On 3/18/2018 6:15 PM, Frank wrote:
On 3/18/2018 6:44 PM, Ecnerwal wrote:
In article ,
Â* Terry Coombs wrote:

The "new" fence is 2" chicken wire at the bottom
, 18" high across the front ant one side , 24" for the rest . That
leaves 6" laying flat on the ground to the outside to discourage
digging
under . That's topped by 3 strands of electric fencing , at 2" , 12"
and
24" above the top edge of the chicken wire . If the dog's reaction
(last
fall , t'was accidental) is any guide , Bambi won't want a second taste
of the fence .

Electric tops out 42-48" from the ground? Bambi won't even slow down
while sailing right over it. No reason to touch it. Grab some plastic
deer mesh (cheap, works) and run it up to 7 or 8 feet high. If you want
to do electric fence for deer there's a design that angles out which
supposedly causes them to try to crawl through and get zapped, but I
think even that is up 6 feet or more and is kinda annoying to build with
the angled bit. 7-8 feet of black plastic mesh is a bit hard to see and
they tend to bounce off rather than make it over. I have seen orchards
go to 12 feet of 6 inch wire mesh, but that's a whole other kettle of
money.

What's done should be adequate. Sounds like what a friend did for his
garden.Â* Deer don't normally go out of their way unless there is
something they really like such as apples.Â* They just browse around as
if whole world is their salad bar and will eat vegetable plants even
before vegetables appear.

Â* Yup , and that's the problem . A nibble her , a nibble there , and
pretty soon you got no lettuce . I'm not growing anything particularly
attractive to deer , I'm just trying to encourage them to browse
elsewhere . The rabbits are another story , they actively come looking
for the field peas and other tender little plants . The electric fence
is as much to discourage bears from the bee hives as to keep deer out .
I had one hive damaged last year , luckily the bear didn't hang around
longer and do more damage - might be that the dog scared him off , don't
know , but he didn't come back after I fenced the yard with electric .

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