Re: Deer Problems

From: Capestany (dr.cap@erols.com)
Date: Sun Jul 12 1998 - 01:04:44 PDT

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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 1998 01:04:44 -0700
From: "Capestany" <dr.cap@erols.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: Deer Problems

>Paul,
> Having moved out to the woods, I share your frustrations with the four
>legged pests. An electric fence is no guarantee of protection. There are
>a few things that you can try
> 1.) Go to the barber and ask them for bags of human hair. Fill up
>stockings with these and hang them around the area you wish to protect.
> 2.) Deer are afraid of predators and have a keen sense of smell. They
>are repelled bu human urine. if you are a vegetarian, it doesn't work as
>well so get a meat and potatoes buddy to wizz around the area you wish
>to protect. It works better in the morning with the urine being most
>concentrated at that time of day.
>
>-Alexander E. Salomon, M.D.

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll try suggestion 1 first, though,
considering my neighbors have very large windows. :-)
I'll report back if it works.

Paul Capestany
Alexandria, Virginia
USA

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