orange snow fence set back from the truck far enough that they can't reach the branches. Irish Spring soap has some repellent factors as well. You can also go to the garden center and buy deer repellent, not sure how effective it is though.
Deer prevention. Any simple ideas?
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Deer Stopper works well for about 30 days. Smells pretty good compared to Liquid Fence
That child is probably damaged for life. Bad grandpa!!!
Do you live in a rural area, or in a populated area?
Can't believe they won't pick up a dead deer, and then tell you how to dispose of it! Crazy!
I'd say what happens in my backyard, stays in my backyard.
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piss around it.
I have a permanent dead spot in the grass from the dogs I'm not about to piss on the tree lol.
I'm trying to preserve my privacy because I agree what I do in my yard stays in my yard and no one can see unless they are very brave. I do have this useless plot of lawn out by the road though where these trees are planted.
I'm trying to preserve my privacy because I agree what I do in my yard stays in my yard and no one can see unless they are very brave. I do have this useless plot of lawn out by the road though where these trees are planted.
I repeat: Bad grandpa!!!
What's grandma have to say about these gross adventures?
I like the Danish grandpa (or dads) in this thread:
http://www.arboristsite.com/communi...n-that-took-its-children-deer-hunting.310114/
Obviously, you are like them.
If the world depended on me to butcher animals for it's survival, humans would go extinct.
I eat meat every day and I am ok with that but that being said I won't kill anything unless I plan to use it. I don't cut green trees unless I have to and I don't kill animals, besides rodents, that I won't use. I don't plan on letting my son kill anything until he's old enough to understand what's going on. I'm not some crazy liberal I just have respect for the circle of life and not being selfish.
Good philosophy.
I just have way too much empathy and can't bare the thought of anything suffering. I even feel guilty after killing a bug, for crying out loud!
If I thought about it for too long, I'd probably starve to death.
I hate killing stuff but if I get a deer during season, that's a bunch of food to feed the family. I'm surrounded by farms and personally I think dairy farms are awful the cows can't move. But kill an animal that was free and didn't suffer and was used to survive allows me to be ok with it.
Jim Timber
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I'm a bit more interactive than you guys. 
I actively enforce my vermin policies to help mold the population towards what I think would be better for me.
While I really hate the thought of harming anyone's pet, I'm not going to allow them to free-range and harass my fawning deer. If you loved them, you'd protect them and keep them from doing bad things in hostile environments. Plus, we have a major feral dog problem from people who bring them out to the country to let them loose instead of paying the $35 to surrender them at the shelter. Those dogs pack up and run hell on the native critters, and I won't stand for it. They've also charged me once while I was snowshoeing deep inside my 80. I made the noob land owner mistake of a warning shot - could've been down one vermin with that bullet instead, but I didn't fully understand the scope of the issue in 2012. Our Conservation Officer calls any canine which isn't a wolf a "nice coyote", that's his code for "feral dog, you should shoot it if the opportunity presents itself". Even so, we've had a big sow bear in the neighborhood the last couple years, and she's been dealing with the dogs nicely.
I'm not a big fan of killing deer (I think they're neat creatures and our population is a bit lower than I'd desire), but I've come to love the taste and my kid isn't ready to start doing the wet work for me yet. Just because you're an alpha predator, doesn't mean you have to like it.
I actively enforce my vermin policies to help mold the population towards what I think would be better for me.While I really hate the thought of harming anyone's pet, I'm not going to allow them to free-range and harass my fawning deer. If you loved them, you'd protect them and keep them from doing bad things in hostile environments. Plus, we have a major feral dog problem from people who bring them out to the country to let them loose instead of paying the $35 to surrender them at the shelter. Those dogs pack up and run hell on the native critters, and I won't stand for it. They've also charged me once while I was snowshoeing deep inside my 80. I made the noob land owner mistake of a warning shot - could've been down one vermin with that bullet instead, but I didn't fully understand the scope of the issue in 2012. Our Conservation Officer calls any canine which isn't a wolf a "nice coyote", that's his code for "feral dog, you should shoot it if the opportunity presents itself". Even so, we've had a big sow bear in the neighborhood the last couple years, and she's been dealing with the dogs nicely.
I'm not a big fan of killing deer (I think they're neat creatures and our population is a bit lower than I'd desire), but I've come to love the taste and my kid isn't ready to start doing the wet work for me yet. Just because you're an alpha predator, doesn't mean you have to like it.
In the case of an animal attacking or charging me I'm putting it down. I was saying in the situation of my deer issue I'm not shooting it for eating lol. I have a fence around the garden to keep the rabbits out. I welcome the deer to stay around but they always leave right before hunting season. Lol
Piss in a bucket. Sprinkle the urine around the base of the tree. Just a little. Tht is the only thing that worked for me. Also can use tree tubes.
Might backfire during the fall, we use this method to refresh buck scrapes. The bucks aren't scared by it and will come right in looking to defend their territory, paw up the ground and start making rubs in the area.
Me and my kid pee where ever we want outside and there's plenty of deer tracks around. I don't think they care lol.
Jim Timber
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Coyote piss might work this time of year if you're dealing with does with fawns.
People piss - my deer couldn't care less about my being there, much less taking a wiz on a tree.
People piss - my deer couldn't care less about my being there, much less taking a wiz on a tree.
