Deer

[kerrupt]

Ive got allot of probles with deer, constantly daily i have deer around my grow area.. anyone out there have any good cheap ideas to get them to stop chomping my babies?? im not tryin to drive them outta my area just keep them from have my plants for snackes. i dont want to use cage because it will be quite noticable where i am planting. hit me back with some suggestions !!! cheers.

[lizardking84]

A .30-06 should do the trick, haha. But seriously if deer are a problem I'm gonna have issues this summer with my grow those fuckers are everywhere by my cabin.

[kerrupt]

hows about this for an idea i just thought of it while smokin a bowl of hash how about i plant something like alfalfa in a few patches near my plants do you think the deer would hit up those patches instead of my plants???

[lizardking84]

well I would skip planting anything, but if you want to attract them elsewhere get a salt lick or apples for them, that will keep them at bay.

[kerrupt]

Ahh thanks for the good idea! i never thought of that before. Im going to have to pick up a scouple saltlicks and spread them around my land.cheers

[kerrupt]

http://www.bluegrassgardens.com/deer...he-garden.html


that link takes you to a good site on controlling deer in your gardens..

[RedTag]

If those methods dont work then you can just buy some cougar shit....... yes it sounds wierd but it is sold at local farmers markets and some garden stores. The deer smell the shit and they run thinking there are predators near. they have good memory so after 2 weeks they will be gone for good.

[thedopest]

Before you buy anything i suggest surrond your plot with floss or fishing wire. It cant be seen by anyone passing by and dear cant get through it.

[WingNut19]

I don't think putting food in other areas is going to keep them away from your plants for long. Wherever there are deer, there are a lot of them and a couple apples or a salt lick won't feed all of them.


Found this stuff after searching for a couple minutes... never tried it, but its worth a shot. (im sure there are plenty of other products like it too)
http://www.havahart.com/store/produc...&pf_id=DF32RTU

[lizardking84]

Salt licks keep lots of deer busy, I use them in the winter on my hunting land up north...one thing I did not think of was moth balls, deer hate the smell and they will definitely stay away from anything with mothballs around it.

[THC101]

Soap shavings, animal hair (dogs), and human piss will keep them at a distance. If you don't want to risk driving them off, I don't think a saltlick will stop them. For some reason they just prefer my greens over the friendly bushes..bastards.

go with the soap shavings

[tekeen]

The BEST way is to use a combination of as many of the following ways as possible.

-Build a cage around each plant consisting of 4' high chicken wire and re-bar or other sturdy uprights. To keep rodents out, wrap plastic wrap around the lower 2' of the cages to prevent rodents from climbing the chicken wire.
-Scatter unbaited mousetraps around, upside-down. When stepped on the mousetraps snap and jump.
-Ask a barber shop for a days worth of floor sweepings. Make little bundles of hair with string and tie these, like X-mas ornaments, from the branches of the plants. You can also use bits of soap.
Use perimeter barriers such as:
-String bailing wire (real thin wire available at hardware stores) around the perimeter. Using existing tree's/brush or other sturdy uprights such as re-bar or drapery rods, string the bailing wire at 3 intervals--1', 2.5' and 4' high.
-Boards: hammer 3" nails all the way into 1" thick wooden planks. Place these boards around the perimeter with the points up. Do not cover these up as they could injure people and you'll get into LOTS of trouble if they do.
-Predator urine: you can buy this at large gardening outlets.
-Feed your dog meat the night/morning before visiting your grow site. Bring your dog and when there feed your dog half a bran muffin. Herbivores such as deer, rabbit's, etc. can tell the shit/urine came from a meat-eater.

Like I said, the KEY is to use as many of the above methods as possible. The bailing wire, boards with nails and unbaited mouse traps will annoy the fuck out of them. The shit/piss from meateaters will make the site unattractive to deer and other plant eaters.

Courtesy of RangerDanger

[lizardking84]

Originally Posted by THC101

Soap shavings, animal hair (dogs), and human piss will keep them at a distance. If you don't want to risk driving them off, I don't think a saltlick will stop them. For some reason they just prefer my greens over the friendly bushes..bastards.

go with the soap shavings

I'm guessing many of you have no real experience with deer. Human urine WILL NOT, I repeat, WILL NOT deter deer. The only part of a dog that will repel a deer is its bark, and soap shavings may work for a few deer here and there but certainly not an entire fucking forest full of them. If you want deer out of your area, you cannot stop them unless you build a perimeter that they cannot penetrate, using animal hair and mousetraps will scare them off once. If I shoot a .300 Winchester Short Mag at them and see them in the same spot the next day, soap surely isn't gonna keep them away.

[Cáñamo]

I know a trick how to keep the animals away from your plants.
Go and pee around your plant, (it sounds stupid but it works) not too close your plant, about 3-10 meters away. It helped me.

[brian17]

actually peeing around you plant is by far the dumbest idea ever. the salt in ur urine will atract the deer. its like a salt lick to them. and no only that you arent a predator so the deer wont even think twice abouut it, soap shavins work for a bit, not for ever, best to make a wall of thick branches that they wont even think about goin through. if the deer sees a wall of shit, it will rater go around it than through it. chickenwire works and also try not to leave anything up there in the open, weather its ur watering container or ferts, cover em up.... deers and bears are very curious.