Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:32:50 -0400
From: Tony Blake
Subject: Subject: Re: remove all humans

Andrew,

Exactly! I have long been concerned that the overpopulation of deer is due to all the Viagra in the water J

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Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:51:32 -0400
From: Tony Sullivan
Subject: Caroline Siverson is wrong

I’m with Cliff….but I think we can do better.

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Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 19:43:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dale Dribble
Subject: leafy greens on 64

Heard Sunday from a friend of mine who works for the DOT outta Siler City that the plants are canola and were planted by the state to experiment with their optimum growing conditions. My only problem with that is they are deer fodder planted right up to the white line of a major highway. Who is the brainiac that thought this would be a good idea?

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Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:46:53 -0400
From: Jeannette Beranger
Subject: RE: Chatham Chatlist #3438

Dear Kerry,

There is a small deer called a “muntjac” that is a likely candidate. They are often kept as a pet here in the US. They are a common species in zoos as well. Muntjac are very small deer as you describe and can be fairly tame with patience which is why some people like to make pets out of them.  They are also called “barking deer” because they emit a sound much like a little barking dog. The males of this species do have small antlers.

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Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 21:25:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: HONEYCUTT
Subject: deer in chatham–the “best” and the “inferior”

In reading posts over the last few days, again I saw it written how the hunters take the “best” bucks and leave the weaker inferior bucks to do the breeding. This is simply not accurate.

It must be said that the best strongest dominant buck in Chatham County was once a thin bodied young buck. If most of us had seen that little deer we might have called him weak and inferior but given 4 or 5 years he becomes the boss.

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Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 04:00:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Happy Hunter
Subject: Deer Overpopulation

I wholeheartedly agree with Billy Bob’s assessment of the deer issue here. I really like that some states have implemented an “earn-a-buck” program that requires harvesting one or more does before you can harvest a buck – I hope our Wildlife Commission gets with this program quickly. Personally, I only shoot does, as I eat what  I shoot and does tend to be better tasting than bucks, particularly buck in rut. Plus, I have never had a good recipe for antlers.

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Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:32:05 -0400
From: Jeff Lane
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #3417

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:52, Chatham Chatlist wrote:
*Well this was a fine post to read on this blessed day. Your answer to  resolving the deer overpopulation problem is to control HUMAN population?!  Your remarks sound similar to Nancy Pelosi’s (paraphrasing here) “using  birth control will solve our financial crisis”.

So thanks Jeff. Happy Mother’s Day to you and yours.

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Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 07:26:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: APS
Subject: deer to blame??? I dont think so!

we are so quick to blame the deer, bobcats, and coyotes for the loss of our car, pets, veggies… when think about all they can blame us for.  We make them have to come into our back yards.  We make them have to cross the road for water.  We keep tearing up their land.  Where else are they going to go for food if we cut it all down? they have to go to our gardens.

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Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 18:36:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Billy Thornton
Subject: deer over population

I saw a map a few years ago that showed the deer population in NC. In Chatham County there were around 35-50 deer per square mile at that time and it has only got worse since then. You can’t blame people moving into the country into the deer’s home range for most of the problem. I am an avid hunter and try my best to kill all the deer I can during hunting season.

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Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 15:35:30 -0400
From: Aurora
Subject: A PLEA FOR THE DEER WHO CALL PITTSBORO HOME

I have just received a ridiculous ?piece of mail from the Town Manager about opening up the Town of Pittsboro to hunting.? Under the section Urban Archery Season in the notice sent to residents the Town Manager?mentions that this is in response to citizens concerns.? What I would like to know is what citizens.? It seems to me that this whole concept was?spearheaded by Commissioners? Brooks and Harrington and maybe some citizens who complained about their precious flower gardens.? It seems to me that this approval to have hunting in town was signed, sealed and delivered with no input from residents beforehand.? Very underhanded to say the?least!?

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