----- Original Message -----
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 -----
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 .......
wrote:
Just wondering if fish emulsions like Neptunes Harvest keep deer away.
skip s zone 5
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