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Wolf Urine

17 years ago

Yes I said Wolf Urine. The owner of our local plant nursery started using this because the deer were feasting on his plants every year. He had large boulders made into a stone wall, and had started to make a fence on the other side when he got the Wolf Urine. It is actually synthetic. Says he hasn't been bothered with the deer this year.

I plan to try it next year. Haven't checked it out yet, will see how much it is and maybe where else it is available. This year was the first time I had sprayed for the deer (used Deer Guard),they have been feasting on my hosta every night. Other years I had planted daffodils and that did the trick.

Betty

Comments (11)

  • 17 years ago

    I'm a fan of fox urine to repel rabbits and squirrels in my garden. There are pro's and con's to it depending on what you are trying to accomplish. There are many predator urines out there to keep away the varmits....you just have to pick your poison in relation to what you want to attract or repel.

    My brother used to do fur trapping when we were kids, so that's how I learned of the many uses for urines.
    Gayle

  • 17 years ago

    Coyote and wolf urine is available from Hawbakers, a company that has been supplying the fur and trapping industry for the last hundred years.

    Here's a link to a retail source that sells Hawbaker products: link.

    Or you can write to Hawbakers and get their catalog. Lots of very cool photos!

    Warning: If you purchase some of this stuff, you'd better plug your nose when you unscrew the cap!

  • 17 years ago

    so how often do you have to drink it to do the job?

  • 17 years ago

    idiothe!! You are crazy!! Laughing too much here!! AND how much do you have to drink?

    Paul

  • 17 years ago

    And how do you think they get that urine?

    I use spray deterrents made from plants. I just can't go that far.

  • 17 years ago

    You wrote, "And how do you think they get that urine?"

    Click on the following link and then see the sentence in the center of the page which says, "How do we collect the stuff?" link. Then you can read the "Real Truth" or the "Unreal Truth".

  • 17 years ago

    In this study by the University of Nebraska where they sprayed coyote urine on some hostas for five weeks, they found that coyote urine was just as effective as commercial animal repellents against damage by deer.

  • 17 years ago

    Hey people, the local guy has bottles/cans attached to posts around his nursery with a piece of cloth hanging out of them and he refreshes it every week or as needed.

    A lot easier than spraying on the plants and I am sure a lot of mess and smell saved.

    Drink at your own risk, if so inclined. LOL

    Betty

  • 17 years ago

    "...the local guy has bottles/cans attached to posts around his nursery with a piece of cloth hanging out of them and he refreshes it every week or as needed."

    Betty,
    To ask stupidly and directly, does that guy use animal predator urin? There is that other mammal predator around, the master of all of the species. I.e. some gardeners use hu*** urin to improve their compost piles. That would solve the issue of deer damage : drink a few beers and then at the property line hang them bottles out with what got left of the beer after filtering through you body. "Refresh" the contents then as you need...
    Good luck!
    Bernd

  • 17 years ago

    I have tried human urine and found it ineffective.

    My wife was quite patient with me... after neighbors expressed concern about my direct applications along the property lines... comments about how "that's not something I need to see on the way to church on sunday morning" and "I tried to explain to the kids about the predator-prey relationship and now little Johnny keeps making his own applications to keep the wolves away..."

    I kept a gallon milk jug in the bathroom and collected quantity, then applied it to cement blocks that would both absorb some of the material and had hollows that would prevent washing away in the rain.

    It did not seem to have any affect on the deer. I think I saw one making his own application on one of my cement blocks...

    On the other hand, it was helpful in making the neighbors keep their distance...

  • 17 years ago

    The diet must have something to do with it. Probably too many donuts, vegetables and bread with us humans, too little meat.
    Thanks for your reply!