Sorry, guns are not an option. I live in the city limits.

Thank God for our right to bear arms. Maybe the deer problem is what
those
old buggers had in mind when the established those rights. Establish
yourself as a "farm" - no one questions it around here. That allows you
to
shoot bambi all year long to protect your "crops". I use a shotgun with
slugs in close quarters or a lever action 30-30 when I have room.