Raccoons can be effectively repelled with a two-strnad electric wire fence. After a zap or two the maksed bandits will feed elsewhere. This arrangement also will keep other small snimals such as woodchucks, skunks, and rabbits out of your garden. A two-strand electric wire fence designed to keep small animals from gardens. Electric fences should NOT be connected directly to a 110 volt power supply.
Deer are perhaps the worst menace to anyone rying to grow fruit trees.
It doesn't matter if your operation is big or shall, hungry whitetails will take their share. During the rest of the year both sexes of deer use the succulent buds and leaves for a sort of fruit salad. Repellents will likely ease this type of damage but will not eliminate it. Orchard growers in New York have had good results preventing browse damage by hanging a motel-size bar of soap in each tree. Other comercial repellents have been shown to reduce browse damage by up to 85 percent, however, some studies have shown them to be ineffective.