Natural repellent opportunity

Prawn Farmer · Jun 17, 2014

Reading a post below about nuisance deer. My neighbor and I counted 43 browsing in just one of my soybean fields. I've seen more fawns this month than ever, too. Great opportunity for an up and coming botanist to develop soybean and corn leaves that taste bad to deer.

Billy NY · Jun 17, 2014

That liquid fence product, saved my corn last year, only trouble is to know when to re-apply, with rain and such, when it wears off, don't want to miss that. To a certain stage of the plants life, if and when it grows to a point where they don't like it, not soft, supple and palatable, it would work to get over the hump. With sweet corn its great until it tassles, or I did not know, they like the tassles, with no ear yet, you can spray it I suppose, but with ears on, I don't think that would be good, its just an awful odor that stuff. My plan this year is field fence, bottom skirted to keep small critters out and using some 10' T posts, to suspend a few high strands with cans on the line, should do it, its a fair amount of extra work to keep em out of any crop that is for sure!

john in la · Jun 17, 2014

We already have seed birds will not eat.
If there is a big enough demand and money to be made some one will come up with it sooner or later.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 17, 2014

Many deer repellents on the market contain habenero hot pepper compounds and some garlic extracts for odor among other things. They have to be re applied after storm events, but they supposedly work between rains. There is a bagged product on the market called "milorganite" which is composted sewage treatment plant waste that will repel deer away from your farm. Also has to be re applied after rains. If you can show pictures of crop damage to your DNR officer with that many deer you should be able to get legal permits to shoot a bunch of them.

Vernon in Ks · Jun 17, 2014

If these are white tailed deer a white rag tied to a stake will work on smaller areas but don't know about a larger field. Worked for my large garden.

Prawn Farmer · Jun 17, 2014

In the past the DNR has given me up to 20 nuisance permits (for beans only) to be used in August on does/fawns only. Not even a dent. At least 3 miles of fence row all told so spraying them with repellent not too much of an option. I have used cut up shelled corn cobs soaked in a bucket of re-gifted Christmas aftershave and water mix. Scatter the cobs around and it does work for a few days and then either the deer get used to it or it acts as an out of season aphrodisiac LOL. Am seeing more bobcats so maybe they will help out some, too.

Nancy Howell · Jun 17, 2014

This may sound wacky, but might be worth a try. I have been very successful in using rubber/plastic snakes to keep birds/varmints out of gardens and from pecking fruit.

They're not expensive. Maybe the deer won't like them either.

I know you've got a long area, but you might give it a try in one spot and see what happens.

notjustair · Jun 17, 2014

That liquid fence smells hideous. My favorite part is the ingredient list. Putrificant egg solids. That's never good.

ss55 · Jun 17, 2014

If the leaves taste bad to deer would the grain also taste bad to cattle, hogs and humans? The feed value of the grain would be lost, but it should still be usable for ethanol. The distiller's byproducts might not be useable for animal feed.

Can you could document your losses and negotiate a rent reduction from your landlord?

Billy NY · Jun 17, 2014

It sure in heck does, just the word "putrificant", I suppose its a new or industry term, spell check does not recognize that. One had best check the wind direction when spraying or do so before the next shower, bath or whatever, get a little mist on you, others will NOT like your presence at all!

I will say this, use this product on sweet corn, a good application as it emerges and keep up a regular routine of same, it will buy you time, it saved my 50x70 patch of sweet corn last season, the weeds probably hurt it more, the only trouble was when the tassles came out, did not know they liked those, so it will carry you till the ears come out, and if you don't miss it after a rain. I think a gallon of the concentrate was enough for this size patch, I had some left over, one batch left, so for the money it was not bad, not foolproof, but if you need to buy time to get a fence up, or employ other means, this will help for sure. I will use it as needed once my fence and upper strands are up.

Frank 41 · Jun 17, 2014

We have the BLUE BOMB, nuclear power plant nearby that large herds of deer keep getting larger. I have said for years that some one should put out blocks like minerals of stilbestrol for the deer for birth control.

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