Read on below for more of Margaret Roach’s interview with Marne Titchenell.
Q. Oh, they do love those fields of food.
A. Oh, yes. And then when you start looking at our backyard, no matter if we?re urban or rural, whether we?re landscaping or gardening, we are providing food sources for deer. They capitalize on it.
Q. And it?s high-value food, too.
A. Very nutritious food, yes.
Q. I was reading about the white-tailed deer and its range, and saw a fact sheet from Texas where in the Texas Hill Country they claim more white tails than anywhere. It?s a very wide-ranging animal that succeeds in a lot of different areas. Here I am in New York State, in an agricultural area, and in the winter I can see in the cornfield across from me herds of 40 or 45 animals?that?s why I have that fence. [Laughter.]
A. There are definitely parts of Ohio that are experiencing the same kinds of deer pressure.
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