Re: Deer!! Help Needed!
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- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 10:02:10 -0500
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Thanx for the info. Would wrapping these plants in burlap in autumn help
deter the deer?
Rene.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pollinator@aol.com <Pollinator@aol.com>
To: veggie-list@eskimo.com <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 8:50 AM
Subject: Fwd: Deer!! Help Needed!
>
> If the deer are as hungry as you say, and once they have already
learned
>you provide a smorgasboard, probably none of the following will work, only
>high velocity lead poisoning, or a high fence will work (and we had a seven
>foot electric fence around one young orchard that the deer cleared with
ease).
>Dogs will sometimes work, but it depends on the disposition and
intelligence
>of the dog.
>
> Here's some:
>
> Human hair tied in bunches on the limbs.
> Bars of soap - the hotel size ones.
> Preditor animal urine, even human. Lion waste from the zoo has been
used.
> Tobasco sauce, sprayed twice a week (more often, if it rains a lot).
There
>are commercial sprays based on "picante," but they are a lot more expensive
>than what you can make yourself with your own heat.
>
>
>Dave Green Hemingway, SC USA
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>
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>http://users.aol.com/SweetnessL/sweetlit.htm
>
