deer got my peas

i had rows of purple hull peas big green ones..was gonna let them turn to purple and dry ....should of eat them green...those fifgifo deer picked them like migrant workers not one left...man do i want to shoot me some deer....only thing i got left is the corn....dewy

electric fence, Ellis

Give them time. They'll get the corn, too. I've had to almost abandon gardening because of deer. The only thing they seem to leave alone is peppers.

You can legally shoot deer anytime of the year as long as you don't harvest anything from the body - if they are causing crop damage.

This year is so dry here the deer are coming out and eating everything. I had picked some Okra from the plants only got just a small mess to eat. The next day every bit of the Okra was nothing but stems stupid deer eat every bit. And this year there eating my tommy-toe tomatos green right off the vine and eating all the big tomato plants to the ground. I mean its awefull this year. Crowder peas gone also

Liquid fence, it works, minus heavy rains and re-applying, from what I have seen here, they just hate it. I've got a bumper crop of apricots this year and whats on the ground will draw them in. I had one large doe come trotting right over in the afternoon 2 days ago, got a whiff of that stuff, up goes the tail and she circled around the entire miniature orchard. I sprayed it heavily on the ground, surrounding tree branches and on anything that will put it into the wind, like the post bloom peonies nearby. I also sprayed it heavily on the tree trunks. Nothing on the fruit. It works for sweet corn very well. It's $40 for a jug of concentrate that makes 3 or 4, 1.5 gallon batches in the hand sprayer. They will devour everything around here, and even when I had the large patch of sweet corn the last few years, one jug did all of that for the season and some incidentals around the place. That was a tall order, with rain and such, you have to respray depending and they did get a little corn, but I'd have nothing if I did not use it. You can use it in the winter to keep em off shrubs too. It does reek of rotten eggs and whatever else is in it. I find that just spraying leaves and surrounding areas works, so I don't apply it to the fruit or vegetable, nor does any over spray seem to be an issue. its a quick and effective solution that eliminates fencing, which I have bought to enclose my larger patch, but never had time to put up. My neighbor across the lane has some hostas in front of the house, deer take it to the nub every year. Seeing I cut the grass there, I sprayed all of those, they are just blooming now, never saw that before. It reeks at the initial spray time, but the next day I can't detect it, deer still can, though. It leaves a visible residue on darker greener leaves you can see but can't seem to smell. Supposed to last through a rain or two, but I re apply it after most rains. They have memory of it too, but will return and browse at some point.

I've had good luck with Liquid fence. It has kept them out of my beans and swiss chard, 2 things they love. They will eat swiss chard so close to the ground that you don't even know where you planted it.

Its one means to deal with the deer. I think it even says "it really works" on the container. Its interesting to see how people deal with whitetail deer and gardens on the web, high fence, fishing line and buckets with cans, etc. Ones usage of this product will vary, as well as rainfall. My policy is if I think I can get another night out of the last application, spray more. There have been times with lots of rain, but for the most part it keeps them away, I had a 50x70 patch of sweet corn, that did produce well, no fence, just this spray. I would have had no crop at all. Seeing that deer alarmed by the odor 2 days ago, and run off, when it otherwise would have come in for an afternoon feeding on the apricots, was priceless, but I had sprayed just about every evening, did not last night and they did not bother the apricots, a few cat birds did a little. We are fortunate to have a good source of red meat in the local deer, and for the most part they are no bother, except ones gardens and plants ! I've got a brazen doe that strolls in while I work in the garage, she's the one browsing around the houses for 2 months now, but will not go near anything I spray with this.

local market gardener -Tokay- around Madison area used to have good harvests with minimal deer damage by going to zoo and getting the Lion sh*t/scat and putting it around the edge of fields, some in the edge of walkways. Some old pictures from game cameras of deer approaching fields and then bounding away after a sniff. Some zoos, exotic game farms rumored get road killed deer to feed Lions, Wolves, Bears and the resulting scat is a strong deterrent for deer that smell eaten relatives. A liquid extract/manure tea made from big cats scat was in a article about saving some plants in a university garden project from wandering/resident- no hunting allowed in arboretum-deer and it seemed to work for them. RN

I've heard of using fishing line. Deer can't see it or figure it out and get spooked. Otherwise, M80s work well.

Where's that? You need a depredation permit in New Jersey to shoot out of season.

I have had some temporary luck with a cheap portable radio.

Not sure it is the cure but, my neighbor swears by hanging a bar of Irish Spring soap on his fruit trees. The deer were eating the new growth/ leaves this spring, he hung 1/2 a bar of soap on each tree and the deer haven't been back since.

i put up the irish spring,...didn't save any garden but i have the cleanest sweet smelling deer around,....

I've been using a Parmak 12 volt electric fence around my garden for many years. It works. First wire about an inch high. Second wire about 4 inches. Third about 12 inches and the last about waist high. The deer will sniff it before jumping and whammo.

Yes electric fence a lite and a radio and it just works

Better get a permit here.

I will have to look at the brand I use. I buy a box that has 6- 7X100' rolls of fence for $95... It works I have not had a deer problem unless I leave it were they can get in... I leave it up year round it should last 10 years are more...

http://www.nixalite.com/Boundary_Fe...b64vICb3rh3mHLZMPQu9M90O4TJGFi0ogEaAl3u8P8HAQ

My neighbor across the road does not have deer problems her dogs chase them away...