Payin-the-Toll
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We live in Indianapolis, 4 miles north and 2 miles west of the center of the city in a heavily wooded suburban area. Also about 1500 ' from the main river that flows through town. Saw a few deer last year. Planted a garden last year and saw hoof-prints in garden, but they didn't eat anything. This year got up in the middle of the night (3am) to restoke the wood stove and take my nightly old-man whiz. There were 5 deer in my front yard taking turns at the bird feeder. They seem to come around nightly now. Have a patio/pool area totally enclosed by a 6' wood fence, but had hoof prints in the ice on the pool from when it was warm and ice was a little melted. My questions: I thought deer were daytime animals and slept at night-so what's with the 3am jaunts? I thought they ate leaves and tree-bark, not birdseed. I knew they could jump but these are pretty small deer and can't believe they could clear a 6' fence. Don't have a fence around my garden cause I'm lazy and frugal, but I'm wondering how my garden is going to fair this summer.