The cheapest alternative may be spreading milorganite. It repels deer via scent. When the scent wears off, they'll be back. I wouldn't trust this to work better than a fence, but if you planted hemp, you don't need to keep them off very long to allow the hemp to establish.


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona