JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message
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Steve B wrote:
"Buck Turgidson" wrote in message
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I have a deer (or a very large rabbit) eating hostas in our back yard.
Would a motion detector security light scare it away? I don't want to
put
any poisons or other such things out there.

I have seen motion detector water sprayers. Don't know how they work,
though.

Steve

My folks have these in their yard and they work well. Have gotten a
soaking right in the ear once or twice when I walk into the yard and
forget they are there.

-Chris
http://auslunch.com/


In what way do they work well? Have they completely stopped the deer from
doing damage?

Yes, in the areas they are pointing at. The kind they have just hook
into a hose and you aim them at a particular part of the yard. So the
coverage is only the area they are pointed at. They have one in the
front that covers a large bed of ivy, probably 15' in diameter (and the
sprinkler is maybe 10' from the bed, aimed towards it). When
activated, it will make one quick sweep across the area like those
sprinklers you see on football fields and such.

The downsides a
1. Requires hose to be out at all times.
2. Somewhat unsightly sticking out of the yard.
3. Will spray humans walking within its coverage area.
4. Has limited coverage.

If you have a limited area you want to protect, it seems to do the
trick.

For their backyard, they are going to increase the fence height to 6' I
think. That will keep them out of there.

This looks like a similar product:
http://www.safepetproducts.com/pilot...scarecrow_main

-Chris
http://auslunch.com/