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- From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
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- Subject: Re: How to keep deer off my backyard
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- Date: 23 Jan 93 16:58:31 GMT
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- In article <1jn1p6INN17t@hp-col.col.hp.com> tvervaek@col.hp.com (Tom Vervaeke) writes:
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- >How about a dog on a temporary lease from a friend or neighbor? Never
- >met a deer who liked a dog; and never met a dog who didn't want to catch
- >the deer!!!
-
- A dog would probably be the most effective idea, provided it's staked.
- Many rural areas have a shoot-on-sight law on dogs running deer. So, for
- the dog's (and the owner's) sake keep it tied up.
-
- I've heard of successes with placing deterrent scents around the property.
- Ie: real soap, human hair, zoo-poo from large carnivores.
-
- Another approach would be to provide a deer feeder some distance from the
- house with something that they prefer to your shrubs.
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