I know I'm a little late to the party here, but l had problems with deer and rabbits eating my Lillies. I grated the soap with a cheese grater the sprinkled it directly on the flower and around the base. The first time was mid-summer and it did help a bit. The following year, I spread the soap early in the spring just as plants were emerging and that seems to have helped the process. My assumption is that if you spoil the spot for them early, they're less likely to come back later. I've got a juicy buffet of fat Lillies growing wild in a particularly vulnerable spot that have remained untouched. I just went and spread some more today (Mid June) for good measure, so we'll see how it goes. Hope this helps.....
Nice video! They didn't eat out of the PVC! I have Lilly plants which the deer love. I staked I.S. near the plants and saw that the deer ate the one farthest from the soap, but not the ones closer. I think it works! would love to see you put it on the ground too. Thanks!
It isn't that deer have no sense of smell as they HATE the smell of peppermint. I also noticed that after you put the soap there, the deer did not eat out of the chicken feeder you have under the deck.
I agree. I didn’t see the deer eat out of it like before the soap. What I saw is sniffing around it and laying down by it. So I wouldn’t call the experiment a failure based on that limited footage.
Nice Review, and I absolutely agree with you. Not only did they not avoid it, it attracted skunks that love eating it :) Wishing you all the best! I have a whole box of Irish spring soap... set for life apparently. BTW, woodchucks also don't care if it's there or not.
I had an aggressive mommy with her fawn in my yard chasing my cat and snorting at me in a rural area. I put it around the house and along the fence line. It did work for me keeping deer out. If you have a farm with a feeder or salt block, the soap doesn't work. 🐀🐾
3D fence works, but deer are like the velociraptors in the movie Jurassic Park. They test the fence all the time to see if it's working. If an electric gate is left down, fence is shorted to ground, battery issue or the fence quits working for any reason the deer will be in your orchard in a heartbeat to munch on all the new growth.
I heard other videos say that you should put the soap in socks 🧦 (which I imagine would eventually concentrate the smell especially with moisture in the air or rain) or to grate it which makes the smell stronger. 🤷🏻♀️
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 I once watched an adult squirrel climb up a pole supporting my husband’s “bird condo” apartments and the squirrel suddenly jumped off the pole halfway up the pole. Had two small pouches of soap draped across the top! Some say it doesn’t work. I say it does! But baby squirrels haven’t developed their sense of smell so they will climb the pole. Soap also brought a halt to squirrels running across the top of our privacy fence. If I see a younger squirrel running the fence, I call it names…”squirrel! Squirrel! All that said, garden fencing constructed around my raised beds of bell peppers, herbs, onions and marigolds have saved those plants from rabbits and squirrels. My husband had built three waist-high beds that we hope will help protect our fall veggies from deer. I’ve been propagating marigolds I’m hopes they will deter deer. Have read about other flowers that will do the same.
It looks to have worked. She didn't stick her nose in the feeder she only ate what was on the ground. The other deer were fighting over the spout of the feeder.
I think if you would have shaved it up and sprinkled it all through the bottom area of your deck.. it would have deterred them from going forward onto the feed... I would do that experiment next..
I know this is an old article but the soap did not work at all. The deer sniffed the soap and grazed wherever there wasn’t any . You can’t cover everything after all in grated soap!
What I saw is that the deer didn’t go into the feeder and only ate the food on the floor instead of going into the feeder . The behavior was definitely different.
Just an observation The deer was all up in it before the soap…. After the soap it didn’t put its mouth up in it at all, just in the ground around it. I’d say there’s some truth to the soap experiment from watching your video
Thank you for this! I was wondering if it really worked because I need to keep the deer out of my garden. Well I won't waste my money on the soap idea.
human hair works too. go to a salon. My mother was a stylist for years and people would come by wanting the cut hair to go in their gardens to repel deer.
I have 100 herbobodies bushes that say otherwise. lol I have this plan that I haven’t executed yet that I hope works. I am going to paint small bird houses put a mesh door on them add additional holes that birds can’t get through but add additional venting for smell to come out! Take custom made tarp circles to put on the top of the bird houses and then put the Irish spring and sage inside the bird houses and wire tie them to my tall hedges and hope the smell repells the deer because 6 feet of bushes are eaten on 100 bushes
I honestly believe it wouldn’t work because it’s at their destination. Maybe if it was hung a few feet away where the wind can carry the scent they wouldn’t risk it as much. It’s the same concept as to when they figure out your deterrent isn’t a harm they will bypass it. That’s exactly what they did in this video. Realized the scent wasn’t any harm and ate just a few inches away.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 thanks 🙏 I bought a solar “red glowing eyes,” scary face, that scared everyone’s dogs and the deer 🦌 I always have a plan B. They were out of regular scent. Maybe everyone’s using it for deer. 😂😂
Thank you for saving me the trouble of setting up the camera only to be disappointed.. This morning I went out with a cheese grater and two bars of Irish spring and I shredded the bars around on the walking trails of the garden area hoping to fit the smell would offend the deer but I haven't checked to see if it works
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I know I'm a little late to the party here, but l had problems with deer and rabbits eating my Lillies. I grated the soap with a cheese grater the sprinkled it directly on the flower and around the base. The first time was mid-summer and it did help a bit.
