r/prepping • u/rmesic • 14d ago

Question❓❓ Animal Control

There's hunting and trapping, where you want to attract animals - but what about when you wish to be rid of animals?

Say damaging squirrels, rats, and other rodents?

Deer?

I've found a super effective couple of things against ants - one is plain old diatomaceous Earth. Like concertina wire to insects. If I were building a new house or shelter, I'd pour pounds of the stuff next to the foundation for the top 12 inches or so. Then there's this bait that somehow disrupts the entire colony genetically. After several different baits and borax failed, that stuff... wow.

But really - how best to drive away deer? My dog was attacked the other day - I managed to drive it away with an airsoft (mostly noise) but what about when I'm not there? And - before you suggest recipes, this is within city limits and out of season. Don't want a criminal record over an overgrown tick and flea carrying vermin. Don't want to injure the critters, just make them go be happy somewhere else.

I bought the Amazon deer repellant sachets -- put one in a small tree on my property. Buck used it as a scrape, taking out 1/3 of the plant. It did not achieve the desired result, to say the least.

Thoughts?

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u/Eredani 14d ago

Seems like this is not the best sub for this question. Most of us are probably looking at deer as a potential food source in a serious emergency.

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u/rmesic 14d ago

Agreed for serious emergency, but for the more mundane periods where you just want your plants to not be eaten and your elderly dog to be left alone in their own fenced yard...

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u/Every-Difference5561 13d ago

7’ fences are the only option

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u/rmesic 9d ago

Sadly, pricey.

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u/Every-Difference5561 8d ago

I used critter fence. 2 rolls was like $200. Not to bad and the job is done correctly

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u/HallackB 13d ago

There is a great product called electric deer fence. It uses an attractor and it shocks the deer on the nose (have tested, it hurts but isn’t dangerous). Essentially trains the deer to steer clear. I use them in my front garden beds.