Look who's coming for dinner next fall...

[uberkermit]

Got some pictures of this guy today. This one, and its relatives think it is OK to eat my raspberry bushes. And it is, provided they are OK with coming to dinner.

 

[xeon]

Its common courtesy they do right?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Things gotta be tough, when deer eat raspberry bushes.


Grizz

 

[Eagleye]

Things gotta be tough, when deer eat raspberry bushes.


Grizz

Well, I have seen them eat a variety of "thorny" bushes, including wild roses, domestic roses, raspberries, blackberries, etc.
They only eat the tender tips, though, so perhaps the thorns are not enough to deter them, or are softer at that point.
My BIL is having a problem with them eating up his ornamental cedars. A group of 14/15 have decimated about 20 bushes so far.
Eagleye

 

[btridge]

learned my lesson about planting THORNLESS blackberries, the deer and the elk love them...so much for blackbrrey wine

 

[uberkermit]

Well, I have seen them eat a variety of "thorny" bushes, including wild roses, domestic roses, raspberries, blackberries, etc.
They only eat the tender tips, though, so perhaps the thorns are not enough to deter them, or are softer at that point.
My BIL is having a problem with them eating up his ornamental cedars. A group of 14/15 have decimated about 20 bushes so far.
Eagleye

That was my observation from when they munched on my raspberry canes earlier this year.