Out at Presque Isle, the "wild" deer are becoming increasingly tame. You know what this means. People are feeling sorry for these animals, probably due to the snow cover and extreme cold, and they are feeding the deer. There's bird seed sprinkled everywhere and an occasional carrot or apple seen here and there. I feel sorry for the deer too, but this is not a good thing as you know what the city is going to do come Spring. Funny, the city has their occasional "deer culling" every few years or so in the name of preventing overgrazing by the deer and guess what? Same old cycle repeats itself.
It's natural for the deer to yard up in the winter, and Presque Isle is ideal for the deer as they can move to different sides of the island to be sheltered from the wind. When Spring comes, they move on, but this feeding I'm afraid is going to be bad news for these deer down the line.

Deer and fawn, Presque Isle winter of 2008-09, showing signs of an encounter with a predator
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