RABBIT and DEER Proofing Your Site!

NorthernMan

NorthernMan

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Rabbits and Deer love eating weed. There are many, many ways to try and keep your plants safe. Years ago I had to claim a site from a herd of deer that were living and sleeping there. I had tried using predator urine, Bobcat, Fox and Coyote to be exact. I ended up attracting a big ole Bobcat and a pack of Coyotes but I still had deer munching on my plants.

STORY-TIME,

I went to pick up a buddy at his house and I see his clothes hanging on a cloths line. "What going on, dryer broke?" I asked. He said, "No, those are my hunting clothes." He then explained that deer can smell the soap we use in the laundry. He washes his clothes twice, once with soap, and again with just water as an extra rinse and then he air dries his clothes. He was convinced that any smell of soap would scare away the deer. DING! DING! DING! DING!

A bell goes off in my head. If deer can smell soap and hate it that much I should be using soap to scare them out of my weed patches. I got Green Colored Fabric Softener Sheets for a couple bucks. I took 16 Oz water bottles and put slits and holes for air to blow through and put a Fabric Softener Sheet in them and hung them all around the exterior of my patches. With a little creativity you can conceal the bottles easy enough. If you are having trouble with rabbits put some fabric softener sheets in short bushes all around the exterior of your patch. If you are an environmentalist you can find ways of keeping rain from washing the soap into the ground. I never put the Fabric Softener Sheets anywhere close to a plant where it might contaminate the soil but only around the perimeter as an invisible odor fence. I had spent lots on predator urine and dispenser bottles and found that for a few bucks I had something that works awesome.

Using Fabric Softener Sheets and plastic water bottles with holes as the dispensers I chased the deer and rabbits away and I've been using this method for over 20 years, in deer infested fields and woods and I've never once had an issue.


(For the record, I use BOLD LETTERING so people skimming over posts can easily get the idea of what the post is about without having to read the entire post, anyone skimming will be able to tell that Fabric Softener Sheets is my solution to Deer and Rabbits)
 
Rockbud74

Rockbud74

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I don't know about rabbits, but when I was young my father would collect hair from the local barber. Spread it around his garden to keep deer out. Worked for him...

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dopeydog

dopeydog

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cut up some irish spring soap as well.
if there is one thing I have learned it is that animals, deer most especially will get used to one deterant and will come grab things after they have got used to what I put out. to avoid this put some fresh deterant out 2-3 times while the plants are young. by the next year the stuff will work well again in the beginning and so goes the process again.
 
vostok

vostok

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I would prefer to just eat the rabbits and deer, any passing hunter would just think you are trying to conceal the smell of bud, ....lol something for the hunter to smirk about at the bar tonight ....lol, and hence a security issue
 
Ilovebush

Ilovebush

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Bottled urine and hair are definitely part of the remedy. Another one is tying high strength fishing line(50lb test) around the perimeter at a height of 2' and the other at a 4' height.
 
Mr.Marijuana420

Mr.Marijuana420

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NorthernMan said:
Rabbits and Deer love eating weed. There are many, many ways to try and keep your plants safe. Years ago I had to claim a site from a herd of deer that were living and sleeping there. I had tried using predator urine, Bobcat, Fox and Coyote to be exact. I ended up attracting a big ole Bobcat and a pack of Coyotes but I still had deer munching on my plants.

STORY-TIME,

I went to pick up a buddy at his house and I see his clothes hanging on a cloths line. "What going on, dryer broke?" I asked. He said, "No, those are my hunting clothes." He then explained that deer can smell the soap we use in the laundry. He washes his clothes twice, once with soap, and again with just water as an extra rinse and then he air dries his clothes. He was convinced that any smell of soap would scare away the deer. DING! DING! DING! DING!

A bell goes off in my head. If deer can smell soap and hate it that much I should be using soap to scare them out of my weed patches. I got Green Colored Fabric Softener Sheets for a couple bucks. I took 16 Oz water bottles and put slits and holes for air to blow through and put a Fabric Softener Sheet in them and hung them all around the exterior of my patches. With a little creativity you can conceal the bottles easy enough. If you are having trouble with rabbits put some fabric softener sheets in short bushes all around the exterior of your patch. If you are an environmentalist you can find ways of keeping rain from washing the soap into the ground. I never put the Fabric Softener Sheets anywhere close to a plant where it might contaminate the soil but only around the perimeter as an invisible odor fence. I had spent lots on predator urine and dispenser bottles and found that for a few bucks I had something that works awesome.

Using Fabric Softener Sheets and plastic water bottles with holes as the dispensers I chased the deer and rabbits away and I've been using this method for over 20 years, in deer infested fields and woods and I've never once had an issue.


