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Sentence Examples This can happen when apples drop to the ground in an orchard and land in deer droppings or livestock manure. She laid the logs down, started a little fire, and began skinning the deer with her sword. For the next month male deer will be irritably scratching and shaking their heads until their majestic antlers fall off. To be fair, I probably do care more about the deer than I do about Bella and Whatshisface. At the beach a mile later, after two deer in a patch of scrub oak bring the hikers to an awed standstill, the teachers present the day's lessons. In addition, mule deer and bobcat are in abundance on the course, and a mountain lion makes infrequent visits every year or so. Despite our best efforts, the deer had easily jumped our carefully erected fence. And only a small percentage of people who are bitten by a deer tick get Lyme disease. I sit on the ledge and watch the sun play with incandescent shadows of deep green, as red deer graze in the distance. There they have set up deer targets in the brush and point out birds in the trees for the new employees to spot. Like deer in the headlights of an oncoming car, manatees have poor avoidance strategies when in the path of danger. Two specific areas of trees will be fenced off on the bank of the beck so the saplings will be safe from being eaten by deer or other animals. However, failure to catch any poachers has led police to believe that an organised gang is behind the apparent drop in wild deer numbers. On islands farther out in the archipelago, across water channels that may run several miles wide, deer make up about 50 percent of the diet. The next day, we grabbed a quick breakfast, a close up look at some deer hanging around the townsite and headed off on a boat tour down the lake. Dwarf elephant, hippopotamus and deer disappeared from Mediterranean Islands around the time of human colonization. Like the cry of a pack of sleuth-hounds in the ear of the timid deer came these stern demands to Edward the king. Sheep and deer ticks can transmit Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis, and seabird ticks can carry psittacosis. The animal has been described as looking like a pipe cleaner by his keepers and joins animals including deer and reindeer. The deer is gutted where it lies, its innards checked for any sign of disease, before it is dragged back down the hill to the pick-up. Show More Sentences There are masked palm civets, bamboo rats, hog nosed badgers, boars, barking deer and giant flying squirrels, as well as cats and dogs. Two other diseases, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and babesiosis, are also transmitted through deer tick bites. Yes, Carmel told herself, he looks like a young jungle cat, proud and cruel amidst a throng of deer ripe for his taking. Try tying clear fishing filament between a couple stakes at various heights where the deer are likely to roam. Initial autopsies showed high amounts of radium and cesium in four deer livers. A family who went to confront an intruder in their garden were surprised to find a young deer thrashing around in their swimming pool. The investigation began with the discovery of a deer carcass, decaying and maggoty, that had been dumped at the school's front door. The sambar deer is widely regarded as Australia's greatest hunting challenge. The gory de-horning of the Maral deer is an annual ritual in this isolated part of Siberia and dates from the 17th century. I've opted for roe deer as the size of the haunch, similar to a leg of lamb, is a perfect size for roasting. We ski stealthily up to a herd of deer or pass a ruffed grouse on the trail while gliding along. Pesky little deer nibbling at our pea flowers last week and they also found their way to the beanstalks cutting the buds off! Moose and deer feed upon hobblebush, but the plants that they have browsed become stunted and develop atypical leaves. It was almost a disappointment when we came to a stop at the edge of clearing where a herd of deer were grazing. There are deer we are not interested in, a hind and her calf, but we cannot afford to startle them, as they will alert others to our presence. An entire section is devoted to the artist's commanding deer paintings including the world-famous Monarch of the Glen. Often, the tundra is like tinder and a badly tended fire can created havoc with pasture for musk ox, deer and reindeer. Point out that whitetail deer and elk populations are exploding and we respond that mule deer hunting isn't like it was. Horse flies, deer flies, stable flies, horn flies, and others have been incriminated in disease transmission through interrupted feeding. Those who have gutted a deer or skinned a rabbit might have some idea of the extreme nature of what an edged weapon can do to flesh. Show More Sentences Life begins early in the hills and early next morning we heard a series of barking deer calls from the forests just beyond the fields. It is the only deer ked currently found on white-tailed deer in the southeastern United States. A muster of peacocks sang out an alarm call and all the deer around the lake ran for cover. The doe is served with