Deer repellent needed
 

Well this afternoon I took a walk around one of the farms I have permission to hunt

I found a tree stand just over the property line , 5 feet off facing the property line
In a 10' wide strip of trees
It is facing onto the farm I have sole permission to bow hunt on

I talked to the land owner and the farmer
They both have had run in's with a guy that lives on the next road over
Hunting several places without permission

Non of us want to get in a shouting match with this fool , as the last time tires were slashed and fences were cut
And catching him would be next to imposible
As acess to where he has the stand is tough , Neither the police or DNR have been able to catch him on several propertys
Messing with his stand would be just as bad and he could call the police on us

We contacting the land owner where the stand is located
No no one has permission to hunt there
But no we can't touch the stand or cross the property line
He was quite clear on that


So we have decided , if we can't stop him from hunting that stand
We will try and stop all the deer from going past his stand

We are planning on spraying some type of deer repellent all around the stand

As the deer have a number of trails bypassing his stand
We just want the deer to not use the trails around his stand




Anyone know of a efective deer repellent that we could put in a back pack sprayer ?
It would be nice if it was reasonably cheap
As we are hopeing to spray 50 yds in all directions of the stand
And into the treeline where the stand is
As far as we can without crossing the property line


Any ideas ?

John

We had a similar problem like this a few years back. My grampa was wanting to take an old truck up there and park it right by there stand but on our side. IDK maybe something like that would work.

Go to the local barber shops and sweep up all the cut hair from the floor you can gather. Spread it around to scent the woods up! Don't know if it works but it's logical and best of all it's free. There are several commercial products on the market also. Usually a day off work with nothing else to do on opening day will send every deer in a 10 mile area running! Just the way it works for me! LOL!

i heard coffee beans will work...

human hair i've heard works, just put it within a 15 or 20 yard area, so its more concentrated to the stand, so if a deer comes by the attention will be placed on his stand, more likely to bust him...

just an idea, not sure if it would work or not.

also try cologne/perfume, or predator urine.

Seems like you're worrying an awful lot about one stand that's not on your property. And the adjacent land owner seems just fine with it as he won't take it down or let you cross the line. I would think the best deterent would be to walk up to that stand every time you can. Lots of traffic will spook any deer away. Hell, throw a balloon of pee over the fence everytime you go. If the guy hunts it a lot he'll do the deer repelling for you. Tie a big tarp in the trees on your side of the fence limiting his view. Maybe paint a note on it. No shooting over the fence.

Seriously!

Maybe place a trail cam where he cant see it, if thats even possible. And when it catches him trespassing, you have the proof. I know in NY you cant kick a trespasser off the land, only the land owner can. I like Davidmil's idea, put up a big sign telling him he is being watch for trespassing, and if caught, he will be arested..... Confronting persistent trespassers is not recommended. He could be violent. Carry a camera with you at all times. If you do see him, take a picture, and leave. But make sure the picture is good enough to ID him.
If you know where he is parking get his plate number so they will know where to go to arrest him at home. Thats just my opinion.....

The hair, cologne, remnants of bar soap and moth ball flakes all stink up the area enough to deter deer from travelling through.

Go to your local farm supply store there are quite a few deer repellant sprays on the market use to keep deer out of you flowers. I like David idea about the tarp too.

You can use a mix of peppers and rotten milk and spray around the place but may need to be reapplied after a rain

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Poop under his tree everytime you go past.

This probably won't help because you can't spray it over the fence but I keep deer away from my young fruit trees by putting a dryer sheet like Bounce on a stake right at the base. It works.

I got a similar problem myself. Was actually going to see about doing the predator urine but don't want something to spook all the deer away from the spot.

Might try the hair clippings as a friend of mine does that and will be easy to get.

Best repellent, is a dead deer, or remains after butchering. I have learned the hard way, as I accidently dumped remains after butchering of a deer near a bedding area. At the time, I didn't realize it was the central bedding area, but looking back, the remains really cut off all action. The deer totally changed thier routes.

I would not run the risk of screwing up your area by messing with a stand that is 5 foot from the property line. Besides you have to cross the property line to put your repellent down - that may cause problems since you were told not to go over there. If that gets back to the land owner of the parcels you hunt he may get pissed off and throw you out.

That stand is on a different property. If the landowner of that parcel wants it down, he'll take it down. You are acting on behalf of people who have trusted in you to act responsibly on their land and to respect the rights of adjacent property owners. Spreading repellents or anything else on someone elses land will do more harm than good.

I have heard if you pour some kerosene around the base of the tree they will avoid that area like the plague.

And kill the tree most likely. Maybe not right away, but it will....

Some people have too much time

Deer do not like the smell of rotten eggs.



Moth balls should work also.



How about having the farmer dump a big load of manure right by the stand?

I will just say there is more to this than just keeping a guy from seeing deer

As he and I have had a few go arounds and we are pretty sure he is the one that stole all the land owners ( his son ) treestands a few years back
As he was bragging about the cheap tree stands someone left for him

Not afraid of messing up the area
As the stand is on the very back edge of the land
And just getting to the area from my acess point would mean walking through the 2 bedding areas

Or a long canoe trip

As for doing anything to his stand
That is not going to happen

I may hate the guy , but I have some ethics

But I did get permission from the land owner to cross his land to spray some weeds and clean the ditch out
He is just against hunting , but is convinced the stand isn't doing any harm


So yesterday we sprayed the weeds along the property line and in a 50 yd radius around the stand .....with a mix of milk , eggs and hot pepper oil

Stayed away from the stand a few feet , as to not touch it

Yes I am being petty about this , but the land owner wanted to do more

John

gather a bucket of dog **** and toss it over the fence

If it were me, I would find some trees in the area to cut down for fire wood. In my experience the more you open up the area the less likely they are to use it because it is not as safe. I would make that area wide open.

I have used Irish spring bar soap. From what I heard the deer cant stand the smell so we picked up a case from sams club for a good price and drilled holes in some to hang from a fence and trees. We also took the bar and rubbed it up and down the bark about 4ft on all the trees in the area. When it rains it runs into the soil but the scent is still there.

We have some expensive areas that we hunt and the rich landowners have cant stand the deer eating thier landscaping.