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- From: Ed Mashburn <ribes60@currants.com>
- To: nafex@egroups.com
- Subject: Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 13:06:03 -0700
At 11:09 AM 10/26/00 -0500, you wrote:
>At 09:57 PM 10/23/2000 -0700, Don wrote:
>>2. I used 10 lb. test mono, and put up only a single strand at about 4
>>ft., which I calculated as the height of the average deer's nose,
>>excluding large bucks.
>
>Don,
>I'm not an expert on the stature of whitetails, but I would suspect that
>most folks overestimate how big they are, and personally, would think that
>4 ft is way too high, but if it's working for you, I don't know that I'd
>change it.
>Recommended height for a single-strand electric fence to contain mature
>cattle is 30 inches - the height at which their nose is going to be
>presented to the wire during routine movement. Yes, when alarmed, they can
>raise their heads much higher, but when moving about undisturbed, you'll
>notice that the default position is pretty much straight out in front of
>their bodies. Guess I'd be inclined to move a single-strand deer 'fence'
>down to somewhere between 20 & 30 inches.
>
>Lucky Pittman
I agree, I have used the double strand and string it on 4 ft "step-in"
electric posts. low strand is about 18 in and top strand is about 30in
above ground. I am using 8 lb mono just because it was on sale and at a
very good price.
Northumberland BerryWorks
707 Front Street
Northumberland, PA 17857
Phone: (570) 473-9910
WWW.currants.com
Ed@currants.com
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[nafex] deer prevention,
mike tomlinson, 10/23/2000
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Re: [nafex] deer prevention,
Ed Mashburn, 10/23/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Ed Mashburn, 10/24/2000
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Re: [nafex] deer prevention,
Sam Franc, 10/24/2000
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Re: [nafex] deer prevention,
Ginda Fisher, 10/24/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Tom Olenio, 10/24/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Sam Franc, 10/24/2000
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Re: [nafex] deer prevention,
Ginda Fisher, 10/24/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Gordon C. Nofs, 10/23/2000
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[nafex] Deer Prevention,
Don Yellman, 10/23/2000
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Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention,
Lucky Pittman, 10/26/2000
- Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention, Ed Mashburn, 10/26/2000
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Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention,
Lucky Pittman, 10/26/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, jnfischer, 10/24/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, fluffy bunny, 10/24/2000
- Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention, Gordon C. Nofs, 10/26/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Don Carlo, 10/26/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Gordon C. Nofs, 10/26/2000
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Re: [nafex] deer prevention,
Bruce & Joyce, 10/27/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Sam Franc, 10/27/2000
- Re: [nafex] deer prevention, Gordon C. Nofs, 10/27/2000
- Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention, Gordon C. Nofs, 10/27/2000
- Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention, Lon J. Rombough, 10/27/2000
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Re: [nafex] deer prevention,
Ed Mashburn, 10/23/2000
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