fishman
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Thanks DiggerDave, I think I've found some.
another newbie innovation...
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OverlyRun
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Re: Deer Fence
Diggerdave,
If you do find the manufacturer, it would be great help. I found no one around here had anything like this...I had to go to New Hampshire (actually my sister was there) to find some very, very lightweight deer fence that I stapled to 8 foot posts around my nascent orchard (got to use a borrowed post-hole digger on my tractor). So lightweight is it that it tears out of the staples in a really high wind. So as a backup I installed two rows of electric fence as well - at knee height and browse height.
The other weekend we went out to the farm, without the dogs, and I got to see what we are dealing with in terms of deer. In the early a.m. there were 18 deer in the field - all outside of my fenced-in orchard, but grazing on the grass.
Your 40 pounds for 300 feet is a lot heavier than the stuff I got...which is is more like hair net for a giant. Since I am confident I will be in the market for new fencing after a few storms, your source...and your innovation for installng it ...would be very helpful. Places here are willing to order, but need to be told what to get. Thanks.
Chas
Diggerdave,
If you do find the manufacturer, it would be great help. I found no one around here had anything like this...I had to go to New Hampshire (actually my sister was there) to find some very, very lightweight deer fence that I stapled to 8 foot posts around my nascent orchard (got to use a borrowed post-hole digger on my tractor). So lightweight is it that it tears out of the staples in a really high wind. So as a backup I installed two rows of electric fence as well - at knee height and browse height.
The other weekend we went out to the farm, without the dogs, and I got to see what we are dealing with in terms of deer. In the early a.m. there were 18 deer in the field - all outside of my fenced-in orchard, but grazing on the grass.
Your 40 pounds for 300 feet is a lot heavier than the stuff I got...which is is more like hair net for a giant. Since I am confident I will be in the market for new fencing after a few storms, your source...and your innovation for installng it ...would be very helpful. Places here are willing to order, but need to be told what to get. Thanks.
Chas
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Re: Deer Fence
I have a couple of deer fence sites bookmarked.....
Benners
MasterGardening
Hope that helps..... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
I have a couple of deer fence sites bookmarked.....
Benners
MasterGardening
Hope that helps..... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
JimMc
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Re: Deer Fence
<font color="blue"> So lightweight is it that it tears out of the staples in a really high wind. </font>
Sometimes it helps to staple through a thin piece of wood. Works like a washer to spread the load past the material in direct contact with the staple.
<font color="blue"> So lightweight is it that it tears out of the staples in a really high wind. </font>
Sometimes it helps to staple through a thin piece of wood. Works like a washer to spread the load past the material in direct contact with the staple.
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Are you using the deer fence around a garden or something else? Have you tried other things that did not work or is this the first time trying?
I am planning on putting in a hedge that deer like and would be interested in what others have used to keep them away. On the other hand if there are limited resonable costs availabe I may change my selection of hedge type.
PJ
I am planning on putting in a hedge that deer like and would be interested in what others have used to keep them away. On the other hand if there are limited resonable costs availabe I may change my selection of hedge type.
PJ
OverlyRun
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Re: Deer Fence
Jim, Rozet - Thanks for the bookmarks...I sent for a sample to see how much heavier their fencing might be. The idea of battens to hold the net to my posts occurred to me, but of course I had no battens the weekend I was doing this project. Laziness being what it is and since the fence sort of stays up, with only occasional need to haul out the stepladder, I have not organized to buy the 25 battens that would be required. When I go back out in a few days I am sure I will wish I had been better organized. A friend once told me, "Any job worth doing is worth doing twice....."
Chas
Jim, Rozet - Thanks for the bookmarks...I sent for a sample to see how much heavier their fencing might be. The idea of battens to hold the net to my posts occurred to me, but of course I had no battens the weekend I was doing this project. Laziness being what it is and since the fence sort of stays up, with only occasional need to haul out the stepladder, I have not organized to buy the 25 battens that would be required. When I go back out in a few days I am sure I will wish I had been better organized. A friend once told me, "Any job worth doing is worth doing twice....."
Chas
TresCrows
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A lot cheaper is stringing 20/30 lbs monofiliment all over the place in zig zag patterns. The deer hate the stuff. I hang can son it and pie pans and all in all it aggravates them greatly. They cannot see it and it runs all over at differing directions and heights. Yeah, when one gets caught in it it tears it up but I just restring it. usually the same critter does not come back to quickly. I saw one get all in a mees with the stuff running this way and tat when I hit him with the light. he could not figure which way to go and tripped over one of the runs and did a belly flop. I have not seen him around these parts since. I put a few flags on the stuff and it is strung from light weight poles mostly that fall over or break away so that no injury to humans, animals can really occur, it just scars them. J
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( so that no injury to humans, animals can really occur, it just scars them. )</font>
Wow! No wound...just a "scar." /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I know; I know. I'm just being a wisecracker because one little letter in a typo sure changes the meaning of a sentence. I'm sure your method actually scares the deer and anything else that gets caught in it. How much fishing line does it take? I bet you have to buy several rolls to "wrap" a garden.
Wow! No wound...just a "scar." /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I know; I know. I'm just being a wisecracker because one little letter in a typo sure changes the meaning of a sentence. I'm sure your method actually scares the deer and anything else that gets caught in it. How much fishing line does it take? I bet you have to buy several rolls to "wrap" a garden.
