Deer

[MoKelly]

Our Jack Russell chases deer all the time, as if she had a chance of catching them. The problem is she's in at night when the deer are at work. She also chases squirrels and crows.

Our dog does exactly the same (a Jack Russell mix). Sometimes I wonder what he would do if he really did catch up to the deer. On second thought, not really as he would be in trouble!

MoKelly

 

[Ed of all trades]

Run an electric fence at about two feet off the ground, rub the fence with strong smelling syrip. Sit back and watch the fun deer noses are tender. It works I have seen 20 deer on one side of a fence like that and our garden on the other with no damage. :thumbsup:

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

It is a given in this part of the country a bear is as unwelcome as a skunk...........

And a bruin with an ear tag is one big target.........
(ear tag = transplanted bear, already a problem bear somewhere else)

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I was up North of Baltimore last year helping to restore the power and couldn't believe the amount of deer that I saw in the subdivisions we were working in, they were everywhere I just thought we had a lot of deer down here in the South.

 

[countryboycansurvive]

I haven't tried it, but a local nursery owner swears by it. She go the idea from the Indiana DNR. Coat an aluminum pan with peanut butter and hang in from a pole in your garden. Deer bite it and they don't like the texture of the aluminum pan and learn there is no food nearby. Supposedly she doesn't have much of a deer issue anymore. You can also put milorganite around your garden. I have used this and it helps tremendously but it does smell pretty bad. Milorganite I've also heard of using blood meal around the garden to repel critters. Supposedly it works well, but smells awful. As others have also stated, electric fence will keep coons out. One wire about 4 inches off the ground, and another about 12 inches above the first.

I use a similar system. I run a single hot wire and hang aluminum pans smeared with peanut butter from the hot wire. I've been hunting for years and love to watch deer, but when you have a quarter acre of sweet corn wiped out in a few nights it's a little much.

 

[countryboycansurvive]

Our dog does exactly the same (a Jack Russell mix). Sometimes I wonder what he would do if he really did catch up to the deer. On second thought, not really as he would be in trouble!

MoKelly

I have 2 beagles who used to chase deer. One day there was a doe in the yard with two young fawns. One of the dogs ran toward the doe baying, the doe ran straight at the dog and flailed it with her front hooves. They don't chase deer anymore.

 

[phoenix49]

Man, I'd be willing to give up a few veggies to see a deer these days. Haven't seen one on our property for 8-10 months now. They used to be around all the time but the population has declined drastically in my area for some reason.

 

[k0ua]

Man, I'd be willing to give up a few veggies to see a deer these days. Haven't seen one on our property for 8-10 months now. They used to be around all the time but the population has declined drastically in my area for some reason.

I will ship you a car load up your way if you will ship us some cool weather and some rain

James K0UA

 

[toppop52]

Mark, I don't know in what part of Maryland you live, but here on the shore we have so many deer that it's not unusual to have to stop in broad daylight to wait for 15-20 to cross the road in front of you. I live near the airport outside Salisbury and we have have a half dozen regular does, and many passing visitors. They are pretty to look at but the ticks, the garden damage, the crap in the driveway, etc... is a pain. We have at least one a month killed on the road within a mile of here.
The over population is causing a drastic increase in predator population, we have coyotes multiplying like rats, though right in my area not bad yet, there are 20+ cougar sightings a year now vs 1 every 2-3 years 25 years ago. The overpopulation of deer is a major problem!

 

[phoenix49]

I will ship you a car load up your way if you will ship us some cool weather and some rain

James K0UA

I would if I had any, we've had less than a half inch of rain here all month (they ahve done better in the extreme southern part of the state). Had to water the garden twice and I hated to do it. Now black flies and deer flies I can send ya.