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Garden Gate:  Anybody Want a Deer or Two?  |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
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 Posted - Oct 14 2009 : 10:44:52 PM
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Oh good grief.....the deer are creating havoc with my fruit trees...this morning's latest damage is several branches broken off and the bark rubbed off. uuggh!
Last week they broke the stakes supporting another of my trees and prior to that they have eaten the branches down...I have even wrapped deer gard wire around the trees to keep the deer away...HA!
The little buggers are determinded to dessamate my little orchard...
But at least with this rain they haven't been out in the orchard.
Where is Elmor Fud when ya need him! lol!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Oct 14 2009 : 11:43:05 PM
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Thanks Grace,
but I have enough of my own . they ate my kiwi plants , apples,bushes,roses
They cant get in the fenced garden though.they just walk through our yard like they own it. lol
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gr8tfulmom
True Blue Farmgirl
143 Posts
Sarah
South Haven
MI
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Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 03:13:20 AM
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No, we have a bunch here too, lol. Though since we have moved back home to farm land we really haven't (knock wood) had any problems with them. When we were in the suburbs they were a nightmare - city deer are a different breed! We used Liquid Fence then and it worked like a charm. Good luck
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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rhondacate
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Rhonda
Janesville
CA
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - Oct 15 2009 : 08:18:24 AM
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Originally posted by Alee
You could try buying a couple bales of hay and putting those in a "safe" part of your lawn with a salt block (In a orse grain dish so it doesn't kill the ground) to give them something to eat other than your poor orchard! But I don't know if you want to encourage them?
Don't encourage them to stick around! Part of the issue here in California is that migrant deer populations have become resident deer populations, which is not healthy for them or good for those of us trying to make a living off the land. Plus, feeding them is not legal in some states.
If you can't fence them out, try a product called Liquid Fence. It is a spray that smells horrible at first, but fades away for us, but not for the deer. I have good luck with it if I remember to reapply more often than the packaging suggests. (and we have about 40 deer that live on our property)
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 1:49:23 PM
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Hmmm...any with antlers? Sorry, no advice here. They ate up my new orchard last year and I gave up. This year we're feeding them old hay and apple mush left from pressing for cider. And harvesting one or two if we get lucky this weekend.
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 1:52:35 PM
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And we are out in the country, so I completely agree about not encouraging them if you are too urban. We've been watching a healthy doe and her twins for months and enjoying it. It's all a trade off. I think next time I plan an orchard, I'm going to have to start it in a deer-fenced area. It is just part of the joy of living where we do. :)
We make a difference. |
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 4:37:59 PM
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We call them cloven-hooved rat bast@&*s! around here. I say the veggies get into the freezer one way or another...so thanks for offering to share, Grace, but you can keep 'em! LOL
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 6:23:08 PM
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Deer, BAD BAD BAD, my Mom in Missouri had lots of problems with them til last year. I so an artical about taking old CDs and DVDs, gluing the label sides together, so the prizim sides are out. Hanging them from the trees , fences or what ever, and the deer won't go near them, its worked for 2 yrs now. Good luck!!!
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 6:24:56 PM
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Kelly, fight the open season on the wolves, cause when they are all gone due to the ridiculous slaughter, the deer, elk etc will get alot worse.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17470 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17470 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 12:39:31 AM
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hahah! ok, so I am thinking I might have to check into "Liquid fence",,, I had to wrap yet another apple tree that the deer got to...Oh and I have a 6' wire fence around my garden,,,,I forgot to latch the gate the other day and it must have blown open from the winds, anyhow, yet, had a bunch of little hoove prints in there and they polished off my broccoli and sunflowers.....so today was clean out the garden day.
We have both White tale & Mule deer around us.
Oh & i did the CD/DVD's,,,hung them up off the trees...as well as bought 6 of those silly scarecrows (from Joanns fabric & craft store)...the deer just laugh & continue to graze....
Oh sigh...I guess I can only hope my fruit trees survive and grow fat & strong.....at least the deer are not fond of my lavender! lol! Hmmmm, maybe I should plant lavender plants around my fruit trees! hahah!
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22944 Posts
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Firemama
True Blue Farmgirl
1731 Posts
Amanda
Medical Lake
WA
USA
1731 Posts |
Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 08:04:53 AM
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Grace hunting season started today, maybe they wil slow down a bit.. ; )
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 08:29:24 AM
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It sounds like this is going to be a great deer season! They're all over and need to be thinned out. I hope I will have room in my freezer for one.
Kris
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17470 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17470 Posts |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
1607 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2009 : 3:59:31 PM
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Grace, sounds like you should be having better luck soon. I'm no help at all. Went hunting this weekend and decided that we are "blessed" with magic deer. I couldn't hit a single one. Might as well have been wearing lavendar and CD's and throwing marshmellows at them. Oh well, freezer is full of veggies anyway. :)
On the flip side, my orange Kool-aid spotted horse also didn't get shot. Hunters behaved this year and stayed away from the areas around the horse pasture. Poor Q does not like his new "style". He looked so embarrassed. But better that than wounded.
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4HMom
True Blue Farmgirl
720 Posts
Kelly
Montana
720 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 07:08:05 AM
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I would LOVE to see a pic of the "kool-aid" horse! Something we just get used to this time of year...wrapping ourselves and critters in orange when venturing out :) Our general season doesn't start until this coming Sunday, but then it lasts until the Sunday after Thanksgiving...looking forward to some venison jerky!
"Be the change you want to see in the world" -Gandhi |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17470 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17470 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 12:10:48 PM
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Michelle, hahaha! Poor Quigs...and did we...meaning you take pic's of Quigs in his lovely orange polkadottedness?
p.s. sent you an email did ya get it? ref fri nite?
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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