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[Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>]

In smaller areas, such as a family vegetable garden, deer here seldom jump a 6' fence unless it is shortened by snow.  If there is drought and food is scarce, all bets are off, however. 

 

The last 2 times deer began jumping my 6' garden fence I simply stuck some rebar stakes into the ground every 10' or so about 2' outside my garden fence.  I then stretched 2 strands of mono filament heavy, deep-sea fishing line to the rebar, one about 20" off the ground and the other at about 3'.  Because they like to sidle up to a fence before jumping it, this has been completely affective in turning them away. 

 

I would bet that this mono-filament augmentation could be effectively used in different ways to deter fence jumping in larger protected areas.   I've also used a couple strands to extend the height of a sturdy fence. 

 

Another trick used by fencers around here to get around codes limiting height is to have a perpendicular lip that is like a 2' horizontal fence extending inward from the top of a 6' fence.  It seems to work well, probably similarly to a slanted fence.