Deer Fencing, was Wildlife damage recovery
Judy Glattstein via pbs (Sat, 11 Mar 2023 17:43:33 PST)

In my Connecticut garden, a couple of decades ago, about 3/4 of my one
acre garden had an electric fence. Actually it was a pair of fences,
about 2 feet apart. Deer do not like to jump in a place where they
cannot easily jump out.While deer are able to jump high they do not
broad jump easily.

The one fence had two galvanized wires, the other fence had three. Deer
have poor depth perception, and the fencing wires at different levels
were confusing. The wires were scarcely visible to human eyes.

Deer have hollow hair, which somewhat insulates. The fence charger was a
Gallagher, developed in New Zealand for use with sheep.

So there was a high wooden fence across the bottom of the driveway which
meant we could drive in / out of the garage without opening gates. The
electric fences ran down the remaining side of the property, across the
back, and went up the other side. Across a piece along the street, then
back down to my tool shed which, along with the house and another fence
section, closed off the protected portion of the property.

It worked exceedingly well.

Another option - which I have not used myself - fasten 2 foot wide
chicken wire to battens and lay it on the ground so it is somewhat
raised above the ground. Grass can grow through it if you wish.
Apparently deer do not like to step into the fencing wire mesh,
supposedly fearing that their feet will be caught.

Judy

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