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So I never thought I would say this, but I have an issue with all the deer in my back yard. It isn't hunting season and the deer just keep coming. Now that would not be an issue, if I was able to shoot one of them. The issue is that they are pooping all over my backyard and my kids don't want to go out into the backyard now to play. My wife is very upset and wants me to do something about it. I want to scare the deer away for the summer, but I want them to come back in October. I didn't know if perhaps putting a large feeder a few yards into the woods, would get the deer to stay in the woods and not in my backyard. Another idea I had, was to spray some coyote urine at my deck in my backyard so that the deer would stay away from grass area. I figure if I do it now, it will wear off close to September. Then the deer will still come back for hunting season. My concern is if I use the coyote urine, will it scare the deer but attract more coyotes to my backyard. Then I took a bad situation and made it worse. Any ideas on what I can do to get the deer to stay off the grass so that my children can play in poop free grass? I know, silly issues.
Fatkid,
Some kids muck horse stalls for a job and it is proven that farm kids have stronger immune systems than city kids. Make it a game, whoever shovels and removes the most poop from the yard wins. The more they are outside the less the deer will want to be around. A bit of dirt and poo is good for kids. Tekoa
I can let you borrow my hunting jacket, put it in the middle of your yard and you wont see a deer till the fall....I promise.
Coyote urine, then shoot the coyotes. Win, win?
My gut reaction is the same as Tekoa's.
But if you really want to get rid of em, maybe the fence stuff they sell for gardens at farm stores? It's basically plastic sticks that look like they would hold up a snow fence, and then you run this cloth ribbon thing around them and spray the ribbon with "deer repellent" sold by the company that makes the system. Feels like a scam, but seems reasonable.
If not, apply for a permit, forget the name of it, to shoot deer causing issues on your property "out" of season...
This is the best "issue" I've ever heard of
I don't think the state is going to allow off season shooting because they are leaving scat on the lawn. It might be a pain but "goes with the territory" in my book. Might be about to get "worse", checked the camera in on my property today...
Just have Moons step on your backyard. Damn deer will run for their lives to CT lol.
I suggest driving inexpensive fence poles or PVC every 10 feet or so near the woods edge. ( rope off/ fence off, the most of the yard for the kids) String a few lines of rope. make a second run a few yards away, also with some rope and maybe a live wire on the woods side until they get the message. Shock therapy . Give them a little room to work the edge and a barrier for the yard.
Deer don't like that perceptual ambiguity and won't enjoy the zap either.
Maybe a scare(hunter)crow in a lawn chair too. Make it look like you ... Desensitize them for October.
what you need to do is go to Walmart go to the back of the store where you can watch the front door wait until the women that comes in that has the perfume on the you can smell at the back of the store chase her down and find out what it is we all have smelled it at one time or another use scaps if cloth and put perfume on it
Tell your kids to be kids and go play. Can't let deer poop keep your kids from getting off the couch and into the outdoors. Just my .02... ya asked :)
Go here, get som mountain lion pee, spread it out.
https://www.predatorpee.com/
My mother in law didn’t like them eating her plants. Problem solved.
You can also get a B.B. gun (low power) and “hunt” them, and shoot them in the rump.
Ya prior thread of deer full of BB's as folks had the same ideal,.. not sure if that is true but probably not a good call IMHO,..
How is there that much scat unless they are just outside of a bedding area,.. ?
Tell the kids they are M&M's LOL
If the kids are playing in the yard the deer will back off. Good point is they will get used to human activity and come deer season they won't be so shy to your moving around outside.
This pic is 75 yards from my house, just off the lawn. And I take a doe at home every year, they just don't care. My wife is screaming because all of her tulips have been chewed right to the ground. I tried to tell her it was bunnies, but twice a week or more the deer are standing in her garden 10' off the deck in broad daylight. If she hits one with a frying pan and kills it, is it poaching?
Nice pic MRW.
Fats wish i had that prob,..
Stuck in suburbia. :/
My Mom sent me out into the yard with a shovel and a bucket to pick up dog turds at least once a month during the summer......
Hold on here. I thought they were raisins.
One of my buddies is a marine... sick in the head..... we'll be whackin up a deer and he'll eat a few. "What dude? They're just like peanut m&m's". The same kid who was bet he wouldn't eat a night crawler for 100 bucks. "How bout I eat 2 for free"
Moons , I had a buddy that did such things. Also a military guy. Back in the day, he won a goldfish eating contest by swallowing 21, several of them already dead. Then to break the tie he drank the water.
We want those guys on the front line.
I was thinking of this over the weekend. The more I think about it, the less the poo bugs me. Your grass is going to green up great :)
The potential for ticks is annoying though. Pi's idea of roping off a section may be the simplest, cheapest and fastest option. Figure, if deer in the woods can be made to walk a different path with a single strand of rope (good trick), it should work in your yard too..
I like pi idea of the rope but you need to make an alley way for them to be herded next to a blind for the hunting season. One way in, one way out. Out being on the back of a deer cart.
I don't think they are raisins Jeb. More like coco puffs! Let's Go
You guys are a riot. I know it is a good problem to have. I have a second garage behind the house. It will be getting more windows and becoming my new blind for the season. It has full power. So coffee and heater. The couch is in there already. I will have a guy spray for ticks. These deer aren't scared of us. I walked halfway to that garage before they hopped away. Another day, I opened the back slider door and yelled at them. They looked at me like who is this dummy. They finally left, but back 10 minutes later. Had the kids go out on the back deck and yell at them. Again, they didn't care and eventually walked off. Then they came back. They don't care about the smell from the dryer vent either. So my assessment is, forget the scent away, being quiet, or even wearing camo. Just walk to my back garage, make coffee, sit on couch, and shoot deer out the window at 20 feet, not 20 yards. So, would the blades from a riding mower scoop up the poop with the grass clippings into the collector behind the mower? It is does scat. Hopefully. Issue solved, just mow more often. Thanks everyone.
Shop-vac. Perhaps you could try the rope barrier as well. Either way, you should document the effort. I have a hunch this could be some good footage.
Just think you could bag and sell it as pellet type natural fertilizer it’s a money maker