Comments on: Deer – My 2nd Worst Enemy

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:45:29 +0000

Also living with deer in Alberta and my best solution is my trusty paintball gun. Just blast them a couple of times and you have weeks of peace. They avoid my acrage and go straight for my neighbors yards…

By: Susann

Susann — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:59:49 +0000

Thank you all and you for this great website.
i wish you a great summer

By: Erin Wall

Erin Wall — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:16:04 +0000

I’ve read somewhere that human male urine is effective too. Send husband out to pee on a post!

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:27:47 +0000

I had heard about this one, but never tried it…

By: Jen the Mom

Jen the Mom — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:56:08 +0000

Friends of mine in WA say that they buy coyote urine from nurseries and spread it around their garden to keep the deer away. Do you know about this?

By: blair blacker

blair blacker — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:17:56 +0000

Gardeners in the Northwest are using SmartGrow Plugs and Strips to deter deer. The plugs and stripes are made of 100% human hair and the trick is to hang them near the area you want protected and then move them every 2-3 weeks to preclude the deer from “learning” the location of the scent. By the way, in University testing human hair has been proven to be 60%-70% effective in protecting plants from deer predation. However, in a starvation situation, nothing will keep a deer away other than a tall fence.

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:17:14 +0000

Another type of fence solutuion that works, if you have the space, is a plastic snow fence. Instead of standing the fence up though you lay it on the grass all around the outside of you garden space. The deer do not like to walk on the fence (probably the sound and it may hook on thier feet) and they will stay out. The benefit is that when it comes time to till your garden in the fall you just roll up the fence and drive the tractor right on in.

By: grdnstff

grdnstff — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:15:47 +0000

this has worked best for me over the past 8 years or so .. about 90% effective where i live, in the gardens i maintain ..

in a blender: 1 egg yolk, 1T baking powder, 1 litre of water .. blend .. i use the pulse 9-11 times .. put into a spray bottle .. spray plants .. sometimes, when the deer are particularly hungry, i add a couple of ‘dashes’ of tobasco .. you need to spray, on average, every couple or three weeks .. in aggressive deer times, i spray every week .. it doesn’t matter if it rains before or after you spray .. good luck ..

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:13:55 +0000

My dad has a huge problem with this public enemy! He has fences/buzzers and they still come back – nightly! I’m wondering how the human hair would work…..hmmmm! I really enjoy your blog! Thanks for sharing! Perhaps next year I will check out some u-picks and provide a post….too busy with baby # 2

Keep on blogging!