deer barrier

[bcp]

One of these designs MIGHT keep deer out.





Bruce

 

[goeduck]

One of these designs MIGHT keep deer out.



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Bruce

Probably not oosik’s deer on steroids.

 

[DieselBound]

A couple of dogs (german shepherds, labs and retrievers and the like) would look after the deer.

I'm a total believer in dogs. I have various fowl and I've never lost one when the dog is outside: ground or aerial predators, none will risk exposure to dogs.

I'd read that nested/double fencing works really well. Eats up real estate, but the idea is that deer are unable to gauge the depth. How far to jump to clear that second (interior) fence? Or, how little to jump to land in between? Doesn't require tall fencing. I suspect, however, that this is mostly cost prohibitive.

I seem to recall seeing deer over in Eastern Washington bound over a 6' or 7' fence like it wasn't even there: I was looking at property; owner had a video of a black bear up in one of the fruit trees, so add that to the list of things to possibly have to deal with! Even though deer can be pests I'm still amazed by their athleticism.

 

[jaxs]

We don't worry with deer and bear eating crops in Texas,,,,,,,,wild hogs always beat them to it. Talk about deer being difficult to fence out,if a hog get's his nose through the fence,he will shortly get his body through it. Deer have one,occasionally two fawns per year,hogs have six twice per year.

 

[DieselBound]

jaxs, yes, wild hogs are the worst! We don't have them here, but I've read stories: and I know what "domesticated" ones can do. I don't think that hogs will run from dogs (whereas deer and bear [black] will).

 

[hecklerjim]

Boatyard has it right. Two shorter fences, ran parralell to each other spaced about 6-8 ft apart. Keeps them out of the blackberries around here.

 

[goeduck]

We don't worry with deer and bear eating crops in Texas,,,,,,,,wild hogs always beat them to it. Talk about deer being difficult to fence out,if a hog get's his nose through the fence,he will shortly get his body through it. Deer have one,occasionally two fawns per year,hogs have six twice per year.

And we up here are depending on you down there to keep them under control so they don’t spread.

 

[jaxs]

And we up here are depending on you down there to keep them under control so they don’t spread.

Well you might start thinking about who's side you are on and coming to help before long. Hogs are about as contentious as barbed wire in the old days of farming and ranching. Landowners growing plants or livestock spend millions on extermination efforts while owners of floodplane or other non-productive land charge hunters for killing hogs. Farmers pay trappers per head to trap them then trappers sell them to hunting resorts so they can be released. Hogs are not going to stay where even nut trees don't produce when they can go up the road to a melon patch, 200 acres of corn or feed bunk. You can see how neighbors might get crosswise when that happens. There's little hope for resolution as things stand now. State legislators passed a few laws but officers spend so much time patrolling the border and chasing drugs,they have little time to inforce the laws. Game wardens start the day responding to trespass or hunting complaints and by day's end they have come across drug violations that take them away from their primary duties. State law forbid's transporting live feral hogs on public property(roads included) but trappers can be seen most any day hauling live hogs down farm to market roads.

 

[oosik]

Naw, goeduck, the deer around here would just walk up to those big things and "mark" them. Dogs WILL keep the raiding animals at bay. There is a basque fellow about thirty miles south that has those LARGE white dogs - Pyrenees - to guard his sheep. I stop and talk to him, couple time a year. Last year he had 3200 sheep. These dogs of his keep just about everything away.

His problem - gophers and their digging. Sheep can step in one of their holes and hurt their leg.

After reading about all the problem you guys have with wild hogs - our deer, coons, skunks and porcupines seem like small peanuts.

 

[goeduck]

. State law forbid's transporting live feral hogs on public property(roads included) but trappers can be seen most any day hauling live hogs down farm to market roads.

Holy carp !!!!! No wonder there is a problem, that can not help assuming some escape.