Baiting Deer In Pa - Landscaping and the White-Tailed Deer
Baiting Deer In Pa
Are deer eating and destroying your landscape plants? You are not alone! Many hundreds of deer are crowded into smaller and smaller habitats (think suburbia). The loss of habitat here in Bucks County has led to incredible destruction of our forests, as well as creating a huge problem with deer in the residential landscape. Most of us enjoy the beauty of these majestic animals, but when they destroy your landscape plantings around your home, Bambi all of the sudden gets a different reputation: Godzilla!
Here in Bucks County, PA we have one of the densest deer populations in the state. Deer are present in virtually all towns in the county, from Quakertown through Doylestown and all the way into Bensalem and Bristol. Local municipalities, including Solebury, Upper Makefield and Lower Makefield, have taken extreme measures to lower this density- such as hiring sharp shooters or bow hunters to come in to neighborhoods to 'cull' the herd. Tyler State park in Newtown has an annual hunt to thin their herd. No matter what your opinion as to whether these actions are right or wrong- one thing is for certain- we have too many deer in too small of a space here in Bucks County. Baiting Deer In Pa
If your landscaping is being destroyed by deer you may wish to implement your own deer management program. Deer want food! While deer will eat just about anything if they are hungry, some landscape plants can be quite unpalatable. Try to avoid plants that will attract deer such as Yew, Rhododendron, Azaleas, and Burning Bush. Instead, look to the most deer resistant landscape plants you can find, such as Boxwood, Rose-of-Sharon, Forsythia and Bayberry. Additional plants that are highly deer resistant are Serviceberry, Bottlebrush Buckeye, River Birch, Holly 'Dragon Lady', Spirea and Mahonia. Baiting Deer In Pa
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