Re: deer

**C* U* <c*@sbcglobal.net>**

In case it hasn't made the news in your area, Chicago police shot and  
killed a cougar in the heart of the city this week. Weighed 150  
pounds. There's now a lot of questioning going on about whether it  
had to be shot. The police don't walk around with tranquilizer guns  
so they say they had to shoot. There may be a second one in the  
northern suburbs, but nobody knows.
Carolyn Ulrich
On Apr 18, 2008, at 8:47 PM, Renee Beaulieu wrote:

>>
>> 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.
>
>>
>> --
>> Renée Beaulieu
>> 2882 Erie Avenue
>> Cincinnati, OH 45208
>> renee.beaulieu@gmail.com
>>
>> V 513-322-0384
>> Mobile 513-702-9242
>> F 866-218-1294
>>
>>
>> ---------- 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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