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Krodad · 08-14-2007, 08:59 PM

I don't know what your acreage setup is, but I had a huge problem in my yard with deer eating everything, and my yard is at the edge of our pasture and timber, so the deer supply is endless (makes for great hunting though)

Anyway, here's what I do and I swear it works...I will follow up next week with some photos if you want as I am travelling this week:

We put up an electric fence at the standard height (about 3') but used the white electric "tape" style of wire...it's about an inch wide with a reflective white color, and the metal wire is stranded throughout the strap. About every 30', we put aluminum foil over the strand, and baited with peanut butter. It was a lot of fun in the full moon light to watch how high a deer can jump in place when they get zapped. It worked very well. We kept the bait fresh for about a week, then after that refreshed it about once a month. Yes they can easily jump over the fence, but they did not like the jolt and they stay away.
We also have a relatively young windbreak with lots of different kinds of trees that the bucks love to rub and destroy. Did the same thing there, but added a secondary fence about 5' inside of the baited fence. They see this and realize that if they try to jump, they will end up on top of the secondary fence, and we have eliminated that problem as well.

If our place was not on such a busy blacktop road, I would have about 4 dogs running free on the property, but I get too attached to watch them all get bumpered.

I have absolutely no moral objection to taking out what is in effect a varmint, but chances are you are going to get in some kind of trouble. If you can't drop the bugger stone dead, it could run off and someone might then be a witness, etc., and if you are not out in the middle of nowhere like I am, you have to think about downrange, and it would be irresponsible to shoot them with anything other than a high power rifle or shotgun slug.
I cannot legally harvest a deer in Iowa without a tag, no matter what. If I poach, there will be a charge of over $1500.00 for the value of the deer, plus the criminal side of things. Not worth it

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Krodad Registered User iTrader: (1) Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 216 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: MD hunters, If a deer is on your property can you shoot it? I don't know what your acreage setup is, but I had a huge problem in my yard with deer eating everything, and my yard is at the edge of our pasture and timber, so the deer supply is endless (makes for great hunting though) Anyway, here's what I do and I swear it works...I will follow up next week with some photos if you want as I am travelling this week: We put up an electric fence at the standard height (about 3') but used the white electric "tape" style of wire...it's about an inch wide with a reflective white color, and the metal wire is stranded throughout the strap. About every 30', we put aluminum foil over the strand, and baited with peanut butter. It was a lot of fun in the full moon light to watch how high a deer can jump in place when they get zapped. It worked very well. We kept the bait fresh for about a week, then after that refreshed it about once a month. Yes they can easily jump over the fence, but they did not like the jolt and they stay away. We also have a relatively young windbreak with lots of different kinds of trees that the bucks love to rub and destroy. Did the same thing there, but added a secondary fence about 5' inside of the baited fence. They see this and realize that if they try to jump, they will end up on top of the secondary fence, and we have eliminated that problem as well. If our place was not on such a busy blacktop road, I would have about 4 dogs running free on the property, but I get too attached to watch them all get bumpered. I have absolutely no moral objection to taking out what is in effect a varmint, but chances are you are going to get in some kind of trouble. If you can't drop the bugger stone dead, it could run off and someone might then be a witness, etc., and if you are not out in the middle of nowhere like I am, you have to think about downrange, and it would be irresponsible to shoot them with anything other than a high power rifle or shotgun slug. I cannot legally harvest a deer in Iowa without a tag, no matter what. If I poach, there will be a charge of over $1500.00 for the value of the deer, plus the criminal side of things. Not worth it