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- From: larrym@ssec.wisc.edu (Larry McGuire )
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: Deer in the yard
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.203516.25452@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:35:16 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.201751.3344@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center
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- In article <1993Jan22.201751.3344@eplrx7.es.duPont.com>, walker@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Scott Walker) writes:
- |> My father lives backed up to some woods and has seen many bushes eaten
- |> to the nubbins by deer. He has tried dried blood and soap shavings, two
- |> recommended methods, but has had no success. I assume he just sprinkled
- |> these around the bushes, which are up against the house. There is
- |> supposed to be a certain brand of soap to use, but he couldn't remember
- |> which one. As food becomes scarcer, they get bolder and will routinely
- |> feed on his bushes even after being scared away.
- |> We'd really like to know of any methods which have succeeded!
- |>
- |> Scott Walker
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-
- I grew up on a nursery in Northern Wisconsin. Deer were an annual problem. We worked pretty
- closely with the DNR (Dept. of Natural Resources) to try and keep them out. Deer adapt pretty
- well, and method effectiveness deteriorates over the years. Some of the things we tried:
-
- Fencing: Works somewhat, but deer will be able to get under and through some pretty
- narrow openings.
-
- Some slimy gooey stuff that looks like pine tar and smells like the stuff used to treat
- railroad ties: Effective for a while, but the deer eventually got used to it.
-
- Cannon: Looks like a cannon, sounds like a cannon, but no cannonballs. Programmed to
- go off every five minutes or so. Again, the deer got used to it.
-
- Hunting: The DNR folks actually sent someone out to harvest a few. They may have took a
- couple (can't remember), but this was not a long term solution.
-
- Human Hair: Fresh from the barber and placed in netlike bags and nailed to posts. This
- worked the best of all the solutions.
-
- Today, the nurseries use a combination of the hair and electrical fence (the type that has a
- wire woven into nylon).
-
- Good Luck!
-