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Old 06-19-2004, 09:54 AM   #13
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Default Deer Eating Habits

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Originally Posted by madrasahs
BTW, Kingswood golf course looks like the perfect deer-browse area, if not Canada Geese "browse". (Perfect deer browse = trees-lawn-trees-lawn-trees-lawn-trees-lawn-trees-lawn-trees-lawn-trees-lawn-trees....)

I wonder if more golf courses aren't the reason for more deer.
Deer are not animals that graze on grass. During the Spring and Summer months the deer eat a vast assortment of leaves, twigs and low growing plants. In the Fall many white tailed deer switch their diet to fallen mast crops such as acorns.
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