Deer problem

[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.

[going hot]

Could be worse

[NVDave]

Sadly, no. They start screaming for socialized medical care.

[boatbums]

Shoot Bambi? Say it ain’t so. I like the electric fence idea better.

[jessduntno]

"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?

[jessduntno]

“Will this work on Liberals?”

That, or throwing a combination of soap and water on them...

[rabscuttle385]

I killed Bambi with my car once.

[1_Rain_Drop]

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.

[ravinson]

Deer Scram has worked well for us.

[blackbart.223]

"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.

[Nooseman]

bar soap in a nylon stocking,hang it up head high. heard that works.fwiw.

[TruthWillWin]

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.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Shoot Bambi? Say it ain’t so.

Surely you jest. Deer are nothing more than giant rats with antlers.

[MamaDearest]

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.

[voteNRA]

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.

[going hot]

but they taste so much better, and are more...substantial to eat. No?

[Clemenza]

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.

[Man50D]

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.

[blackbart.223]

"Shoot Bambi? Say it ain’t so. I like the electric fence idea better."

Whatever works. I spent alot of time growing that peach tree.

[Domandred]

I call that a target rich environment...

“I had to shoot them officer, I was afraid for my sanity”

[going hot]

salmon net works well, and is very quiet.