[Oliver]

[quote blackcat] something called 'Grazers' [/quote]
Thank you for this info. Will do some research. If I use it, will report back in due course.
O

[Salmo]

Human hair in some old tights, ask your hairdresser to save you some, or a smelly dogs blanket.

[Oliver]

Human hair in some old tights, ask your hairdresser to save you some, or a smelly dogs blanket.

Thank you. I have made a 'model' of a muntjac-sized dog out of chickenwire and a video tape (threaded like a fluffy rug). The tape glints in the light and the hair can go in the hollow 'body'. So perhaps the wind will help by wafting the smell around for the creatures to smell. Perhaps pigeons will also take note.

I made a cat last year and this worked well on pigeons, but two legged pests came and jumped on it ...
O

[oldbean]

The problem with deer is that they are very strong, they can do immense damage by grazing, and as there are no longer any predators left in the wild in this country, (I suppose there is the odd puma or two according to local news), the only control option is s*******. A method people seem happy enough with if used on pumas.

[Parsnip]

Human hair in some old tights, ask your hairdresser to save you some, or a smelly dogs blanket.

Thank you. I have made a 'model' of a muntjac-sized dog out of chickenwire and a video tape (threaded like a fluffy rug). The tape glints in the light and the hair can go in the hollow 'body'. So perhaps the wind will help by wafting the smell around for the creatures to smell. Perhaps pigeons will also take note.

I made a cat last year and this worked well on pigeons, but two legged pests came and jumped on it ...
O

You've just got to post pics of that Oliver.......

[Oliver]

Hee hee, OK parsnip, will do, but - typical this - the battery in the camera is flat and I can't find the charger ... as soon as I do, I will
Oliver

[Oliver]

photos of some critter deterrents

Hello Parsnip: here are some pictures -

Hector the cat, useful for scarring pigeons, but not proof against the two-footed pest who jumped on him, so now he is Hector the Flatcat. I am in the process of fattening him up.

The Dork. It started life at a Hawk but finished up looking like a duck, hence Dork. It was made in 2005 but now has seen better days and its feathers have fallen off its wings.  I have made some new wings for it and when it has learned to fly again, perhaps he will fly on here. 

Camera still sans battery, so dog hoping to scare muntjacs will have to wait.
Oliver

[wysiwyg]

Hopefully the shooting comment was said in jest  :blink:

I was just reading in one of the gardening magazines you can get something called 'Grazers' which stops animals going near the crops - have no idea if it works though

Guess that you dont eat meat then?

[wysiwyg]

while I appreciate that many people are animal lovers, me included,  If something needs to be dispatched to prevent damage then so long as it goes into the food chain, I really cant see the problem.

To be fair although munties are quite shy think you may find they over come most scarers with familiarity.  might get you a repreve though? maybe see if you can get a large sturdy mesh cage to protect stuff as it is coming on?

[Oliver]

..  they overcome most scarers with familiarity.  might get you a repreve though? maybe see if you can get a large sturdy mesh cage to protect stuff as it is coming on?

A plotholder along the way from me came across a dead munjac and he took it home to his mate the butcher who sorted it out. they ate it, and the family says it was very nice -

As for a large cage - I have caged the brassicas against the pigeons and they are now doing very well. When they get a bit bigger and there is other stuff for the birds to eat I will take the cage off and re-erect it over something else, perhaps. Thanks.

Meanwhile, for corn, I will try the dog-and-hair stunt, and perhaps change the position of the dog if there is evidence of the mj.   I know we must all eat, but there is no harm in taking simple precautions
Oliver

[Parsnip]

Sounds like someone dispatched your muntjac after all then Oliver...

[Swing Swang]

Maybe the British Deer Society would be of help.
http://www.bds.org.uk/

SS

[wysiwyg]

Where there is one there are usually others,  they are a non indigenous species that is fast spreading throughout the uk.  They are the same as rabbits ( the doe is almost continually pregnant).  They are by no stretch of the imagination remotely endagered or in risk of becoming so.

[harrymac]

A plotholder along the way from me came across a dead munjac and he took it home to his mate the butcher who sorted it out. they ate it, and the family says it was very nice -

I wouldn't do that with any animal unless I knew how it had died. It could have been poisoned or diseased.

[Kabby]

We also have marauding munjacs on our allotment - as I found out the first year when it scoffed all my broadbeans!  We used chicken wire over everything or deer netting - not cheap but does the job!