Thread: Deer repellant..Crock of crap

My understanding is that there is a patent on the deer repellent formula, which means it cannot be added to the baits during production. These normal baits have to be shipped to a warehouse, spread out, then sprayed with the deer repellent. This adds a lot of money to the production of 'deer repellent' baits. I don't think the patent will be lifted any time soon either. This means that the repellent can wash off in wet conditions and doesn't last as long as it otherwise would. From what I can gather it does work. There seems to be a lot of stuff said on the issue of 1080, a lot of it seems to be people thinking with their emotions rather than logic, which makes arguing difficult and seems almost impossible to get a point across in most situations. Deer need controlling, it's well understood the damages they can do when they reach high numbers. I've definitely seen some areas that could do with a few less deer, not only for the bush but for the animals themselves being in such high numbers didn't seem to be getting the feed they need. Deer evolved in an ecosystem which contained predators which kept the population healthy, which is something that is largely missing from the one they occupy here. There is a paper by Dave Forsyth where he looks at impacts of deer and Moa on New Zealand ecosystems which would be worth a read for anyone that's interested. Doc don't use 1080 to control deer, the deaths are by-kill from operations targeting introduced predators.


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