Posted on 08/14/2022 5:07:03 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
Sunday morning 6:50AM -
Started my day by making a cup of coffee.
The blinds were slightly open - I could see out.
I saw movement out of the corner of my eye -
Not A deer - BUT TWO young does happily munching my tomato plants.
DANG-IT!
In my current locale I am not going to open fire on them
and risk the neighbors calling law enforcement -
discharging a gun HERE is sort of illegal.
"BUT OFFICER, IT WAS SELF DEFENSE! The deer were threatening me!!"
No, no - not going to go there...
So I go out the door and yell: "HEY! GET OUT!!!"
One deer ran away immediately.
The other cocked it head to the side (with a tomato in mouth)
and stared at me.
I begin advancing, while yelling and waving my arms -
the deer drops the tomato, retreats 30 feet, stops at
the edge of the woods - and stares at me.
I advanced again - and the deer runs off to join the other one it the woods.
So - short of firearms/explosives/poisons/20-foot tall fences -
HOW CAN I REPEL THESE INFERNAL BEASTS?
Ideas anybody?
Get a yard bear.
30.06
Put wire around your tomatoes. And if you catch them close, use a bb gun.
Should he throw the shells at the deer? He said that firing a weapon in his area is illegal.
Or use an arrow. It’s quiet.
An electric fence might be the answer.
.30-30, .30-06, 7.62x39, 7.62x51, all the standards will work. 5.56x45 will do in a pinch but may not be legal in your state.
.308 repels them fairly well. Just saying.
Llifebuoy soap deer repellant, we used it shaved in a panty hose tied to trees in the corners of the yard
This design is electric, but it may work without electrification. At least worth a look:
Is there a zoo nearby? If so see if they sell Lion/Tiger scat. It will keep deer away.
A coworker back in the 90s had a similar problem with deer eating his flowers.
He swore by cutting up chunks of soap bars and scattering them around his flower beds......he said the deer hate the smell for some reason and completely left his flowers alone.
Would be cheap to try anyway.
Good luck.
Looks like soap may be the answer
GMTA!
We only had that problem one year in the fall when they came up to eat green tomatoes. Nothing works better than male urine. Keeps all creatures away. Whenever I would see evidence of raccoon or rabbit or deer, hubby would get sent out for evening patrol. Just the perimeter not on the plants.
A large dog. It does not have to mean it just has to bark
It is easier to fence a dog in than a deer out
And dogs don’t eat vegetables
Irish spring soap is said to work pretty well too. You could hang some bars in old onion mesh bags.
Displaing a number of pictures of Maxine Waters with her mouth open should do the trick.
The deer treat my azaleas like a buffet; especially when the snow is covering the grass. Try to use commercial repellant but it appears to lose potentcy after a short while.
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