Is it REALLY legal to feed wild animals in the state of North Carolina?

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IveSeenEnufDeer said:
Obviously you cannot relate to it, and you are WRONG.. whitetail deer DO carry Lyme Disease as do most deer!

Obviously you are NOT concerned but then it's not YOUR life at stake! It's OURS.. so bug off!!
Oh, boo hoo.. you are So concerned someone wants to hurt or injure a "poor, defenseless" animal on a HUNTING SITE!!!

ROTFLOL.. that's like bring a pound of baked ham to a house full of vegetarians..
Go cry in your beer somewhere else please!
These animals are putting our LIVES in danger.. There's narrow narrow, windy twisty roads we must drive on to get home and the whole area is FULL of deer.

And YES< there are ALSO bears in the area too! I just had a neighbor up the street tell me how there was a mama bear hopping from fenced yard into another fenced yard, looking for food!
Geez. we got ENUF woods around here... mountains even. You'd THINK they'd find SOMEWHERE to get some food given the wild terrain we live near!
I DO think that much of the recently seen wildlife is BECAUSE there are DOPES that feed the wild animals, thinking they are so CUTE, not just for hunting!

One thing to feed animals to put on your plate, another to feed them and put your WHOLE neighborhood in danger!
And tell me Luigi, how'd you think YOU'D feel if you were caught outside with no weapon or anything by yourself and had to confront a 10 point buck during mating season??
Cuz they DO get aggressive at that time, & apparently in THIS area, they are STILL mating, just saw 2 bucks fightin over a doe only 2 weeks ago!
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I know I wouldn't want you as my neighbor, I suspect(strongly)that nobody else does either!
Deer do not carry or transmit "Lyme" disease, they may be infected with it, as can you, or any other mammal for that matter, but they do not transmit it, and as such offer you absolutely no threat whatsoever in that capacity!
Woodticks & Bearticks, they do "carry and transmit Lyme" disease, and they are the only way I know of to become infected with it, a thing I suspect I have far more experience with then do you as I've been treated a half dozen times for exposure to it!
Again, you're OVERREACTING to the situation, declaring your lives to be in danger from the feeding of white tail deer is simply not consistent with any of my long experience in interacting with them.
I'm sure you'll discover some way to end your neighbors activities just fine without any help from us....
 
Bow and arrow to processor to freezer. Then, grill when the wind is blowing toward the neighbors...tell them, "Thanks!...could you put out a salt lick?".
 
ol' scratch said:
Continuous 'baiting' can cause problems, specifically with TB. Michigan has a problem with TB in the wild deer herds because people baited and fed deer all year long. If it is a very big concern, you could get some human hair (I know it is gross) and spread that around. You can normally get it at a barber shop. It wouldn't take much to keep the deer off your property. This was how I delt with people who hunted our property without permission. Most cities don't allow you to shoot an airgun or pellet gun in city limits. Not to mention you are just maiming the deer. I am all for hunting, but wounding an animal is not right. In an earlier post, someone mentioned a paintball gun. That will definately get their (the deers) attention. Check your local laws to find out if paintballs can be used in the city.
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The fear up here is CWD(chronic wasting disease)which is quite capable of infecting humans, though only by eating the meat of a diseased deer!
Deer pose absolutely no threat to humans as a transmitter of Lymes, if they did, so to would your cats & dogs...
 
its legal but not good for people or the deer

what alot of people i know do is put up a single strand of electric fence

it keeps the deer out of their plants


your neighbor doesnt have a good chance of getting the sheds any ways they are more likely to fall off in the woods or when the deer jumps over a fence than when their feeding. their may be a local ordinance against it but no state laws
 
I agree with the electric fence. We keep goats of similar size and temperament to whitetail deer and a zap is the best way to keep them where you want them. It may take more than one wire, though. Put one at "nose height for the bucks, another at nose height for the does. I put another around knee-high. Goats have a little bit of bare skin at their knees that makes a good impression when they get a shock. I don't know if deer have these. Follow the grounding instructions very carefully. That's where most folks make mistakes.
 
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After reading the rest of the posts and some of the nasty responses from the OP, I agree. They seem to be more concerned with Lyme than anything else. I would think this would be the least of their problems; if there truely is a problem at all.
 
Tell your neighbors they have to pay a tax for feeding wild animals.It's North Carolina,I live there,everything is taxed 2 or 3 times.....they'll believe you and quit feeding.
 
Good luck with the electric fence idea. I keep horses up with electric, but deer seem to be immune. When they start breaking it they will keep going to the same place,and usually get it wound themselves and tear down 6 or 7 spans. I would love to see this happening and plug the fence into a welder,bet they would jump more than the burro. Yes I would enjoy it . I think the poster needs to get an appartment in town.
 
