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The deer herds where I live are way too large, and of course no hunting allowed. Memorial weekend was set aside for tree planting; 30 Aspen Seedlings, 25 Cottonwood Seedlings, 8 8ft Aspen, and 1 Maple as a trial. I sprayed them all with Deer Be Gone. The deer ate most of the 8ft trees, they ate the seedlings inside the dog fence; dumb dog was sleeping on the job. They even ate the Maple, which is suppose to be resistant to deer. I have about 17 seedlings left that I soaked in repellent. I need to plant aspen trees in the areas I cleared of douglas fir for fire mitigation. This sucks; I wished that we could harvest a few of those damn things so we could thin the herd a little. I have a 25 head herd that roams my lot daily with about 8 or so yearlings.
Deer B Gone must be an attractant!
Sure it wasn't C'mere Deer. LOL
KestrelBike
05-26-2015, 10:23
Shoot them with airsoft?
henpecked
05-26-2015, 10:32
Archery tags available for your area? Contact game and fish and see if they will compensate you for damages
Shoot them with airsoft?
If I catch them, rubber buckshot. Although, it is not a deterrent from them coming back. It mostly just lets me vent my frustration.
Archery tags available for your area? Contact game and fish and see if they will compensate you for damages
I need to look into this. Although, the herd needs to be thinned a lot more; one isn't going to cut it.
KestrelBike
05-26-2015, 11:09
If I catch them, rubber buckshot. Although, it is not a deterrent from them coming back. It most just lets me vent my frustration.
Oh ok, makes a lot more sense than plastic pellets! Are deer phased by deer carcass/parts? Could you put somewhat fresh deer skulls or something at intervals on your property line?. Sorry for my animal ignorance...
henpecked
05-26-2015, 11:17
If archery tags are available you could have more than one hunter reduce your problem
Oh ok, makes a lot more sense than plastic pellets! Are deer phased by deer carcass/parts? Could you put somewhat fresh deer skulls or something at intervals on your property line?. Sorry for my animal ignorance...
Animal parts attract a different problem namely predators and scavengers; I remove predator kills from my property as soon as I find them. Deer are alerted by predators; pretty bold that they jumped the dogs fence with the smell of her urine everywhere; which means putting down the repellent with predator urine won't likely work either.
If archery tags are available you could have more than one hunter reduce your problem
I am going to look into it.
Are deer phased by deer carcass/parts? Could you put somewhat fresh deer skulls or something at intervals on your property line?. Sorry for my animal ignorance...
I don't think deer are phased by carcass/parts. A few years back one of the kids in our party bagged a doe, we hung it and skinned it. Went out hunting again the next day and came back to camp around mid day and there was a young buck standing in camp sniffing the hanging doe carcass. Yup, only had doe tags that year.
Rucker61
05-26-2015, 14:48
If archery tags are available you could have more than one hunter reduce your problem
[raises hand]
http://www.bobbex.com/bobbex-deer-repellent
My folks have used this product this year and it's the first year the deer haven't touched even the tastiest of their flowers and plants.
If archery is open, let me know, I have more than enough hunting friends to fix any deer problems you have and we are very good at what we do
Walker2970
05-26-2015, 17:54
Cottonwood trees MMMMMMMM white gold... HAVC guys love em too make lots of money cleaning coils cause of them trees
We call them yard rats. My wife planted flowers yesterday. By this morning they were gone.
She's normally a sweet, even keeled woman, but she's a homicidal maniac (cervidael maniac?) today. If she personally had the means, every deer in our neighborhood would now be dead.
Bailey Guns
05-26-2015, 20:17
You obviously haven't watched the "He's coming right for us!" episode of South Park.
We typically have 20 to 30 right in front of our house at any given time. They are literally thicker than fleas.
So just put trees and flowers leading right into the basement.... [emoji1]
I'm recalling some methods that my aunts and uncles used to keep the deer from eating out of their birdfeeders and their garden.
I seem to recall that hanging very strong-smelling soap and spinning CDs from trees would help keep them away. I also recall her going to the barbershop/hair salon and getting human hair, stuffing it in nylons and setting it in strategic places in the yard.
I honestly can't remember if it helped them, tough. Has anyone else heard of doing this? I imagine the frequent rains aren't helping things.
hunterhawk
05-26-2015, 23:39
I only archery hunt for big game, I will even give you half the venison! if the DOW lets you keep them usually for a kill tag like this they wont let you keep them at least not in michigan... might be different out here a lot of times you can at least donate the meat!
sorry for your circumstance... i lost my garden to the hail and the replanted and now rabbits are infiltrating!
I was really hoping for some dead deer in that video Irving!
Probably not on such a popular channel. Let me know if you are ever interested in raccoon though...
I shoot raccoons, but that's about all the more interested in get in them
Fishing line between the trees at waist level.
Deers cant see it. They run into it - they dont like it - they go other places.
might have to invest in those little round chicken wire cages to save the trees. Maybe paint ball gun might run 'em off, but you'd have to be on-guard 24-7
Fishing line between the trees at waist level.
Deers cant see it. They run into it - they dont like it - they go other places.
Probably work! A friend of mine in OK had a problem with herons eating the fish in his little backyard pond. He put up some poles and strung a grid of fishing line over the pond, blew their minds. Said it freaked 'em right out, problem solved!
Cottonwood trees MMMMMMMM white gold... HAVC guys love em too make lots of money cleaning coils cause of them trees
My HVAC system consists of two wood stoves and windows. I planted these mainly as fuel trees; they grow fast and once they hit 10-12" in diameter, I cut them and put aside for firewood. I got the altitude modified version from CSU/4-H.
I have an endless supply of loose jagged rock from 3" to 3ft. My son and I covered the ground around the trees in loose jagged rock. I drove in 4ft stakes on the big trees and wrapped them in twine so they would have to push through to get to the tree. I caged the small trees. If the deer go through all that and eat leaves covered in repellent, there isn't much else I can do.
I guess I could go with razor wire next...[Mad][Rant1][Rant2][Bang]
I really need to replant my fire mitigation zone with Aspen...I took out approximately 150 fir and pine trees the last two years. The cottonwood are in a drainage area fed by runoff going down to the lower lot.
Fishing line between the trees at waist level.
Deers cant see it. They run into it - they dont like it - they go other places.
This is a good idea. Another more expensive option is to use an electric fence wire.
might have to invest in those little round chicken wire cages to save the trees. Maybe paint ball gun might run 'em off, but you'd have to be on-guard 24-7
That's what we used to protect newly planted trees and shrubs. We get deer in the yard but rabbits are the biggest problem. I've made about 50 chicken wire surrounds, 18" & 24" high. Works pretty well.
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