On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:04:22 -0400, "Buck Turgidson"
wrote:

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.


No. Use rabbit fence or deer netting. Or you can try products such
as "Deer Away" or dust the plants after each rainfall with blood meal.