cauliflower, rapini and potato, which hug a cut of deer meat hoisted on a thin bone rising out of the centre of the dish. Thinking it was some deer caught in an aged trap or caught by its horns, she dropped her pail, running immediately to the place. Some rodents, especially the deer mouse, rice rat, white-footed mouse and cotton rat, may carry hantaviruses. The next day, we grabbed a quick breakfast, a close-up look at some deer hanging around the townsite and headed off on a boat tour down the lake. The estate includes a 17th century deer park with a herd of fallow deer, and ornamental gardens. Bald eagles, snowy egrets, great blue herons, otters, muskrat, and deer inhabit the banks of the Pocomoke River. The buildings huddled together like a herd of deer in the dead of a winter storm, attempting to share warmth and shelter from the elements. Teeth from a woolly rhino were also found, with a reindeer antler and a deer bone that had been split to extract the marrow. He said it made sense to swap the deer for the geese, since the male deer at the zoo would fight among themselves and kill or maim each other. Rises in the numbers of sheep, deer and mountain hares have also been blamed for the increase. We abandon good judgment and good decisions and look like a deer in the headlights. Reindeer, both wild and semi-domesticated, are the only members of the deer family in which both sexes grow antlers. For the past two years, members have tried to scare the deer off, to no avail. Goodall also praised Taiwan's efforts to preserve endangered animals, such as the sika deer in Kenting National Park. The same was true with the deer population in areas where wolves were eradicated. Close to the thigh bone, archaeologists found a group of butchered Mesolithic animal bones, including aurochs, roe deer and otter. Happy birds chirped and tweeted, and a deer just barely out of sight grazed peacefully. Show More Sentences The bacteria that cause Lyme disease are carried by deer ticks and western blacklegged ticks. A spring was negotiated and a beech copse, and a roe deer stood still and camouflaged in tussocks of grass by a stream. Except for mating pairs, or mothers with kittens, cougars travel alone, hunting roughly a deer a week to survive. Generations of East Texans had hunted deer with dogs, depending on the howling canines to roust deer from the region's thickets. Also, the agency is considering proposing an increase in the deer bag limit in those counties. The deer baited by the Ward Union Stag Hunt are, by definition, tame animals, as they have been confined and farmed by the Hunt. The forest was damp and smelled the way Henry figured a deer would smell, all woodsy and the like. Our first tasting included the deer fillet tournedos in a mushroom sauce, the venison stew and a wild boar stew. The deer favor more open spaces and can often be seen from the road as one wends one's way along the Skyline Drive. If there are more greenheads and deer flies this year, Donahue said there aren't any obvious reasons why. Families witness animals enduring an extreme climate, such as deer navigating through three feet of snow. Our second visit was a success and as we got closer to the farm we saw a group of hinds and deer gracing peacefully in the fields near the farm. The theory is that deer see the enclosure and while they can easily jump over, they don't want to get trapped in an enclosed area. Europeans are shown hunting deer and riding horseback as well as fishing, both from the shore and from boats. Selman's cottonwood recruitment has been beset by salt cedar invasion, deer browsing, and heavy grazing by cattle on lush bottomland grasses. There is also the loss of wild life, especially deer and their young fawns who graze high on the mountain slope and shelter in the forestry. Down in the hollow just north of me are three deer feeding along the field edge. Our land grows palm trees and pine, redwoods and beach plum, vanishing Key deer and whooping cranes. Not long ago my friend Steve Johns was talking with a Colorado hunting guide who had led Koenig on elk and mule deer hunts. Police were today hunting thugs who unleashed a pack of hunting dogs to kill deer in a National Trust park. Show More Sentences On the second night, after a long day spent scraping and stretching and tanning a deer skin, he asked me what I was hiding from. The minute you convert your entire yard to yucca and yarrow, you're sure to be visited by the one deer in America that prefers these plants. Although they scavenge less often than Bald Eagles, they will eat carrion of deer and elk, especially in winter. Bears in Glacier National Park follow wolf packs and mountain lions to remote regions using them as providers of meals of deer and elk. All of the evidence suggests, therefore, that the drawing was probably intended to represent a deer or perhaps an elk. She bagged a deer on her very first shoot, but found it more difficult when asked to go stalking alone. There's an ice rink, cinema, theatre, even a deer farm and a whisky museum. The insulated camo overalls you bought for your Christmas deer hunt last year aren't going to cut it for your August coyote hunt this year. In fall, the need to stockpile