Summer frustration
We suffered our 2nd deer
attack last night since last
week's power outage.
I'm thinking this time of
year calls for additional measures like moving the deterrent location a couple
times per week and making the sound louder.
We talked about dumping some
soapy water near the entrance area, but we both know that will only
last so long.
I think this level of damage
allows us to hunt the offending deer in question out of season and
a venison sandwich sounds like a yummy solution to me.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Deer Attacks
I know this works for keeping critters out of a crawl space and attic, so perhaps you could modify it for outside for deer. For a home you just put moth balls in a nylon stocking and put them in the critter area and the critter flees. Then remove the moth balls and resume your life. You don't want the moth balls to touch the garden but perhaps a small amount in a waterproof container. Deer are sensitive to smells and will avoid the area. I realise moth balls are toxic so you might have to modify the idea to suit your needs.
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Lisa
— Thu Jul 21 01:33:18 2011
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Deer and smell
Taste and scent seem to work in low deer pressure areas, but I've tried about half a dozen of the home remedies like this, and our deer laugh at them. Nasty smelling soap, cheap perfume, urine --- they walk right on by. I think that taste and scent will only keep deer away if they don't really want to come in your garden in the first place.
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anna
— Thu Jul 21 07:11:13 2011
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