Legally you can set up sprinklers with motion sensors to hose the deer whenever they trigger the sensor. Makes them want to leave your property. Position the sprinklers where you want to exclude them.

Legally you can sprinkle your property with deer repellent.

Legally you can call animal control and request they respond to the problem.

Check with your local police and ask if you can use fireworks to drive the deer away.

Also, you need to update your information about Lyme's. Exposure risks are due to ticks, not the deer. You can't get Lyme's from the deer. While the human vaccine was withdrawn in the US Lyme's is readily treated with antibiotics.

Less of a sense of panic will help on THR since folks are happy to help someone with a real problem.
 
Assuming your neighbors are animal lovers, let them know that they are not doing the deer any favors by feeding them. They lose the fear of humans and become easy targets for hunters.
 
Hawaiian said:
Assuming your neighbors are animal lovers, let them know that they are not doing the deer any favors by feeding them. They lose the fear of humans and become easy targets for hunters.
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No, you're actually doing them a big favor, and they are just as skittish around humans as they always are.
I've had as many as 60 deer in my yard feeding on everything from corn, pumpkins, watermelon, apples, peanuts(in the shell) to bird seed, we photograph & film them from the treestand and my back porch, if we step out, or otherwise alert them to our presence, they scatter & flee.
It's remarkable to watch how they work a specific side of the lake, everybody feeds them so they never show up at your place two nights in a row. I'll lay out feed(autumn & winter only)and if the weathers nice you'll not see them, as soon as it turns cold or snows "BINGO" their at the feed, everytime!
I've yet to see a buck in season that has hit my feed in daylight, and thats over twenty plus years, when deer hunting opens it's like magic, they just vanish and you won't see any deer at your feed in daylight at all!
Yet there are reasons for concern, the big one being CWD, which we had three hunters actually die of a few years ago after eating tainted venison, not a pretty way to leave this world as I understand it.
So you have to be alert for signs of disease, and it's not uncommon for the DNR to ask that folks stop feeding them from time to time.
 
For the OP, I'm just going to take out my prescription pad and write you a quick prescription for some Chillaxin, also known as Chill Pills. Take one with every meal, for your heart's sake.

And for everyone else's, stop using exclamation marks altogether. In fact just break the button off your keyboard. You'll lose your 1 also, but it's worth the sacrifice.
 
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After reading this, I just can't believe this poster is actually serious. Fearing hawks and bobcats as well as deer? I understand a city dweller isn't going to possess the same insight as to wild animal behavior as someone who grew up in a rural area, but....C'MON.... this person seems to have an unfounded fear of nature in general. Hawks aren't knowing for attacking people, and deer aren't going to infect you with lyme disease. I don't know what situation would be more humorless...finding out this person was a "troll" only out to get under the skin, or finding out this person actually DOES have the fear of wildlife that she has implied having. I guess I find it almost unnatural having been raised on a ranch where animals, both wild and domestic, were part of every day life. Wildlife, to me, is something to be appreciated, not something to be feared
 
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Why don't you just get a fence charger and run a couple strands of wire? Pretty cheap solution if you ask me.
 
contact your local conservation officer. i dont know about your state but some states do not allow people to have animal parts unless it was harvested legally. if your neighbor is so eager to get his hands on the antlers he maybe selling them which maybe illegal.
 
gamekeeper there is nothing illegal about picking up deer shed in NC

infact i know some people that set up "anter traps" you take corn and put it all around the base of the tree then put chicken wire in a v shape around the tree and out on each side to agitate the antlers and if their loose knock them off
 
Don't you folks know that White Tail Deer are the most dangerous animal in the US?
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates there are approximately 1.5 million auto-deer collisions per year, resulting in damage losses of around $1.5 billion USD, which works out to an average cost of $1,000 per accident. State Farm Insurance Agency also supports these statistics, and goes on to report that, in the year 2004, there were 150 human deaths in the United States that were directly linked to car-deer accidents.

The bear is often considered to be one of the most dangerous animals in North America. As a combined group, polar bears, black bears, and grizzly bears are responsible for 5 to 10 human fatalities per year in North America. Comparing this statistic with the 150 human deaths caused in 2004 by auto-deer collisions, one might come to the conclusion that the most dangerous animal in North America is, in fact, the White Tail Deer.
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IveSeenEnufDeer, your life is not in danger from the deer. You probably stand a better chance of dying from a lightning strike than from any disease transmitted by a live deer.

However, if you start harassing your neighbors about something they are doing on their own property, that is apparently perfectly legal... you could be placing yourself in danger from them.



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