Cool down deer hunger come fall and winter.

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Deer are beautiful, graceful animals but, when It comes to where they decide to dine, most of us just do not went them outside our windows foraging through the foliage. If you think your yard is out of the woods since warm weather is over, think again, points out the Connecticut Department of Forestry. Deer damage actually can get worse in fall and winter.

While they can cause extensive damage to landscapes in any season, during winter, when their food sources are scarce, they can get mere aggressive and bold, wreaking havoc on trees and shrubs they never touched in warmer weather. A single deer eats about 12 pounds of foliage a day.

Bucks can travel 100 miles or more, but does do not migrate; they usually stay within the same three to four square miles for their entire lives. That means once a doe finds an easy food source in your yard, she will be back again and again, season to season, and probably will bring her friends and babies with her.

Instead of the grass and leaves they favor during summer, deer turn to woody plants in cooler weather. That means evergreens are at risk. Although a deer's mouth usually is about 28 inches above the ground, when one stands on its back legs, it can reach as high as six feet. That reach allows them to create a broad swath of damage.

Even before the weather turns really cold, deer can cause damage to trees. Fall is mating season. Bucks become aggressive and the new antlers they have grown over the summer itch. They scratch...