Hello everyone!
Any suggestions as to what I can do about a groundhog and deer problem, please?
Here are the particulars:
I live at the edge of a suburban area that borders on farmland. The past few years my neighbors and I have been waging an ongoing war with a family of groundhogs. I think we're starting to get the upper hand, as my neighbor has been able to run over a few of the hogs. There's one old "Granpa" silverback groundhog left, so traps may not finish him off because he's too smart.
Also, starting last year, I think because of new housing developments being built, deer have started coming into our suburban area and are decimating the gardens. I had 5'+ tomatoes in containers that were shredded. After that the deer went after my Bell peppers, the purple coneflowers and then the Brown-eyed Susans. :waa: I tried the spray-on hot pepper wax, sprayed it on religiously, but it didn't stop them, those deer must like salsa or something.
Anyway, because of being suburban zoned, some of my options are limited, such as I can't use a gun within town limits (darnit!), hence me starting to pull my hair out...
Thanks and God Bless!
Any suggestions as to what I can do about a groundhog and deer problem, please?
Here are the particulars:
I live at the edge of a suburban area that borders on farmland. The past few years my neighbors and I have been waging an ongoing war with a family of groundhogs. I think we're starting to get the upper hand, as my neighbor has been able to run over a few of the hogs. There's one old "Granpa" silverback groundhog left, so traps may not finish him off because he's too smart.
Also, starting last year, I think because of new housing developments being built, deer have started coming into our suburban area and are decimating the gardens. I had 5'+ tomatoes in containers that were shredded. After that the deer went after my Bell peppers, the purple coneflowers and then the Brown-eyed Susans. :waa: I tried the spray-on hot pepper wax, sprayed it on religiously, but it didn't stop them, those deer must like salsa or something.
Anyway, because of being suburban zoned, some of my options are limited, such as I can't use a gun within town limits (darnit!), hence me starting to pull my hair out...
Thanks and God Bless!