Re: deer

**"* B* <r*@gmail.com>**

>
> The main active ingredient in Deer Scram is dried blood, with some egg
> solids and garlic. The idea is that the scent of blood instills fear in
> deer. A local fencing contractor swears by it, says it the only thing that
> worked in his garden. He has since started selling it at his fencing
> company. We have used it for clients (there is a serious deer problem in
> this area, especially in the inner ring of suburbs where there's just enough
> park and forest to keep the population going and just about zero hunting).
> We've found Deer Scram does seem to work, but needs to be reapplied monthly.
> BTW, Rabbit Scram is the same ingredient list, but with twice as much dried
> blood for the same price.

I think deer pressure is relative, though. We have one neighborhood (around
Mt. Airy Forest) where the deer have eaten *everything*, including lots of
plants they don't like, such as the invasive honeysuckle. They're starving,
so deterrents don't mean so much.

>
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> Renée Beaulieu
> 2882 Erie Avenue
> Cincinnati, OH 45208
> renee.beaulieu@gmail.com
>
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>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Suzanne Pierot" <suzanne@hvi.net>
> Subject: [GWL] deer
>  Have any of you heard of a product called Deer Scram which works on a
> different principle than all the liquids.  It is granular with no bad odor
> and used as a protective perimeter barrier . It is not supposed to wash off
> in normal rain.  I have a very large hosta garden and even with an electric
> fence (which shorts out if a branch falls on it), deer are a terrible
> problem.
> Suzanne Pierot
> suzanne@hvi.net
>
>
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