(For the record, I use BOLD LETTERING so people skimming over posts can easily get the idea of what the post is about without having to read the entire post, anyone skimming will be able to tell that Fabric Softener Sheets is my solution to Deer and Rabbits)
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Ive had more problems with small critters than anything, not sure what but I had fencing around the area only a chipmunk, mouse, maybe a squirrel could've fit though. they'd chomp the branches off then clear as many leaves off as they could on the fallen limbs,
 
NorthernMan

NorthernMan

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I'm gonna incorporate many of these ideas. Hair, I remember hearing that works well, My spots are not where hunters would go, more people lose their crop to hunters than rippers who are looking. If a hunter got close enough to find my perimeter anti-deer devices, he found my crop. Thats the hard part of finding a site. Somewhere no human will go for any reason.
 
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Beagler

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Rockbud74 said:
I don't know about rabbits, but when I was young my father would collect hair from the local barber. Spread it around his garden to keep deer out. Worked for him...

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I still do that, works well but needs replaced with fresh every so often
 
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LIBERTYCHICKEN

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dopeydog said:
cut up some irish spring soap as well.
if there is one thing I have learned it is that animals, deer most especially will get used to one deterant and will come grab things after they have got used to what I put out. to avoid this put some fresh deterant out 2-3 times while the plants are young. by the next year the stuff will work well again in the beginning and so goes the process again.
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When it comes to deer and deterants , It helps alot to start the season early when the sprouts come up (thats when they start foraging heavly) and keep putting out different scents in the begging of the year. Deer as humans are creatures of habit , once they have a established route down they will follow it the rest of the year .

As far as rabits , use some chicken wire about 1' tall will keep them away , besides that their tasty very delicous lean meat , a simple bb gun is quiet and effective , so are simple traps like snares.

If you know anyone that keeps poultry ask them if they ever trap foxes, foxes will eat rabits within a very large perimeter
 
getawaymountain

getawaymountain

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7,19,09 (18).jpg002.jpgpiss in a jug add a raw egg and some crushed garlic shake,let sit for couple days and then use around plants never have deer problems with this and also use hair from barber shop --for rabbits a 3ft chicken wire fence is all i use ya get 6 ) 8 ft fences out of a 50 ft roll
 

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LoneWOLF92

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NorthernMan said:
I'm gonna incorporate many of these ideas. Hair, I remember hearing that works well, My spots are not where hunters would go, more people lose their crop to hunters than rippers who are looking. If a hunter got close enough to find my perimeter anti-deer devices, he found my crop. Thats the hard part of finding a site. Somewhere no human will go for any reason.
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don't be so sure, hunters push there borders more than you know
 
Wavels

Wavels

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The only foolproof remedy for verminous deer that worked reliably for me is deer netting.
I have tried most of the suggestions above...did not work in my area where the deer are particularly voracious...
Deer netting at least 7 feet tall, strung around entire plots.
Dirty bastards.
 
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LIBERTYCHICKEN

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sonar

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I've had more trouble with small critter than deer. There are a few things I do. First, I like to dig my holes and put my soil in about a week before I put plants out. I feel like it gives the chipmunks and whatever and chance to poke around the freshly turned soil in their area and see there is nothing there. Also, I make a homemade spray with cayenne pepper and garlic powder. About a teaspoon or so of each in a quart of water. Shake it up good and let it sit a day or two and strain the solids off. You need to strain it or it will clog your spray bottle. I take my potion and spray it all around the ground around my plants. As far as I can tell, a little overspray hasn't ever done any damage to the plants themselves. Anything poking around or nibbling is gonna get a mouthful of pepper and garlic. When the plants are young is when they are most vulnerable so I try to get out there twice a week for the first few weeks. Putting plants out that are bigger will obviously help. Also, I have a theory that putting plant out a little later helps too. It seems like first or second week of May, there is still very little food around. I don't know if it is just coincidence but the plants I put out later in May and first week of June don't get messed with as much. I know we are all eager to get going but I've noticed over the years there is very little difference in final yield between plants I put out first week of June and the plants that go out second week in May.
 
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LIBERTYCHICKEN

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Wavels said:
The only foolproof remedy for verminous deer that worked reliably for me is deer netting.
I have tried most of the suggestions above...did not work in my area where the deer are particularly voracious...
Deer netting at least 7 feet tall, strung around entire plots.
Dirty bastards.
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My entire back yard has a 6' chainlink fence around it

early autum when the apples come in they jump clear over it - It's quite the site to see a 150-200 pound 4 leged animal do that
 
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420duke

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a tent and a gun is a good way to protect your plants and you also get food out of it if you kill a deer bear or whatever
 
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