Re: Deer Trouble - revisited

At 10:17 AM 11/1/97 -0500, Michael Cohill wrote:
>So, I was pontificating the other day about these two techniques used to
>keep deer out of gardens.  I mentioned how I put dog hair clippings around
>my garden and give my dog the run of the yard, etc.
>
>Then yesterday I see this big buck having lunch in my vegetable garden
>sampling my swiss chard, spinach and lettuce (the only vegies still growing
>in the garden.)  He looked up at me, then went back to grazing.  And, I'm
>thinking where's my dog!  
>
>The last time I laid dog hair, must have been the middle to end of August,
>two months or more.  Perhaps you need to to re-fresh your perimeter with
>clippings more often and two months is to long a period to wait.

You are right Michael, you do have to refresh hair scent. If there are not
enough poodles around in your area getting winter hair cuts, just go to the
local hair saloon or barber shop and offer to sweep the floor. Human hair
works just as good or better.

Marv and Michael, you might want to try one of those air cannons that
randomly shoot off and are used agriculturally to scare off birds as a
relatively cheap alternative to an expensive deer fence which may not work.
Personally my beagle never complains about his doghouse being close to the
garden.




Ciao, John
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