deer in my garden
 

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

thanks in advance.

wayne

deer in my garden
 

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

Wayne,

Have you tried a motion activated sprinkler? Deer are easily startled and
these pups have been shown to work very nicely in keeping the critters away
from prized vegetation. There are also some repellents out there (such as
Lion's urine) that have been said to work, although I have limited faith in
such repellents myself.

The topic of Deer problems has come up numerous times in this group over the
last few years -- usually around late spring to late autumn. You may want
to google the group and see some of the threads for the best information on
keeping 'em out.

James

deer in my garden
 

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

This was already discussed here about a week ago. My electric fence is a single
strand of wire at about 3 foot high. Although they could jump it, I believe
that it works because it is hard for them to see. They get zapped and quickly
learn that my garden is not a deer friendly environment.


Dave
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deer in my garden
 

On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 16:41:43 GMT, Wayne wrote:

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

thanks in advance.

wayne

Four or five feet is good enough. We placed one wire 12" off the
ground and the another about 4' from the ground--that's it! The lower
one kept out the groundhogs. Use the longer plastic holders at the
corners. Use metal "T" stakes--the plastic holders snap onto them
very nicely.

deer in my garden
 

The message
from Wayne contains these words:

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

Depends what sort of deer they are; the kinds we have in Scotland can
clear jump anything up to 7ft. That's why electric fences are not the
answer (animals need to touch the wire and the ground together to feel a
mild deterrent shock; leapers in mid-air do neither).

Janet.

deer in my garden
 

Janet Baraclough wrote:

The message
from Wayne contains these words:


i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?


Depends what sort of deer they are; the kinds we have in Scotland can
clear jump anything up to 7ft. That's why electric fences are not the
answer (animals need to touch the wire and the ground together to feel a
mild deterrent shock; leapers in mid-air do neither).

Janet.


That's why you put the peanut butter ON the fence, so they lick it off
and get zapped, then they learn to fear the fence.

Kevin

deer in my garden
 

If you're considering putting up a 7 foot high fence, electricity probably
isn't required (unless the deer are truly starving in your area). I have
found that deer will go for the most easily available food. For example,
the deer in my area have demonstrated an ability to jump over 6 foot high
fences easily. However, my 6 ft fence around my veggie garden works well
since the deer like eating my neighbors easily accessible perennials more.

So, if you live in an area where there isnt much for them to eat (either
neighbors or wild), the fence will have to be higher.

Also, as noted in other posts, I have noticed that deer do tend to realize
when certain parcels are not choice buffets. I have three australian cattle
dogs. They don't run around all the time but they do enough so that the
deer don't like to come around. Again, they have no problems eating my
neighbors' tuplips to the ground. A low electric fence that happens to buzz
some deer might give them enough of a shock to convince them not to come
around again (But I have never tried this method).

Good luck!



"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 16:41:43 GMT, Wayne wrote:

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

thanks in advance.

wayne

Four or five feet is good enough. We placed one wire 12" off the
ground and the another about 4' from the ground--that's it! The lower
one kept out the groundhogs. Use the longer plastic holders at the
corners. Use metal "T" stakes--the plastic holders snap onto them
very nicely.

deer in my garden
 

I once saw a panicked Monkjack clear a 9 foot estate wall! didn't get it
right first time, but it got over it the second jump.

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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The message
from Wayne contains these words:

i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?

Depends what sort of deer they are; the kinds we have in Scotland can
clear jump anything up to 7ft. That's why electric fences are not the
answer (animals need to touch the wire and the ground together to feel a
mild deterrent shock; leapers in mid-air do neither).

Janet.


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JNJ wrote:
i have tried everything! now, i am ready to put up an electric fence
to keep them out. any advice would be greatly appreciated. how high
does an electric fence need to be? 4 feet? 6 feet? 8 feet? and
how far apart do the strands of wire need to be? 6"? 12"?


Wayne,

Have you tried a motion activated sprinkler? Deer are easily startled and
these pups have been shown to work very nicely in keeping the critters away
from prized vegetation.

I had good luck with one of these last year for about three
months. Then it quit working. That, unfortunately was the
problem with them. They were on clearance at Lowes here for
only $19.95 and I was at wits end with the deer so I figured
I try it. The first one didn't work at all. The second worked
great for about three months. So purchased two others, one for
my neighbor after he saw how well it kept the deer away and one
for a spare. Both were DOA. The manufacturer's web site listed
them for something like $79.95 which I sure as hell wouldn't pay
given my experience. If you try 'em, make sure you get 'em
someplace they can be returned easily. And make sure they have
a decent warranty period too.