WPB wrote:
Thanks so much for your time and trouble. Well, the fencing would
be
expensive and ruin the look of my backyard. As for venison, I'd
love
it, but the deer would have to willingly commit suicide and then
somehow prepare themselves for the barbecue.

But you mention plants less desirable to deer. That might have to
be
the route I go. Do you know of any bushes/shrubs that the deer
would
leave alone?

Thanks again!

Something to try if the layout allows it. May not work, but it's
cheap so if it doesn't you haven't lost much. Set three strands of
monofilament fishing line about chest high to a deer, pulled tight, a
few feet apart, so that if a deer breaks one and keeps going he'll
break another. The theory is that the deer can't see it, but when he
hits one and breaks it it snapls and startles him and he's not able to
figure out what caused it, so after a while they get conditioned to
avoid the area. Stuff is so thin that it's practically invisible.

David


I feel your pain. I lost many plants to deer. You can...

select plants less desirable to deer,
surround the plant with protective netting or fencing,
use an electric fence,
get a watch dog,
develop a taste for venison.

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