Keeping Deer Out Of New Plots
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: gebada22
20-Sep-16
Guys, I live in West Michigan and I have several plots I put in one month ago. They are coming in great, but the deer are really hitting them hard. I have to believe this will significantly affect the growth. What do you do to avoid this to maximize growth? Thanks.
From: J. h2os
20-Sep-16
Go to your local barbershop and get hair clippings, and spread it aroud your plot the scent lasr up to a month. jeff
From: r-man
20-Sep-16
this late in the game you should let them at it, after all you planted it to draw them there. I cant believe you have much growing time left. If you chase them away your neighbor will be happy
From: drycreek
20-Sep-16
I agree on the timing, not much growing left in MI probably. Next year, if you don't want to spring for the fence, try milorganite. I put it out this past spring on my iron clay peas and the deer didn't touch them for about three weeks. Had a good crop !
From: sagittarius
21-Sep-16
+1 on the Milorganite. It should slow down the usage. However, if the deer are desperate for quality forage, they will keep hitting it hard.
From: scentman
21-Sep-16
chootem
From: gebada22
22-Sep-16
I appreciate all the information and will change it up for next year. Thanks.
From: Fuzzy
22-Sep-16
shoot them and drag them out
From: nutritionist
22-Sep-16
blood meal mixes with vegetable oil and attach on rags on wooden posts every 10-20 yards or use an electric fence.
From: Ohio Brad
22-Sep-16
I haven't tried almost everything you can imagine. Including soap,hair, aluminum pans, eggs, suffer, and the list goes on. The only product I found that actually worked very very well was a product called "deer out"
It's a liquid that you soak a cloth fence "horse fence" in it and then hang the horse fence on fiberglass stakes around your plot. It really did work for about 1-2 months then it needs resoaked to get the smell back. It stinks bad, somewhere between vomit and rotten eggs with a hint of garlic.
