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  • From: RW Spalinger <rwspal@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] deer fence
  • Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:34:49 -0500


On Sep 13, 2004, at 9:02 AM, Erdman, Jim wrote:

To increase the effectiveness of an electric fence, attach pieces of aluminum foil to it, with peanut butter on the aluminum foil. Two by six or eight inches would be okay for the aluminum foil, doubled over the wire, with a staple to keep it in place.

I've heard that technique is quite effective. But, it seems like the fence would still have to be such that a deer wouldn't expend the energy under normal situations to jump over it. In my area, 63 miles from the Gulf Coast, in Texas, deer learn that if they jump over an electric fence, they don't get shocked. Farmers use electric barbed wire fences a lot to control cattle. Deer however go over the fence, or slink under it if it is high enough off the ground.

I'm in the midst of erecting my 7' 6X6 inch mesh 12 gauge wire fence around my orchard. But I may add an electric wire around it as well. Males tend to tear down a plastic fence when in rut.

Randall Spalinger





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