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36 THE RURAL VOICE
Woodlots
Keeping Bambi
at bay
By Andrew Grindlay
Two years ago, my five -acre
plantation of white pine and black
walnut saplings — about tour feet tall
— suffered severe damage from deer.
The gentle animals had rubbed their
antlers on
the trunks of
the trees,
stripping the
soft bark off
many of the
trees. To
aggravate
me even
further they
nibbled the
tender
terminal
buds off
most of the
young
walnut
saplings. Some of the trees, both
pine and walnut, were broken off a
couple of feet above the ground.
To caution snowmobile operators
to stay out of the plantation I had
strung a chain across the entrance to
it and hung a "No Trespassing" sign
on it. It not only kept the
snowmobilers out but it also
discouraged deer hunters. My
plantation was devastated
Last year, I removed the chain and
the sign and hung pieces of Irish
Spring soap from the branches of
some of the walnut trees. The
October 1998 issue of Consumer
Reports had described a study of
eight different approaches to keeping
deer out of a tree plantation. The
researchers had tried using commer-
cial sprays such as Deer Away and
sachets of human hair and of Irish
Spring soap tied to the branches.
They found that a slurry of raw eggs,
red pepper sauce, garlic and water
was just as effective as the
commercial sprays. But all of the
sprays had to be applied about once a
week, they said.
Similarly, they found that the
effects of the sachets of human hair
were only good for a short time.
Their conclusion? "Sprays applied
Soap protected
woodlot— at
Least last year
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