calories to survive the winter drives deer to seek high-calorie foods full of oils and starches. The Park itself has many other attractions, such as woodland walks, deer enclosures and wild boar areas. The deer brought him to where Rishyashringa was, and Vibondaka saw this shining young baby with deer horns. Western ragweed provides forage for deer and the fruits are an important food source for upland game birds, wild turkeys and songbirds. Bhagoo said his executive had also secured 23 axis deer and three impalas from the Zambia Wildlife Authority. More than 160,000 deer are culled each year because they damage crops and conservation areas through grazing or cause traffic accidents. Large ticks may carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, while the smaller, pinhead-size deer ticks can harbour Lyme disease. With both the.50 and the 45, I have taken bison, elk, antelope, white-tailed deer, axis deer, fallow deer and turkey. There were timid deer and huge morocoys that moved with prehistoric slow motion. The Chinese water deer used to be widely distributed in East Asia but is now found only in east China and Korea. We also had extensive woodland, with tiny Chinese water deer in it, but only twice did we see them. Behind him was a deer with great horns that twisted and turned in every direction. Show More Sentences It has taken everything from Colorado mule deer to zebra, impala, gemsbok and waterbuck in Africa. He said the island is inhabited by hundreds of deer and roe deer but I saw none of them all the way. They moved about a three hundred feet past the deer before they clambered down again. My dog lumbers around and only gets jazzed up when there's a rolling ball or a squirrel or deer outside. And, as with feral hogs, many coveys go unhunted during the deer season for fear of disrupting the pastures. She sprang on the deer the moment that Temer pulled back and started feasting on some of the choice meat. For the most part, East Tennessee deer are rather runtish, particularly in the antler department. We did see loads of deer though, and right in the township happily wandering the streets trying to con food off people. Rangers believe the attacks were not carried out by wild animals but by dogs specially trained to bring a deer down and savage its throat. Faced with the issue on the campaign trail, the visionary environmentalist looked like a deer in the headlights. Nevertheless, many private landowners maintain feeders and dole out mineral supplements to retain the deer and buttress antler growth. The stomach of the mouse deer is three chambered and these animals are ruminants. In contrast, there is relatively little published literature on effects of deer browsing on prairie plants. In the north, the densities of large game such as caribou, moose, and deer are relatively low. Here, he had seen a tiny mouse deer kick one of his hunting dogs while he himself was resting under a tree. He tracked roe deer and wild boar, and found wolves and lynx doing the same. The ditch around Stonehenge would have been dug using animal bones and deer antlers to loosen the underlying chalk. Two deer had come to drink, one keeping watch while the other quenched its thirst. Wolf, roe deer and wild boar roam these mountains and in the spring the capercaillie, king of the forest, screams his mating call. The female escaped but the male deer suffered appalling injuries as it tried to get away from the crowds of jeering onlookers. Show More Sentences The principal season for deer harvest was August to January, based on patterns of mandibular tooth eruption and antlers attached to male crania. I've taken an even dozen whitetail and mule deer bucks at ranges from 20 meters to a full 80, all of which were one-shot kills. The roe deer lives in southern Armenia and is readily fed upon by the leopard. He had seen nothing save roe deer and a few hares out feeding amid the early evening shadows. Mosquitoes can carry the malaria parasite or West Nile virus, and deer ticks may carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. She said Mrs Foy had acted correctly in calling the police who had a list of vets and gamekeepers who could destroy a deer humanely. In short it has no sense of purpose and responds to the glare of scrutiny like a deer caught in the head lights. For example, yellow pine chipmunks and deer mice pilfer each other's cached seeds under wet conditions. For warmth and comfort, the pioneers stuffed their moccasins or shoepacks with deer hair or dry leaves. Though later the victory of Enigorio, using deer horns, suggests some special status or power of the deer, Cusick never lingers on such spots. Deet protects troops on the ground from mosquitoes, deer ticks, biting flies, chiggers, fleas and other insects. Two hundred years ago the roe deer was extinct in England and Wales, the victim of over-hunting and forest clearance. Tom bagged a good sized deer and said how it would be a good idea for us to go back to his place for a meal. When their man arrived, he told us there was nothing for it but to give the deer a quick and painless death. The deer continues moving past the cluster of grapevines I'm hiding in and now I can see her