Thanks.

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

mkr5000 writes:

Thanks.

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

Sorry, tried lighting.

They can see the plants better.

Audio, I don't know but I doubt it. If it's loud someone will complain
besides the deer. My guess is that the deer will get used to it.

On 2/23/2011 12:01 PM, mkr5000 wrote:
Thanks.

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

I use netting. Electric fences will work. They can easily jump a 6 foot
fence when they have to. Smaller fences will deter them but not stop
them. Not much deer won't eat but when they're eating evergreens they're
starving.

Frank writes:

On 2/23/2011 12:01 PM, mkr5000 wrote:
Thanks.

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

I use netting. Electric fences will work. They can easily jump a 6
foot fence when they have to. Smaller fences will deter them but not
stop them.

I've heard their limit is around 10 feet.

The 6 footer I put up seems to be working but the deer have other
places to eat and finding take off and landing spots isn't that
easy. There are bushes in most spots on both sides of the fence.

I have a neighbor that swears 2 fences a few feet apart always
works. They don't even have to be high, maybe 4 feet.

On 2/23/2011 3:49 PM, wrote:
writes:

On 2/23/2011 12:01 PM, mkr5000 wrote:
Thanks.

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

I use netting. Electric fences will work. They can easily jump a 6
foot fence when they have to. Smaller fences will deter them but not
stop them.

I've heard their limit is around 10 feet.

The 6 footer I put up seems to be working but the deer have other
places to eat and finding take off and landing spots isn't that
easy. There are bushes in most spots on both sides of the fence.

I have a neighbor that swears 2 fences a few feet apart always
works. They don't even have to be high, maybe 4 feet.

I think it's in the area of 8 to 10 feet. Any obstacle will deter them
but if pushed they will get around it. I've never gotten a chemical
deterrent to work. It may put them off for a while but after a while
they will ignore it. Netting would not hold if they wanted to crash
through it but I've only had this happen once when the herd was after my
chestnuts and took out netting around my hydrangeas.

I ran barbed wire up my bird feeder poles and the squirrels don't even
think about it anymore. Maybe I can mingle some into the hostas after
they have gained a bit of height -- or some electric fence -- easy
enough to do that.

I love the Deer but they're all over the place where I'm at.

Plan B -- Ferns.

I read where most ferns don't appeal to them and I enjoy them as much
as Hostas.

mkr5000 wrote:

I ran barbed wire up my bird feeder poles and the squirrels don't even
think about it anymore. Maybe I can mingle some into the hostas after
they have gained a bit of height -- or some electric fence -- easy
enough to do that.

You'd best check your local ordinances, barbed wire is illegal in many
places... if some visitor, especially a child, is injured by your
barbed wire they will probably end up owning your house. I strongly
urge you to learn how to live in a rural area or leave.

On 2/24/2011 10:29 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
wrote:

I ran barbed wire up my bird feeder poles and the squirrels don't even
think about it anymore. Maybe I can mingle some into the hostas after
they have gained a bit of height -- or some electric fence -- easy
enough to do that.

You'd best check your local ordinances, barbed wire is illegal in many
places... if some visitor, especially a child, is injured by your
barbed wire they will probably end up owning your house. I strongly
urge you to learn how to live in a rural area or leave.


Barbed wire is old technology. Today's home owner uses razor wire

mkr5000 wrote:

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

Deer love yews, they only just like junipers. You need to know that
when deer are hungry they will eat most anything. If it's rural where
you live and winters are cold and snowy you will note that folks don't
have many plantings that aren't fenced. There are lists of plants
noting their relative susceptibility to deer browing.

http://njaes.rutgers.edu/deerresistance/default.asp

Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

Deer hardly notice when my motion sensing outside lights come on.
There are all sorts of electronic gadgets available that claim success
but don't actually work. All those chemicals that claim to deter deer
don't work either. And there are all sorts of old wives myths, none
work. The only reliable deer deterrent is a good tall strong fence.

Essentially you need to decide if you want to live in the country or
the city... whether you want to share your environment with hoodlums
or deer... I choose the four footed critters anytime. Deer will never
mug you, they have no pockets, they take only what they need to eat.
Good luck in your new digs.

On Feb 23, 12:01*pm, mkr5000 wrote:
Thanks.

What a shame -- I have nothing but shade around here and they love to
eat when I'm SLEEPING, the SOB's. Also, found out this year they love
Yews, but not Junipers?

When moose colonized Isle Royale in Lake Superior in the early 1900's,
one of the first trees to disappear from virtually all areas
accessible to the moose was the Canada yew. All deer love it.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/2424235

Chris


Maybe I can just rig up something with auto on lighting and some audio
to scare them -- electronics is my business.

Why the hell move into the deer's territory in the first place?
--
Bud

Bud writes:

Why the hell move into the deer's territory in the first place?

I'm in central New Jersey.
There were a lot less deer here in the past,
then it was the settlers territory.
Before that, it was the Indians territory.
Before that bears, wolves, Sabre tooth cats.

So the deer haven't owned the territory any time in the
past I can think of.

They are probably doing better now than they ever have in the past.

It would be nice if we could devote more territory to wild animals
but I don't see that happening in the immediate future.

Bud wrote:

Why the hell move into the deer's territory in the first place?

No problem so long as one respects their right to exist too.

I visited a friend recently whose wife was a very keen gardener. Given the location I guessed deer would be a problem so asked how he coped with the problem. His answer? "What do you think you're having for dinner tonight".