I have to concur with members of DeerSafe that area residents feeding deer are part of the problem.
We have a home on the mountain side of Highway 97 South in Peachland, where deer at one time were daily visitors to our garden, being particularly fond of our tulips and roses.
A gentleman who lived across the road from us there fed the deer every day. When he moved away and the house sold, the new owners did not feed the deer and now it is very unusual to have deer in our garden.
Eileen Gormley
Oak Bay