Hey guys,my simple yet effective technique consists of:whole garlic bulbs (1-10 depending on patch),crushed rep pepper flakes,1 milk jug 1/2 full of water,The nastiest smelling stick incense you know.15 lb test fishing line,One full human urinary bladder (every visit).
First: I establish a "patch perimeter" with the fishing line going about mid-way between the bellybutton and the nipple line in height from the earth.I tie it around trees (posts/whatever) and run it around an area I feel comfortable with.DONT PULL&TIE IT TO TIGHT!!If a large deer walks into tight line it will snap.Make sure it is tight enough, just to maintain that working height of about 4 3/4 feet *this perimeter should be far enough away from the plants so a deer cannot reach over to a plant(s) with its head*
Next: First urinate in the jug
I smash up the garlic with a couple of rocks and scatter it around the perimeter,and then, pepper flakes around the perimeter (personally I bring a premixed gal of garlic/pepper flake oil that I make with 1/2 cup veg oil,3 bulbs garlic and 1/2 cup pepper flakes 1cup water in a blender then added to the rest of the water making a whole gallon,what I write here is the original and works perfect,you can tweak to your critters).I then stick the incense in the urine for about 20 secs,after that i throw the incense about 10 feet beyond the perimeter in a clock face fashion @12'clock @1 O'clock etc..after that I pour the urine mix in all different areas throughout the patch,paying attention the the areas nearest the plants and closest the the edge of the perimeter.
This sounds weird but it works great.I am in an area with ALOT of deer.For some reason that fishing line keeps them back really weird the pepper flakes and urine is a deer back-up as well as for shorter pests.I had a problem with chipmunks digging but I put rocks on the soil surface
good luck