Night Guard deer deterrent product review
We got a gift about a year before we started
making our own deer
deterrents of these "Night Guard" units. It seems like a good idea. A
small solar cell charges a battery during the day and at night a little
red L.E.D. light flashes with the intention of mimicking the eye of a
predator and thus scare away any deer intruders.
The instructions tell you to move them around every now and then so the
deer don't get used to them and we did, but it only seemed to provide a
brief pause for our deer. Within a week we were seeing additional signs
of nibbling and hoof prints in the garden.
The website states "Night time predators see
the flashing light and
believe it to be of another organism and feel threatened, so they stay
away". I think it looks more like a VCR when the clock needs to be set.
Perhaps this technology can work for a smaller deer population, or
maybe
in a different situation, but I have to give its performance around
here two thumbs down.
Maybe this idea could be refined to look more like the real thing? I
would like to see an improved version someday, but for now I 'm going
to stick with the home made deer
deterrent plans available for free on
this website.
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For years I've had problems with deer liken my flowers more then me . I'm a hunter and I found one thing deer look for is movement day or night. For years now I've been using a large BLACK trash bag hanging on a 6' plant hanger pole right in there trail or from tree limbs . And to top it off some human scent ( wee wee ) to help it out some . It has worked for me . Love my flowers now .