I have always wondered if the deer eventually figure out that the clicking sound of the fountain, will cause them no harm!
I have always wondered if the deer eventually figure out that the clicking sound of the fountain, will cause them no harm!
You know they might but deer are pretty skittish creatures as it is so maybe it would always make them take off?
I never checked out this product before SageMother, thats a great idea. Try to construct a strong fence which wouldn't allow them to enter in.
I'd say that your best defense would be good strong fencing!
If you don't want to keep them out of the garden you could try just covering things that you think will be particularly attractive to them.
Thanks for the help, everyone! The fencing I'd like to do eventually but it's a big property and that's simply cost prohibitive right now. I'd be cheaper replacing the plants.
SageMother, I love that fountain. Even if I didn't have deer running amok, I'd still like one of those. Beautiful.
I hear you on the fencing. It is quite expensive and you would need to have a pretty high fence. Can't deer jump pretty high?
Deer can jump fairly high but it is the chance they don't make it all the way over that could be a real problem.
Deer get caught up in all sorts of things because they tend to panic. If the deer doesn't get all the way over the fence then you have to contend with getting animal control out to remove the deer.
My brother has a bit of a problem with deer, I'm not sure what type of deer they are. He says that the sound of dogs puts them off and they don't like movement. He has some old fertilizer sacks hung in various places around the garden, they flap and make a crackling noise if the breeze catches them. He can unhook them and put them away if he wants to enjoy the garden. He uses old Cd's hung up to scare birds (the moving reflected light bothers them) and he thinks that these deter the deer too.
the bamboo water thing was in the movie Kill Bill, vol 1., during the fight scene between Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu