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  • From: Derek Galvin <dsgalvin AT gmail.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Deer Fencing
  • Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:26:27 -0400

I've worked with a combination of the two suggestions below that was effective at keeping deer out (one cow wandered through).  The set-up was 2 parallel rows of t-posts every 10-12.  Kind of an inner fence and an outer fence.  The outer fence had 1 strand of hot poly rope at about 3 feet high.  The inner "fence," which was roughly 2.5 feet inside the outer line, had the hot rope at 1.5 feet and 4.5 feet.  The charge came from a solar panel that was mounted on a corner round post.  You could hang the PB if you wanted to but we never did and it was still effective.  This fence worked like Mark's suggestions of a deer not being able to jump high and wide at the same time - though honestly I've seen a deer jump higher and wider than this in the woods.  For whatever reason this seems to be visually baffling enough for them.  
 
I'd assume it would be cheaper than the double fencing with one section of woven wire.  It certainly would be quicker than putting up actual fencing.  
 
Derek 

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Mark Abner <wizard1 AT ctsbroadband.com> wrote:
Robert
       I dont think your approach will work at least not for long especialy if the
deer have already found your garden. one approach that works for me at least
part of the time is a 4 foot woven wire fence with an 8 foot peice of rebar
attached to every other post and bent outward so it looms over the outside
of the fence at about a 45 degree angle. with three strands of elecric
attached two hot and the center grounded.
       This has the effect of the deer attempting to jump the woven wire fence
slaming its face into the electric and getting knocked back down to the
ground. alteritively you can put a couple strands of electric 4 feet outside
the woven wire fence at about a 4 foot hight. deer can jump high or jump
wide but not both at the same time so a couble fence will stop them.

Mark


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Robert
Farr - The Chile Man
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:01 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: [Market-farming] Deer Fencing


Howdy, y'all.

I'm looking for some affordable electric fencing to keep out our four-legged
friends.

I'd like to try 3 - 4' tall posts with hot wire (powered by a 12-volt
battery), hanging peanut-butter on aluminum strips every few feet.  The
assumption is the deer will taste the PB and be zapped, therefore avoiding
the area.

Does anyone have experience with that approach, and do you have
recommendations as to what kind of fencing to buy?

I'm hoping to avoid the 8' tall plastic fence.

Thanks much -

Robert Farr
The Chile Man
http://www.thechileman.com
Robert Farr
The Chile Man
(540) 668-7160 (office)
(540) 668-7163 (fax)
(703) 431-6734 (mobile)
http://www.thechileman.com
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