Talkback: Muntjac deer

Gardeners' World Web User · April 2012

Hi all, not sure if you can help me but I have recently stared to keep Orchids after being given 2 as gifts, I really like them but have found that although they develop what look like healthy buds these all fall off at several stages of developement but all before opening? I am not sure why this is and seem to be finding it very difficult to find any reference to why this might be? Can you tell me where I might be going wrong please?

Thanks very much

Jayne

Gardeners' World Web User · January 2009

We have muntjac in the field behind our garden and I'm personally delighted to wake up to the sight of such lovely wildlife. Muntjac do eat everything, but why the desperation for perfection in our gardens? We read everywhere of how we should be encouraging wildlife in our gardens so I think it's rather shortsighted to be wanting rid of them simply because they eat a few of our plants.

Gardeners' World Web User · January 2009

We often hear the Muntjac bark when we take the dogs out late at night, it's an eerie sound which travels across the fields like a wraith on the prowl, actually I am rather pleased they are around along with the foxes and badgers ( I'm saying nothing about the furry slugs with four legs, the rabbits). BUT I've lost two young columnar cyprus trees and a Cornus Kousa because they have eaten the bark on them - blasted things! I suppose I'm the sort that would take a photograph first and say "ah how sweet" whilst raising the shotgun to my shoulder.

Gardeners' World Web User · March 2009

we have a pet red deer who my husband found abandoned over twenty years ago. she eats anything and everthing, we have no compost heap because she gets it all. although she has a warm shed to go into, back in feb when we had all the snow i got up several mornings to snow covering everything including her - she was laying down in the field covered in snow, she clearly does not feel the cold the same way we do.

Gardeners' World Web User · September 2009

We live out in the middle of nowhere, and the deer eat us alive. I got my husband to make me a homemade deer deterrent after every single veggie I owned got chomped on last year (and we tried all of the usual solutions to no avail.) I'm not sure how suburban you are --- probably wouldn't work in suburbia --- but if you're desperate and not too close to your neighbors, you might give it a shot. We scrounged around and made ours for pennies and it's 100% effective! I wonder if it would work for Muntjac?

Gardeners' World Web User · September 2009

anna
what is this 100% effective cure.
eddie

Gardeners' World Web User · February 2010

I work for a couple who have a large garden.
The Lawn is being damaged by Muntjac Deer. I think that they are after the Willow Roots that run close to the surface, although most of the Lawn is damaged, it looks as though someone has played a round of Golf and left divits every where.
But the Deer don't just damage the Lawn, they have eaten all of the Snow Drops as well.
Apart from expensive fencing and "Sonic Repellers" does anyone have any ideas as how to keep them out of the Garden.

Gardeners' World Web User · February 2010

I want to encourage the muntjac deer into my garden as it seems the perfect place for an abandoned baby muntjac but firstly anyone out there know how to?

Gardeners' World Web User · April 2010

the monkjack are a nuisance we want to learn how to turn them into food if we shoot them

Gardeners' World Web User · April 2010

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn - did you get any answers?

Gardeners' World Web User · April 2010

What is a Monkjack? I hope you shoot as badly as you spell.Then you won't hit any deer.

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