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So, the Admiral has been taking care of her plants and the one on the shephards hook has been dying. This morning on the camera's I caught the culprits. Ate here entire plants that she works hard on maintaining.

Anyone had the same issue and what did you use as a deterrent? Fox Piss? Motion Activated Sprinkler? any suggestions would be appreciated.

 
.300 or maybe a .9mm
 
Farny said:
.300 or maybe a .9mm
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Unfortunately not around here. Could drop it with the crossbow, but only during hunting season, but not sure I can do that in this city.
 
Don't go shooting a gun in Royal Oak Mi, Lapeer maybe. This is what I do for my wife's flowers the deer like getting into. Its just a deterrent, but piss on or around the flowers. Been doing it for years not kidding. Its easy on the weekends to complete the task, beer and all. The weekdays ill go out at night and pee around the flowers, may skip a night from time to time. It does slow down the devastation. Never said i was the classiest guy in town ?
 
Assuming it doesn’t kill the plants, I wonder if a puppy don’t bite sour spray would work?
 
My barber swears that hair clippings will keep the deer away.
 
I’ve seen people make cages out of hardware cloth or chicken wire.

Cool video
 
Well told the oldest kid about peeing around the area, she laughed and said she will do it. She just peed in a cup and went out and spread it around. Kid fun...
 
We've had the same issue with the deer around the lake house eating all the wife's plants. Supposedly, very strong smells and very strange unfamiliar smells help, but if/when they get used to it, they're back to eating your stuff. We put mothballs all around the base of the trees in the Hosta's, and they stayed away for at least a week. It's been 2 weeks since we've been back up, so I'll find out tomorrow if they've gotten used to the mothballs.

They do make a spray, but I have no idea how effective it is. I have also heard about the human pee thing. I used to use coyote pee to keep rabbits out of my mom's flower beds, and at the time, that crap was crazy expensive. Get the dog to piss around the area too.

REALLY hoping someone takes them out this season, as they're becoming a nuisance in the area, but all the wimminfolk just coo and "don't hurt the poor things", except for one sensible lady. If it weren't so dangerous, she'd be up for setting up punji pits in the area to get rid of the bastards! LOL
 
I have used bottled coyote piss, don't ask me how they got it in the bottle. You can get a dog and walk it around your perimeter. However dog piss can kill grass. I have seen the yellow patches in Spring time. There is no better feeling than relieving yourself out in your own yard, well there is but...So get out there and mark your boundary. You could make a sacrifice of Hosta to the hoards of deer. It's like candy for them. But plant them in your neighbors yard, lol, away from your stuff. You want to interupt their routine. A motion activated light and dog bark will scare them off for a while, but they will eventually realize there is no dog around. A pellet gun aimed at the backside worked on the neighbors dog taking a dump on our lawn first thing in the morning when I was a kid. Good Luck! Get out there and mark your territory. ;)

Edit: I can't get the wife to go pee out in the yard, she uses this... Bonide 32 oz. Repels-All Animal Repellent Ready-To-Use 238
 
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Your local hardware store should have either a liquid or pelletized form of deer away product. Or you’ll have to build some sort of cage around the stuff you don’t want eaten.
 
We feel your pain. Repels-All spray from Lowes does a pretty good job. If you use it early in the spring when the deer are establishing their grazing patterns, it seems like you don't have to reapply as often. If you start too late in the season, you have to put it back on after every rain.

 
drewkaree said:
We've had the same issue with the deer around the lake house eating all the wife's plants. Supposedly, very strong smells and very strange unfamiliar smells help, but if/when they get used to it, they're back to eating your stuff. We put mothballs all around the base of the trees in the Hosta's, and they stayed away for at least a week. It's been 2 weeks since we've been back up, so I'll find out tomorrow if they've gotten used to the mothballs.

They do make a spray, but I have no idea how effective it is. I have also heard about the human pee thing. I used to use coyote pee to keep rabbits out of my mom's flower beds, and at the time, that crap was crazy expensive. Get the dog to piss around the area too.

REALLY hoping someone takes them out this season, as they're becoming a nuisance in the area, but all the wimminfolk just coo and "don't hurt the poor things", except for one sensible lady. If it weren't so dangerous, she'd be up for setting up punji pits in the area to get rid of the bastards! LOL
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Have the same cooing issue round here with the coyotes..they eat their cats and small dogs but they don’t want the coyotes shot… crazy. Saw a rather large mountain lion the other night on the way home… hope it eats the neighbors yappy dog.. heard a dog howling around 0330 this morning..
 
Coult45 said:
We feel your pain. Repels-All spray from Lowes does a pretty good job. If you use it early in the spring when the deer are establishing their grazing patterns, it seems like you don't have to reapply as often. If you start too late in the season, you have to put it back on after every rain.

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Look at them, standing in/eating the Hosta's.
 
I had the same problem with my garden a few years back, and I found this product called Liquid Fence. It really works. It kinda smell like sh** when you first spray it, but that goes away quickly.

Liquid Fence Animal Repellent for Lawn and Garden

Protect your lawn and garden from deer, rabbits and other animals with Liquid Fence animal repellents.
www.liquidfence.com www.liquidfence.com

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Spray bottle
3/4 filled with water
5 or 6 cloves of crushed fresh garlic
One small bottle of peppermint oil (the candy making kind)

Shake well, leave out in the sun for a day or two. Spray directly on the plants after each rain.
 
CigarJeff68 said:
I had the same problem with my garden a few years back, and I found this product called Liquid Fence. It really works. It kinda smell like sh** when you first spray it, but that goes away quickly.

Liquid Fence Animal Repellent for Lawn and Garden

Protect your lawn and garden from deer, rabbits and other animals with Liquid Fence animal repellents.
www.liquidfence.com www.liquidfence.com

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^^^^ THIS^^^^
Been using it for years. Works like magic. Stinks like total ass till it dries but damn does it work.
 
HangOutdoors said:
So, the Admiral has been taking care of her plants and the one on the shephards hook has been dying. This morning on the camera's I caught the culprits. Ate here entire plants that she works hard on maintaining.

Anyone had the same issue and what did you use as a deterrent? Fox Piss? Motion Activated Sprinkler? any suggestions would be appreciated.

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We have tons of deer..... we use motion activated sprinklers and they work great....except that we had to tell our guests to not use the "Front" front door (we have 2 front doors) otherwise they would get sprinkled too (we put up a warning sign).

We've tried every repellent out there....none worked. But the dogs liked the REALLY stinky fox urine....licked it off the leaves that they could....then come in with the WORST BAD BREATH EVER!!!! LOL
 
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