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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Prof. Meader used monofilament fishing line.  Said he put it at about one
foot to 18 inches high.  The deer couldn't see it and were spooked by it
touching their legs.  He said it had worked successfully to keep the deer
out of his garden for a number of years.  Had to watch the stuff as it got
broken a couple of times before the deer avoided it consistently, though.
-Lon
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>From: "Gordon C. Nofs" <gcnofs@hotmail.com>
>To: nafex@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [nafex] Deer Prevention
>Date: Thu, Oct 26, 2000, 7:13 PM
>

>  I believe that it was Lon that stated that the late prof. Meader used 
>sewing thread.
>  If a deer is going to be running. it will break probably 20 pound mono.  
>So I think that even 2 pound would be fine. The person I know, Roger Miller  
>of Eaton Rapids, MI. used his old 4 pound from his steelhead rod to put 
>around his berry patch last spring.
>     Gordon
>
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>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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