Homeland Security Project

[Carl_NH]

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

 

[BOOMERANG]

Carl,
The angled fence is a good idea. I hear its very effective. I wouldn't trust the opening to an IR device though. If there is an opening, they WILL get in ! I'm getting anxious for bow season anyway. It's time to "thin the herd" !

 

[TerryinMD]

Boomerang,

Hey neighbor!!

I may have been past your place a few times on my way home!! I drove home via 7, 9, and 287 through Lovettsville.

Ouch... sorry to hear that you only had WorldCom as an account. Things are very ugly there now as you may well understand. Did you provide network or voice devices?

My fence is basically complete except for the extension to add some height. I began to work on the fence extensions yesterday but threw in the towel my late morning - man it was brutal out there yesterday. I wish I knew about that fencing before I put up the cattle fencing and barbed wire. I know what I will use when the current fencing goes bad.

Terry