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  • From: Hélène Dessureault <interverbis@videotron.ca>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Fw: deer
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:50:10 -0400


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hélène Dessureault" <interverbis@videotron.ca>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] deer


> Hi Ginda,
> I did get the "Deerchaser" designed by Lee currently on this list.
>
> I started the season with the usual nibbling of the tops of little trees.
> Any nibbling, slight or occasional, are no good for apple trees. It makes
> the trees grow bushy. The deers seem to go for the most precious unique
> grafted branches. In the past, I tried wild varieties mixed in. I though
it
> might help pollenization while providing nibbling material for the deers.
I
> swear they ignore the wild varieties and eat mainly my precious grafted
> little trees. It's very discouraging to do all this work, to have it
> destroyed.
> I was checking thing out this morning and since I have installed the
> Deerchaser, there is no sign of damages. Previous damages are healing, and
> there is new growth.
> Basically, Deerchaser is a light and a radio triggered by a motion
detector.
> You can set it for short period of radio time, minimum seven seconds I
> believe, which is enough to have your deer fly out of the picture to never
> come back. The surprise effect is total and probably the greatest asset of
> this device, the LED light helps too, I am sure. When you have a radio
> always on, they stay away, and when there is no radio they come back. But
if
> a light and a radio are triggered on unexpectedly, closeby, it must be a
> startling experience. I though first that the range of the motion
detector
> was not long enough (25 ft) for my situation as it does not cover the
whole
> orchard of little trees, but the deers don't know this and they are now
> avoiding the entire area.
>
> So far so good.
>
> I had realized that the radio was very effective last year, but I had to
go
> turn it on every night and off every morning, and after a few days of no
> radio, the deers were back.
>
> I won't give you more details about the Deerchaser and will let the
designer
> discuss it further, if he wishes to do so.
>
> Hélène, zone 3-4
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ginda Fisher" <list@ginda.us>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] deer
>
>
> > The general consensus seems to be that if you have one or two well-fed
> deer
> > who occassionally amble by, lots of repellants work. But if you have
> > hungry deer who hang out near you, nothing but a tall and/or electric
> > fence, or a live dog, will do it.
> > ___
> > Ginda
> >
> > ...... Original Message .......
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:49:22 -0400 "jerry sietsema" <disk@iserv.net>
> wrote:
> > >Just wondering if fish emulsions like Neptunes Harvest keep deer away.
> > skip s zone 5
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