"Sunflower" wrote in message
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"John Bachman" wrote in message
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First they got my blueberries, then they got my raspberries. Now they
are into the vegetable garden. I will not have to be concerned with
my tomato plants getting too tall, nor will I have too many peppers,
beans, butternut and cukes.

Any good remedies before the peaches and pears begin to ripen?

TIA

John

Everything but a deer fence or electric wire is an impermanant solution,
or
incredibly expensive over time. Deer don't mind sprinklers at all and get
used to human or predator scent. Especially if there are tasty treats
that
they want to snack on. The repellent products with eggs or other noxious
scents work similarly. In other words, temporarily. Deer products with a
bitter taste that rely on the plant incorporating them into itself for a
deterrent effect will work fairly well until the deer population pressures
are too great during a famine year. They are also very, very, expensive
over the long term, wheras an electric wire is very very cheap. Deer will
eat bark off of trees and everything else if they are really hungry,
especially in winter months. You haven't seen deer damage until you go
out
and all of your shrubs are gone above the snowline. My cousin in RI lost
every single rose one year down to the ground because of deer. SHe now
has
the electric fence I suggested and couldn't be more happy with it. A one
time investment of between $50 to a couple of hundred dollars, depending
on
if you already have a fence in place with which to use as a base for the
standoffs for the wire.

And deer NEVER get to the point of eating the bark off of trees unless a
bunch of bunny huggers decide to get laws passed the restrict hunting to the
point of non-existence. Same way with other herd type animals.

They over-populate.

WE KILLED OFF ALL THEIR NATURAL PREDATORS.

It's time we quit wimping out and stepped up to the plate. You kill off an
animals' survival needs, you should take responsibility.

Remember that herd of elk that fell thru some ice at Yellowstone? (yeah,
it's been awhile)
Most of them weighed 1/4 of their normal weight. A bull Elk should weigh far
more than 150 lbs. A healthy whitetail doe weighs between 150 lbs. & 190
lbs. Hundreds of them were out there looking for food.

Quit bunny hugging the environment to death already, and check with Fish &
Wildlife in your area, nuisance permits can usually be bought year 'round,
and fairly cheap.

Murri