From

Location

Message

Date Posted

Simi valley, ca

So i got Dears in my patch ,there is a plastic fence around it approx 3 ft tall ,It works for ground squirrels & rabbits 99% of time,But the Dears come over it no problem , I just wondered if i put a string up higher, or 2 strings across -like one across at 4 ft high & one at 5 ft high , Will that work or will they still come in & just hit the string & tear it down ? Anyone with experience with this ?? thank you in advance !

5/30/2013 7:01:39 PM

Freedom Is Just Another Word For Noting Left To Lose

I've seen deer jump an 8 foot fence at the airport once.

5/30/2013 8:15:27 PM

Muddy Waters

10 feet for deer

5/30/2013 8:25:38 PM

Muddy Waters

use barbed wire for your string

5/30/2013 8:26:14 PM

Torrance, Ca.

40 miles from my house there's deer Glenn,,,,,,,,, lets go hunting:)

We can jump on the 3\4 day boat and run to Catalina for the day then go hunting in the afternoon!

5/30/2013 8:58:38 PM

Stanwood, Washington

I have lots of deer in my neighborhood. I have a 4 foot fence and haven't had a problem. My patch is pretty small though so they probably aren't very motivated to get in.

5/30/2013 9:17:16 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

spray. Its a granular product. Put it around the entire perimeter of your patch. Then get some coyote urine with some wicks and spray the wicks with them every 2 to 3 days. If you have a dog encourage him to pee around your property. I've found that if you discourage any type of critters early they usually stay clear. Good luck.

5/30/2013 9:55:20 PM

Bristol R.I. USA

Pups...phone messed me up. The product I was talking about was critter rudder and I'd say an 8 foot fence should do it.

5/30/2013 9:57:10 PM

Perry Iowa USA

When we put up our orange plastic fence we put in metal stakes (6ft+ tall) to secure.After that we string wire along the top of the stakes and tie 18" or so strips of white cotton to the wire.When the breeze blows the rags will blow about.The theory is that this mimics the white tails of deer as they run.Previous owner of the land we grow on was in his 90's and had done this forever.Good luck!Some people place chunks of Zest bar soap in places off ground,you could tie these to your fence.

5/30/2013 11:27:43 PM

NE Kansas

I watched a doe take two steps and clear the 12ft fence surrounding a tree farm last fall. I'll leave it to you to figure out which side she ended up on.

Leonard Lee Rue III wrote of a doe that was seen jumping an 18ft fence from a standing position.

Where deer have difficulty jumping a fence is when a couple feet of the top of the fence is 45'd to the outside. It is very hard for them to gauge the height correctly and since they only expend enough energy to clear an obstacle, they tend to hit the fence and rarely try more than a time or two. Doesn't hurt to electrify if either, unless there is an ordinance against it, such as if you live in town.

5/30/2013 11:33:40 PM

Anamosa, IA [email protected]

I have had excellent success with a very hot electric fence. Once they get zapped they stay away. Plus I plant clover and other deer food where they can get it . I am right next to a wooded subdivision and state park with lots of deer. I have run 6 wires up to 6' high. I think just the ones from ground to nose high are enough to deter them. This year I replaced the top 2 rusted wires with plastic baler twine.It keeps smaller critters out too.

5/31/2013 12:33:58 AM

BC, Canada

Lots of experience here. Jumping 18 feet? That I would have to see. Typically here we go 7 feet which is what a lot of the fencing is. Then above that a line or some visible string a foot or so above that. As Kolache said, the pieces of white cloth tied every 2 feet or so at the top line makes it more visible to the deer but it also looks a little like wash day. If you can then run an electric fence wire to the outside of that, one or two wires. Once they touch the shock line they learn to stay away, but the young ones will have to try it every year. As Iowegian said, plant a crop that attracts them away from your garden. It is called baiting in some areas. I have a nice area of clover, every year a couple of deer jump from there all the way into the freezer.
Then, if you can, plant a crop at the fence line which you can spray some repellent on, they will taste the repellent through the fence and have no desire to try to get over the fence. I find here they are more of a pest after the woods have dried up in the summer and the garden is the greenest thing around. I highly recommend the repellent spray Bobbex. It works very well. I spray around the perimeter. Deer seem to be creatures of habit and simply follow there mouths along a path. So, a little bit you are trying to train them to stay away.
Nothing is absolutely deer proof. I have seen damage to a friends fence that looked like they repeatedly rammed it head on to get in! But, the above steps with the occasional cull seems to work for me.
Deer don't usually eat squash vine but they can squash the plants for sure. And last year my buddy had a big bite taken out of his AG one night.

