When I moved in to this house there was not a deer problem. I used to grow
roses and a huge vegetable garden without any problem, so I have to assume
the deer are the ones who have moved in on me. They pop out twins twice a
year and there is no control. Not unusual to see 20 in the back any
evening. I realize they have been surrounded by the development but that
doesn't help the problem. I think they should be trapped and moved or
eliminated by any means. This is no longer a country setting. We are 5
miles inside the city limits now and it is not a place where deer or other
wild life are acceptable. Don't tell me they were here first. The deer
that were here when I moved in are long gone. These are the ones that have
come along in the mean time. I have never loved deer except when fried in
onions. I don't expect any solution to this problem but I certainly wish
some of the elected officials would get a bit of back bone and address the
problem.


"escape" wrote in message
...
Oh, that's a much better death. Either say, if people don't want deer
damage,
it's best to move to an area which is not known to have deer. I find it
hugely
insane for the people who move to areas because they love the deer, then
want to
kill them down the line when they don't over romanticize them any more.

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:09:46 -0600, Katra
opined:

No...
Al said when the deer ripped out his fence, it ripped out the
transformer too!

The deer more likely died an even longer, slower death by strangulation
or worse, being unable to untangle itself from the wire wrapped around
it and dragging behind it. :-P


In article ,
escape wrote:

and die a torturous death by electrocution.


On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:40:26 -0600, Katra
opined:

I've heard of some very bad experiences with hotwires... ;-)
Deer are SO stupid!

I s'pose two very low to the ground hotwires might be safe, but
sometimes the sting of a hotwire at a higher level seem to panic a deer
and they get all tangled up in it and run off with your entire fence!

In article ,
"Red" wrote:

A big fence is the only way. If you want to try pepper you can get
ground
dried Habanero peppers from http://www.redsavina.com/ . I would
be
concerned that the pepper would carry over to the vegetable
themselves. I
have tried most everything and have yet to find anything that will
always
work except the fence. Take that back, I haven't tried the motion
detector
water sprinklers nor the electric fence. Good luck.



wrote in message
oups.com...
I want to start a vegetable garden but I live in deer country near
Dripping Springs. I read in the archives that homemade pepper
sprays
work well to repel deer. I also know they don't like rosemary and
other fragrant shrubs. Any opinions on how well it would work to
hedge
the entire garden with rosemary and other large shrubs?

thanks,
--steve









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