My sympathies, I can relate to the deer problem. We used to have a very bad deer problem in our old development about 8 years ago. The neighbors did just that, fed the deer and thought it was "fun". Our plants took a beating, until I contacted our pest control company. Once a month, we had a technician come out and spray all the plants in the yard with what smelled like rotten eggs, and garlic. It actually worked the whole month unless it had been super rainy, so maybe the last week wouldn't be so great. Anyway, the technician would come at end of day, put on a suit, and spray the heck out of the yard. Saved a lot of plants and us from buying gallons of Deer Off. The neighbors that were down wind weren't all that thrilled for a few hours after, but I didn't care because they were the ones feeding the deer.
Perhaps that is available in your area? It was human and pet safe, just took a few hours to lighten up after the spray. Other than that.....fence is the only option I know of (believe me I tried a lot of other ideas). My current resolution? We are again in an area with deer. I am making my indoors my main garden and any roses, etc that I worry about, are next to the house or wherever they (deer) don't normally go. Good luck!!!
