In order to deter deer from a protected area, a baited, shock-producing deer repellent device is provided having an improved electrode configuration with the bare wire alternating positive and negative electrodes being substantially semicircular in shape and with the electrodes being variously sized and arranged to form an approximate hemisphere and with the electrodes being substantially parallel and substantially equidistant from each other. This configuration provides an approximately even chance that a deer will make contact with a positive and a negative electrode simultaneously, regardless of the angle or direction of the deer's approach, or of the size of the deer.
