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When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Peggy ()
Date: March 02, 2015 12:17AM

I saw they sell deer food at Tractor Supply. It says to check local laws on the bag. Does anyone know when it's ok to feed deer in Fairfax?

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: After you've shot it ()
Date: March 02, 2015 12:19AM

When is it illegal? I don't think they'd sell it if it wasn't legal here.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: The Deer Hunter ()
Date: March 02, 2015 12:39AM

I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: The Mike O'Meara Show ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:03AM

The Deer Hunter Wrote:
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> I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...


.22 isn't a proper round for deer, more of a varmint round. But if you actually meant you're a pussy who knows nothing about guns, message received. Puss on.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: The Deer Hunter ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:20AM

The Mike O'Meara Show Wrote:
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> The Deer Hunter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...
>
>
> .22 isn't a proper round for deer, more of a
> varmint round. But if you actually meant you're a
> pussy who knows nothing about guns, message
> received. Puss on.


If only you knew, keyboard commando...stroke on...

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Deer Idiot ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:24AM

The Deer Hunter Wrote:
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> The Mike O'Meara Show Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The Deer Hunter Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...
> >
> >
> > .22 isn't a proper round for deer, more of a
> > varmint round. But if you actually meant you're
> a
> > pussy who knows nothing about guns, message
> > received. Puss on.
>
>
> If only you knew, keyboard commando...stroke on...

Deer Idiot

You are an idiot and you don't know why.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Hungry Deer ()
Date: March 02, 2015 04:28AM

I have a friend who feeds them when they come into her backyard year round. Pretty sure that's legal.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Kill Bambi ()
Date: March 02, 2015 06:47AM

Hungry Deer Wrote:
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> I have a friend who feeds them when they come into
> her backyard year round. Pretty sure that's
> legal.


Why feed them? there are already way to many of them. I got Lyme about 20 years ago and it has pretty much ruined my quality of life. Lyme comes from deer ticks, I do everything possible to keep them away from my property. Lyme is devastating for dogs as well. Just an FYI.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: hey b0ss ()
Date: March 02, 2015 06:54AM

The Deer Hunter Wrote:
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> I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...

Just make sure not to eat the deer parts contaminated with lead. Or eat it anyways. Idc just don't give anyone else lead poisoning.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Ralph1 ()
Date: March 02, 2015 06:59AM

Can't beat some good Deer Meat Chili

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: homeschooled ()
Date: March 02, 2015 10:13AM

Please don't feed the infestation. They're a disgusting result of ill thought out policy from the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting tourism.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Natty Bumpo ()
Date: March 02, 2015 10:18AM

The Mike O'Meara Show Wrote:
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> The Deer Hunter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...
>
>
> .22 isn't a proper round for deer, more of a
> varmint round. But if you actually meant you're a
> pussy who knows nothing about guns, message
> received. Puss on.


Thank you so much for your service to our country, American Sniper...oh, that's right...you're just another Airsoft wannabe...

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Tactical Panties ()
Date: March 02, 2015 10:37AM

Natty Bumpo Wrote:
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> The Mike O'Meara Show Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The Deer Hunter Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...
> >
> >
> > .22 isn't a proper round for deer, more of a
> > varmint round. But if you actually meant you're
> a
> > pussy who knows nothing about guns, message
> > received. Puss on.
>
>
> Thank you so much for your service to our country,
> American Sniper...oh, that's right...you're just
> another Airsoft wannabe...

These boys and their AR-whatever's. Big market for small men.
I got me one of them M -16's and a pair or two of od fatigues once. We sure didn't shoot any Bambi's with them. I feed the deer in cold weather with apples.
My neighbor feeds them in the spring with expensive plants. Love to hear her yell about it. She's so cute when she's mad.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: THIN THE HEARD ()
Date: March 02, 2015 12:36PM

The Deer Hunter Wrote:
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> I feed 'em lead from a suppressed .22...

