Very Impressed, Solved a severe deer problem very quickly. Can recommend.

Red deer were a real problem - eating the leaves off apple trees as fast as they grew. There was loads of grass & shelter on the outside of our fence, but they just seemed to love our patch; concentrated on trashing the cultivated fruit trees. They'd be mooching round the house at all hours of the day & night. We tried the usual deer scarers, large dog, beefed up part of the the fence to 1.7 - 2m plus & watched them sail over, and tried a waist height electric fence with horizonal spreaders 2m apart (easily cleared). In desperation we took advice & put a BAITED electric fence line at waist height around our boundary. It worked a treat.... The trick is in the bait caps, which we made from metal beer bottle tops with a scrap of fabric or cotton wool to hold the bait held onto the electrified wire with twist of scrap of wire. Initially I baited them with apple juice cordial but later switched to peanut butter as it doesn't wash out every time it rains. I should think treacle or golden syrup would work too. The theory is that the deer sniff, get a zap, & learn to stay away. They can't tell how high the shocking part is & so don't try & jump over. Once they have learnt to avoid the fence you don't strictly need to keep replenishing the bait.It's been over two years now since we baited the fence & I'm delighted to say that the deer have stayed out - we still see them, but on the outside of our boundary fence. Our trees have new leaves & side shoots, & even a few apples.