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Borzak

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I've heard people using all kind of shit to deter deer. It was and still is a huge thing in wildlife management now. Especially in semi rural, suburban areas. I live next to the national forest and most of my land is a giant food plot to attract deer since the US Forest Service has been in a no thinning and no harvest timber mode for at least 35 years. Not much browse grows in timber stands no daylight reaches the floor.

My major professor used to have a slide of tires painted green. Show it at talks "look at all the food", I mean it's green it must be deer food.
 
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BrutulTM said:
I don't know but I pee in my yard all the time and the deer still come right in. I've heard of people putting up a two-tier electric fence with one low wire and one higher one to keep deer out but I haven't tried it. A guard dog is the best but that's hard in a populated area and sometimes it doesn't work anyway. My mom has an outdoor dog but he sleeps all night and the critters all come in anyway.

One of my proudest moments as a dog owner was one morning when I looked out to see my two border collies escorting a porcupine out of the yard. One was on either side of it just trotting along and the porcupine was hauling ass as much as porcupines can haul ass (they are slow as hell) and the dogs knew not to touch it, just got it out of the yard. My dogs sleep in the house though so stuff still comes in at night.
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We've had luck using Milorganite on our food plots as fertilizer - it keeps the deer out for 4-6 weeks depending on weather.
 
Mr_Bungle

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Foler said:
Ok looked everything over. I wonder if they make something or I could make something like a towable reservoir - I could just tow it around with my UTV to each of my agroforestry rows… maybe a good DIY project.. Wonder if I could find a clear reservoir with gallon/liter marks, a small UTV trailer, hose holder and make something.. Any chance you’ve seen a product like this?

Trailer like this

with something like this but need a way to measure liquid volume

And a hose holder attached to it…
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Then maybe get a 12v version of that pump and run it off the UTV battery..

This would also make drenching compost tea tenfold more easy. I HATE moving hundreds of foot of hose around my agroforestry rows.
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Sorry for the delay but I found a company that I believe is based in Florida. They might have a product that fits your needs.

Portable Water Storage | So Many Water Trailers and Tanks!
 
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BrutulTM said:
I don't know but I pee in my yard all the time and the deer still come right in. I've heard of people putting up a two-tier electric fence with one low wire and one higher one to keep deer out but I haven't tried it. A guard dog is the best but that's hard in a populated area and sometimes it doesn't work anyway. My mom has an outdoor dog but he sleeps all night and the critters all come in anyway.

One of my proudest moments as a dog owner was one morning when I looked out to see my two border collies escorting a porcupine out of the yard. One was on either side of it just trotting along and the porcupine was hauling ass as much as porcupines can haul ass (they are slow as hell) and the dogs knew not to touch it, just got it out of the yard. My dogs sleep in the house though so stuff still comes in at night.
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Gonna do 8 ft electric fence. Will two tier it or put a guard dog inside it if that doesn’t work. I also have a black bear problem so hoping to handle both…
 
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