Beartooth > wrote in
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> On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:54:57 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>
>> Shoulda put food out for them, James.
>
> I can't speak to MD, but in VA it's not only a very bad idea, but
> illegal -- see
>
> http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlif...p#feeding-deer
>
> One reason it's a bad idea, even if legal, is that there are deer
> diseases which spread much more easily when the deer are crowded
> together (whether by deep snow in the North or by feeding in the
> South). They're beautiful to look at, but the way to do it is to go
> where they are, not attract them into places with diseases -- and car
> traffic.
>

lee valley a woodworking gardening store/webpage has a sprinkler with a
motion detector built in; so it aims and fires a stream of water to deter
garden pests such as deer,rabbits etc...

Just 1 option

there are places you can buy coyote <SP> urine, when applied around the
outer edges of your garden would deter deer.

another option


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The beet goes on -Alan