The following year, I spread the soap early in the spring just as plants were emerging and that seems to have helped the process. My assumption is that if you spoil the spot for them early, they're less likely to come back later. I've got a juicy buffet of fat Lillies growing wild in a particularly vulnerable spot that have remained untouched. I just went and spread some more today (Mid June) for good measure, so we'll see how it goes. Hope this helps.....
Thanks for the tip.
Try the blue Irish Spring 👍
Nice video! They didn't eat out of the PVC! I have Lilly plants which the deer love. I staked I.S. near the plants and saw that the deer ate the one farthest from the soap, but not the ones closer. I think it works! would love to see you put it on the ground too. Thanks!
Oh wow! I will have to do that around my flowing shrubs. Thanks for the tip.
It isn't that deer have no sense of smell as they HATE the smell of peppermint. I also noticed that after you put the soap there, the deer did not eat out of the chicken feeder you have under the deck.
That feeder is under the world famous Easy Clean Chicken Coop.
I agree. I didn’t see the deer eat out of it like before the soap. What I saw is sniffing around it and laying down by it. So I wouldn’t call the experiment a failure based on that limited footage.
Nice Review, and I absolutely agree with you. Not only did they not avoid it, it attracted skunks that love eating it :) Wishing you all the best! I have a whole box of Irish spring soap... set for life apparently. BTW, woodchucks also don't care if it's there or not.
Thanks for you input. I appreciate it.
I had an aggressive mommy with her fawn in my yard chasing my cat and snorting at me in a rural area. I put it around the house and along the fence line. It did work for me keeping deer out. If you have a farm with a feeder or salt block, the soap doesn't work. 🐀🐾
Thanks for the tip
You have to grate the soap up to release the scent.
I Do?
Thanks Jerry. I was hoping this would work because a group of mule deer just totally "pruned" in a bad way my cherished young pine trees. sigh...
Glad I could help
Loved the deer relaxing after it ate! Hahaha
Glad you enjoyed it
The problem area appears to be small. Would you consider just enclosing it with wood trellis and leaving an opening for the chickens?
That thought has crossed my mind on many days.
My thoughts exactly 👍🏽
3D fence works, but deer are like the velociraptors in the movie Jurassic Park. They test the fence all the time to see if it's working. If an electric gate is left down, fence is shorted to ground, battery issue or the fence quits working for any reason the deer will be in your orchard in a heartbeat to munch on all the new growth.
Yup, you right. Destructive tasty beasts they are.
Wow! In the middle of the day!
Yes it was!
I heard other videos say that you should put the soap in socks 🧦 (which I imagine would eventually concentrate the smell especially with moisture in the air or rain) or to grate it which makes the smell stronger. 🤷🏻♀️
I would venture to guess that would have to be a Teen-aged boys sox whom is going through puberty. WOW! that odor would drive Sasquatch miles away.
I cut panty hose to make packets and tie both ends with string.
I used a cheese grater and grated up two bars around my garden area this morning
We found it not only failed to deter pests, but was on the menu.
I found they nibbled on mine as well.
The soap has kept squirrels and rabbits out of my garden. Was hoping it would deter deer too.
I did not know that about squirrels and rabbits. I placed a tall fence around my garden, which works well so far.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 I once watched an adult squirrel climb up a pole supporting my husband’s “bird condo” apartments and the squirrel suddenly jumped off the pole halfway up the pole. Had two small pouches of soap draped across the top! Some say it doesn’t work. I say it does! But baby squirrels haven’t developed their sense of smell so they will climb the pole. Soap also brought a halt to squirrels running across the top of our privacy fence. If I see a younger squirrel running the fence, I call it names…”squirrel! Squirrel!
All that said, garden fencing constructed around my raised beds of bell peppers, herbs, onions and marigolds have saved those plants from rabbits and squirrels.
My husband had built three waist-high beds that we hope will help protect our fall veggies from deer. I’ve been propagating marigolds I’m hopes they will deter deer. Have read about other flowers that will do the same.
I'm glad I so your videos before running to the store😂😂😂😂
I think their are way too tamed around my farm.
Ummm, the deer had its mouth in the pipe before, but not after. Im confused. It didnt work?
Nope, it did not work.
Thanks for another great video,Jerry! Still waiting to see the dead mice!
