Yet another deer repellent product question

I posted this same question on another thread, but got no replies, so I am trying here, because I know that we here in the Carolinas are blessed with gazillions of deer.


Has anyone heard of or used the product described on this site?
http://www.wirelessdeerfence.com/wdf/index.html

I love to watch "our" deer, we saw them playing in the pond the other night, seven of them, frolicking, it was wonderful, but then someone came and ate - for the second time - my one sweet potato vine right in front of the doorstep. Needless to say that they have bee into other things as well, like grapes.

Does this product sound like anything you might know about? I would be very interested in your comments and experiences.

C.

I tried a product similar to this a few years ago. Not the SAME product, but the technology was the same (lure 'em and shock 'em). It didn't work. The only thing I've found that consistently works against my deer is a product called "Deer Stopper". If I remember to spray once a month with that stuff, I have no damage. Nada. Zippo. They won't touch the sprayed plants. If (when) I forget to spray I'll come out one morning and all my daylillies have been nibbled to the ground. Now I say "my" deer because I've talked to a "pro" who uses the stuff routinely on Kiawah Island (maybe 20 miles south of here), and he's found a few plants that the K.I. deer will chew down, even with the Deer Stopper sprayed religiously. Different herd, different tastes? I still think the best answer is a .30/.30, but I just can't do it. Meanwhile, "DeerStopper" works for me---in spite of the cost---so I'll keep using it...

I put out moth balls and they stay away from things.

Lavina

Thank you both, sorry I am late acknowledging, but I have the house full of guests (or so it seems). We'll look into the deer stopper and just hope that "our" herd here is related to yours, StonoRiver.
LavinaMae, I guess you have not had any problems with other animals of children finding those mothballs?

Wolves work the best. A couple of retrievers stationed outside at night will work just as well. LOL.

I tried moth balls first, Lavina Mae, because it seemed like the most inoffensive and inexpensive solution. My deer laughed at them, and ate down everything. Then I tried "Irish Spring" soap chunks. That stopped the deer, but possums were attracted from miles around! They ate the soap chunks!! They love it! I finally gave up and bought some ridiculously expensive liquid spray (it's like $175/gal., and I need gallons), and it worked. IF I remember to spray it on my plants once a month, and that's the catch. Remembering to spray it on the plants when they're NOT being chewed down. But I have literally no damage to sprayed foliage, ever. The spray really stinks, though...no wonder deer won't eat it!

A lot of times the spray is made out of "wolf scent". Not sure exactly which scent but check the bottle and see what's it's made of.

No wolf scent in "Deer Stopper", Core. It's just a blend of herbal stuff and egg, according to the label. The egg ingredient may contribute to the odor... Have seen numerous evaluations by various State Ag groups, and all have rated it very high in effectiveness, which matches my experience. Just don't like the cost. But it's cheaper in the long run than replacing plants...

Deer Off has the same ingredients - rotten eggs, garlic and hot pepper - but it has somehow been deodorized, the smell is not bad at all to me but the deer do seem to be offended by it.

Oh forgot about pepper. That's how I trained my dogs not to get into certain things. I had one dog that liked to bite the toilet paper and run through the house with it. He would unroll the whole thing. In that case I just used 1 roll that was stuff with a little black pepper. Now that you said it, you could probably make a cheap spray out of hot peppers. The egg is most likely a binder not for the smell BTW.

Actually, the eggs are rotten and the sulfur smell can be horrendous. I had a neighbor who made their own spray using eggs, chili peppers and garlic. They put it all through the food processor then left it out in the sun for a couple to days to get rank. Believe me it was not only the deer that stayed away from that house. LOL

I may have made too much of the smell, ardesia. It's only while you're actually spraying the stuff that it smells bad to humans. It's gone within an hour to the "average" nose (mine), and within a few hours to the "super sensitive" nose (my wife's!). I consider the spray a good trade-off: nasty smell for an hour or so, protection for 4-6 weeks from Bambi and friends. Just don't like the cost...