During the growing season we get a few deer grazing in our front yard at dusk just about every evening, and a full herd of deer move through the front yard during the night about three times per week (we often see them by moonlight around 11:00 or afterwards). And each spring, we have a doe that births a fawn and burrows down at night with it under our miniature weeping cherry about 20 feet from the front door. Whenever we got out the front after dawn or before dusk, they leap up and take off. In truth, I love having them there.
I don't really mind them much, because over the years I've figured out which deer-resistant plants to put in the front. The only roses I have in the front beds are about 25 Knockouts that were here when we moved in 6 years ago. The deer nibble on them occasionally, but don't seem to bother them all that much. That's fine with me, because I don't pay a lot of attention to the Knockouts. Most of the Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Grandifloras, Hybrid Musks, Bourbons, Damasks, Climbers, David Austins, Buck Hardy and other shrub roses are planted on the side and back of the house behind six-foot high iron fences, where the deer can't get to them.
