Oh deer: The challenge of managing Maryland’s suburban deer population

Nancy Steinecke of Laurel tried a scare tactic to stop deer from eating her plants. She bought three inflatable dogs and tied them to the clothesline in her backyard, hoping they would keep the deer away.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work.

“Two of them started to deflate naturally,” said Steinecke, 69, “and one of them … was gored by, I can only assume, an angry deer.”…

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