English ivy eaten by deer

Phisherman

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Nov 19, 2003, 7:38:02 PM11/19/03

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I used plastic berry netting over my English ivy area, held up by 2'
stakes. The deer ate every bit of ivy except the area protected by
the netting. I've tried blood meal, mothballs, tobacco tea, rotten
eggs, Irish spring, and fish emulsion without much success.

Paul Below

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Nov 19, 2003, 9:22:37 PM11/19/03

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Could you send some of your deer to Washington State? Here, English
Ivy is a highly invasive plant (it's the Kudzu of the NW) and nothing
seems to eat it.

John McGaw

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Nov 20, 2003, 9:56:00 AM11/20/03

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"Paul Below" <paul...@spamisevil.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hey, when you get done with those deer could you please send them to
Tennessee? I've got at least a half acre of EI that I can't keep under
control and it threatens to pull down some of my trees. EI might just be
worse than kudzu. At least kudzu only grows heavily where there is adequate
sunshine but EI even spreads in dense shade.
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J. Del Col

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Nov 20, 2003, 10:45:33 AM11/20/03

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Phisherman <nob...@noone.com> wrote in message news:<4l2orv0sljjg089k0...@4ax.com>...

A Winchester would do the trick.

J. Del Col

Phisherman

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Nov 20, 2003, 10:51:50 AM11/20/03

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On 20 Nov 2003 07:45:33 -0800, delc...@mail.ab.edu (J. Del Col)
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Too much noise (and illegal here), but I'm considering a bow and
arrow.

DavesVideo

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Nov 20, 2003, 2:50:57 PM11/20/03

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>>>A Winchester would do the trick.
>
>
>J. Del Col

Too much noise (and illegal here), but I'm considering a bow and
arrow.>>

With the cooperation of my ajoining neighbors we ended up with about 15 acres
where we allowed a small group to go bow hunting. Each landowner is allowed 3
does in archery season so with husbands and wives each getting 3 permits, we
ended up with 12 plus the ones held by the hunters. They only can get here on
weekends, but so far have killed 9 deer. Since most of the other neighbors are
Bambi huggers, I'm not sure if the hunt is really going to make much of a
difference.

Dave
http://members.tripod.com/~VideoDave

Steve Wolfe

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Nov 20, 2003, 4:25:09 PM11/20/03

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> Could you send some of your deer to Washington State? Here, English
> Ivy is a highly invasive plant (it's the Kudzu of the NW) and nothing
> seems to eat it.

Have you tried goats? : )

steve

Romy Beeck

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Nov 20, 2003, 11:40:43 PM11/20/03

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They make a sprinkler system that gets rid of deer. It works with a censor
ray.My friend bought on and it works great they say.HOPE I HELPS YOU

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Vox Humana

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Nov 21, 2003, 9:57:21 AM11/21/03

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"Phisherman" <nob...@noone.com> wrote in message
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I have some on a hillside and I used to have some in pots. The deer don't
bother mine until the very end of winter when food is very scarce. Even
when they do eat it, it always recovers. Considering all the complaints
about EI being invasive, I think the deer may actually be keeping mine under
control.

Dick Adams

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Nov 23, 2003, 10:42:42 PM11/23/03

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"Phisherman" <nob...@noone.com> wrote in message

> I used plastic berry netting over my English ivy area, held up by 2'

Two years ago I lined my neighbors garden with habenero peppers. The
result was no rabbits and no deer.

Only humans are dumb enough to eat habeneros.

Dick

P.S.: Best habenero seeds are at www.redsavina.com

Nick

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Nov 24, 2003, 11:26:43 PM11/24/03

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Isn't it deer season...?

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 00:38:02 GMT, Phisherman <nob...@noone.com> wrote:

DavesVideo

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Nov 25, 2003, 9:56:27 PM11/25/03

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Nick asked:

>>Isn't it deer season...?>>

No, it's wabbit season.

Dave
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