Our cabin borders on an area of Crown Land and the Tulameen River, we've been walking our dogs there 2-3 times daily, sun, snow, all year 'round for the last 14 years.
There are deer there, from Spring to Fall, of course they high tail it when hunting season starts.
Over the years we've noted the deer getting more aggressive, often "stalking" us when we have the dogs along. They've pretty well lost all fear of humans and dogs.
We regularly encounter black bears, have run into Bobcats, Cougar and a young Grizzly, no problems, the only critters we fear are the deer.
Our older dog was turtled by a doe years back, she now tends to ignore them. Our younger dog ran into 2 does a month ago, he was startled, moved towards them ( they were maybe 10 ft. away on a very small rise ) the deer snorted, he came back to me immediately. The deer then proceeded to stalk us the rest of the walk, keeping 10 - 30 ft. away, behind, in front, beside us. The dogs were leashed for safety.
I've tried hollering at the deer, throwing rocks and sticks at them, buggers just keep it up.
I appreciate that in many cases the deer are protecting a fawn and we try to avoid conflict but damned if I'm gonna cease the walks.
So, question of the day is "What is the best non lethal deer defence suggestion."
Have a slingshot and steel shot, don't want to do any harm, just scare the buggers off.
I apply every year, and fail every year, for a doe LEH, figured I could eliminate at least one of the offenders.
Any ideas what the legal implications of shooting one in "self defence" are ?
Could tell the story of our then neighbour tearing off with her Hubbie's 30-06 to shoot a deer that had cornered their Lab but that' a story for another day.
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Originally Posted by Iron Glove
