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["Greg or Marie Jordan" <mgjordan@concentric.net>]

In Colorado there is a program through, I believe, the department of
wildlife for commercial nursery growers that are experiencing severe deer
damage.  In this program the Department of wildlife ( DOW ) supplies the
materials for a deer fence free of charge if you supply the labor to put it
up.   In those supplies are 10' Tee posts.  I've got a call in to the DOW
now to find out where to get the posts.
Greg Jordan
----- Original Message -----
From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:22 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] deer fence cost


> My one acre orchard is now fenced. Having limited funds for the orchard
> project, I did not go for the 'proper wildlife / deer fence '. Here is my
> compromise to date. Last fall I put in 8' steel T posts on 20' spacing,
> bottom is 4' field fencing, top is electric wire. Cost $335
> 36 T posts @ $3.30         = $120
> 4'  Fencing x 800'      = $175
> 1 mile wire and connectors = $40
> 4 cedar corner posts, salvaged
> total         $335
> Not included is the fence charger - as it was already in use and is an
> expensive remote solar type ($160), if it wasnt already there I would have
> gone ahead and spent the money instead on a second layer of 4' fencing.
> Those figures would look like this
> 36 T posts @ $3.30         = $120
> 4'  Fencing X 1600 '      = $350
> hose clamps      = $30
> total      = $500
> I wish I could buy T posts taller than 8' (which give above ground 6'6")
> This winter not a single deer entered - even though my orchard was a
> favorite eating spot. The real test is, of course, when the apples begin
to
> bear, hopefully within a couple years
> (it is mostly on seedling rootstock). All I have figured out so far to get
> the fence to 8+ feet - is to fasten cedar 2x2's to the top with stainless
> hose clamps. Using the theory that above 4' a fence is mostly a visual,
than
> physical, deterrant. I may get by with just adding another couple rounds
of
> wire, perhaps old barbed wire to be more visible.
> A 4 acre plot is of course not 4 times the cost of one acre, as its
> perimeter is only double that of one acre.
>
> Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3
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