[DeerStalker]

P-R-E-S-E-N-T-S

SHIKANOKO NOKONOKO KOSHITANTAN
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MY DEER FRIEND NOKOTAN
EPISODE 8

TRANSLATION NFO

## Original translation by TL-kun                                            ##
## Language: English                                                         ##
## OP/ED: Yes                                                                ##
## Localization: Partial (Honorifics and some Japanese terms not translated) ##
## Subtitle format(s): Advanced SubStation Alpha (.ass) and SubRip (.srt)    ##

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AUDIO NFO

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## Sampling Rate: 44.1kHz                                                    ##
## Language: Japanese                                                        ##
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CONTAINER NFO

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## Main audio track: Japanese AAC@224kbps                                    ##
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## Third subtitle track: Japanese Closed Captions (you CAN learn Japanese!)  ##
## Fonts: Included                                                           ##
## Chapters: YES, we had weeks to into XML                                   ##

GREETINGS

## It has been a long couple of weeks. Sorry for the delay!                  ##
## We'd rather take our time than rush and get burned out.                   ##

## Last weeks have been busy for everyone involved with this project. TS-kun ##
## is suffering from the dreaded Japanese summer cold and has been sick for  ##
## the last two weeks. Get well soon TS-kun!                                 ##

## TS-kun has _a lot_ of work to do and TL-kun was pulling double            ##
## duty on multiple other projects. You've no doubt noticed this one is a    ##
## little larger than usual. We were going to put out a smaller file for     ##
## this episode but things were already hovering around 900MB-1GB with the   ##
## "small" version. Since we knew it was going to be almost 1GB anyway we    ##
## decided to release this one. As they say: "What are you, poor!?".         ##

## But seriously we'll try not to make a habit out of it. But you should     ##
## expect a similar sized release next time then things getting back to      ##
## normal for episode 10.                                                    ##

## On to episode 9!                                                          ##

## Lots of TL notes this week. See the included .txt file in the mkv         ##

## ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Greetings to our friend wyste~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ##

## While you're waiting on episode 9 we encourage you to check out the manga ##
## "Uesugi-kun Wants to Quit Being a Girl". You can find it on Mangadex.     ##

## Deer are pretty easy to attract and keep happy. With them becoming so     ##
## common due to a lack of young/new hunters and pretty much no natural      ##
## predators you probably don't have to do anything to attract them in the   ##
## first place. But there are a few things you can do to entice them to      ##
## choose your yard as their home. I personally have at least 6 deer that    ##
## call my (admittily large) yard home. They sleep here. They eat here. They ##
## think they own the place. I enjoy watching them every morning and evening ##
## and listening to them all night. The ones that live in my yard really     ##
## like listening to music like TOHO BOSSA NOVA and various other 2hu shit   ##
## albums. They're also big fans of Eurobeat for some reason. They regularly ##
## come right up to my back windows in the middle of the night when I'm      ##
## listening to music while working through the night.                       ##

## The first important thing to attract deer it to leave some tall grass by  ##
## the edge of your property. I have a field behind my yard that I only mow/ ##
## bushhog about three times a year. I typically allow the wild grass to get ##
## about 4-5 foot tall between mowings. Deer like to bed down (sleep) in     ##
## tall grass because it's both comfy and hides them from predators. Doe's   ##
## will often times leave their fawns in the tall grass while they go off in ##
## search of food, water or just to get some "me time". You should always    ##
## leave a patch of tall grass for the animals and to allow the grass enough ##
## time to make seed to ensure the wild grass won't become overwelmed by     ##
## weeds and other undesirable plant life.                                   ##

## The second important thing to do is to have some piles of wood near the   ##
## edge of your yard. You want it near the tall grass. The wood piles aren't ##
## really for the deer. It's more for rabbits and other small animals. But   ##
## deer and rabbits are best friends. Deer want to live next to rabbits and  ##
## their other friends. They feel safe with Thumper as a neighbor.           ##