5/31/2013 2:43:06 AM

The bottom of New Jersey

We have never had them jump a 7 foot fence at my house, and there are deer everywhere. It is a black plastic type of fencing that we get delivered from FarmTek. The deer can not see the top of it so they don't risk it. When you first put it up, tie some white ribbons to it at the deer's eye level every 10 feet or so so they don't crash into it. Regular white tail deer can not jump 18 or even 12 feet high but I don't know what kind of deer there are in other parts of the country. We also have dogs who poop and pee around the perimeter of our gardens which I'm sure helps.

5/31/2013 8:43:23 AM

stoughton WI

I am using a 7ft plastic fence. one morning I looked out into the patch and to my amasement there were dear in my patch as I walked out to scare them off and see how they were getting in I saw them run out of the patch by going under the fence. so the morale is stake down the bottom of the fence

5/31/2013 11:13:26 AM

Massachusetts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPr0noR9Faw

5/31/2013 12:13:45 PM

NE Kansas

That was about a six foot fence and it was a little deer. The does up here weigh as much or more than the bucks in Texas do. Just imagine how much effort could be put into the jump if that buck was scared and running for it's life...

5/31/2013 1:56:34 PM

NE Kansas

6ft fence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=468gkS_INCE

7ft fence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3okdnGlxMg

8ft fence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_y1852IDMk

10ft (maybe) fence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbLS4nnWI_Q

And just for fun: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTgdXOHPlXA

Point being, I think a deer can jump as high as it feels the need to. So there must be more involved than just the height of the fence.

5/31/2013 2:49:51 PM

Mission Viejo, CA

Chuck Norris jumped over the deer while the deer was still in the air.

5/31/2013 4:19:22 PM

Mission Viejo, CA

And, Chuck did the jump with Ron's 2009 on his shoulder.

5/31/2013 4:24:01 PM

Simi valley, ca

I thought only Rudolph the red nose Raindear could jump like that !!! Ok thanks for all the resonances !! i WILL HALF TO RETHINK THIS THING !

5/31/2013 5:30:29 PM

Marion WI

use reinforced poly up 6ft if the deer cannot see what is on the other side it wont jump it......so they say

5/31/2013 5:44:11 PM

Piqua, Ohio

a single strand of electric fence will hold em out, I keep one around my deer food plots all spring so it can grow otherwise they keep it ate too low. put aluminum foil with peanut butter on it on the wire, they learn quick I promise it will work.

5/31/2013 6:30:00 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

Lol josh you bait your electric fence? ???

5/31/2013 7:22:01 PM

East Jordan, MI

Josh is right, that is the best way to deter deer.

When I lived in GA I had all kinds of problems with deer in my garden. Adog works pretty good. Not being able to see through the fence works sometimes. Adding the extra visable line (I used engineering tape) way up in the air helped, Getting human hair and puttinig it in a potato sack works for a day or two, but I would always have some damage from deer --- until I used an electric fence with little flags of aluminumm foil and peanut butter sandwhiched in between. for the next 4 years never had a deer problem...just replace the peanut butter every few weeks so they can smell it.

5/31/2013 7:45:05 PM

Mnt.pleasant ,tennessee

I'de say so ,i cant quit picturing it tho

5/31/2013 11:36:41 PM

BC, Canada

Baiting the electric fence
you guys
I'm just learning all kind of tricks here

6/1/2013 3:32:32 AM

Piqua, Ohio

By the way I own a fence company that specializes in agriculture fencing, I work with farmers that divide pasture's with single wires almost everyday. If you don't have AC in your patch you can buy fence energizers that run on D cell and boat batteries, I don't recommend solar but in California you may have more sunny days and they may work great! Good luck

6/1/2013 7:36:14 AM

Waquoit Mass

a height of 30-06 would be just right

6/2/2013 7:54:04 AM

NE Kansas

As low as .270 inches has worked good for me also...

6/2/2013 9:31:53 AM