We have alot of deer in our area and see them in our pasture all the time but they've never bothered the vegetable garden. I hang Irish Spring soap inside old pantyhose in the trees around the garden and it keeps them out of that area. Someone told me about that trick, says it fakes the deer out, makes them think humans (hunters) are around.
WOW!!!!!!! Thanks for the tip. Irish Spring is one of my fave soaps - so I always have some.......I will try that this year.
The north border of our property is a creek and on the other side is woods so the der are forever in our fields.