clearly. Some days later, half a dozen plastic covers containing some popcorn were found near one of the deer enclosures. Musk is now prohibited since overkill has made the musk deer almost extinct. In China, these deer are now bred in captivity so that their musk can be harvested. Hunters, in organised groups of three to four people, will be allowed to shoot mouflons, wild boars, roes, red deer and fallow deer at Christmas. We're on the edge of a national park and the landscape and wildlife is spectacular, including wild boar, deer and even wolves. Show More Sentences There is an abundance of native birds living alongside badgers, deer and the marauding foxes which cleared out the bantams of a previous tenant. That may work well in some areas, especially on urban lands, but will never be a viable solution for controlling deer population in wild areas. Native Americans hunted whitetail deer for colonists or offered food to them in exchange for manufactured goods from Europe. Of course the place we visited was a deer park, so I wasn't surprised to see any of these fellers either. She half expected a deer to prance by a rainbow while some overly cheesy theme song music started playing. Squirrels, badgers, dormice, and larger animals such as deer are greedy for it. They cause dairy and deer farmers anxiety as they are carriers of bovine tuberculosis. Indeed, the vendetta seems aimed at the community also, for it has seen a deer fence cut and boats set adrift. Ultimately, if a dog is off its lead and worrying the deer then the park authorities are entitled to shoot it. Go for a walk on the land under threat and you will hear larks, pheasants, you'll see deer and at night you'll hear foxes and owls. After that all the sheep, wild goats and deer on the Cooley Peninsula would have to be destroyed. He still remembers the day when a deer unexpectedly attacked a former zoo official, seriously wounding him in the arm. First, deer herds on many ranges are overpopulated, often with too many does. The land around the ranch is a protected wintering area for elk, deer and bighorn sheep. Breeding of the deer is so successful that every fortnight at least 15 to 20 of them are translocated to the Srisailam and other forests. All she could do was let out a muffled cry like a deer being cornered by the predator. After an hour or so, he spotted a large deer grazing a small patch of surviving grass. Oysters, sturgeon, striped bass and crabs were harvested by the Canarsee Indians, and the surrounding land yielded deer and fowl. There should be whitetail and mule deer in abundance, and this is the most likely place to spot a golden eagle. The operation to catch blackbucks in the Aluru area of Kurnool district gathered momentum with 25 deer being caught so far. Show More Sentences Camelids such as llamas and alpacas are not native to South America but arrived there from the north, as did some deer and horses. These ethnic artefacts use interesting materials such as beaver fur, moose hide and deer toes. White hart deer graze the lawns, said to be descended from two white harts given by Elizabeth 1 to her god-child. It really has nothing to do with Kerry other than to prove that people do actually hunt deer on the cape. The deer taught her how to run, and keep running for miles at a steady pace. Annuals with good deer resistance include ageratum, ice plant, pincushion flower, verbena and zinnias. Passing tigers, rhinos, tapirs, deer and other animals triggered the shutter by tripping infrared sensors. Researchers are not even sure yet how the disease spreads from deer to deer or elk to elk. Another way is to control deer depredations passively, with deer-proof fencing or the planting of ornamental plants unpalatable to deer. Han snuck to the edge of a small clearing and saw the deer nosing about in the grass and leaves. They are going to tranquilize the deer if they find him with tranquilizer guns, but they have to shoot the alligators. The deer were gone, and the codfish that sustained the local economy was mostly salted for export. Soon after the studies began, however, Foothills deer and elk began dying from a mysterious disease. Among Earnhardt's many passions was a keen love of deer hunting, fishing, and recreational activities. Also present are bog asphodel, deer grass and sedges such as slender sedge and bog sedge. He was a vegetarian, as he couldn't stand the lifeless sight of a dead deer or fish. Solid horns, called antlers, distinguish most species in the deer family from the other hoofed mammals. Female reindeer are the only deer species to grow antlers as well as the male, but they only sprout in winter. The squirrels fed out of her hands, the deer walked by her side, and every tree seemed to bow as she passed beneath it. Except for female caribou, only male deer grow antlers, which they shed each year. Show More Sentences He points out that landowners have weakened the case for shutting access, by allowing deer stalking from last week. Prior to the winter break, there were times when Skovdahl looked like a deer in the headlights as defeat followed defeat. Discussion of the number of deer culled by the hunts I believe is academic. She reminded Graham of the mother