Does anyone use the Critter Gitter thing?

[ImaChickenGirl]

I have had problems with deer in my Garden for years! Every single year a mother deer and her two babies come and eat all my lettuce and peppers and beans and pees. But this year I have decided not to let it happen again and I was going to build a fence but being so busy I haven't got around to it yet! I read somewhere that spreading you pee around the garden will keep the deer away but I don't really want to be doing that ( Does it even work?)! Then I found out about the Critter Gitter! Do you use it? Does it work? Is it worth getting? How many will I need???

I am hoping to start planing today/tomorrow so I will need to decided if I should get one or not

 

[Quailsong]

I have had problems with deer in my Garden for years! Every single year a mother deer and her two babies come and eat all my lettuce and peppers and beans and pees. But this year I have decided not to let it happen again and I was going to build a fence but being so busy I haven't got around to it yet! I read somewhere that spreading you pee around the garden will keep the deer away but I don't really want to be doing that ( Does it even work?)! Then I found out about the Critter Gitter! Do you use it? Does it work? Is it worth getting? How many will I need???

I am hoping to start planing today/tomorrow so I will need to decided if I should get one or not

Never used that CG before. I don't need it.

Deer used to come in to eat my hostas. They love the taste.

What I did was get a 3-4' wood spike, hang a bar of smelly soap (Irish Springs is good) from the top. Put this right near the trouble spot. It confuses their sense of smell & they won't stick around long. You could put up other soaps hidden about the garden. All the foreign smells will scare them as they don't recognize it and can't smell predators through them all.

Alternatively, for a quick fix, deer won't step on netting if it is laid out over the grass. Just border it a few feet out from your trouble spot. It makes them nervous and they'll go elsewhere.

 

[JoePa]

Deer have a very good sense of smell - I guess the soap idea would work - at least for awhile - I have passed orchards that had soap hanging from a lot of the trees - so I guess it works - I use human hair - that also scares them for awhile - but in the long run a seven ft high fence will do it - I used the plastic netting to go around my garden as a fence where I plant things that they like to eat - others plants like pototos, tomatoes, onions squash and the like I don't protect because they don't seem to like them - yes they can be a real pain in the ### - I have a mountain be hind my property and at night they come down and eat everything if I don't have it covered - I do get even with some of them during deer season - years ago I had a shepard tied up outside and he kept them away - don't have a dog now -

 

[Quailsong]

Deer can jump 7' high fence. At least, I've seen them do it in my own backyard when I lived in the prairies. Deer are like goats; they will get where you don't want them, unless there's incentive to go elsewhere (ie, the neighbour's hostas...).

 

[JoePa]

Deer can jump 7' high fence. At least, I've seen them do it in my own backyard when I lived in the prairies. Deer are like goats; they will get where you don't want them, unless there's incentive to go elsewhere (ie, the neighbour's hostas...).

Your probablly right about deer jumping higher than 7 ft fence - so far the 7 ft is working for me - it is amazing how high they can jump from a standing position - your in Ontario - I go there a lot to go fishing each year - I'll be going up sometime in early June when the bass season opens - I think this year it starts a week earlier than usual - take care

 

[1 old hen]

if using fence plase a 45 degree angle on top as deer have to be close to jump and the 45 over hang acks as a deturant. This was told to me by a deer farmer. I have posted a page on this web site that goes into detail. 1 old hen