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Williamsburg,KY

Caught two deer coming out of the garden this morning. A few years ago, a deer took a chomp out of my pumpkin but didnt really bother it again. What could I use to repel the deer from my garden, besides an electric fence?

6/27/2008 8:51:33 AM

Clarence, NY

Tie stinky dryer sheets around your surrounding fence. This worked well last year. I tried a motion sensing ultrasonic guard and found the deer got used to it. Dry sheets were cheap, stood up to rain rather well and lasted a couple weeks before needing to be changed. Put a lawn chair or something like that over your main vine tips & pumpkins. The deer are going after the water inside the pumpkin and tender vine tips. I lost some excellent candidates last year to deer. Good luck!

6/27/2008 9:00:59 AM

Covington,Va

Put a dog out at the patch that keeps the deer away. I also belive wolf urine will.

6/27/2008 9:17:39 AM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Small bars of soap, like you get at a hotel work well. Leave the wrapper on so it doesn't dissolve too fast in the rain. Hang them from stakes set around your patch. You can also use a regular bar of soap and chop it up in little pieces and scatter it around. The perfume smell is not natural and deer seem to associate it with humans and stay away.

6/27/2008 9:21:37 AM

Western NY

Use fish/seaweed as a foliar spray. I have deer walking through the patch all the time, and i'm more worried about them accidentally stepping on a vine.

6/27/2008 9:43:47 AM

Williamsburg,KY

I will try the soap and plan on foliar today with compost tea and Neptunes mixed in..havent seen any damage except for my sweet taters, they love them. Im heading to Walmart today and will get me some stinky soap, all I have is left over bars of Dove soap, not too much smell. Thanks

6/27/2008 9:54:50 AM

Waquoit Mass

bow and arrow yummmmm

6/27/2008 1:48:49 PM

Reed Point Montana

Big dave has a good point, try putting them in your freezer

6/27/2008 4:32:30 PM

Ohio

Try a small radio, once my pumpkins are set thats when the radio goes into the patch,I tune it to a 24 hr talk or news station and turn the volume at a real low setting, you will be surprised how well you can hear it at night verses during the day. I changed batteries every couple weeks.

6/27/2008 5:11:35 PM

Minnesota([email protected])

Great idea Brooks. What do you do to protect the radio from rain?

6/27/2008 5:52:57 PM

My deer have proven to be allergic to lead when all else fails.

Brooks your fruit must really be bored, that just ain't right making innocent pumpkins listen to non-stop talk radio.

6/27/2008 6:03:57 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

Dave and Dan make a good point. Last hunting season my son and I popped off 4 on our 12 acres (Jacob got 3 of them). The soap will work for now, then come hunting season buy as many tags as your DNR will allow and do a little population control.

6/27/2008 8:30:39 PM