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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> I've been tearing down the old chicken coop, and if
> anyone has ever pulled old, rusty chicken wire off old, rotten railroad
> ties, well, you have an idea of what I'm doing.

Bev, buy a fence tool. It has a curved point that you position, then 
tap behind the staple with a hammer, then leverage easily out. Old 
posts often are soft enough that you don't need the hammer.

If I ever run any new fencing it will be of metal posts and dogpen wire.