My grandpa used to have a lot of cats, and the deer sometimes stole the cat
food. Once a deer was eating cat food when one of the cats was standing
there with its back arched, hair puffed up, hissing and growling. The deer
wasn't impressed. I agree that a dog or two would probably work well though.
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On 1/31/09 12:41 PM, "Jan Steinman" <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yea, "sacrificial crops" are useful. But so are corridors -- I only
> shake my head in wonder as someone fences a huge property, butted
> right up against their neighbours' fences on either side, then
> complain about the deer getting in. You need a 1.5m path through every
> 500m or so.
>
> Another way to save money on fencing is to spend it on dog food: 4'
> fence plus border collie equals 8' fence.
>
>> From: Chuck Norcutt <puhpxabephgg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> No, our deer are quite adept at jumping fences too. But even so they
>> won't bother if there is something else good to eat nearby that
>> doesn't
>> require jumping the fence. There is a small herd of a dozen or so
>> that
>> wanders my neighborhood. My 4 foot tall (1.2 meter) back yard fence
>> keeps them out since my neighbors without fences have equally tasty
>> vegetation in their yards. But my neighbor 2 doors away who also
>> has a
>> fence finds it not 100% effective when his very large garden is
>> producing even tastier goodies.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Frank van Lindert wrote:
>>> Thanks for sharing all of your agricultural knowledge.
>>> I didn't know about cattle being run on the same patch of land in
>>> off-years. At present the BBC run a 'show' on Victorian farming, very
>>> nice, but I didn't see it there either.
>>>
>>> I doubt whether a fence like the pictured one would keep out deer...
>>> It would certainly not prevent Dutch deer from having their free
>>> meal.
>>> Maybe US deer are more 'civilised'?
>>>
>>> Frank van Lindert
>>> Utrecht NL
>
>
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> Spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign. ::::
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>
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