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Do not use the vinegar recipe 




The vinegar recipe above, will only kill the plants. Do not under any circumstances, spray your plants with vinegar.
deer meat 




Items needed
12 gauge automatic shotgun
4 double oo shells
1 battery power spotlight
12 pack Bud light
1 fold up chair
Place chair in center of …
Shack, Rattle and Go 




This is a solution I learned from my Grandma a very sucessful gardener, To Keep birds deer and other varments
out of my lawn and plants, hang things like …
deer repellent that surely work. 




Few hand grenades, AK 47, mine your entire yard. Build watch towers, with heavy duty lights, put each kids in one of the watch, and let the game begin …
Pam's Deer Rellent 




I took a combination of several recipes and tried it - IT WORKED!. My doe never came back after the first sniff and bite. We live on Deer Run Dr. - Enough …
New Way to Use Deer Repellant 




This is not a new recipe, but a different way to use any good repellent.
1) Obtain small plastic containers - yogurt or individual fruit cup size.
…
Best Deer Repellent 




I have a simple repellent that makes deer NEVER come back to eat my crops. I mix buckshot with gun powder and spray at high velocity from my deck at the …
Moth Balls 




Scatter moth balls on the ground in flower beds. I have had good luck keeping rabbits and deer out with them. You will need to add more as the moth balls …
Deer problem 




buy one dozen eggs
hot smoked sausage patties
tobasco sauce
wheat bread
Make breakfast and eat well.
Grab a rifle and shoot any deer you see.
Stages of deer repellent 




1) Darn Deer ate my new fruit trees!
2) fence. LOL!
3) Spray with egg.
4) Spray with egg and jalapeno.
5) Spray with egg, jalapeno, and habanerno
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Deer Repellent It does work. 




Take a grass rope, and hang on post, around your garden.Then take Irish Spring (reg.)soap, with moth balls,put them in some old (knee hi's hose) and hang …
GOFEET in King George 




I make a tea bag from a large coffee filter with:
1 tbls mint flakes or fresh mint
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp red pepper flakes or chipotle powder
1 …
Angry gardener 




3 sticks dynamite
100 ft wire
1 car battery
Eco Friendly, and truly works! 




I can't believe I didn't read about this anywhere. We, here in Cleveland, Ohio have discovered the best deer repellent to date. It's call Milorganite …
Hanxter 




1 wife/girlfriend
1 shotgun
1 box of shells (20)
1 halogen outdoor flood light with remote on/off switch
3 cases of Bud
1 box of No-Doze (optional …
420 gardens keep deer away 100% effective 




I have done extensive testing on keeping deer and pretty much any herbavore away from my little girls. 100% effective.
2 ingredients: Human hair, spread …
Fishing for Deer 




I strung heavy duty fishing line about waist high through the trees in a circle around our property and hung pieces of yellow plastic tape on it just so …
urine luck without deer 




Pee in a milk jug and let sit out in the sun to cook for 3-4 days. It is optional to put cooking oil for longer lasting effect. Spray or sprinkle around …
Miloganite Repels and Fertilizes 




My wife and I already used Milorganite (Milwalkee's sludge) as a natural fertilizer and then we realized that it worked as a deer repellent also. The …
Monster Stinky Homemade Brew 



Here's my recipe for keeping deer away from my garden, and let me warn you now, it is some stinky smelling stuff!
First I take a bag and poop in it …
Fed up with too many deer 



5 gallons human urine* (I know it's gross!)
1 dry pint cayenne pepper powder
1 gallon Wilt-pruf concentrate
6 raw eggs
8 tablespoons of chopped garlic …
Hot Rosemary Deer Repellent 



Boil eight cups of water
Add 6 large fresh sprigs of rosemary
simmer for 10 minutes
Let cool
Add 1 teaspoon Tabasco seasoning regular
Add 1 teaspon …
Vancouver Island Gardener 



Hard boil and mash 1 dozen eggs. Add about 1/3 kg bloodmeal. Add enough vegetable oil to moisten bloodmeal. If available, smash up some oyster shells, …
litemoves 



1 head of garlic, cloves separated and smashed (no need to peel)
1 qt. boiling water
1 tsp. castile soap (Dr. Bronners or similar)
Steep garlic cloves …
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Tobacco Tea 



a freebie for smokers or people with friends that are smokers....
empty the contents of two or three ashtrays into a pot of simmering water (yeah, …
Pee with a purpose 



Take old socks, stuff them with other old socks, or batting, like the kind you put in a quilt.
Tie these to the trees or the garden fence.
Take human …
Female Urine (human) 



I had read about coyote urine to deter deer, and I thought why not try human urine. Is's cheap, and most households have an unlimited supply.
I live …
CUCUMBERS! 



