"Myrmecodia" wrote in message
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Does anyone use baited electric deer fencing like this?
http://www.deerbusters.com/dee-3020.html

Does it work?

I want to deer-proof a portion of our property that contains a
vegetable patch and landscaping with azaleas which the deer seem to
love munching on. Most of the lot is wooded, and deer move through at
night. I thought a couple of strands of electrified wire might be
less obtrusive and less hazardous to birds than 8 ft of netting

Nick
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You don't need to use baited electrified wire to keep out deer. I have two
fine strands of electrified aluminum wire surrounding my yard that keeps
deer out. The top wire is 3' from the ground and the second is 1' from the
ground. I don't have them located in a regular path area that deer use, but
I did have regular deer raids whenever flowers such as pansies, lilies, and
tulips bloomed with occasional raids on shrubs (oak leaf hydrangea and
azaleas comes to mind) during the winter. It took almost a year before I
didn't have to make regular checks and repairs of breaks, but the breaks
were not followed by the deer feasting. In this third year of the fence, I
find a break that needs to be repaired every three or four months. The deer
have learned than entering my yard is not a free entry feeding ground.

Deer can trained to avoid unfriendly areas.

John