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Deer problem
Posted on 08/18/2009 9:14:35 PM PDT by blackbart.223
I have a problem with deer eating my peach tree. Since shooting them is not an option can anyone suggest a method to get rid of them. I'd just as soon shoot them but can't due to the game laws.
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To: blackbart.223
Could be worse
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:30:50 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: Red_Devil 232
Sadly, no. They start screaming for socialized medical care.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:31:13 PM PDT
by
NVDave
To: blackbart.223
Shoot Bambi? Say it ain’t so. I like the electric fence idea better.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:31:20 PM PDT
by
boatbums
(Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life!)
To: blackbart.223
"Garrote?" Only if you are close enough to toss it on and the deer is there."
Hahahahaha...so, I guess the question is...do you feel lucky? It'd be quiet though...no noise...no risk to the hunting license...claim self defense...who would believe YOU went after HIM that way?
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:32:41 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Privatization + Inter-State Sales + Individual Policies + Tort Reform = Healthcare Reform)
To: Red_Devil 232
“Will this work on Liberals?”
That, or throwing a combination of soap and water on them...
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:34:26 PM PDT
by
jessduntno
(Privatization + Inter-State Sales + Individual Policies + Tort Reform = Healthcare Reform)
To: boatbums
I killed Bambi with my car once.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:34:26 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(May God save the American Republic.)
To: blackbart.223
I had the same problem. My two year old peach tree and walnut tree kept on being snacked on. I was growing twigs it seemed. The garden center recommended “liquid fence”. I sprayed it on the mulch around the base of the trees as well as on the “twig” trunks. I have only sprayed them twice and it has worked well. Now my “twigs” have an abundance of new branches! It has been a month since the last spraying.
To: 50cal Smokepole
Deer Scram has worked well for us.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:36:39 PM PDT
by
ravinson
To: samadams2000
"1)Still shoot them 2)Bob Cat urine spray 3)Kayene pepper mix on the ground."Number one would be my prefered method. But numbers two and three would not be bad ideas.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:36:47 PM PDT
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: blackbart.223
bar soap in a nylon stocking,hang it up head high. heard that works.fwiw.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:36:49 PM PDT
by
Nooseman
(--mart)
To: blackbart.223
Move or give up on the idea of having a peach tree.
Planted 5 bare root trees last year and the G#@D*% deer ruined all but one. I would wait for them to come at nght and throw rocks at them. The SOB's learned my range, waited until I went to bed, then came back and did their thing.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:37:17 PM PDT
by
TruthWillWin
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
To: boatbums
Shoot Bambi? Say it aint so. Surely you jest. Deer are nothing more than giant rats with antlers.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:38:30 PM PDT
by
Extremely Extreme Extremist
("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
To: blackbart.223
I put windchimes and tin cans tied with strings on the fruit trees and deer have left them alone. It’s been very difficult for deer, elk, moose and other critters to survive the last couple of harsh winters, let alone coyotes and wolves that take down the fawns. You might want to fence in your trees. The areas of our yard where we have a one-sided fence backed by fruit trees has NEVER had deer enter and bother the trees.
To: blackbart.223
Deer really don't like shiny or reflective surfaces so maybe you could try hanging foil strips or CDs by string from a low hanging branch.
You could also try leaving a strong smelling bar of soap in the area. Unnatural scents should work for a few weeks.
Whatever you try, you should definitely switch up methods every couple weeks.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:39:16 PM PDT
by
voteNRA
(Turning everything over to the government will never solve anything)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
but they taste so much better, and are more...substantial to eat. No?
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:39:39 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: blackbart.223
Rats with antlers. Thankfully not too common in Long Island City and Astoria just yet. They were hell when I lived in Central Jersey, and did nothing but eat shrubs, cause car accidents, and provide carrion for turkey vultures.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:40:34 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: blackbart.223
I don't know if this will work. The movie "The Rookie" is a true life story of a ex minor league ball player who's career was cut short due to an arm injury but finally made the major leagues on a second chance years later after being a high school chemistry teacher and baseball coach.
The team he coached played on a dirt field but they wanted to grow grass. They tried growing grass but the deer would come a long at night and eat the grass seed. Some towns people spread human hair around the perimeter of the field on the premise deer will keep moving when they sniff human hair. The grass finally grew in after a few weeks.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:40:42 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
To: boatbums
"Shoot Bambi? Say it aint so. I like the electric fence idea better."Whatever works. I spent alot of time growing that peach tree.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:41:42 PM PDT
by
blackbart.223
(I live in Northern Nevada. Reid doesn't represent me.)
To: going hot
I call that a target rich environment...
“I had to shoot them officer, I was afraid for my sanity”
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:42:56 PM PDT
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
To: Domandred
salmon net works well, and is very quiet.
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posted on
08/18/2009 9:43:44 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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