[Sca-cooks] Re:deer in Michigan

[Johnna Holloway]

I keep thinking I am going to nail one in the city
limits here in Chelsea. They just cross in front of the
cars all the time. Michigan decades ago gave land to the
school districts for nature parks and here in Chelsea that property is 
wooded
greenspace with wetlands and a creek. Just perfect for large suburban
rats on hooves.

Johnnae

>> Deer in Michigan? The state has  2 million deer !
>> And a budget crisis, so getting them picked up is not
>> a high priority. One of the articles recently in the local
>> Detroit paper was about a retired guy who does it for a hobby.
>> He averaged 3-4 a day. Counties that pay someone budget like
>> $50 a deer to get them picked up. Johnnae
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> Ah, yes..."Laughing Deer Trail", near Brighton, Michiga--a stretch of 
> road where deer made a habit of leisurely sauntering out in front of 
> our car and staring at us..one of them took out a side mirror with his 
> head...that one didn't cost us much, but the one we hit in Novi did 
> well over a thousand dollars in damage. And that was ten years ago.
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> Laurensa
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