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Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 13:03
| In the picture you can see my garden and the fence I have. The fence is only 5 ft tall. Yes I know they have to be 8ft plus to keep deer out, but i'm on a small budget and the store didn't have a wire fence taller than 5 ft. Having a short fence is better than letting the deer walk into the garden. I put the pan there so that anything that bumps the fence or when the wind blows the pan will make a nose or loud boom respectively to scare anything near by. I also have tall posts on the gate about 7ft tall, so I added a post cap light on top to make the fence appear taller at night. I might paint the fence dark green to make it blend into the surroundings, I heard that deer don't like it when they touch something and they cant see what it is. Im also wondering if a motion activated flood light pointed at the direction where the deer usually come from help make the fence less visible at night since the light will kinda blind them for a moment. Does anybody have any other suggestion to keep deer away or stop them from hopping the fence? |
This post was edited by RyanC95 on Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 13:07
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| There are motion activated devices you attach to a hose that will blast the deer with water. I've never used those but have heard they're effective. You may want to spray the fence itself with deer repellent. I've used both Liquid Fence and Deer Stopper. Both work, but i prefer Deer Stopper because it's water resistant. You only spray once a month - and it smells better than Liquid Fence. If you can string some electric up that would probably be your best bet. |
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| At least for a period of time, deer don't seem to like jumping into small enclosures. I think your fence may do the trick, at least for awhile. One easy addition would be to add four more outer poles with a thin fishing line wrapped around them at deer chest height. They may not see it while they are focused on your regular fence and bumping into this 'ghost' may give them the creeps. |
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