roe deer he sometimes saw hiding in the hedgerow as he cycled along. There have been sightings of roe deer in Bolton town centre, water voles on the streets of Wigan and bats in Manchester city centre. At the end of the Anglo-Saxon period they were pursuing red deer and roe deer, animals which are all but absent in earlier bone assemblages. A professional stalker in the main is shooting a large number of deer in a very short period over the winter. Shelves in back are stocked with 19 th-century elixirs containing such healthful ingredients as swamp root and deer tongue. Specially installed fencing, underpasses and bridges over motorways and busy trunk roads in Essex are helping to reduce deer collisions. The recreational stalker has much more time on his side and will therefore take great care to shoot the deer humanely. It could have been mechanical failure, a tyre blow out or a deer in the road. Most of the estates include salmon and trout fishing rights, grouse moors and deer stalking grounds as well as rambling lodges and outbuildings. Because there were no other lynx tracks in the area, I was able to backtrack the lynx to the site where the deer was first attacked. At the age of 12 months, a healthy male deer can sire 2 to 3 calves from a female in nine months. Doves, francolin and sometimes axis deer can be spotted along this rugged route. Mammals such as weasels, foxes, stoats and especially roe deer can wander safely without the risk of being killed by traffic. There are stuffed deer and buffalo on the walls, an ancient grand piano, and bubbly Polish receptionists. We see deer and moose crossing the meadow, we have partridge on the driveway, we see foxes regularly. As a result, ministers are going to great lengths to point out that the deer is a fine animal, and must not be viewed as a pest or a nuisance. Plants deer especially dislike include catmint, chives, lavender, sage, spearmint, thyme and yarrow-all useful and easy to grow in this area. Show More Sentences The old prison is now a museum, and the nearby wildlife park has rare Scottish wildcats as well as silver foxes, badgers, deer and wallabies. At that point the deer is shot by a huntsman, usually with a shotgun but sometimes with a pistol to the head. In Brent Albritton, the antlered head of a whitetail deer serves as a bucket, complete with pelt-covered handle. Following a deer hunt, he met some companions at their vehicle and had just removed the earplugs he wears while hunting. There's a pond visited by ducks, geese, blue herons, otters, deer and the odd bear. There is a stuffed deer in the Nature House at the Nature Park, a small buck with two points on each antler. Another of my winning bids on eBay was for a whole wodge of nearly 100 postcards featuring deer and antelope. Mrs Foy said she rang the police and asked them to send someone to dispatch the deer humanely. The mountain lion responsible for killing a particular deer was positively identified in 179 instances. You don't have to go far to fall over a deer in these parts and the venison rump steak with gravy and rowan jelly was undoubtedly local. Fences should also not be built across deer runs, as deer will continue to try and use the run, damaging themselves and the fence. Use flashers or a headlight signal to warn other drivers when deer are spotted on or near the road. It is a mouse deer of the genius Tragulus, but mouse deer don't have antlers. Chronic wasting disease is a fatal neurological ailment of elk, white-tailed deer and mule deer. Most of our customers are big-game hunters going after local whitetail deer or Western big game such as elk and mule deer. But this arid valley is also a place where mule deer and pronghorn antelope come yearly to escape killer mountain snows. Then, when he had finished, he got Zi to help him skin the deer and preserve the meat, in case they ever ran out of food. She also owns a stud farm near Newbury and a deer forest in the Highlands. Therefore, two herds of deer share these summer ranges and, consequently, mountain lions from Round Valley repartition space on the winter range after months of being apart. Hundreds of packs of fox hounds, hare hounds, deer hounds and other hunts and clubs are planning to meet on Saturday, the day after the ban comes into force. Show More Sentences Staff shortages mean that resources are stretched to protect this native species, as well as the Philippine crocodile, the Calamian deer and the Palawan mouse deer. Fritillaria imperialis is also something deer don't like and its strong skunky scent is repellent to many other creatures as well, including some humans. She just stood there, terrified, like a deer in the headlights. My first encounter with a rare herd of red deer wintering in the Austrian Alps came after a four-hour ascent on skis through snowed-in forests and steep terrain. This youngster, Rob, moves in my cell like a deer in the headlights. She actually had never been to a deer Tick show before, but she liked it a lot. In the evening, deer may be seen drinking at the water's edge. There were hoof prints at the watering holes, deer or boar or both. Mr Deacon says that far from damaging wildlife, the lake and wetlands already attract