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Atrocious deer deterrent product description?

Does the Deer Chaser chase away deer?


In the spirit of full disclosure I'd like to say that I have not actually used the above motion activated deer deterrent. The only reason I'm posting about it is because I have such a huge issue with their atrocious product description that in my opinion is bordering on being deceptive.
Deer Chaser effectiveness is dubious at best
The first red flag was the part where they make use of "proprietary technology, developed and field tested by a Ph.D. and author of several books". Why not list a few of these books or even the man or woman with the so called Ph.D.? The word "proprietary" gets built upon a bit more in the next paragraph when they state how the device when triggered issues a "user-adjustable radio frequency noise and a bright L.E.D. light". It only takes a few minutes of reading the reviews on Amazon to realize the "proprietary, user-adjustable radio frequency noise" is nothing more then a simple FM radio that can be tuned to whatever station is available in your area.

I think this product could be effective if all you need to do is protect a small area, but it also might not work at all, or your deer might figure out the sound of a radio isn't all that deadly or even un-natural in an urban setting. One of the first things we tried was an old radio being left on a talk station out in the garden and it didn't seem to scare anything. A few years ago one of our neighbors tried the same thing on a pumpkin patch and ended up losing most of the crop. Insert joke about deer not liking a certain type of talk radio here.








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