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Posted by gardenspuds z6b PA (My Page) on Sun, Jun 3, 07 at 14:41
| Has anyone tried either of these products that I've seen carried by www.gardeners.com?
1. Electronic Deer Trainers- a lure attracts deer to the "post" and gives the deer a light shock. The deer is supposed to remember that and not come into the yard.
2. Water de Fence- if a deer comes within range, this "sprinkler" is activated by motion sensor and sends a jet of water towards the deer to keep them away.
We soon will be moving to a wonderful house that has a lot of trees, but unfortunately has lots of deer (suburban area). Our lot isn't large, but I'd like to grow some veggies if at all possible. I don't mind planting deer resistant plants, but want a few veggies and a rose or two!
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RE: Deer Trainers/ Water Deer 'fence'
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| There is pretty much nothing that I HAVEN'T tried including those that you mentioned. No one thing has proven effective for me. Of course having a neighbor who feeds them doesn't help at all! I have used every spray by now but it seems that if they are hungry enough they will eat anything even the day it is sprayed! I have 7 1/2 foot deer fence (they can jump over it)and spent a small fortune on sprays and stuff. I also have the nature technologies gadgets (don't bother). Good luck and if you find something that works let me know! |
RE: Deer Trainers/ Water Deer 'fence'
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| I have had a different experience. I live in the woods and I have a neighbor that feeds the ever-multiplying deer too, but that device called Scarecrow did work for us. Its not the same name, but its motion activated and hooked up to a hose to shoot water and make a hissing noise. They really didn't like the noise, they jumped if someone activated it even if they were an acre away. Sometimes they would still get the hostas that were out of reach of it, but only super rarely. But they didn't go near it to get the daylilies all around it. My backyard (where the Scarecrow was) is fenced with a 4 foot chainlink (they can easily jump it) and now I don't use the scarcrow at all because I got a large dog. (Dogs give you their own problems, but the deer don't even come inside the chainlink at night when the dog is never out to get the hostas anymore.)
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RE: Deer Trainers/ Water Deer 'fence'
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| Deer will get used to anything eventually, except getting hit by cars. And they are definately not afraid of cars. They stand in the road and stare at us, like "double-dog dare ya!" |
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