kingfishers, mallards, woodpeckers, coots, waterhens, curlews, plovers, deer and foxes. He was wearing a deer stalker's outfit, puffing on a pipe and wearing a monocle, or would have been wearing a monocle if it weren't swinging in the air beneath him. A Venetian-style chandelier cast from deer antlers was suspended above. Maachli had fought hard to secure rights to an area around the Ranthambhore lakes, which are prime hunting grounds, full of sambar, spotted deer and wild boar. If we clone deer at all, rather than their racks, we should select animals for duplication based on their ability to get through a rough winter or survive a drought. In some places we want cows but not bison, or mule deer but not coyotes, or cars but not elk. The deer can look black in some lights and have a white rump. This netsuke of a seated deer howling at the moon stands 9.7 cm in height, and was carved in the Edo period from ivory with dark horn inlaid for eyes. The mammalian liver can regenerate if a part of it is removed, the antlers of male deer regenerate each year, and fractured bones can mend by a regenerative process. I think we have to differentiate here between those deer that have been legally shot at and those that have been illegally poached and there is a distinct difference. I re-boiled water to make our morning's broth, and cut slabs of the smoked deer haunch, and brought out eggs, and we ate of this as the darkness began to fall. He hunted deer in the pelting rain, got tangled up in a cactus, and then shot his buffalo and, in gleeful celebration, performed an Indian war dance over the carcass. Show More Sentences When I spotted a deer on a hike, I took it as a sort of assurance that not everything has been despoiled and that the natural order remains at least somewhat intact. As of June 2004, the Alberta government tested more than 5,000 heads of wild white-tailed deer, mule deer and elk for the presence of chronic wasting disease. It also repels and kills deer ticks that may transmit Lyme Disease. There's a big drive through a big deer park and a big sign at the start like a cricket scoreboard informing how many big deer have been killed on the road this year. It accused Defra of deliberately ignoring deer and pointing the finger at badgers instead, even though a TB-infected badger had never been found in Cumbria. She wore a dark green tunic with black leggings and deer skin ankle boots. In the past, the country manor house welcomed gentry for deer hunting. But hGH is peculiar among PEDs in that, similar to deer antler spray, there is no evidence it helps athletic performance. Is there anything intrinsically different between the hunt as organised by people over those hours as you say, and the normal experience of deer being hunted by wolves? You could have been given spider webs and violet fabric to wrap your chancre or sip tea made from deer horns but you were most likely to be dosed up with toxic heavy metals. Recently, volunteer crews dug up a variety of forest plants including huckleberry, sword fern, deer fern and maple vine from the low elevation filtration site. Now that is not of course the whole story, because if deer were not hunted by hounds they would have to be shot in order to keep the population stable. Like her he was dressed in the coarsest of undyed wool, rough with fringe at the edges, and was shod in shoes made from deer hide or pig hide, with the hair still upon it. By limiting livestock, controlling deer and elk populations, and revegetating, he said that much wildness could be returned to Utah's mountain and desert lands. The early miniature pinscher was called the reh pinscher, so named because Germans thought the dog resembled the small, nimble, red roe deer that populated their forests. The magnificent cats are taking their natural prey, such as deer and rabbits, but discovering also that sheep and cattle and goats are easier to catch. Bucking and running into the forest, the deer collapsed dead in a litter of leaves. Remedies to right the imbalance include snake gallbladder, powdered deer antlers, and rhinoceros horn, as well as hundreds of different combinations of herbs. But before breakfast we usually go for a walk with the dog, our second Old English sheepdog, looking out for deer and wild boar, wild orchids and mushrooms. In 1987, The deer Hunter was hailed at the Moscow Film Festival as an important portrayal of the horrors of war. Show More Sentences Beside roaring factories and in sequestered nooks on which deer and bear peer shyly from nearby leafy coverts, there have sprung up innumerable gardens. He ate the deer and displayed its horns on the tractor as a trophy. Here and there deer wandered, and rabbits hopped through the fields. Among mammals, my annual visitors now include a few common smoky shrews, short-tailed shrews, red-backed voles, and, last but certainly not least in numbers, deer mice. Half a mile to the north, a scattered herd of fallow deer nosed at the snow-covered roots of wide-spaced, scraggly trees sprouting from the rubble of an ancient landslide. Chief among the amendments to the bill was a section creating a permit that would allow a landowner to kill antlerless white-tailed deer believed