Yet another deer repellent
 

I was talking to a friend yesterday about the deer which are eating the
flowers off my mums (not that it matters much - the plants will be corpses
anyway soon). He said he had the same problem with some small apple trees on
his property - the deer were stripping the new leaves. When he went to the
store to find some sort of repellent, the lady, a friend of his, told him to
save his money and try a homemade thing: Irish Spring bar soap, shredded
with a cheese grater and hung around the trees in knee-hi stockings.

He said he ran out of soap after making these things for all but two trees,
and in the two days between that point and going grocery shopping again, he
watched with binoculars as the deer passed by the scented trees and headed
straight for the "normal" trees. When he caught up and treated those last
two, the problem ended, and it worked 3 years in a row.

I'm gonna try it, although the deer around my property are so fearless, I
may be able to walk right up to them and dope-slap them. We'll see.

Doug Kanter wrote:
I was talking to a friend yesterday about the deer which are eating the
flowers off my mums (not that it matters much - the plants will be corpses
anyway soon). He said he had the same problem with some small apple trees on
his property - the deer were stripping the new leaves. When he went to the
store to find some sort of repellent, the lady, a friend of his, told him to
save his money and try a homemade thing: Irish Spring bar soap, shredded
with a cheese grater and hung around the trees in knee-hi stockings.

He said he ran out of soap after making these things for all but two trees,
and in the two days between that point and going grocery shopping again, he
watched with binoculars as the deer passed by the scented trees and headed
straight for the "normal" trees. When he caught up and treated those last
two, the problem ended, and it worked 3 years in a row.

I'm gonna try it, although the deer around my property are so fearless, I
may be able to walk right up to them and dope-slap them. We'll see.


Your going to hang soap on your mums? You'll have to use itty bitty baby
socks, won't you? ;)

Jean

"Jeana" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
I was talking to a friend yesterday about the deer which are eating the
flowers off my mums (not that it matters much - the plants will be
corpses
anyway soon). He said he had the same problem with some small apple
trees on
his property - the deer were stripping the new leaves. When he went to
the
store to find some sort of repellent, the lady, a friend of his, told
him to
save his money and try a homemade thing: Irish Spring bar soap, shredded
with a cheese grater and hung around the trees in knee-hi stockings.

He said he ran out of soap after making these things for all but two
trees,
and in the two days between that point and going grocery shopping again,
he
watched with binoculars as the deer passed by the scented trees and
headed
straight for the "normal" trees. When he caught up and treated those
last
two, the problem ended, and it worked 3 years in a row.

I'm gonna try it, although the deer around my property are so fearless,
I
may be able to walk right up to them and dope-slap them. We'll see.


Your going to hang soap on your mums? You'll have to use itty bitty baby
socks, won't you? ;)

Jean


I was thinking more in terms of putting them on short sticks all around the
garden. :-)

Hows this for fearless...I personally witnessed a doe try & trample my
neighbors cat when it got too close to her and her two large fawns. I
have no regrets about allowing hunters onto the property.

Dan


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:18:51 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I'm gonna try it, although the deer around my property are so fearless, I
may be able to walk right up to them and dope-slap them. We'll see.

That's really over the line, messing with someone's cat. Get out the
roasting pan for THAT deer. :-)

"Dan" wrote in message
...
Hows this for fearless...I personally witnessed a doe try & trample my
neighbors cat when it got too close to her and her two large fawns. I
have no regrets about allowing hunters onto the property.

Dan


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:18:51 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I'm gonna try it, although the deer around my property are so fearless, I
may be able to walk right up to them and dope-slap them. We'll see.

Dan wrote:

Hows this for fearless...I personally witnessed a doe try & trample my
neighbors cat when it got too close to her and her two large fawns. I
have no regrets about allowing hunters onto the property.

Some hunters use cats for target practice.

I had a doe go after my Papillon big time trying to make toe jam outta him. and she
was intent cause when I stepped out between them she stopped by had that look like
she was going to renew the chase until I ran right at her swinging a dish towel in
the air. they were so bold we got my mother an air pistol to get em to move. Ingrid

Dan wrote:

Hows this for fearless...I personally witnessed a doe try & trample my
neighbors cat when it got too close to her and her two large fawns. I
have no regrets about allowing hunters onto the property.


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"Mrs. Fricker" wrote in message
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Dan wrote:

Hows this for fearless...I personally witnessed a doe try & trample my
neighbors cat when it got too close to her and her two large fawns. I
have no regrets about allowing hunters onto the property.

Some hunters use cats for target practice.

As a hunter, I resent that, even though other hunters have told me pussy is
better than deer ;)
Frank

Last year a deer charged me, I stepped up onto a rock, then he stopped
short of 4 feet of me. I'll never forget those huge ears!

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:38:17 -0500, Dan wrote:

Hows this for fearless...I personally witnessed a doe try & trample my
neighbors cat when it got too close to her and her two large fawns. I
have no regrets about allowing hunters onto the property.

Dan


On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:18:51 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

I'm gonna try it, although the deer around my property are so fearless, I
may be able to walk right up to them and dope-slap them. We'll see.

you werent wearing deer scent were you? INgrid

Phisherman wrote:

Last year a deer charged me, I stepped up onto a rock, then he stopped
short of 4 feet of me. I'll never forget those huge ears!


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compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

wrote in message
...
I had a doe go after my Papillon big time trying to make toe jam outta him.
and she
was intent cause when I stepped out between them she stopped by had that
look like
she was going to renew the chase until I ran right at her swinging a dish
towel in
the air. they were so bold we got my mother an air pistol to get em to
move. Ingrid

my dogs tend to mark the perimeter of our property. the deer sidestep our
land and go straight to the neighbor's garden. we've only seen one on our
property, and after i let the dogs give chase, they've never come back.

they seem to have scared the gophers away to. now if they'd only do
something about those damn moles (besides digging up all their tunnels!)

-kelly