Yesterday evening a young buck spent quite a while dining in our front 5 acres. With lots of grass to graze and plenty of nursery trees to 'trim', it showed no fear as I followed it around taking pictures.
Of course, I love to look at deer as much as anyone. After all, they've got those big eyes and ginormous eyelashes that I think would melt even the hardest of hearts. But the deer population is so thick that they are a nuisance pest that can eat a young tree right down to the ground, wreck havoc in an orchard, and finish off a garden.
That is why hunting season is important. In last night's episode of Alaska, the Last Frontier, Eve (a young homesteader), shot her first deer while hunting with her hubby Eivan. After the kill, Eve broke down in tears. I totally understand.
The circle of life is sad sometimes, and not always fair. But it is what it has to be.
Marcheta *part of the circle
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