Before mrs_oab goes out and strangles them with her bare hands....
Does anything keep deer away from a garden/particular plants? They're destroying our garden and leaving ticks as they go.
Sadly the scrum of neighbours cats (7 of them) are useless, the dog in the garden behind is no deterrent. They're coming over fences, walking through alleys or open gates.
Contact your local butcher.
You need much larger cats.
Best humble brag ever? 🤣🤣🤣
I get the gamekeeper to shoot them.
Best humble brag ever?
Not at all. They're living in an urban garden, somewhere they should not be living, and bringing more and more with them.
I personally would shoot 50-80% of the deer population tomorrow. Roe, red and any fallow unlucky enough to be around.
I get the gamekeeper to shoot them.
Not an option between the houses or I would have called some friends a few months ago.
Close the gates?
A mate of mine is a deerstalker. He's up in Newton Stewart right now with a shotgun. I could ask him to call round?
Aside, and apologies if this has been covered before,
mrs_oab
Why isn't she mrs_oaa? Is your username Matt Out Anda Bout and I've been reading it wrong for years?
If the film "the Rookie" is to be believed you need to go to the barber.
Oirc deer on you land become yours so shooting them for the pot? Otherwise its big fences and gates
with a shotgun
Did you mean rifle?
Shotguns for close quarters Deer combat presumably...
Quite a trip from Newton Stewart to Matt's, roughly from his photos, not in a weird stalking way.
Crossbow
Some suggestion that matt has a bout - of what? We need to know.
what are your options?
1 - cull (numbers will rise again, and they’ll be back)
2 - fence (going to have to be a big one! Not a good look in a small garden)
3 - remove food (grass super short, veg behind nets)
4 - learn to love them (still keep the grass short to reduce visits and ticks)
I’m hungry now though. Send venison my way.
Auditory deterrents? Maybe ultrasonic if you don't want your neighbours hammering frozen sausages in your lawn.
Or movement? Big wind sculpture thing?
Scarecrow?
A couple of wolves for pets?
@kelvin We all need to eat more (British) venison - a reduction in numbers would actually be good for the deer population…
Stop it, I’m still hungry.
Long been an advocate of eating more animals that can run free.
Mmmm venison sausages.
Our butcher does some good ones. So little fat they might not pass for sausages with some people!
You need a couple of bears or mountain lions. You’ll soon have no deer and leaving the house will come with a whole new level of excitement.
Might not work with Scottish deer but electric fences have been fairly effective for my dad in S. Wales.
Allegedly peeing round the perimeter marks it as your territory although not sure I would fancy defending it against a large stag.
Aren't they out of season?
@slowol - Why are you trying to keep your dad out?
Or is it South Wales keeping your dad out?
Please can we have more information?
Keeps him in and prevents wandering to the pub unexpectedly 😉
Get a dog. Mine would love a deer to dare to come into the garden.
Oirc deer on you land become yours so shooting them for the pot?
This.
Look on it as a bonus rather than a problem.
I just go outside and shout at them.
The moose i leave to eat whatever they damn well please.
Venison. Also mmmmmm, yummy. I've just had a venison pasta meal.
Why isn’t she mrs_oaa? Is your username Matt Out Anda Bout and I’ve been reading it wrong for years?
Good point. I've no idea. I just typed it as OAB and it's stuck.
Oirc deer on you land become yours so shooting them for the pot?
My concern is neighbours windows / manslaughter charges / firearms charges....
A grumpy lynx
Bert for hire. Will chase deer and bears. Can be paid in cheese and tickles.
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To repel Deer, you need the opposite of Deer.
A sign saying ‘Best regards’ should sort you right out.
RM.
Get a dog. Mine would love a deer to dare to come into the garden.
🤣 Let me introduce you to Olive, matriarch of our neighbourhood herd of 20 red deer and expert at dealing with dogs - she gives them a good kicking. She will charge humans and only veer-off if you stand your ground. If you want deer off your garden, you need a 6 foot fence - we have 2 fenced off areas, but they simply roam everywhere else - our garden separates 2 open areas and they cross through at night and early morning. You just get used to it, although Mrs DB had a few choice words when they killed her cherry tree by stripping the branches.
FLS own the land behind us, it is designated parkland and potentially an SSI due to a number of rare orchid species, but the over-grazing by deer threatens that- FLS do nothing. There are more deer than people, and a limited cull doesn’t really impact the population around the village. The price of venison is kept artificially high as it suits the producers - if there was large scale culling, the price would drop.
Does the bird act as a spotter divebiker?
They’re living in an urban garden, somewhere they should not be living, and bringing more and more with them.
I bet there were deer there before humans colonised and developed it. You can't blame them for bringing in more deer to force you out. Perhaps you could go over your boundary and seek to exterminate the blighters in the remaining space they've been allowed to live in. It would help if you had some powerful neighbours to help you, providing the necessary firepower and fending off any complaints from the authorities.
Alternatively, you're just going to have to learn to co-exist or be prepared to move when the Aboriginal Rights for Wildlife movement kicks off.
Count me in for a side of Rudolph, when you've sorted it 👍
Blackcurrant jus makes getting good rid of them much nicer
I bet there were deer there before humans colonised and developed it.
I bet there was ice there 22 thousand years ago and no deer or humans.
Aren’t they out of season?
Depends. https://bds.org.uk/information-advice/resources/deer-open-season/
Does the bird act as a spotter divebiker?
More likely this :
Do deer tell their friends about bad experiences?
Like if you consistently turn the hosepipe on them, shoot them with a mega Nerf gattling gun, throw eggs etc. ?
Once they have learned there's food in your garden they'll keep coming until
A There's somewhere better to go
B There's no food in your garden
If it helps I had venison burgers for tea 🙂
Despite they are in an urban setting I believe it could be possible to control them - if you took the shot from high to low and if your garden was large enough (and dependent on the species of deer) it could be possible. This is assuming you have someone with the right tickets etc
That being said I would look at higher fences and perhaps running an electric fence wire on top ?
Livestock energiser with single strand of electric stock fence tape. Mains powered and not massively spendy.
The dear don’t like the clicks the tape makes or the shock it gives them when they touch it.
Works a treat.
Aren’t they out of season?
I don't think that pregnancy is the problem
Set up a Christmas wonderland, this one went well... https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/heartless-fraudsters-conned-victims-festive-22920534
Could you hang a couple of their decomposing heads on your front gate, might serve as a deterrent. For everyone.
Or.
Movement sensors that play Metallica REALLY loudly.
You need a 6 foot fence to keep them out, and remember to shut gates. Every single time our gate at the bottom of the garden is left open there is a deer munching through the garden the next morning even though there is a whole field of grass the other side of the fence.
Get a dog.
If they are the standard large Scottish deer he's going to need more than one (even if it's a Bert). There will also be a need for a strong stomach and dog shampoo. I'm reliably informed that dogs will start to eat the prey before it's properly dead and Matt will need to finish the job off to avoid being charged with causing un-necessary suffering to an animal. There will also be loads of blood, mess and noise (and the neighbours will probably complain too)..
Photos?
Does the bird act as a spotter dove biker?
No, but the robins and great tits do peck the ticks off them…
Here’s Olive ‘standing guard’ right outside the back gate right now. It is a quiet spot, few passing people so it’s their day time hang out.
