Carl_NH
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- Joined
- Apr 5, 2002
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- Coastal NH
- Tractor
- 01 Kubota B21TLB, 2010 Ferris 52" ZTR, Cub Cadet 1811, Gravely Super8
Boomerang & Terry,
I just finished 660' of the deer fence 2 bought from mastergardening.com http://www.mastergardening.com/pest-control-fencing---netting-virtually-invisible-deer-fence-deer-ii-pro-fencing.html
for about $1 per foot. Well the deer got in one night before I finished, ate hostas and more plants, almost broke the fence down trying to get out. Once I put the top line 8 gauge and mid line 11 gauge, and stapled it to the ground no more problems.
Since there is an existing fence tho, what else is effective is an angled to the outside bracket at the top of the fence at 45 deg 2' high so total is about 6-7' . THe angle is over their heads so discourages them from jumping when they are close.
This is one of the methods I saw when looking at options.
I have an area for ingress/egress to the back woods as well open and visible to us and neighbor, so I concocted a warning system with a IR motion sensor lite from HD $28 and a radio $15 plugged into the other socket. This covers a 60' area to 180 degrees.
Works well so far, also you can easily add a sprinkler head solenoid to this setup as well for a few more $.
Carl
I just finished 660' of the deer fence 2 bought from mastergardening.com http://www.mastergardening.com/pest-control-fencing---netting-virtually-invisible-deer-fence-deer-ii-pro-fencing.html
for about $1 per foot. Well the deer got in one night before I finished, ate hostas and more plants, almost broke the fence down trying to get out. Once I put the top line 8 gauge and mid line 11 gauge, and stapled it to the ground no more problems.
Since there is an existing fence tho, what else is effective is an angled to the outside bracket at the top of the fence at 45 deg 2' high so total is about 6-7' . THe angle is over their heads so discourages them from jumping when they are close.
This is one of the methods I saw when looking at options.
I have an area for ingress/egress to the back woods as well open and visible to us and neighbor, so I concocted a warning system with a IR motion sensor lite from HD $28 and a radio $15 plugged into the other socket. This covers a 60' area to 180 degrees.
Works well so far, also you can easily add a sprinkler head solenoid to this setup as well for a few more $.
Carl
