What about looney ticks? -D
> On Sep 18, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Or, try having 40 acres of apples with everything smaller than 1" limbs > stripped from the ground up to 6-7' from the ground. (Keep in mind that the > norm for apple production is trees no more than 7-8' tall) DNR brainchild > comes out and sez,"How can you prove that it was deer that did this?" he is > shown the deer hair on the barb wire fences, and sez, "that does not prove > anything." DNR brainchild refused to give any extra deer tags to reduce > the herds of 50-75 field rats within1/4 mile. > > Field rats. 300 lb field rats. They spread disease everywhere. CWD, Deer > ticks, wood ticks, Lone star ticks, Lyme, and other tick borne or mosquito > borne diseases. > > BTW, in WI, the DNR writes checks annually to growers for damages. One guy I > talked to got around $20k a year. That would help a bit. > >> Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> August 27, 2017 at 6:08 PM >> >> >> Try growing watermelons, and having 200lb varmints walk down a row in the >> melon patch, kicking a hole in a melon and taking a sip, kicking a hole in >> the next melon and taking a sip...and you can't just shoot a deer for >> vandalizing your garden. >> Seeing the carnage in my grandparents' garden when I was about 5 years old >> left an impression on me. Even at that age I knew what a horrible waste it >> was, to the point I can still close my eyes and visualize those dark green >> melons with hoof prints in them today. >> >> Mitch > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
