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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

--- On Mon, 2/28/11, Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Deer fencing
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 10:37 AM
> 
> On Feb 28, 2011, at 9:30 AM, VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:
> 
> > Don, 
> > Two or three years ago, someone on the homestead list
> posted a description of a two fence system that he claimed
> worked.  
> > His reasoning was that the deer would not jump the
> first fence if they couldn't see what was beyond the
> second.  I think it was 2 six foot fences 6-10 feet
> apart, maybe opaque.  I'm afraid I don't remember any
> specifics but what he said sounded reasonable enough that I
> will try to work it out if I ever get moved.
> 
> Sob, how soon they forget. Here is my original chicken moat
> article:


Gene
I do think I first heard of double fences from another poster.  
But I humbly apologize for not remembering your article.
Van Dell