tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post6510746292229970777..comments2023-06-28T03:33:43.953-05:00Comments on Drew's Odds and Sods: Oh Deer!drewzepmeisterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553144737305430009noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post-52775325555170980032009-11-17T18:37:01.736-06:002009-11-17T18:37:01.736-06:00Classic-I'm seeing more deer around my area (S...Classic-I'm seeing more deer around my area (SE Wisconsin where there is more cities) than the northern parts of state. Which is weird. I think the deer know that they are not being hunted as much around here.<br /><br />Perplexo-My dad is a big time rifle shooter. Goes every year. I never really caught the hunting bug.drewzepmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553144737305430009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post-77909222864036839862009-11-17T13:45:36.879-06:002009-11-17T13:45:36.879-06:00I hit a deer once, luckily I had slowed considerab...I hit a deer once, luckily I had slowed considerably before I hit it as I'd just missed a deer a few minutes before I hit one. It did a real number on my hood but other than that the damage was minimal. We found a replacement hood (in the right color too!) at a nearby scrap-yard for under $100 and a friend of my Dad's installed the new hood and "re-aligned" the headlights as best he could. It wasn't a pleasant experience. But the deer population in the Adirondack Mountains (where I grew up) is similarly high. My mom's dad was a hunter and used to go hunting with my Dad when I was really young (and before I was born for that matter). After my grandfather died, my dad kind of lost interest and stopped hunting. He said it just wasn't the same without his father-in-law.<br /><br />One of my brothers likes to hunt in bow, rifle, and black-powder hunting seasons in Northern Virginia. But, from what I can tell he was the only one of us (my father's sons) who caught the "hunting bug" from our grandfather.Perplexiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09971805688658949769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2966431973683550525.post-82176168459513369902009-11-17T11:06:33.503-06:002009-11-17T11:06:33.503-06:00I don't see much deer in my hometown -- increa...I don't see much deer in my hometown -- increasing population in the suburb/neighborhood brings about construction so the deer are slowly leaving.<br /><br />In houses around Lake Travis (near Austin, TX) a few years back, deer was such a problem that they were literally picking them up and putting them in zones where hunting was allowed to try to decrease the population! Hahaclassicrockforthesoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285197725875713306noreply@blogger.com