat to see.....

97SierraGMC · February 25, 2009

wow that is amazing!!!!

she was actually petting a deer lol i have never seen that..

DofD · February 26, 2009

That is really cool to have so many deer come up and eat like that. They must have been feeding them for a while.

Supersporter40 · February 26, 2009

A buddy of mine up north feeds them all winter.His daughter can walk up to them with the grain pails at feeding time and they don't back away from her.. Really neat to see.....

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

In my hometown we used to get warnings about the mountain lions hanging out in the brush on the edge of the playground. There was a Cow Moose for the longest time raising her twins in town too. She put the smack down on a couple Rottwielers too.

BuckFeverZ · February 26, 2009

A buddy of mine up north feeds them all winter.His daughter can walk up to them with the grain pails at feeding time and they don't back away from her.. Really neat to see.....

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

In my hometown we used to get warnings about the mountain lions hanging out in the brush on the edge of the playground. There was a Cow Moose for the longest time raising her twins in town too. She put the smack down on a couple Rottwielers too.

You must be part of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Zembonez · February 26, 2009

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

Not sure I get the disease angle. I've lived in the midst of Whitetail deer in out back yards since I was a kid and never heard that one. we've had literally hundreds in our neighborhoods always. It is recommended that you don't feed them but most people do.

VMax2007 · February 26, 2009

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

Not sure I get the disease angle. I've lived in the midst of Whitetail deer in out back yards since I was a kid and never heard that one. we've had literally hundreds in our neighborhoods always. It is recommended that you don't feed them but most people do.

I'm surprised you don't shoot them when they walk on your property Jim.

bigBP · February 26, 2009

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

Not sure I get the disease angle. I've lived in the midst of Whitetail deer in out back yards since I was a kid and never heard that one. we've had literally hundreds in our neighborhoods always. It is recommended that you don't feed them but most people do.

I know several of the Great Lakes States (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan) that have reported cases of chronic wasting disease in the whitetail deer herd, I think the disease first cropped up in Colorado in the 60s or something (mule deer). We've actually only had one case here in Michigan, and it was a game farm deer. The DNR went ballistic though and banned all baiting last year. I guess it can be spread via saliva, so the theory is baiting is bad because it encourages close contact during feeding.

takevin · February 26, 2009

A buddy of mine up north feeds them all winter.His daughter can walk up to them with the grain pails at feeding time and they don't back away from her.. Really neat to see.....

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

In my hometown we used to get warnings about the mountain lions hanging out in the brush on the edge of the playground. There was a Cow Moose for the longest time raising her twins in town too. She put the smack down on a couple Rottwielers too.

kinda cool but stupid. Makes them that much friendlier to getting killed at some point.

Zembonez · February 26, 2009

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

Not sure I get the disease angle. I've lived in the midst of Whitetail deer in out back yards since I was a kid and never heard that one. we've had literally hundreds in our neighborhoods always. It is recommended that you don't feed them but most people do.

I'm surprised you don't shoot them when they walk on your property Jim.

HA! Nah... wife and kiddos like em. I don't mind one in the freezer now and then come to think of it.

Supersporter40 · February 26, 2009

A buddy of mine up north feeds them all winter.His daughter can walk up to them with the grain pails at feeding time and they don't back away from her.. Really neat to see.....

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

In my hometown we used to get warnings about the mountain lions hanging out in the brush on the edge of the playground. There was a Cow Moose for the longest time raising her twins in town too. She put the smack down on a couple Rottwielers too.

Nope, just a kid who loves to watch wildlife and study them as much as I love to hunt them and that is alot.

CWD is going nuts up here and they are culling both the Whitetails and the Muleys, well, more like wiping them out along the Sask border to stop it from coming west.

If the snow gets deep I am all for helping them out a bit by putting a bale out in the back field but move them around so they aren't gathering in the same spots.

Back in the 40's a neighbor found an abandoned moose calf and they raised it to an adult. It was welcome to come and go as it pleased, eventually it wandered away I guess. Have a couple neat pics with Gramma standing by it. One of Grampa's friends raised a Lynx, if it liked you it was all good. However if it didn't you better get the heck outa the way!

Seeing wildlife up close is as exhilirating with a camera as it is with a gun but you have to keep their best interest in mind too.

rvsahs · February 26, 2009

Cool for the spectator but not so much for the deer. Disease can spread rapidly when they are always visiting the same place. Not meaning to start a scrap, just saying it isn't in the best interest of the animals.

Not sure I get the disease angle. I've lived in the midst of Whitetail deer in out back yards since I was a kid and never heard that one. we've had literally hundreds in our neighborhoods always. It is recommended that you don't feed them but most people do.

I know several of the Great Lakes States (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan) that have reported cases of chronic wasting disease in the whitetail deer herd, I think the disease first cropped up in Colorado in the 60s or something (mule deer). We've actually only had one case here in Michigan, and it was a game farm deer. The DNR went ballistic though and banned all baiting last year. I guess it can be spread via saliva, so the theory is baiting is bad because it encourages close contact during feeding.

Here's my take on the matter...

Not only is CWD a problem in some areas of the country but deer are also carriers of the ticks that spread Lyme disease, a sometimes very serious infectious condition found in 49 of 50 states, but mostly along the east coast and north-central states. Research has shown that by reducing the deer population to levels of 8 to 10 per square mile (from the current levels of 60 or more deer per square mile in the areas of the country with the highest Lyme disease rates), the tick numbers can be brought down to levels too low to spread Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. This, of course, is impractical in most areas.

"Murder on the landscape" is an understatement, Jim. As an amateur horticulturalist, I have found out by experience what plants are "deer-proof" and what are considered garden salad. And in most places, their only predator in urban environments is your vehicle. I don't know how many folks would rather swerve, loose control, and hit a tree head-on/hit a guard rail/flip over, etc. (with rather dire consequences) than hit one of those cute cuddly bambis.

So while this video might give some people a warm fuzzy feeling, for me they are wildlife and should be treated/respected as such. Meaning, I would not be feeding them because they will be dependent on you for survival instead of foraging in the wild as nature intended. When I see videos like this, it's no wonder we have such high levels of white-tail populations in this country, totally out of balance given the local habitat.

OK, no more rant....