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[Hélène Dessureault <interverbis@videotron.ca>]

Hi everyone,

I tried a simple radio tuned to a heavy rock station and it works well to 
control deers and bears too... I tried it. Remember that wild animals have a 
better hearing than we do (about 5 times apparently) so there is no need to 
keep the neighbourhood awake all night in order to discourage wild life from 
eating apple trees. I live in a very quiet area, so a light sound which is 
not audible past 100 feet (to my ears) has proven quite sufficient. They 
tend to stay away.

I also use a movement detector which turns on a radio and a light when there 
is a movement and it works too, except when the population is large which 
was the case three years ago. I find that deers are startled at first but 
soon discover that there are no consequences, and they learn quickly the 
limit of the detection range and eat everything beyond... However, in the 
last two years, the population of deers has decreased following two 
difficult winters and in this case the movement detector seemed to work 
fine...

This year, we also have a new dog, and I get the impression that the deers 
problem is suddenly a non issue...

Hélène, zone 3-4, north of Ottawa


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] [Bulk] Protecting Apples


> Solar lights allow deer and other pests to see your plants and trees
> better at night.  I tried them.  Where do you buy noose traps?
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: ehills7408@wowway.com
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] [Bulk]  Protecting Apples
> Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 21:40:45 -0400
>
> > Wow,
> >
> > We come off as a pretty mercenary group.  No one mentioned the noose
> > traps,
> > I'm shocked.
> >
> > She's a girl living with her parents in California.  She'll end up in
> > therapy for life, or wanted.
> >
> > There are motion detecting sprinklers that could deter squirrels
> > (with a few
> > well placed solar lights you could protect at night.  It would mean
> > leaving
> > a hose on (but not spraying).  Night Guard solar thingies have helped
> > for me
> > significantly with major damage and loss of fruit.
> >
> > They make these tape things that scare birds by flashing and making
> > an
> > irritating sound (I have not tried them, only seen them in catalogs)
> >
> > A jack Russell is pretty effective (and cute)
> >
> >
> > Scott Hills
> > Zone 6b Michigan
> >
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