You must FCPD SWAT, stop typing and go shoot some more. Hunters for the hungry needs more meat to feed the masses.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Directing resources ()
Date: March 02, 2015 12:40PM

Hey, not a bad idea...use Fairfax SWAT to thin the herd...but be careful...deer have antlers...killing deer isn't as easy as gunning down a handcuffed white-collar gambler...

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: imahn ()
Date: March 02, 2015 12:57PM

homeschooled Wrote:
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> Please don't feed the infestation. They're a
> disgusting result of ill thought out policy from
> the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting
> tourism.

Your imagination is running wild. Never happened. Hunters warned of the
population problem for decades but the Fairfax and other NoVa localities
refused to listen.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: bCPX7 ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:37PM

imahn Wrote:
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> homeschooled Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Please don't feed the infestation. They're a
> > disgusting result of ill thought out policy
> from
> > the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting
> > tourism.
>
> Your imagination is running wild. Never happened.
> Hunters warned of the
> population problem for decades but the Fairfax and
> other NoVa localities
> refused to listen.

We need to reintroduce wolves. They will keep the deer and pet population under control.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Resource ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:49PM

Can't they have SWAT kill all the deer and feed the meat to illegals instead of giving them food stamps, etc?

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: imahn ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:51PM

bCPX7 Wrote:
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> imahn Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > homeschooled Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Please don't feed the infestation. They're a
> > > disgusting result of ill thought out policy
> > from
> > > the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting
> > > tourism.
> >
> > Your imagination is running wild. Never
> happened.
> > Hunters warned of the
> > population problem for decades but the Fairfax
> and
> > other NoVa localities
> > refused to listen.
>
> We need to reintroduce wolves. They will keep the
> deer and pet population under control.

Be sure and bring that up at the next County Council meeting. I'm sure they'll be all ears.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Which is Worse ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:56PM

The county is overrun with deer and liberals. Both will consume everything they can find, without contributing anything back. Don't know which infestation is worse, but there should be year-round open season on both.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: no need to hunt ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:56PM

"Hunting" the suburban deer in Fairfax County would be about as sporting as shooting cows on a dairy farm. Actually a dairy cow would be harder to take down. You wouldn't need a gun for the deer, as a knife, baseball bat, or even a good sized rock would do the job.

The deer around my neighborhood are so tame they are practically domestic. You can get them to eat out of your hand if you want. The don't even stop chewing when I yell at them to quit eating my plants. They regularly come right up onto my patio. Last fall three of them sauntered in the screened in porch and were eating food off the picnic table.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: no need to hunt ()
Date: March 02, 2015 01:56PM

"Hunting" the suburban deer in Fairfax County would be about as sporting as shooting cows on a dairy farm. Actually a dairy cow would be harder to take down. You wouldn't need a gun for the deer, as a knife, baseball bat, or even a good sized rock would do the job.

The deer around my neighborhood are so tame they are practically domestic. You can get them to eat out of your hand if you want. The don't even stop chewing when I yell at them to quit eating my plants. They regularly come right up onto my patio. Last fall three of them sauntered in the screened in porch and were eating food off the picnic table.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Deer News ()
Date: March 02, 2015 05:41PM

My redneck friend used to show up at some of the overstock-food-drops that go on here in Fairfax County (usually at some church). He'd get a bunch of the bread, then go back to West Virginia and use the bread for "deer food", and the he'd get a whole bunch of deer meat for the winter. He even gave me some, too.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Seriously? ()
Date: March 02, 2015 10:23PM

imahn Wrote:
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> homeschooled Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Please don't feed the infestation. They're a
> > disgusting result of ill thought out policy
> from
> > the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting
> > tourism.
>
> Your imagination is running wild. Never happened.
> Hunters warned of the
> population problem for decades but the Fairfax and
> other NoVa localities
> refused to listen.

