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Old 03-23-2015, 09:21 AM
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Do we have any?
No, and we probably don't want any. In our Milwaukee suburb the deer were known as rats with long legs and antlers. Each January the city contracted to have 200 baited and killed to try and keep things in check. Even then there were 150 - 175 car/deer hits each year. The large deer heard attracted a large coyote pack. Let me tell you it is not a happy start to the day when you have to clean up a coyote kill in your front lawn before going off to work in the morning. Or, having groups of 3 or 4 coyotes wandering through the neighborhood at each dawn and dusk.
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