Something ate it before I could film it. I will try and find some more. Got a dead skunk and dead rat though.
Thank you. That was a great experiment!
Thank you!
It seemed that the deer did not eat the food. Also you did not wet the soap like when people hang soap from trees.
Wet? Heck no. Aint gonna babysit soap to keep deer away. Nope, I got better things to do in life the stand around wetting soap on trees.
It looks to have worked. She didn't stick her nose in the feeder she only ate what was on the ground. The other deer were fighting over the spout of the feeder.
Hopeful.
I think if you would have shaved it up and sprinkled it all through the bottom area of your deck.. it would have deterred them from going forward onto the feed... I would do that experiment next..
Thanks for the tip
I know this is an old article but the soap did not work at all. The deer sniffed the soap and grazed wherever there wasn’t any . You can’t cover everything after all in grated soap!
That's exactly what they did to me as well. So my assessment on the use of this soap with the dear in my region is a fail.
What I saw is that the deer didn’t go into the feeder and only ate the food on the floor instead of going into the feeder . The behavior was definitely different.
Yup.
Thanks Jerry I
Live in Georgia And have a deer problem eating all my hibiscus and trying to find a way to deter them
I had to place a seven foot fence around my yard and garden.
Thank you for saving me money.
No problem.
Just an observation
The deer was all up in it before the soap…. After the soap it didn’t put its mouth up in it at all, just in the ground around it. I’d say there’s some truth to the soap experiment from watching your video
I'm going to have to enclose the under part of this barn so the deer cannot get in but my waterfowl can.
Thank you for this! I was wondering if it really worked because I need to keep the deer out of my garden. Well I won't waste my money on the soap idea.
The soap did not work for me at all.
human hair works too. go to a salon. My mother was a stylist for years and people would come by wanting the cut hair to go in their gardens to repel deer.
I have heard that before.
I have 100 herbobodies bushes that say otherwise. lol I have this plan that I haven’t executed yet that I hope works. I am going to paint small bird houses put a mesh door on them add additional holes that birds can’t get through but add additional venting for smell to come out! Take custom made tarp circles to put on the top of the bird houses and then put the Irish spring and sage inside the bird houses and wire tie them to my tall hedges and hope the smell repells the deer because 6 feet of bushes are eaten on 100 bushes
Genius.
I honestly believe it wouldn’t work because it’s at their destination. Maybe if it was hung a few feet away where the wind can carry the scent they wouldn’t risk it as much. It’s the same concept as to when they figure out your deterrent isn’t a harm they will bypass it. That’s exactly what they did in this video. Realized the scent wasn’t any harm and ate just a few inches away.
Hmmmm. I'll think about that.
They are sensitized to the smell of humans in that area so my guess is the soap doesn’t really bother them
Interesting concept.
Do bells work ???
Not on these.
If you shot enough would they keep coming or you think you’d have to go hunting
Yup. ruclips.net/video/ydzL-VQlSao/видео.html
Did it seam to want to eat off the ground rather than right near the soap? asking for my blueberries
All I know, is the soap did not repel them at all.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 Did you try human urine? I know a way to get that for free.
Irish Spring seemed to keep the birds away.
Naw, it did not have any effect on anything.
Good luck, I bought 20 bars cut them up into four pieces scared them throughout my yard and some animal ate all of them
Yup, They are resilliant.
Does Icy Mint scent work?
I have had no luck with mint.
@@pinemeadowshobbyfarmafruga8319 thanks 🙏 I bought a solar “red glowing eyes,” scary face, that scared everyone’s dogs and the deer 🦌 I always have a plan B.
They were out of regular scent. Maybe everyone’s using it for deer. 😂😂
I am so upset the deers ate all my blueberry 🫐 trees. I want them to all go away
This did not work for me. Had to place tall fences around garden and fruit trees.
First thank you Mr Hanson see you soon
Thanks
skip the video or start at 6:48 mark. doesn't work.
That's what I said. It does NOT WORK. Waste of my time.
What you mean you didn't eat it🤔
Nope.
Thank you for saving me the trouble of setting up the camera only to be disappointed..
This morning I went out with a cheese grater and two bars of Irish spring and I shredded the bars around on the walking trails of the garden area hoping to fit the smell would offend the deer but I haven't checked to see if it works
Let me know how it went for you. It did not work for me.
I'm losing my mind with these deer! I can't afford a 10 foot fence
I shoot them with a BB gun in the butt now. They are learning to stay away from some parts of my yard.
Deer have alot better noses than we do .I put Hot pepper in my bird seed and hang a bar of irish spring in a mesh sock and they walk up and walk away.
IT DIDNT WORK. THEY ATE EVERYTHING MY ENTIRE GARDEN IS GONE
I believe I pointed that out, that it did not work. Did'nt work for me either. I just installed a taller fence.