Outdoor Best way to get rid of deer (without bullet)?

[Alex Delarge]

Have a few plants outside. We have deer in yard almost everyday, eating lilies, and jewelweed (best cure for poison ivy!!!!). Have read a bunch of remedies, and tonight am implementing a bar of irish spring bar soap, a bar of dial white soap, and 3 CD's hanging from thin string, as optical deterent.

Any suggestions on better solutions? Do not want to spray plants.

Thanks!!!

 

[Renaissance Redneck]

My neighbor has a sprinkler that's motion activated... he's had it a couple of weeks and says it's doing a great job.
I think this is the critter he bought:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Havahart...-Animal-Repellent-5266/203281169?N=5yc1vZc60a
Wow, they're proud of their stuff!

 

[Alex Delarge]

My neighbor has a sprinkler that's motion activated... he's had it a couple of weeks and says it's doing a great job.
I think this is the critter he bought:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Havahart...-Animal-Repellent-5266/203281169?N=5yc1vZc60a
Wow, they're proud of their stuff!

Motion activated scarecrows are the best, from what I have read, like the sprinklers. The CD's should work, if there is a little wind. If I still see them, will have to cover with deer screening.

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Awesome find!!! I thought it would be moot, due to 3 dogs, but they are Lhasa's, and it can be set for size. Will get one!!

 

[Epic Genetics]

a good bow

no bang to hear

peace

 

[NEimmaculates]

a good bow

no bang to hear

peace

Lol..... b0b, your great :Sharing One:

 

[Qwolf]

yeah and they taste great too. yep the bow sounds good

peace and love

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yeah and they taste great too. yep the bow sounds good

peace and love

 

[Muddy]

I never had a deer touch my plants again after using Liquid Fence Deer and Rabbit Repellant. I did spray the plants directly while they were still in veg but once they started blooming I only sprayed the area around the plants.

 

[Joedirt]

Dog

 

[Root]

Yumm... venison

Thanks for the tip on jewelweed.

We hang CDs and wind chimes for the birds...good to know they will work to deter deer too

I have heard of the Irish Spring soap and human hair...I use chicken wire cages on plants outside the yard.
http://www.wikihow.com/Keep-Deer-Out-of-Your-Yard
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Add fencing. Fencing is the only truly effective way to keep deer out of areas you wish to protect.

• Install an eight foot high fence. Deer can easily jump clear over anything lower than four feet high, and a six foot fence risks entangling the animal and injuring it (and an injured deer is eventually a dead deer).
• Add a fence about 4 foot high (simple lattice) with chicken wire (1" size) (about 2' high) angled toward the outside. It can be angled to the inside; it seems to work either way. However, it must be angled like 45 degrees. Deer, raccoon, cats, squirrels, moose and bears do not even try to go over. Birds too are reluctant to come inside such a fenced area either. The size should not be too large and should be close to the house.

My biggest problem right now is gophers.
So far shoving dog poop down the holes is telling him to Move On!

Our neighbor has a motion sprinkler that works like a charm!


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[Eekman]

Surrounding your garden with Deer Resistant plants could help too. They don't eat the marigolds or Lavender around here.

Just my two, I am sure there are more plants to use though, just need some peeps to add thier two as well.

Hopefully we can get some more input

Later


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