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The wild critters we live with here obviously think we are here to feed them. The Bears clearly think that the birdfeeders including even the hummingbird feeders belong to them. We have to bring in all the birdfeeders every evening and put them out every morning. If you have not lived in black bear country, you might not know they are more active at night because they are shy around people. Even the little critters like field mice seem to think we are their restaurant. What I don’t understand are the deer. They obviously think anything we plant outside from flowers to our garden is their private smorgasbord. However, I don’t think they are very smart. We recently bought a small plant, a perennial, for some color for our yard. We dutifully sprayed it with deer repellent. Apparently, the deer repellent worked but only after a fashion. From the instructions on the jug of deer repellent, it has a bad taste as far as deer are concerned. A few mornings later we checked on our new plant and all the leaves were gone. Typical of deer browsing. On closer examination, all of the leaves were on the ground around our new plant. It appears the deer would grab a leaf and find it didn’t taste good and spit it out and grab another leaf. That’s the reason I don’t think the deer too smart. However, I do have an advantage over those of you who read this who live in the city don’t have. I can eat my neighbors be they bear or deer, but definitely not field mice.