Posted by mjciccarel@gmail.com on January 24, 2010, 10:35 am
wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:16:57 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
> > wrote:
> >> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:50:36 +0000, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:51:19 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> >> Are there Herbs that will deter Deer from the garden?
> >> >> MJ
> >> > Any guy named Herb who owns a shotgun.
> >> On a serious note try hanging bars of Irish Spring around your garden.
> >> I've been doing it for a couple of years but I can't really make a
> >> statement about it's efficacy because I don't get that many deer. I got
> >> the idea from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
> >> in Vermont, they were using it around their gardens.
> > I can make a statement, it didn't work at all MJ
> Have you tried predator urine? I've been using Fox and Coyote urine to
> keep away groundhogs and raccoons away, it seems to have worked. Once
> again I can't make a scientific statement but the theory behind predator
> urine seems a little better then the theory behind Irish Spring.
Is it expensive and how often to you have to put it out?
MJ
Posted by General Schvantzkoph on January 24, 2010, 11:01 am
On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:35:24 -0800, mjciccarel@gmail.com wrote:
> wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:16:57 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
>> > wrote:
>> >> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:50:36 +0000, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>> >> > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:51:19 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> >> >> Are there Herbs that will deter Deer from the garden?
>>
>> >> >> MJ
>>
>> >> > Any guy named Herb who owns a shotgun.
>>
>> >> On a serious note try hanging bars of Irish Spring around your
>> >> garden. I've been doing it for a couple of years but I can't really
>> >> make a statement about it's efficacy because I don't get that many
>> >> deer. I got the idea from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National
>> >> Historical Park in Vermont, they were using it around their gardens.
>>
>> > I can make a statement, it didn't work at all MJ
>>
>> Have you tried predator urine? I've been using Fox and Coyote urine to
>> keep away groundhogs and raccoons away, it seems to have worked. Once
>> again I can't make a scientific statement but the theory behind
>> predator urine seems a little better then the theory behind Irish
>> Spring.
>
> Is it expensive and how often to you have to put it out? MJ
As I recall I paid $15 or $20 for each bottle (1 Fox and 1 Coyote), they
lasted all summer. The stuff I bought was essentially kitty litter that
was soaked in urine, it came in shaker bottles. I applied it about once a
month. BTW the previous year I tried dumping my cat's litter box in the
groundhog holes, it was a huge mistake. Modern scoopable litter turns
into a slurry when it gets wet and it never dries, it's essentially
quicksand. The muck was still there a year later, I expect it will be
there for many years to come. They use the old fashion stuff for the
predator urine so that wasn't a problem.
Posted by Frank on February 2, 2010, 6:41 pm
On 1/24/2010 11:01 AM, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:35:24 -0800, mjciccarel@gmail.com wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:16:57 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:50:36 +0000, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:51:19 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> Are there Herbs that will deter Deer from the garden?
>>>
>>>>>>> MJ
>>>
>>>>>> Any guy named Herb who owns a shotgun.
>>>
>>>>> On a serious note try hanging bars of Irish Spring around your
>>>>> garden. I've been doing it for a couple of years but I can't really
>>>>> make a statement about it's efficacy because I don't get that many
>>>>> deer. I got the idea from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National
>>>>> Historical Park in Vermont, they were using it around their gardens.
>>>
>>>> I can make a statement, it didn't work at all MJ
>>>
>>> Have you tried predator urine? I've been using Fox and Coyote urine to
>>> keep away groundhogs and raccoons away, it seems to have worked. Once
>>> again I can't make a scientific statement but the theory behind
>>> predator urine seems a little better then the theory behind Irish
>>> Spring.
>>
>> Is it expensive and how often to you have to put it out? MJ
> As I recall I paid $15 or $20 for each bottle (1 Fox and 1 Coyote), they
> lasted all summer. The stuff I bought was essentially kitty litter that
> was soaked in urine, it came in shaker bottles. I applied it about once a
> month. BTW the previous year I tried dumping my cat's litter box in the
> groundhog holes, it was a huge mistake. Modern scoopable litter turns
> into a slurry when it gets wet and it never dries, it's essentially
> quicksand. The muck was still there a year later, I expect it will be
> there for many years to come. They use the old fashion stuff for the
> predator urine so that wasn't a problem.
I've used fox urine as a scent mask while hunting deer. It does not
deter them. Foxes and in some places coyotes are around deer all the
time. Soap and other repellents are also largely ineffective. The only
things guaranteed to work are fences and netting.
Posted by Wildbilly on January 23, 2010, 9:19 pm
In article
> Are there Herbs that will deter Deer from the garden?
>
> MJ
If you mean a group of Herbs, or Toms, or Harrys, and give them plenty
of beer, so that they don't wander off, it probably would work. If you
mean green vegetative stuff, not so much.
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> > wrote:
> >> On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:50:36 +0000, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:51:19 -0800, mjcicca...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> >> Are there Herbs that will deter Deer from the garden?
> >> >> MJ
> >> > Any guy named Herb who owns a shotgun.
> >> On a serious note try hanging bars of Irish Spring around your garden.
> >> I've been doing it for a couple of years but I can't really make a
> >> statement about it's efficacy because I don't get that many deer. I got
> >> the idea from the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
> >> in Vermont, they were using it around their gardens.
> > I can make a statement, it didn't work at all MJ
> Have you tried predator urine? I've been using Fox and Coyote urine to
> keep away groundhogs and raccoons away, it seems to have worked. Once
> again I can't make a scientific statement but the theory behind predator
> urine seems a little better then the theory behind Irish Spring.