[AT] Real farmers problems - a discussion

[Al Jones]

Rupert,

We have never used any of the commercial repellants, but have tried every 
other remedy known to man, from pie pans around the field to scarecrows to 
pantyhose stuffed with human hair to bars of Ivory soap to mothballs. 
Everything will work for two or three nights to maybe as long as ten days. 
The deer always get used to the repellant and come back in.  I expect that 
would be true for the commercial stuff too.

Al

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From: "Rupert" <rwenig2 at xplornet.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:21 AM
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> Have you tried any of the deer repellents such as shown at
> <http://www.deer-departed.com/index.html>? I haven't tried them myself.
> Also, hanging foil pie plates and such around the edge of the field so
> they flutter in a breeze is supposed to work. Lots of deer around here
> too but I only have my garden to protect. I have more problems with
> rabbits that the coyotes and fox can't seem to catch.
>
> Rupert
>
> On 7/2/2010 9:24 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>> Also, you can't stay up all night killing deer and then try to work the 
>> next
>> day. When I made this comment to a  NC wildlife officer, he actually had 
>> the
>> gall to tell me "he would be willing to do whatever he had to do, to save
>> HIS crop."  Idiot.
>>
>> We have had good luck with several out of town hunters that are serious
>> about filling their freezer.  That has helped more than anything. 
>> Hasn't
>> solved the problem completely though.  We drill all our beans and use 
>> about
>> double the recommended seeding rate, and still have significant deer 
>> damage
>> at the backs of the fields.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "john hall"<jtchall at nc.rr.com>
>> Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:53 PM
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>>> Yep, shoot all the deer you want as long as they are causing
>>> damage--providing you are the farmer, landowner, or your name is on the
>>> farmers depradation permit---at least that was the rule 3-4 years ago. I
>>> just left a field 45 minutes ago that had 20 deer grazing and couldn't
>>> take
>>> a "safe" shot with a rifle---houses and horse pastures. Too far away to
>>> use
>>> a shotgun. Last night it was 11 and the night before 23 or 24. To put 
>>> this
>>> in perspective, my family has been farming our farm since 1942. Until 10
>>> years ago it was a rarity to even see a deer in a field and damage to a
>>> field was NEVER heard of. Hunters had to actually use their heads to 
>>> find
>>> the deer. Due to more housing, the deer have been forced into smaller
>>> areas
>>> and have now become pests. It's nothing to see them within 10 feet of a
>>> house--trying to have garden and fruit trees is no picnic either. 
>>> Hunting
>>> with dogs was outlawed in our county about 5-6 years ago--then the
>>> population REALLY exploded.
>>>
>>> To keep this tractor list related, when the deer wipe out an entire 
>>> crop,
>>> your profits stay low so you keep running the same old equipment until 
>>> it
>>> becomes antique!
>>>
>>> Speaking of which, I need to take the Super A tomorrow and bed up a 
>>> couple
>>> more rows of garden. We've had enough rain to keep planting garden in
>>> staggered amounts--trying to have fresh veggies all season. Must have
>>> given
>>> away 10 grocery sack fulls this week.
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Rotigel"<rotigel at me.com>
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>>>
>>>> Can you, as a farmer in NC, not simply shoot the damn things? Here in
>>>> PA farmers can have someone else in to shoot them.
>>>> Dave
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> Rupert Wenig
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