1006 Deer Scram Repellent Granular White Pail, 5.75 Pounds, (Packaging May Vary)

I purchased a new home that backs to woods in NJ. The deer (8-10 at a time!) were coming too close to house and ate flowers that they apparently aren’t supposed to like this past fall. I bought a bag of this (yes it came in a bag despite photo) and WOW. Did not see a deer for a month. It snowed and then I started seeing a couple so I just bought my second bag and applied. I will continue to buy!

We live in the middle of a 40 acre NJ "Green Acres" nature preserve - so you'd think the deer would have plenty to eat in the woods around us. But no, they prefer dining at our salad bar of hostas with garnish of day lily blooms. The best deterrent is a good ol' barn dog who chases all the critters back into the woods, but we're not getting another dog. I've tried other products and made my own formulations - but spraying is time consuming - and nothing really worked. My siblings in Pittsburgh & Raleigh said Deer Scram works for them, so I gave it a try.It's been almost 4 weeks since my 6 pound bucket of DeerScram arrived and I spread the whole bucket immediately. It seems to have stopped the deer from further eating my plants - for the first time in years, hostas and day lilies are blooming. I hope that the plants will recover if I can keep the deer away for the rest of the season.During the first two weeks after spreading DeerScram we had nearly 4" of rain, and now we've had 10 days of 90+ degree temps with no rain. I've ordered a 25# bucket and will reapply when that arrives, just to further discourage the deer.Some folks have said it smells bad, but I think it smells like a good Bar-be-Que stand! And the smell only lingers for a day or two. One reviewer recommended applying DeerScram to hostas when they first start coming up in the spring and I will do that next March.I may try to make my own repellant next time - but meat meal is the majority component of DeerScram (and maybe what gives the deer that dead peer smell) and I've only seen it available by the ton! I'm not ready for that many deer!Give DeerScram a try.

Works somewhat for a while, but must be reapplied frequently. Not cheap either. But, at least it keeps the deer from browsing everything down to the ground. Doesn't smell as bad as most spray deterrents either. But, liquid repellents definitely work MUCH better.

The deer are numerous and destructive in my yard. I have tried so many things. The only thing previously that worked, was a spray, but you have to re-apply it every time it rains. I swear the deer would wait for it to rain and then move in and eat my plants before I had a change to re-spray. And it was annoying to spray all the time and it stunk!This is a grainy mix. I used a larger spoon to scoop and spread on the edges of all my flower beds. I did not spread such a wide patch around my flower beds as indicated. Just enough to make a border. It does have a smell, but it isn't disgusting. It definitely has worked against the deer. The woodchucks still chew a little, but not nearly what they have done in the past. And it last thru rain. I noticed chewing again after about a month and a half, so re-applied and am good again. I have a ranch-style house with flower beds all the way around. The 5.76 pound bucket just barely made two applications.

Before I used the product, I picked up all of the deer poop from my back yard where the deer like to graze and defecate. Then I checked the yard for new piles for a few days. We were averaging 2 per night.I put the entire 5 lb bag down on my small back-yard on Sunday afternoon. By 5 pm Wednesday there were 8 new piles of deer feces in my yard. Zero effect.

To anybody considering this product.It works OK for deer and (voles if dropped INTO the hole.). It will keep the invading hoards at bay temporarily but one needs to reapply to new growth. That can mean as frequently as once a week during the growing season, less frequently thereafter, or immediately after real hard rains.The screaming and cursing one uses in the Olympian effort to remove the lid surely will give any nearby deer and rodents reason to SCRAM. Thus the product name.This product stinks when first applied. Stink is actually good. It's what you want. Stink keeps the critters away. Then it dries and there's no stink. That's what humans want. Win, win on that point.It's the unbelievably poorly designed can. Or rather the effort required to open this version of the product. Only those of you who are too onery to give up can get this can open. That's most hard core gardeners. Congrats to all my 70+ garden grouches who have muscled through it.Consider this list of tools and find at least 1 hour of undisturbed time to get the lid off. Try the following:Kitchen shears —Not recommended, I used an old pair to snip the zipper. Took several attempts. Just don't.Pliers — Good for some meager assistance in removing the zipper, which in reality is just the lower rim of the lid. Big strong guys may try to tear it. Hah! But their hands were likely too hammy to get a good grip.Wire cutters —My wire cutters are for 9 gauge wire and certainly worked better than kitchen shears. You will need these to help cut the zipper into shorter lengths that can then be removed with the pliers. Marginal for use for cutting “flaps around the lid tho.Hack saw with fine teeth for cutting plastic.— This is the quickest way to cut flaps in a lid that came without flaps. I needed a total of 6 cuts minimum.Wide head screw driver —Use to pry the flaps up from the bottom. I also tried pounding the screw driver with a hammer to help with this. The lid had to be pried off.