General Rules of Thumb

• Respond promptly to situations making areas deer have interest in unattractive including scare devices- visual, auditory, taste, and smell          

• Fencing off sensitive areas – 8 ft high to keep deer out or consider fencing individual plants
  

• Thoughtful landscape design considering selection and placement of plants

• Tolerance- remember, they were here first!

• Do not feed the deer by providing corn, salt licks, etc. unless you want them in your yard
  

   Deer Problem Suggestions
  

• fruit trees and shrubs
• strawberries
• azaleas, tulips, day lilies, impatiens

• Native plants stand up better to wildlife
• Benefits of native plants can support 10-50 times as many species as non-natives
• less supplemental watering
• reduce mowing/reduce pollution
• less fertilizing
• less need for pesticides
• encourage biodiversity

• Start using immediately upon noticing first signs of damage                                      
• Start early in spring when plants start to grow                
• Rotate repellents for maximum effectiveness
• Combine various techniques and rotate methods around frequently for best results

• Deer Away Big Game Repellent
• Hinder Deer and Rabbit Repellent – can be used on food crops
• Two tablespoons hot sauce/gallon of water sprayed on leaves

• movement activated water sprayers
• motion lights and sounds (wind chimes, sheets of aluminum foil, mirrors)