Since my dog passed away last year the deer aren't afraid to come up close now. They wandered around to the other end of the yard where the dishes are, and did ok for awhile. Funny watching them stop eating, look up at the dish moving with ears perked up, then go back to eating when the motor shut off lol. Until I went from G18 up to AMC6, that scared them further back.. still they stayed around for about 2hours foraging for green stuff. Not too much of that in Dec.