I had to give up growing pole beans on my garden fence due to the deer but since I started growing cucumbers on my fence I have had no more problems with …
jake archer/ truck driver 


Not being home but once a week, this works to keep deer off my garden.
1. bottle of tabasco hot sauce
2. two eggs
3. gallon of water
Blend eggs and …
Personal Experience with peppers 


My mother had real problems with deer a few years ago. They've gotten really bad around here and subsequently she's been buying flower types that the …
Irish Spring 


Simply use a potatoe peeler to thinly slice bars of Irish Spring soap around your garden. Only drawback is the color of the soap surrounding your garden, …
This deer repellent works well. 


2-3 Tbls. Cooking Oil 1 Eggs
1 cup Milk or Buttermilk
1 Tbls. liquid soap
1 Teaspoon hot chili oil (optional)
1 Qt. Water
Combine in a blender; …
I was going to get a fence, but I tried this recipe 


When we had a landscaper over to consult on, among other things, installing some deer fencing so we could plant some more perennials, he suggested a much …
Deer repellant 
1 - 270 grains of lead propelled at 3000 fps
DEER HATER 
30-30 RIFLE WORKS GREAT
Do NOT use hot sauce or hot peppers! Not rated yet
If you use hot sauce, hot peppers, or sprinkle dried pepper flakes any animals, including pet dogs and cats, can get it on their paws and then in their …
Valerie's deer be gone recipe Not rated yet
Irish spring soap, diluted in hot water
hot sauce
a few moth balls
cayenne pepper
Two ounces of my own early morning urine.
I do not spray anything …
BEWARE Not rated yet
I don't have a recipie to share I just want to point out the ones using eggs and meat smelling products could attract more dangerous animals than deer …
Derr Repellent Not rated yet
I buy Irish Spring bar soap; tie it into cut up "onion bags" or mesh and tie onto the shrubs. it lasts the entire season and it's cheap and easy!
Deer Repellent Not rated yet
Please note that I elected to use the above recipe that good for voles also but wanted to add some additions to content and application. The recipe above …
Down To The Wire With A 30-06 Not rated yet
I live in the Stone Mountain area of Atlanta, Georgia. I actually had to leave my farm in Mayesville, S.C. where the deer are all over the place to find …
Andrea Not rated yet
Mix 1 part Murphy's Oil Soap with 10 parts water. Spritz directly on plants, especially after rain. Works incredibly well and is 98% natural ingredients. …
slight variation Not rated yet
all the above plus Habanaro chili sauce, Vietnamese chili sauce, human urine.
Don't get it on your skin or especially eyes.
After a couple of …
Deer Deterrant Not rated yet
This may sound disgusting, but if you have a dog, let your dog do his business right next to your garden, also hair has been used many times , drop some …
Denver Mike Not rated yet
6 eggs
2 Tablespoons cheapest but Hottest hot sauce
2 Tablespoons garlic powder
2 Tablespoons Lemon liquid dis soap
Blend or whip to liquid
Add …
Draca Not rated yet
We used this last year and it worked all season long. Our neighbor who owns a beauty shop saved the hair she swept up off the floor, and we stuffed a …
Goldie Dietz Deer and Rabbit Repellent Not rated yet
1 2 1/2 pound bag of blood meal
1 2 1/2 pound bag of bone meal
1 large container of Garlic Powder
1 medium container of hot chili peppers
…
Master gardner of missouri, in oregon Not rated yet
2 raw eggs beaten well
1 cup milk
5to6 table spoons of hot pepper powder
1/4 cup dish soap
blend all together with water makes about 1 gallon, let …
deer and rabbit repelant Not rated yet
I like to use this as a spray around my garden, not on the plants. I don't use a sprayer, but a plastic seltser bottle with a small hole drilled in the …
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VHS tape Not rated yet
I live 1 mile off the road in the middle of the woods and have many deer roaming through. For the last two years I have found VHS tape effective in keeping …
Deer fence which seems to work; lifted from Youtube Not rated yet
A Youtube video entitled "Innovative Deer Fence" stated that deer have no problem jumping upwards, but are intimidated by having to jump both vertically …
The most natural of all Not rated yet
simply do what all animals do, mark your territory with your urin, the oder of man will keep them away, If you dont want to apply it to the plants, soak …
Fire hot Not rated yet
gallon of water.
5 ghost peppers.
cut up peppers and put them in the water and set in sun, like making sun tea with very hot peppers.
when water looks …
Deerbegone Not rated yet
Every evening, just after the sun goes down, I have my two boys go out and pee around the plants. They think that it is great fun. It works for the most …
Raw Wool Not rated yet
Never tried it but I met a forester that said in Germany they string raw wool over the young seedlings. When they deer browse it chokes them and they then …
Question Not rated yet
how long does your recipe the eggs garlic chilli powder
cayenne pepper last before you need to spray again?
thank …
Habenero/Peppermint Surprise Not rated yet
10 Habeneros, Ripe Orange
25 Cayennes, Ripe Red
2 cups Vinegar
1 cup Whole Egg Yolks
1 cup 2% Milk
1/2 cup Canola Oil
1 cup Loose Peppermint Leaves …
russthedeerslayer Not rated yet
