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- From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
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- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] deer fence
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:33:04 +0000
I have an acre fenced with a row of 4' high, (12" wide verticles), standard field fencing on 8' t posts. It is the most economical - for strength - fencing I could use. Above it is one strand of electric at 4' 6" ( on solar - one second intervals ) and above that is non electrified wire on 6" increments. I consider anything 5' and above to be strictly visual barrier for deer. 8' t posts give about 6'6" above the ground. If I have to I will clamp on some conduit and hang another row or two or wire up to 8' for more visual barrier. ( can't find 10' t posts near here) I do bait the electric wire with peanut butter and foil in th e fall, I appreciate teh suggestion about using a stapler - as merely crimped foil tends to slide sideways and ground out the wire on the t post.. If bear get to be a problem, all I can figure to do is to add another row of the same 4' field fencing above the first, Del
Del Stubbs http://www.pinewoodforge.com ag zone2/3
<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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Re: [NAFEX] deer fence,
Erdman, Jim, 09/13/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] deer fence, RW Spalinger, 09/13/2004
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Re: [NAFEX] deer fence,
del stubbs, 09/13/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] deer fence, RW Spalinger, 09/13/2004
- Re: [NAFEX] deer fence, Jwlehman, 09/14/2004
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