I hate those 4 legged secatures. Milorganite really works well from early spring til about Aug or Sept here. I was reading that it stops being affective in the fall because the smell decreases. I think its because its rutting season and they're trying to bulk up and will eat anything. I've just given up and wrap everything I want to save with deer/bird wrap. Looking in the backyard I feel really sorry for them. They're going to have a hard time with all this snow.