gardens

7magman · Post by **7magman** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:05 pm

any secret recipes to keep the deer out of your gardens?

bojangles · Post by **bojangles** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:14 pm

hmmm...my neighbor slides his back house window open when he see's one and throws firecrackers at them

...dont think you you wanna do that do ya?

Cossack · Post by **Cossack** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:23 pm

Liquid Fence, smells awful but works. Need to respray after rain.

lscha · Post by **lscha** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:36 pm

Milorganite.

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:42 pm

irish spring , hang it on strings all around the garden

Undertaker · Post by **Undertaker** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:28 am

Hair from the barber shop might help to supplement to whatever you end up using.

SPITFIRE · Post by **SPITFIRE** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:07 am

Put them in your freezer!

Deer Scram works for me.

munch · Post by **munch** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:33 am

ME

Cossack · Post by **Cossack** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:03 am

[quote="Undertaker"]Hair from the barber shop might help to supplement to whatever you end up using.[/quote]

Old wives tale, here to tell you they don't care. In fact I've got one watching me from the clover patch as we 'speak.'

Big58cal · Post by **Big58cal** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:41 pm

mikej wrote:irish spring , hang it on strings all around the garden

I use the Irish Spring soap as well. It's pretty good stuff and cheap. I'll take a few bars and cut them in half or quarters with an axe and place them around the perimeter of the garden then take a few bars and drill a hole in the center, thread some baling twine or something through there and hang them around the garden in different areas.

After this, they pretty much leave my garden alone.

Kelley · Post by **Kelley** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:28 pm

Human urine. I pee in a jug and pour it around the outer edge of garden. Don't have any problems with deer anymore.
Kelley

Big58cal · Post by **Big58cal** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:09 pm

Kelley wrote:Human urine. I pee in a jug and pour it around the outer edge of garden. Don't have any problems with deer anymore.
Kelley

In the rut, if you pee in a buck's scrape all it does is severely piss him off!

They tear up any and every tree in the area.

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:25 pm

I've had urine spots turn into scrapes during deer season - seems to make them curious?

7magman · Post by **7magman** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:41 pm

thanks for all the great ideas.

this is by far the best forum i go to

B-Logger · Post by **B-Logger** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:45 pm

We fenced ours in with 5' wire fencing. In the past we've even used 4' plastic fence like you see used around construction sites. I also strung one strand of very light wire about 5" above the plastic fence and we never had a deer get in, but the plastic fence won't last as long as the wire fence.