Stupid Deer!

[MED]

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.

[Mtn.man]

Deer B Gone must be an attractant!

Sure it wasn't C'mere Deer. LOL

[KestrelBike]

Shoot them with airsoft?

[henpecked]

Archery tags available for your area? Contact game and fish and see if they will compensate you for damages

[MED]

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.

[MED]

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]

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]

If archery tags are available you could have more than one hunter reduce your problem

[MED]

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.

[MED]

If archery tags are available you could have more than one hunter reduce your problem

I am going to look into it.