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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“The effect of deer browsing — which is described as deer eating leaves, twigs and woody plants — was determined to be currently “moderate” in Arlington County, but does “not bode well for the future forest health of Arlington’s parks,” according to the consultant report by White Buffalo, Inc.”

Did anyone suggest feeding the deer? Throw up a few troughs or feeders and hire some guys to fill it with corn every day. Or plant some apple trees, berry bushes, etc. In the meantime they can go local farms and pick up their seconds of apples and pumpkins and other fruits and veg, deer love those and there’s always too much. What about a local bakery- deer love bread. Do they provide salt blocks right now? They’re like 10 bucks (cheaper in bulk) and last for months. If they have other things to eat they won’t eat as many plants, though it does not sound like an actual problem right now, just a made up problem because some higher up doesn’t like deer eating their flowers or has their pockets tied to white Buffalo.

Instead of killing something beautiful turn it into a teaching opportunity, send some science classes out there to learn about deer behavior and feeding patterns. Heck I’ll buy them a couple trail cams. Let the parents that are hunters teach their kids what they know. Let the kids with extra land plant a garden and test different foods that deer like to eat. They’d probably learn more doing that for a year or two than paying some multi-million dollar “non-profit”.[/quote]

And this is why Trump will be our president again.[/quote]

Bite your tongue. Arlington is highly educated![/quote]

Arlington just paid multiple people to figure out that deer eat plants and like some plants more than others. They could’ve figured that out in week at the local library. Now they want to pay more money for people to kill then when multiple people will literally do it for free. So they’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to solve a problem that could have been solved in a week with a waiting list and a few extra hunting permits, maybe an overdue book charge. They’re clearly so educated they’re stupid. [/quote]

You pay expert sharpshooters for the liability shield. The guys who “will do it for free” are not properly insured and like to drink a beer while they shoot. What could possibly go wrong? [/quote]

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