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?
Crossbow
Clash cymbals.
30-06 or 308 are options
Pee in the yard...
I pee around my flowers, not on them, and the deer don’t come near them.
see post #24
That does not bark! Lol
My neighbor had an electric fence around his garden. It worked for a few years, but then one year the deer learned to go through between the audible “clicks” which charged the fence and in one night went in and destroyed his garden.
“Clash cymbals”
I’m sure the neighbors will love that. LoL!
NOTE...once I bought the concentrate of the same brand (Liquid Fence), mixed my own, sprayed some plants...and they died. I may've mixed it wrong. Never had a problem with the pre-mix.
I used hair clippings from beauty salons and barbers. It works if you put new out every week
I think its called a scare crow. Its a water sprinkler with an electric eye. It sprays the deer when it detects the motion.
A .22 with a suppressor and subsonic rounds.
No the most humane solution, but the population will run off and die.
A serious answer would be a wrist rocket slingshot and a ball bearing.
I used that in Israel to keep out feral pigs the Romans were kind enough to leave behind.
I have heard that they don’t like strong odors and some have suggested using Irish Spring soap placed at intervals around the garden.
I never tried it.
Rumor has it if the men in the family water the perimeter of the garden, if you get my drift, that is supposed to be effective.
Dilute Murphys oil soap + 1 egg, let ‘mellow’ in the sun, spray on or around plants. Nasty, nasty smelling stuff. Keeps the deer from eating our daylillies. You have to reapply after it rains.
My dad’s Browning......
I tried electrifying. Had wires spaced 6 foot high. They would still destroy our winter crops.
Finally I said enough and put an 8 foot high fence using netting wire. No more problems
Build a tree stand.
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