Who would listen to a bunch of overweight guys wearing orange(so they don't shoot each other)carrying long guns(or bows & arrows) discussing deer populations?
These jerks can't even controll their own brats. Besides real hunters aren't going to live in NOVA.
Shooting a deer isn't really hunting when they don't shoot back.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Guy who feeds deer ()
Date: January 31, 2016 03:41PM

What happened to all the deer? Haven't seen any this winter.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Bill.N. ()
Date: January 31, 2016 04:14PM

According to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries it is illegal to feed deer from September through the beginning of January statewide. It is also illegal to feed them in certain localities during deer season and it is illegal to bait deer with food when hunting. http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/deer/deermanagementprogram.asp

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Feed The Monster ()
Date: January 31, 2016 05:07PM

I have from time to time fed deer with my pre 1964 Winchester Model 94 in 30-30

170 grains at a time.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Queer for deer ()
Date: January 31, 2016 05:48PM

Seriously? Wrote:
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> imahn Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > homeschooled Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Please don't feed the infestation. They're a
> > > disgusting result of ill thought out policy
> > from
> > > the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting
> > > tourism.
> >
> > Your imagination is running wild. Never
> happened.
> > Hunters warned of the
> > population problem for decades but the Fairfax
> and
> > other NoVa localities
> > refused to listen.




> Who would listen to a bunch of overweight guys
> wearing orange(so they don't shoot each
> other)carrying long guns(or bows & arrows)
> discussing deer populations?
> These jerks can't even controll their own brats.
> Besides real hunters aren't going to live in
> NOVA.
> Shooting a deer isn't really hunting when they
> don't shoot back.


That about sums it up.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Skeletor ()
Date: January 31, 2016 06:02PM

Feed The Monster Wrote:
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> I have from time to time fed deer with my pre 1964
> Winchester Model 94 in 30-30. 170 grains at a time.

LOL! By the Power of Grayskull!!!
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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Freda Payne ()
Date: January 31, 2016 06:10PM

Little boys and their "weapons"...

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: hWYCh ()
Date: January 31, 2016 09:07PM

who are you people harassing?

i'll ask whoever it is if they want revenge. who?

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: hWYCh ()
Date: January 31, 2016 09:08PM

big mouth behind others backs?

fuck off. you deserve to get the crap beaten out of you.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: anytime ()
Date: January 31, 2016 09:41PM

you can feed them any time as long as you grind up the niggers and season lightly

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Nice Guy Eddie ()
Date: February 01, 2016 08:02PM

In the upper Midwest there is a joke about why there are no black people living in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Its because all the Swedes figured out that they taste like deer meat.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: February 01, 2016 11:13PM

If you have Hosta growing your already feeding them, but you can add a salt lick, Buckwheat, but as you can see, it would be hard to bait Deer.




Managing your land to attract quality deer can prove well worth the time, whether your goals are for wildlife viewing or herd management for deer hunting.

Understanding how deer interact with their environment will help you develop the best wildlife management plan. Basically, deer habitats need to provide shelter, water and food. Despite their ability to adapt to many different areas, deer thrive best in and near the edges of forests with a diversity of plant species and growth densities. Deer most often forage in clearings at night but also require thick cover to hide, especially during daylight hours. Deer feed primarily on certain types of A mature white-tail buck at the edge of a forestgrasses, plant leaves and the fruit and seeds of woody trees and shrubs, also known as mast. Thus, an ideal deer habitat consists of a mixture of:

Cleared areas, which provide ground forage
Young trees and shrubs, which provide cover and contribute to deer diets
Mature hardwood forest, which produces mast.
Deer will eat anywhere from 4 to 10 pounds of forage per day. "Caring for Deer and Forests", a web site maintained by Southern Regional Extension Forestry, Penn State University and U.S. Forest Service Research and Development, has compiled the following list of preferred deer foods. Note that this list may vary according to region.

