My neighbor uses a motion light, motion turns it on. The deer leave pretty quick.

WOW I CANT IMAGINE THAT RUNNING DEER OFF ...LOOK WHAT HAPPENS WHEN HEAD LIGHTS HIT THEM ...THEY JUST STAND THERE MOST THE TIME ..

DOC

The guy down the road from me has a pretty good sized garden. Problem is hes not a hunter, and put the garden right in the middle of a saddle where all the deer in that area cross...and now, eat! We are at capacity for deer numbers in this area. So Ive watched over the years as I drive by his garden at night and see the deer, after driving by during the day and seeing what he had put out to scare them. Bars of soap hanging from socks, hair cuttings (which you need to replenish often, Ive heard), Radio covered in plastic to rain proof, motion lights (this DID make it easier to VIEW the deer!) and electric fence.

The very best option that ALWAYS works? Tie the dog out at the garden at night. Tie him out of the way of the edge, of course. You can even move him around. Itll scare off the deer, plus the coons and during the day, woodchucks, squirrels and crows. BINGO! Now that wasnt too bad, huh? Unless you dont own a dog, that is...

Plotsaver (also known as Deer Stopper)works well as does Hinder and Plant Skydd, all three are recommended bywildlife biologists and are commonly used by gardeners and Fish and Game departments around the country and the U.S.F.W.S. All work for about 30 days without reapplication if it does not rain real hard. An electric fence also works very well, set it up and tie rags on it every few feet, cover the rags with peanut butter to attract the deer to the rags, a few jolts from a good fence to a sensitive nose usually does the trick. Most of the suggestions related to socks, scare crows, moth balls, human hair etc. will work for a few days but are usually ineffective for the long haul. You are also a bit late in attempting to get a repellant working, next year have your repellant in place before the garden has sprouted, it is far easier to teach them not to enter an area before it has something to eat available than after they have developed a taste for your plants.

Whatever you do, you will probably have to swap it up. The deer around my house always get used to some of those suggestions. We have to swap it up to keep them from catching on. But I've never tried the dog. Sounds like a plan to me!

I just fence,Keeps other critters out also,but have heard the best way is to put up electric fence and spread peanut butter on fence.

I put up a 7ft fence around my garden. The deer just crash through it.

They munch my shrubs down to bare twigs. In the fall, the bucks mangle my deer 3D target.

I've tried hair, cat poop, coyote urine, rotten carp blood, soap, netting, motion detector lights.... I even got a dog.

The closest thing that has come to working is the coyote urine. But even that is no cure-all. (stinks horrible, burns leaves and need reapplication regularly)

I've mostly just given up on having veggies and nice shrubs. [&o]

BTW, I took this picture on Monday... 1:30pm in my backyard. (the dog is tied up and barking a whole 20yards from this deer) I had to lean out the window and yell at the thing to make it go away. [:@]