The deer tip the birdfeeder so that the seed falls out and then lick it up.

I usually take my bird feeders down when the bears come out of hibernation because they'll tear them apart but this year I had to do it early because the deer emptied it out. I didn't know why the thing was empty the first time, the second time I began to suspect with all the trampled new snow and the third time my daughter called out that there were deer all over the driveway.

We had a lot of snow and one of the neighbors took to feeding the local deer. Usually we only have two or three but as soon as word got out there were 15 or 20 of them hanging around.

It wound up getting too expensive for the neighbor to keep up so they eventually scattered.

You're not doing it right.

The chain link was there when we move in (previous owner had a little doggie).

Actually, my wife had to go open that gate because the mom jumped over the fence but the fawn couldn't make it. This has happened before. They come in a gate left open on the other side of the house. The adults jump over but the little ones can't get out. Or sometimes (if the gates are closed) the adults jump into our yard and the little ones can't figure out how to to reunite with their moms.