Mast, such as acorns and beechnuts
Leaves from various plants
Fruits, such as apples, cherries, crabapples and berries
Leaves, twigs and buds from certain trees, such as sugar maple, white ash, tulip-poplar, birch, oak, cucumber, basswood, dogwood, apple and pin cherry
Certain vines and shrubs, such as hobblebush, juneberry, sassafras, wild grape, silky dogwood, honeysuckle and autumn olive
Blackberry brambles
Certain herbaceous plants, such as trillium, mayapple or trout lillies
Less-preferred deer foods are:

Certain herbaceous plants, such as hayscented and New York ferns, grass and bracken
Certain shrubs, such as alder, blueberry, mountain laurel, sweet fern and spicebush
Certain woody species, such as beech (although deer feed readily on beechnuts), striped maple, black cherry, sweet birch, hemlock, pine, ironwood and hornbeam.
Deer Habitat Management

As long as population levels are not too high, land management techniques that promote high-quality deer habitat will enhance average weight and antler development, making a well-planned management program a solid investment.

To maintain a permanent population of quality deer you may need to coordinate your management efforts with adjacent landowners. An average deer ranges about 1 square mile; bucks may require twice that.

For landowners simultaneously managing their forests for white-tailed deer and timber production, harvesting, thinning and controlled burning are excellent ways to stimulate growth of legumes and other deer forage, according to resources published by Cooperative Extension specialists in Maryland and North Carolina. Remember that deer prefer some natural-looking variation within borders between cleared land and woodlots. North Carolina Cooperative Extension recommends landowners plan harvests to leave scattered, irregularly shaped clearings sized no more than 40 acres and retain cover and hardwoods near streams.

Deer Food Plots

According to the Virginia Cooperative Extension, white-tailed deer prefer protein-rich food sources in the spring and summer for growth, and they start looking for more starches and sugars in the fall and winter to help them build fat stores. Protein-rich foods include alfalfa and clover. Starchy or sugary foods include corn, grapes and acorns. Keep these principles in mind if you plan to plant clearings to supplemental food plots. Planting crops such as clover or legumes in cleared areas, or even on logging roads, will provide added food and attract additional deer.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources recommends using perennial crops as much as possible, which will lower annual planting costs. A mixture of clover and grasses, such as wheat, oats or rye, is one ideal seeding mixture. A good mixture should be able to stand up under heavy feeding pressure in years of poor acorn production, and landowners should plan on a plot size of at least an acre when they anticipate increased foraging. Before planting, be sure to get a soil test and fertilize the plot as necessary.

Providing various mineral mixes with salt also may be useful if deer cannot meet all of their nutritional needs with their normal diet, and providing supplemental minerals may improve antler growth.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/2016 11:14PM by Burke Brat.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Libtard bigotz at it again ()
Date: February 01, 2016 11:15PM

Seriously? Wrote:
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> imahn Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > homeschooled Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Please don't feed the infestation. They're a
> > > disgusting result of ill thought out policy
> > from
> > > the early 90's in Virginia to attract hunting
> > > tourism.
> >
> > Your imagination is running wild. Never
> happened.
> > Hunters warned of the
> > population problem for decades but the Fairfax
> and
> > other NoVa localities
> > refused to listen.
>
> Who would listen to a bunch of overweight guys
> wearing orange(so they don't shoot each
> other)carrying long guns(or bows & arrows)
> discussing deer populations?
> These jerks can't even controll their own brats.
> Besides real hunters aren't going to live in
> NOVA.
> Shooting a deer isn't really hunting when they
> don't shoot back.

Nice bigot.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: February 01, 2016 11:27PM

OP I see where your going with this. LOL
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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Burke Brat ()
Date: February 01, 2016 11:29PM

PS dont follow the old lead of feeding Ducks and Geese in the local lakes.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: bambi ()
Date: February 01, 2016 11:33PM

I've almost got one eating from my hand. These deer are not exactly wild.

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Re: When is it legal to feed deer in Fairfax County?
Posted by: Fuck ragheads ()
Date: February 02, 2016 01:25AM

Forget deer, it's much more fun hunting sand niggers.

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