## Next tip is to have a good source of water. I have a creek on my property ##
## but I also provide watering holes for wildlife fed from a well using a    ##
## small pump. Originally, I set that up for our cattle. But now I keep it   ##
## running for wildlife as they've also come to rely on it. Water attracts   ##
## all kinds of animals. Try to set-up your watering hole so that you can    ##
## observe it from your porch (or build your porch so you can see the        ##
## natural spring/pond/creek/whatever).                                      ##

## Deer love clover! Plant clover in your yard. It's better than grass and   ##
## better for the soil. If you want to grow an amazing garden and have a     ##
## lawn that is easy to manage get rid of the grass seed and switch over to  ##
## a clover yard. Deers love it. Honey bees love it. Rabbits love it. The    ##
## soil will become better with each passing year. Trust me it's the way to  ##
## go. Say goodbye to having to mow every week.                              ##

## Let's get into some things to entice them to visit often after you've set ##
## up all of the above: Go to the feed store (every place worth living has   ##
## one) and buy a salt and/or mineral lick. These are usually sold with cows ##
## and horses in mind but deer love them to. Once they discover the awesome  ##
## brick of salt you've provided for free they'll return at least twice      ##
## daily to take advantage of it. While you're at the feed store buy a cheap ##
## bag of sweet corn. Toss sweet corn in piles in different places in your   ##
## yard or put it into large buckets if you don't want to throw it on the    ##
## ground. Deer will come in the mornings and evenings just before bedding   ##
## down for the night to fatten up on it. Honestly, you shouldn't feed them  ##
## too much because they'll gorge themselves on it. They love the stuff so   ##
## much that plenty of hunters "cheat" by using it. When you want to lure    ##
## them in nothing is as effective or as cheap as sweet corn.                ##

## I personally throw some out either every afternoon or at least thrice     ##
## weekly. They come everyday to see if I've put any corn out for them. They ##
## will fight over it. This summer I have five deer that visit at least once ##
## a day and several others I see maybe twice a week. Mostly doe's and some  ##
## young bucks that are probably last year's fawns.                          ##

## The squirrels and other small animals love the corn too of course. They   ##
## are so greedy and fat on corn around here that they'll start eating all   ##
## the birdseed that I put out for the birds if I don't put out corn to. You ##
## should probably keep that in mind. Once you start feeding the wildlife    ##
## they come to expect it and will start stealing from each other if you do  ##
## not put out the same amount every week.                                   ##

## Anyway, once you've lured them in they will become less weary of you and  ##
## eventually will walk right up to you to feed. I can pet a couple of the   ##
## animals on my property. There is a doe I can pet sometimes. A couple of   ##
## squirrels will eat out of my hand (they love peanuts) and there is one    ##
## rabbit that won't let me touch it but will hang out right next to us if   ##
## we aren't being too loud. Over the years the wildlife in my yard/field    ##
## have gotten used to me. I do not hunt here. So they aren't worried about  ##
## becoming my supper. They're so tame they don't even care about the sound  ##
## of rifle fire anymore.                                                    ##

## Small note: If you lure in prey animals like deer, rabbits, squirrels and ##
## similar game eventually you'll lure in predators as well. Once you have   ##
## a lot of rabbits you'll start seeing the hawks. Deer will lure in bears   ##
## coyotes, mountain lions and wolves (if you're really lucky). Shooting or  ##
## trapping most predators is a felony. So don't get any ideas (or better    ##
## yet don't tell anyone). If you let nature take its course in a couple of  ##
## weeks the predators will have reduced the population of prey to the point ##
## where they'll move on. A few weeks after that you'll start seeing prey    ##
## numbers rebound. Long story short: Don't get too attached to any prey     ##
## animal.                                                                   ##

## Next time we'll talk about how the US Government created Chronic Wasting  ##
## Disease and prove it was released from a US Army base known for doing     ##
## a lot of R&D and testing of chemical weapons. Mmmmmm prion disease.       ##

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