Deer Damage – How To Prevent Deer From Damaging Your Garden
It is well known that besides being nice, lovely and beautiful, deer can also seriously damage your garden if you don’t do anything to stop it. That’s why we decided that it might be a good idea to share with those people that find this article some interesting, effective and quite unique methods of deer prevention. If you want to stop the deer damage make sure you follow our suggestions.
The first thing one should do when trying to keep deer away from his property or garden is to install or put up a fence. Those who had the chance to learn something or gain some experience while trying to figure out some original solutions that would keep deer away know that these animals are great jumping machines and sprinters and putting up any fence won’t simply work. Deer can easily handle short fences. What you want to do is find something at least 10-12ft high fence and bury it with at least one foot in the ground. This will surely do the trick because it is going to be stable and the deer is not going to have the necessary courage to jump over it or just damage it.
Another interesting tip that you might try (only in case the idea of the “Chinese Wall” is constantly failing and the deer you are dealing with are way too advanced for this method – well it happens they might have adapted and evolved) then you need to try using an electric fence that is usually combined with peanut butter or any other food that you know deer likes a lot. This is not hard to do. Just remember not to set up and put the butter on the fence while the electricity is on. Experts claim that a little zap will probably teach the deer a good lesson and if it was quite strong it will keep them away for a very long time. So you might want to consider using this method not only temporary but also for the long run. It is very effective but please remember that your dogs, cats and even kids might get accidentally electrified if you don’t take the necessary security measures.
Another good deer damage prevention method is to place tubes around the base of trees. This method works well but is temporary. You need to be able to protect the trees especially during spring. This is going to defend the little trees from being consumed by deer. You should also know that during autumn, deer try to shed their antlers and rub the energetically against the tree trunks which can be again crucial for your garden if you don’t take the necessary measures. There are many commercial tree protectors that you might want to consider. However, if you prefer to experiment a little you can slice some corrugated drain pipe lengthwise and wrap it around the tree trunk.
