Great visual image, lph.
I know this will probably piss some people off, but my neighborhood decided to try to find a way to solve the increasing deer problem we have. There are about 30 homes on our hill, and all are far off the street, in the woods. Most people do not have yards in the traditional sense, i.e. little lawns. People do have gardens, shrubs, etc. The deer come down one side of the hill, where we have plants, cross our driveway, and down the other side of the hill, onto the street. On the way, they eat all of our hostas and other plants. We use deer scram (a mix of chili pepper, dried coyote blood) to keep them away. Anyway, the neighborhood decided to hire bow hunters, to come and cull the herd. Each individual landowner has to give permission. I didn't see the presentation they made, but DH did and we signed the permission. Based on the strong opinions of several of the people who live here, I was surprised by this, but it really has been an issue. As I said, DH's car had thousands of dollars of damage a few years ago, and was in the body shop for 2 months from a deer. I have narrowly missed being hit while on my bike, a very scary experience.