Sure. You could.

And if you don’t get in trouble with the law, there’s the problem of what you do with the carcass.

Or more correctly, the carcasses. Because these things feed in groups.

Anonymous wrote:Can you shoot the deer with a bow and arrow? Quieter than a shotgun.

You can do whatever you want. Getting caught has various problems.

Check local game laws and nuisance/pest laws if you want to stay in the bounds of the law. Sometimes there are exceptions for game animals doing harm to actual crops or property, such as squirrels damaging property, or deer or such eating planted crops. For ornamental plants, might be a gray area.

They eat my day lilies too, even with a wire barrier around them.

Can you shoot the deer with a bow and arrow? Quieter than a shotgun.

Get a food dehydrator and make some jerky.

Funny, the deer don’t mess with my daisies, but they do like daylily flowers. You can spray deer repellent, but you must re-spray after any rain. If you forget, the deer take advantage.

Anonymous wrote:My mother-in-law used to garden and I have vague memories of her hanging Irish Spring soap in her garden to ward off deer. I have no idea if it was effective, or for that matter what kept it from dissolving on her plants when it was rained. I don’t know if it helped or hurt her garden, but I guess the garden was fresh and clean as a whistle.

I didn’t this once. They all disappeared so I set up a camera to catch the culprit. It was a fox!!! Not sure why it did this but it was pretty funny.

You can spray deer repellent. I finally gave in and installed a deer fence. Now they stand outside and weep.

My mother-in-law used to garden and I have vague memories of her hanging Irish Spring soap in her garden to ward off deer. I have no idea if it was effective, or for that matter what kept it from dissolving on her plants when it was rained. I don’t know if it helped or hurt her garden, but I guess the garden was fresh and clean as a whistle.

Same boat Op. My pepper plants, tomato leaves, and now birds are eating the blueberries that are just started to ripen.

Why can't they eat the clover that's infiltrating instead.

Anonymous wrote:Are you sure it's deer?

As opposed to what, an elephant?

Yes I’m sure I see her browsing and sleeping in the yardh

Yep. I let my dog chase them away but they got every damn flower bud in my front garden before I saw them. Jerks.

They ate my day Lillie’s. Now I eat them.

Are you sure it's deer?

Doe started off with my daisy buds, all of them. Moved on to hosta buffet, complete consumed. Next the damned thing ate all my still-ripening peaches. I’m so pissed.