We can't bait either. We have CWD in our county.
For two reasons, I think not being able to bait is not a problem. Not feeding helps to minimize the spread of CWD, and it helps minimize the far more regulatory inspections of what we harvest.
But secondly, I also don't think these big vermin care. They eat our vegetables, our flowers, our bushes, and they get most of our apples, peaches, and pears. They dare us to run over them when they block our driveway like defiant protesters.
What a predicament. A beaver wrecking your pond, deer not coming around and a bunch of clowns that you thought were pals.
Hey, I watched a small buck walk under a feeder last weekend and ignore the corn on the ground. He kept walking until he came to our stand. That's when my Grandson waved Hi to him.
I'm at the point where I won't feed these moochers anything but lead! It is too bad that Todd3138 isn't here this weekend, instead of one week ago. The back of my truck is filled with legally tagged venison waiting for final butchering and packing.
I wouldn't want to see them eliminated or extinct, but they sure have become a problem.
As for black-eyed peas vs. most any other grain or vegetable or bush -- if you've got at least a few acres, these critters are going to flourish.
I work in an urban environment, and I live in a very rural environment. Although we have no shortage of deer in the rural environment, I believe there even more more white tailed deer in the urban environment.
I don't envy our good friend CJBS (Travis) who must deal with these issues in his everyday work as an urban police officer, in an area with an extreme over abundance of deer that cannot be controlled.
