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Well hello stranger, long time, no see!Ultrasonic and light based repellents work somewhat nothing is 100%.
Less so during the rut where they will often ignore a lot of it.
A fence with dogs in it is the only 99% effective thing.
Howdy!!!!Well hello stranger, long time, no see!
I've never heard of these things, would you mind elaborating a bit on what they are and how they work?
Interesting. My mom just said the other day, I wonder if there's some kind of high pitched whistle that would scare them. That made me remember what I think was some sort of deer whistle device that was on my sisters old Camry. (or maybe I'm making that up? lol) But I never thought to look up something like that.Howdy!!!!
The ultrasonic uses high pitched sounds above human hearing in a random pattern to scare them off.
The light based ones use led lights that at night look like the eyes of predators and flash on and off randomly.
The do make some that combine both methods in one device.
The problem with both is unless they are moved often and sometimes even then the deer get used to them.
During the rut the bucks just dont care sometimes and ignore them.
Deer whistles for cars are a thing and they are still fairly common and they debatably help some in areas where there are a lot of dear crossing roads.Interesting. My mom just said the other day, I wonder if there's some kind of high pitched whistle that would scare them. That made me remember what I think was some sort of deer whistle device that was on my sisters old Camry. (or maybe I'm making that up? lol) But I never thought to look up something like that.
speel check is evilWhy do you say "detestably"?
@missy, your photos of the deer are just beautiful! What you did to save the little doe was so courageous and wonderful! I live in an area where every year there are wild geese that feed in the grass near largely traveled roads where people speed by. I have stopped traffic, too, for the families who dare to cross, oblivious to the danger. I am often amazed by the fact that an adult will lead the goslings while another adult will take up the rear! Sometimes I see them crossing, as they take their time, and I hold my breath, just praying that others will give them the right of way!! Thankfully, most do.Sorry you are having this issue @Ellen and I do not have anything to offer in terms of suggestions. Just that I agree with @sonnyjane.
And for your enjoyment here are some deer we have encountered along our rides. They belong here and have been here much longer than any of us.
I have been too upset to talk about tis till now. Just the other week I had to stop traffic on a busy 4 lane road in Deal NJ because a baby deer got separated from another deer who crossed before he/she did and now he/she was attempting to cross this very busy road. I almost had a heart attack because the cars speed down that road despite the Deal police presence being strong. Anyway I got off the bike and went into the middle of the 4 lane road and I put out both arms while coaxing the baby deer across the 4 lanes to his mate. Unbelievably I think the deer understood I was trying to help him across as he looked at me and all the cars that now stopped as I was holding my arms out and he looked at me again met my eyes and then crossed to his mate. What a huge relief. But I did feel sick for a while knowing it is probably just a matter of time till one of them gets killed again on that road. We have encountered dead deer along that busy road more than once. Makes me so angry because there are no deer crossing signs there and it isn't my town so nothing I can do that will make a difference. If I was politically connected and lived in that town I would get signs up saying careful deer crossing etc. But I know the people in that town don't want "ugly" signs "littering" their roads. That is how they think. Grrrrrrr makes me so angry!
Sorry for the threadjack. Off my soapbox now.
I hope you find a way to resolve this problem that is good for both you and the deer.
Since then, I always worry when I see the signs for deer and it literally breaks my heart when I see them lying dead on the side of the road.
They are such magnificent animals, but they do wreak havoc on plants and I wish they had the fear/instincts not to walk onto roads where so many of them perish. We just have to try our very best to avoid hurting them.
Thank you, me too!!OH boy!!! I hope this does the trick and you'll be rid of the deer for a while!!! Crossing fingers!!!
@Blingalingaling Mass has a deer problem mainly because they refuse to a.) allow hunting or b) keep allow the towns to cull enough of them to keep them in check. Its also the reason why Lyme Disease is so damn prevalent in the state. We lived in Natick and dog or not, they always ran through out backyard (we have a greyhound and a few times the deer would look a little confused....lol but so would the dog!!)
Sorry to hear that but am not really surprised.It didn't work.
The only good things I can say about it is, it got an end one it had before, and it did not annihilate it. It "should" come out of it.
*goes to work on plan c*
It didn't work.
The only good things I can say about it is, it got an end one it had before, and it did not annihilate it. It "should" come out of it.
*goes to work on plan c*
Karl, I have a question. My son who lives down the street from me, and I were talking last night. He was saying that when he walks late at night he hears resident coyote packs howling. I said I was up and sitting on my breezeway a few mornings ago around 4 AM and heard exactly what sounds like an elk calling. He laughed and said I couldn't hear that because they weren't any in IL. And in researching, "supposedly" there aren't. Though there is record of one being killed last year in Macoupin county. So my question is, is there any type of deer that make that sound? Or could it possibly be one after all? Because I definitely heard it, and I have heard it once before maybe a year ago.
This is what I heard.
My son said that, that maybe they were practicing before going hunting, but would they really do that at 4 in the morning? That's not nice. It was really loud though, so wherever they were (because it sounded like it was a couple blocks away), if it was indeed a "someone", it would have awakened some people.It would not surprise me if there were elk in IL.
The official story for years and dnr treated sightings like UFO sighting that there are no black bears in il and that has been proven wrong.
But that said deer do make similar sounds but not in that tone, but given the right conditions and environment it could be close.
It could have also someone playing around with an elk call.
A buddy of mine loves to mess with people with animal calls.
I read somewhere on line that some guys did this to their property line to keep coyotes away. Maybe I should enlist hubby..... Guys love peeing outside for some reason.