Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:59:05 +0000
From: Meg Miller
Subject: Briar Chapel deer ruining a way of life
My mother in law has helped to support her family for decades now selling flowers and vegetables at the area farmers markets. Her mother was one of the original vendors at the “old” Carrboro market.
My daughter helps as the fourth generation selling on Sats. with her Aunt and Grandma.
But that may be the end of the line.
The drought has taken it’s toll over the last years but that is nothing compared to the displaced deer population. Thank you Briar Chapel. Just another “small” way they will be effecting lives of their neighbors..
Anyone with any reasonable suggestions? She has a 5 foot electric fence, used Deer away, plays radio, buckshot, lights….nothing slows them down. They are invading in droves now. I’m not saying the deer weren’t there before BC, but it’s now become an impossible situation.
As things get harder on them, taxes, fuel, food and all the other things we all face, they are pushing 80 and watching the source of their spending money get eaten up. Their land and garden space borders Briar Chapel. It’s just a hop, skip and a jump for the displaced deer population to the buffet.
Come hunting season, we’ll be looking for a dozen good shots. The thought of my 78 y.o. mother in law down in the field with a shot gun in the dark is a little scary.
We were thinking about building a chicken house upwind of BC, but that’s no longer a lucrative source of extra income either. I just wanted to do it to return the neighborly way they wake me up every morning.
I doubt there’s a magic potion, but any suggestions are welcomed.
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