We have no deer because we are surrounded by 8 foot buffalo fencing on two sides, a 6 ft privacy fence that is covered with blackberry brambles on one side and a road where cars routinely drive 65 mph all night long, on the 4th side. We are just too hard to get to in comparison to all the other bounty surrounding us, so the deer don't bother.
We do see the occasional racoon or rabbit - but with 5 dogs and 5 cats all pretty much free roaming within the space outlined above (our neighbors and us), they don't have much of a chance to do any damage before being chased off...
And the goats keep the hawks away from the chickens and the chickens keep most of the bugs under control.
We are just one big happy pest-controlling family!
