What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit trees?

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On 19/08/2009 19:23, Kath wrote:
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit trees?

Turn them into venison?

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On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:23:29 +0100, Kath wrote:

What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit
trees?

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In article , Kath
writes
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit trees?

I have found, from bitter experience, that one of the most effective
ways is to string CDs around the trees so that the disks move in the
wind. The flickering from the surfaces is a very good deterrent.

Roy.
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Roy Bailey
West Berkshire.

On 20 Aug, 12:43, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:14 +0100, Roy Bailey wrote:
In article , Kath
writes
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit trees?

I have found, from bitter experience, that one of the most effective
ways is to string CDs around the trees so that the disks move in the
wind. The flickering from the surfaces is a very good deterrent.

Birds must be brighter than deer, or do you use Val Doonigan and Barry Manilow
Cds instead of AOL free offers?
--

Martin

Venison with apple stuffing, sounds good to me.
David Hill

On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:20:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill wrote:

On 20 Aug, 12:43, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:14 +0100, Roy Bailey wrote:
In article , Kath
writes
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit trees?

I have found, from bitter experience, that one of the most effective
ways is to string CDs around the trees so that the disks move in the
wind. The flickering from the surfaces is a very good deterrent.

Birds must be brighter than deer, or do you use Val Doonigan and Barry Manilow
Cds instead of AOL free offers?
--

Martin

Venison with apple stuffing, sounds good to me.
David Hill


Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?

Kath

'The Stories of George the Hamster'
Translated by Lee H and Kathleen Smith
ISBN - 978-0-9546989-3-5
Available from www.arlev.clara.net/george.htm
and from both on line and High Street Bookshops

"Kath" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:20:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On 20 Aug, 12:43, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:14 +0100, Roy Bailey
wrote:
In article , Kath
writes
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit
trees?

I have found, from bitter experience, that one of the most effective
ways is to string CDs around the trees so that the disks move in the
wind. The flickering from the surfaces is a very good deterrent.

Birds must be brighter than deer, or do you use Val Doonigan and Barry
Manilow
Cds instead of AOL free offers?
--

Martin

Venison with apple stuffing, sounds good to me.
David Hill


Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?

Sounds like it might be dear!

mark

Kath wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:20:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill wrote:

On 20 Aug, 12:43, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:14 +0100, Roy Bailey wrote:
In article , Kath
writes
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit trees?
I have found, from bitter experience, that one of the most effective
ways is to string CDs around the trees so that the disks move in the
wind. The flickering from the surfaces is a very good deterrent.
Birds must be brighter than deer, or do you use Val Doonigan and Barry Manilow
Cds instead of AOL free offers?
--

Martin
Venison with apple stuffing, sounds good to me.
David Hill


Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?


Actually plain old electric fencing works pretty well, and is portable
which is nice as the deer usually get shy after giving birth in June.

Another option is high standards, and there's a sort of close fitting
metal fence that fits around the trunk like

http://www.treeboss.net/images/trunk-protection.jpg

We don't get much damage from deer in the orchard, although they love to
eat the roses and young maple shoots. Boar on the other hand seem to
have mastered shaking the trees to get at the fruit, and even knocked
down some old cider apples...

-E

Contact a company called "Grazers" who sell a substance to spray on the affected plants. Worked a treat in the Chilterns on roses which were being decimeted by deer.

On 20/08/2009 19:00, Kath wrote:
Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?

Would they be able to hold the swords in their little hooves?

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Danny Colyer wrote:

On 20/08/2009 19:00, Kath wrote:
Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?

Would they be able to hold the swords in their little hooves?

The grown up chaps come with their own swords. :-)
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"Kath" wrote in message
Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?

Kath

It has to be very high, 11 vertical wires minimum IIRC so it would be
expensive unless the area your fruit trees are in isn't very big.
Have you thought about an electric fence? It would be cheaper but check
with the manufacturers whether it works for deer. It might not, they could
just sail over it I suppose, but if they touch it once to see what it is
they are unlikely to go near it again.
Just an idea.

Tina

"Emery Davis" wrote in message
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Kath wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:20:52 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On 20 Aug, 12:43, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:15:14 +0100, Roy Bailey
wrote:
In article , Kath
writes
What is the best way of preventing deer from eating or damaging fruit
trees?
I have found, from bitter experience, that one of the most effective
ways is to string CDs around the trees so that the disks move in the
wind. The flickering from the surfaces is a very good deterrent.
Birds must be brighter than deer, or do you use Val Doonigan and Barry
Manilow
Cds instead of AOL free offers?
--

Martin
Venison with apple stuffing, sounds good to me.
David Hill


Thank you for your ideas. Is deer fencing too pricey to contemplate?


Actually plain old electric fencing works pretty well, and is portable
which is nice as the deer usually get shy after giving birth in June.

Another option is high standards, and there's a sort of close fitting
metal fence that fits around the trunk like

http://www.treeboss.net/images/trunk-protection.jpg

We don't get much damage from deer in the orchard, although they love to
eat the roses and young maple shoots. Boar on the other hand seem to have
mastered shaking the trees to get at the fruit, and even knocked down some
old cider apples...


Blimey - you do get some exciting wildlife where you live! No deer or
boar in my orchard (Leics)
Can't say I'm sorry..

Tina