i put this around my fruit and evergreen trees i planted in my woods. take several milk cartons(1/2 gallon and gallon size) and pee in them. fill each …
Wisc. northwoods dogfriendly solution Not rated yet
Here in Wisconsin we have lots of HUGE hungry deer. Milorganite fertilizer sprinkled around plants is a very effective deterrent; however, our puppy LOVES …
Are You Nuts Not rated yet
I put this picture on all my shrubs with a little sign below it that says, "Go ahead, make my day"
deer repellent Not rated yet
bottle of jack .. drink hold bottle then vomit on your plants deer wont touch them
Husband Not rated yet
Guarenteed Deer repellent: Take one wife and place her directly in front of the window. Add one doe and one fawn eating her newly planted flowers. Shake …
Repellent Success Not rated yet
Repellent Success
A cousin from the farm dictated the following success story.
Yea, it’s homemade alright.
First came a description of eight ingredients …
Very good repellent Not rated yet
2 1/2 Lbs Tiger Poop
5 Gallon bucket with cover
Steep poop in 4 gallons of water for a few days. Using a sprinking can, sprinkle around plants and …
Koukla Not rated yet
I've been planting citrosa plants to repel mosquitos, in my Towson, MD garden, but when my plants grew very full and almost 2' tall, I trimmed them. The …
A quick fix. Not rated yet
If you have a small garden and don't mind shredding soap this is easy.
1 bar Irish Spring soap shredded on top of flowers.
54 moron ways to get rid of deer Not rated yet
what you need:
1) one or more high powered deer rifles
2) enough ammo for them
3) a four wheeler
directions: Drive around until you see the deer …
forget hair and soap. Not rated yet
all of these are good but you must spray every few daysand change your recipe every month. they will eat anything they get used to. cute but deadly.
Mo. Ridgerunner Not rated yet
Take a bar of soap, can be put in bag with lots of holes or tie up with string and hang where needed. I cut full bars into smaller pieces, can also use …
Bounce strips Not rated yet
cut 1 inch strips "Bounce " fabric strips. Tie one or two strips to the tree or shurbs. Tuck into the folage when possible. This will work as long as there …
Old pee pee best around tree stand Not rated yet
Human urine let it sit in room temperature for about a good month and then get industrial size spray bottle add a dab of vegetable oil to the urine to …
natural repellant with human touch Not rated yet
fill a spraty bottle with urine (yours) the urine is a human scent that deer hate.
add crushed garlic
add really hot cayenne pepper. a few tablespoons …
It really stinks Not rated yet
There are no natural predators, and last fall we had as many as 12 deer in the orchard eating, fruit as well as the trees branches, and in the vegetable …
tweetybird62 Not rated yet
urinate in a half gallon milk jug and sprinkle around the outside of your garden sounds gross but deer can't stand the smell of human urine. just ask …
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Anonymous Not rated yet
Play John Denver records with the speakers pointed toward the garden.
"Jimmy Off" because my husband hates it more than the expensive ones! Not rated yet
4 heads of garlic-peeled
6 Tablespoons organic cayenne pepper
6 quarts of water
Boil 2 tablespoons of cayenne pepper and garlic in water until you …
Vacuum Cleaner Repellant Not rated yet
sprinkle/spread the contents of your vacuum cleaner bag around your garden. Smells like the inside of a house, and the critters hate it.
My Repellent Not rated yet
22 cal or 12 ga shot gun. Woke up this morning and half my garden was eaten. All seedlings had some leaves chewed away and some plants gone. Furious.
the best ever Not rated yet
one shot gun.
lots of bullets.
one man.
mix well.
then blow them away!!!
bye bye deer Not rated yet
150 gran remington corelock bullet and 270 rifle
BAMBI Not rated yet
HI POWER RIFLE, SHOTGUN , OR A 9MM GLOCK WILL DO.
Sparky in Philadelphia suburbs Not rated yet
1 doz eggs
1 gal water
Set the eggs in the sun or at room temp for 1-2 weeks to help them break down. They will not rot, even in a couple of weeks. …
the very best deer repellent Not rated yet
it's very simple ...it's called LEAD!!!!!!!
K/9 Leadamiacine Not rated yet
One LARGE fenced yard One LARGE black dog that hates everything 270 cc or cal. of leadamiacne …
These recipes are great around tree stand Not rated yet
Thank you for sharing with me and friends on ways we can repel deer from tree stand where the killers will be sitting and waiting for the poor deer . …
easy peezy Not rated yet
take a old sock stuff some human or animal hair into the sock and pee in it or on it and hang it over a branch or a tree or tie it to a steak that is next …
flyfish1 Try Paintball Gun Not rated yet
How about a painball gun? A friend's father said it worked like gangbusters. It scares the deer and does not hurt them.
My friend borrowed the weapon …
shi and shit Not rated yet
add some dish soap to some water in a spray bottle and also add the following; table spoon of ground red pepper and about a cup of lemon juice.....the …
Tonya's Deer Repellent Not rated yet
Here's a recipe I have tried and I think it works well. I will post a picture of my garden this summer.
Boil some garlic cloves in two cups of water. …
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