Our garden backs onto a coppice. We love to watch the muntjac deer grazing on the bank. We also have crops growing in the garden. Never had a problem. We have a privit (?) hedge on 2 sides and panel fence at the bottom which backs directly onto the deer. They have never breached the boundary. My next door neighbours panel has come down and the deer graze on his lawn but cause no damage. It seems comparing our 2 gardens that a solid fence keeps them out. Hope it helps. We do need to remember that alot of our human territory has encroached on the animals territory, we cant be moaning about them wanting to live in their natural habitats now can we!
We watched through our window as a female muntjac gave birth. Our garden opens onto a wood populated by this species. We also have the glis glis or edible dormouse there. The muntjacs eat the new growth on our groundcover ivies each winter but it grows back during the summer. The glis glis enter the loft and we fear for the electric cables etc. Foxes killed the pet guinea pigs this year. But all said we love the wildlife. We hope the muntjacs don't cause themselves problems by overpopulating (like us homo sapiens). A deer shooting platform recently appeared in the wood next door but soon it was mysteriously vandalised and made 'not fit for purpose' Best of all around here in the mid chilterns is the sight of red kites flying above us. Butr I bet someone will start bitching about them soon and saying they need "controlling for their own good". It's we who need our numbers controlling.
We live in the middle of Lincoln and have just become aware of Muntjac deer making regular evening visits to our garden. They have created much excitement and we now spend the evening waiting for the lights to come on in the garden hoping they have been triggered by deer rather than next doors moggie
We have just been visited by a Muntjac deer at 2.30 am.14/2/11. Eating bread and peanuts left out for the Badger and Fox.We live in a semi rural area on the coast 10 miles east of Louth.
We had tremendous problems with Muntjac. We considered deer fencing, but it was too expensive. We tried deer repellant which didn't really work. We planted a few deer resistant plants (supposedly) and the deer ate them. Eventually, we got in touch with Southern Counties Deer Control, who operate in southern England. They offer a free deer control service which involves a deer cull. We were very pleased with what they did for us, at zero cost! Their website is www.DeerControl.org.uk if anyone is interested. Regards Gill
Two or three weeks ago we noticed that the leaves of the bluebells in a small woody area of our garden were being eaten by something! My Dad and a friend of my husbands both asked if it could be a muntjac. As we had never seen one in the garden we assumed not. Less than a week ago we changed our minds when, at 7pm one evening, a muntjac appeared, nibbled a few leaves and then left! We have seen it once since then at about 8am the following morning.
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It was a nice surprise as it is Valentines Day.