More deer damage last night....but from a new direction down by the barn.

It might mean the recent chicken pasture fence barrier is actually making the deer change their daily route.

The latest incursion struck a deep blow to what we thought was a protected area or at least a spot that's made it the whole year without any deer nibbles.

We continue to deploy the mechanical, non-lethal deer deterrent contraptions and added number 5 to the mix this morning, but.....if that doesn't work the above trail camera should give us some data on which way they're coming in from and at what time. The logic is that maybe this particular deer has a window of time when she stops in this area, and I'm not above a good old fashioned ambush if that's what it's going to come down to.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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