to be depredating crops. Of the 38 deer species worldwide, the whitetail in the East and mule deer in the West are the two that cause the most problems for American gardeners. There's quite a chorus of noises because we've got ostriches and deer as well here, so there's quite a crescendo of different noises of an evening. Plants affected by deer overgrazing include trees, such as eastern hemlock and white cedar, and wildflowers, particularly trilliums, orchids, and lilies, reports Rooney. Other utilized techniques were scent stations using cougar urine, catnip, or other scents, and recorded sounds such as cougar screams, predator calls, and deer bleats. The wind is blowing in our favour, but Kent points out dips and hollows we must avoid because the breeze there could swirl up and send our scent out to alert any deer above. Unfortunately, you will need a brainpan like a hard drive and a retina as strong as a mule deer to follow the rapid fire editing and overlapping continuity flubs. This is also in accord with beliefs concerning a white ibex or deer in the Caucasus Mountains, although these concern the animal's meat or milk rather than its horn. Beyond it great beams of light lit up the depths of Glen Loyne and somewhere down below, red deer stags roared defiance at each other across the glen. Thankfully, however, the deer do wise up quickly, alertly scanning their surroundings for different sounds or a hint of movement that wasn't there the day before. Foods that are ordinarily indigestible or even allergenic to deer may become daily menu items in situations of severe stress from weather or scarcity of other food. So, on the whole, I am reconciled to the squirrels taking my walnuts, the rabbits eating my grass, the deer eating my saplings, and the herons eating my fish. But many hunts say there are enough options within the law to allow foxes, hares and deer to be legally chased by hounds, though guns may be used for the kill. Grouse, ravens and buzzards may be seen, and red deer are common. I loved to watch the deer pick their way across the vast snowfield that used to be a golf course, eager for the apples and sunflower seeds we put out for them. Show More Sentences During summer you'll find elk feeding in open meadows, mule deer trying to keep cool on wind swept ridges and hoary marmots sunning themselves on rocky outcroppings. Both of us would have liked to have been able to have deer radio collared and then to have them hunted, and then the hunt stop at the end and allow the deer to get away. He proved to be a tall man, intimidating the false lieutenant enough that he slithered sideways along the main console like a deer trapped by a cougar. I had the distinct feeling of a deer being cornered in the spotlight. You will see playful herds of antelope, moose and elk, bighorn sheep and bounding deer along with a plethora of smaller creatures carrying on their daily tasks unimpeded. A big wildcat can kill roe deer fawns, and sometimes even does. Call 'em hogs, wild boars, feral pigs, whatever you choose, these porkers are second only in popularity to deer hunting for those who prefer to hunt with a handgun. They have strong family bonds and are creatures of habit, so much so that when habitat changes, as by logging or development, deer may be slow to move elsewhere. A long-bearded old turkey gobbler greeted me at the gate, and whitetails, axis deer and blackbuck could be seen ghosting through the meadows if you only looked. The estate extends in all to some 5300 acres and offers some classic red and roe deer stalking, woodcock shooting and excellent brown trout fishing on a number of hill lochs. For example, reforestation in the United States and Europe is responsible for an increase in Lyme disease as deer ticks have more opportunities to find human hosts. The Animal Rights Activists today praised the Hon. Guwahati High Court's order on Mizoram minister's involvement in the killing of a barking deer and consuming its meat. Cambodia was once home to herds of elephants, possibly thousands of tigers, wild cattle, leopards, bears, barking deer and an array of other animals. A roe deer nibbles the heather shoots, unfazed by our passing. In lower latitudes, mastodons and elephants, giant deer and ox, beavers, dogs and cats, and other familiar species existed in the forests and grasslands. The CJM's court had convicted him for the killing of two chinkara deer on the night of September 26-27, 1998 at Bhavad village while acquitting seven others. Around the marsh is a vast wetland, where hygrophytes are in full bloom in summer, and wild animals live peacefully, including red foxes, Sika deer and sables. But realising the deer had not been shot, he called a vet who confirmed it had been put down by injection and would contain phenol barbitone drugs, which are dangerous. Through the trees Maria could see deer and birds crossing through the patches of daylight that permeated the dense canopy of the pine and almond trees. The December after he died I gave my deer rifle back to the man from whom Papa bought it and I actively contribute to various wildlife funds as an act of atonement. Find more words! 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