Outwitting Deer : 101 Truly Ingenious Methods and Proven Techniques to Prevent Deer from Devouring Your Garden and Destroying Your Yard

by Bill Adler Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781558216297
• ISBN10: 1558216294
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

A new book by the bestselling author of "Outwitting Squirrels" and "Outwitting Critters, " offering more than 100 truly ingenious methods for surviving around these voracious ungulates. Photos and illustrations throughout.

Author Biography

Bill Adler Jr. is the author of over a dozen books including Outwitting Critters and Outwitting Squirrels. He is a literary agent and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
The Awful Truth about Deer	p. 11
History of Deer	p. 12
That's a Lot of Deer	p. 13
Types--Yes, There are More than One	p. 14
Characteristics of the Three Most Common Deer	p. 16
Where They're Going, Where They've Been	p. 17
Where and When to Send Deer Mail	p. 18
Society: Everybody Needs a Friend	p. 20
Dating and Mating	p. 23
They Will Survive	p. 26
Take Two Aspirin and Go Back to the Woods	p. 26
Hungry?	p. 27
Faster than a Speeding Bullet	p. 29
Antlers: Unique Deer Hats	p. 30
Menaces to Society	p. 33
Close Encounters of the Deer Kind	p. 34
Fawn on Your Lawn	p. 38
Lyme Time	p. 38
Road Warriors	p. 44
Outwitting Strategies from the Ground Up	p. 51
How to Tell If a Deer Has Been In Your Yard	p. 52
Basic Detective Work	p. 52
Deer Beds	p. 53
The Tracks of My Deers	p. 53
Scat, Another Four-Letter Word	p. 54
Menace to Our Gardens and Livelihoods	p. 54
Planting to Outwit Deer	p. 58
Deer-Resistant Plants	p. 63
Vegetables, Fruits, and Some Herbs Deer Dislike	p. 65
Plants Rarely Damaged	p. 66
Plants Frequently Damaged	p. 78
Top Twenty Genera List	p. 80
Camouflage Gardening	p. 81
Plants with Strong Aromas	p. 82
Get to Know Your Neighbor	p. 84
Smarter than the Average Deer	p. 87
Fencing	p. 88
Scents, Homemade and Otherwise	p. 94
Soap	p. 94
Household Products and Homemade Mixtures	p. 96
Other Stuff That Smells Bad to Deer	p. 98
Wire	p. 101
Scare Devices	p. 102
Lights	p. 103
Netting	p. 103
Noisemakers	p. 104
Ultrasound Devices	p. 106
Sprinklers	p. 107
Dogs	p. 107
What Deer Fear: Products	p. 111
Looking at the Big Picture: Overpopulation (and Ways of Dealing with It)	p. 129
Relocation	p. 130
Contraception	p. 132
The Return of the Predators	p. 135
Elimination: A-Hunting We Will Go	p. 136
No Long-Term Solution in Sight	p. 146
Learning to Love Them	p. 151
This Land Was Made for You and Me	p. 153
When You Can't Beat 'Em, Eat 'Em	p. 156
Venison as a Food Source	p. 156
How to Tell if You're Eating a Good Deer	p. 158
Venison for Charity	p. 159
Deer Farming	p. 160
Games People Play	p. 161
Deer Hunter	p. 161
Deer Avenger	p. 162
When All Else Fails: Dastardly Deeds That Can Deter Deer	p. 165
Resources	p. 173
Gardening	p. 173
Hunting/Venison	p. 174
Miscellaneous	p. 175
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