It was someone else mentioned color blind. They (white tailed anyway) also
have poor depth perception and don't have clear distance vision. The do seem
to see motion quite well though. One of the fencing tricks is to angle the
fence toward the outside... they have a harder time seeing if there's a clear
landing zome beyod and they are less likley to leap over... that's the theory
anway.
Around here they are quite bold. They walk right into gardens as long as no
one is there. If you walk in (or out of the house) after they are there they
will look quite boldly at you as if to ask : "what you bloody want in my
feeding patch?" You have to move at them before they move off and that may be
just through the hedge to the next garden. So it's no surprise they followed
in after the dog walker. The smell seems to be no problem. No the dogs
would have the roam free, able to bark at them and chase after them. We see
them in braod daylight. And the tracks indicate they're here at night as
well.
It is said they are creatures of habit. If you or the dogs habitually chase
them or they habitually find nothing to eat they may establish habits
elsewhere. But if they become accustomed to wandering your patch, they'll
keep coming back, waiting for the coast to be clear so to speak.
SC
----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Pryce Arboriculture
To: UK Tree Care
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Deer protection
I saw a muntjac in a small wooded park in Stevenage last week, it went past
shortly after a dog walker so they must be able to tolerate a certain
amount
of disturbance if it suits them. There is an extensive private wood not
far
away which I suspect is the main habitat.
Like Scott [I think] said deer are colour blind. You can get camouflage
hunting clothes in all sorts of colours, some of them highly visible to
humans, it works because the pattern makes the wearer's shape less
obvious..
A friend of mine has a very fetching yellow / purple ensemble.
The attitude to guns is a bit of an eye opener for anyone used to the UK.
I've seen pawnshops with a polite notice asking customers to unload
firearms
before bringing them in.
Simon
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