Overview

• Heather Seid discovered that every daylily bud in her rented Minnesota garden had been removed overnight before it could bloom.
• She placed a handwritten sign reading “Are you the one who’s cutting these?” beside the next ready-to-open buds.
• A TikTok video she posted prompted gardeners to identify the plants as deer-favored daylilies and suggest wildlife as the likely culprits.
• Seid soon observed a doe and her two fawns feeding on the buds, confirming the online crowd’s theory.
• Rejecting deterrents, the family now treats their yard as a “deer buffet” and enjoys watching the animals instead of guarding against them.