Getting tired of sharing your gardens with hungry deer? Maybe this is the year you get serious and find the perfect deer repellent that really works. Everyone knows at least one "old wives' tale" about the best way to keep deer away, and you can end up spending your entire summer playing around with these schemes without much success.
That means getting to know your options and how they work. You've got 4 different types of repellents to work with:
Mechanical Deer Repellents
By this we mean physical barriers that truly block access to your property. In other words, a wall or fence. Simple and also extremely useless for deer. Leaping more than 10 feet without much difficulty, a fence won't stop a deer. Adding an electrical wire can help if the deer touch it and get shocked, and it scares them off. Except they can also hop over that type of fence as well.
Deer Frightening Repellents
The next type of deer repellents are the ones that are designed to scare away deer, though technically they may be "mechanical" as well. A simple option in this category is having two or three foil pie plates hanging by string, to loudly clatter against each other when the wind blows. You can get more sophisticated repellents that work on the same startling principle though. A motion sensor can detect when a large animal enters your yard, letting off a loud noise or even triggering your sprinkler to sent out a shower of cold water.
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As you may be realizing by now, these techniques can be effective but can also be quite annoying to anyone else within earshot as well. Even the sprinkler can be awkward if you accidentally spray your neighbor or the mail carrier.
Taste Based Deer Repellents
Since deer are really only in your yard looking for something to eat, it makes sense to make things as unpalatable as possible. If everything they taste is terrible, they'll soon decide that there is nothing edible around. Products can be purchased that you apply to plants or trees that are very bitter when tasted, but are harmless otherwise. You can also make your own repellents with various recipes of garlic or chili pepper.
The biggest drawback with using any kind of taste-based repellent is that they will wash away quickly in the rain or snow. You also need to apply them to every possible item that a deer might eat as they will just move on to the next plant or shrub if one of them tastes bad.
Scented Deer Repellents
Lastly is the scented repellent. Unlike the taste options, deer can detect a scent from quite a distance, so you don't have to worry about them coming right into the garden like you do with taste repellents. Unpleasant smells like urine or strongly scented soaps can work as a DIY option or you can get a scented product that will fool the deer into thinking there is a predator nearby. This is the most effect way to use a scented repellent.
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