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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

My favorite supplier of electric fencing materials, Premier, has some info 
on deer exclusion fencing at their website, but are not currently stocking 
materials for 'permanent' deer fence.
http://www.premier1supplies.com/shttore/fencing.html

I don't have any first-hand experience doing deer exclusion fencing, but 
from a cattle/horse/sheep standpoint, electrified high-tensile perimeter 
fencing is vastly less expensive to install and put up than any combination 
of woven/net wire &/or barbed wire, easier to maintain, and in many cases, 
has a longer lifespan.
Gotta have a GOOD fence energizer.  Mine cost me about $450 back in '95 - 
but it puts out 10,000volts when I get all the grounds/shorts in the fence 
fixed, and is rated to push 'juice' through up to 150 miles of fence.  It 
really packs a wallop.  A good electric fence is a psychological barrier, 
but I'm presuming to completely exclude deer, you still need some fairly 
substantial physical barrier as well.

Lucky