Someone came and made my wire form motion deer?

Question

from Santa's sleigh hump last night. They significatly scraped things up on the deer , and my 2.5 year old found it this morning. I only found 3 of the 4 stakes in the yard (they are white and we have snow). They also put the light up santa into the sleigh that is too small for him. Any suggestions on how to prevent this in the future as I don't want to have to try to fix things every night and definately don't want my daughter exposed to this. Thanks.

Answer 1

Not quite sure how close to your house that you have this display, but how about motion lights on your front porch or garage if you have one or both.The lights turn on when ever someone or something crosses it's path, you have to set the censor in the direction of the display, they are pretty cheap to buy, one place to check out is good old Walmart.........good Luck

Answer 2

I have a couple of ideas. First, you might replace the existing stakes with really long stakes, which are more difficult to pull up out of the ground. Or, you could get some heavy wire (or use coat-hangers), curve them into an upside-down U and attach the deer to the ground with that. Also more difficult and time-consuming to pull up out of the ground. You might call the police and let them know what happened--although they almost certainly won't catch the idiots in the act, the police might provide extra patrol in your neighborhood (especially if you're not the only one who had vandalism) which just might discourage the perpetrators from doing it again. Lastly, if your daughter's that young, she probably won't really understand that the deer are in the hump position. :)