Deer versus Chestnut

[Daniël Bos]

I have installed "deer-safe" fencing in the past. It's basically a hovering fence. 8 strands of wire with solid posts every 40m or so, and little (non-conductive eucalyptus) posts in between that are not in the ground. The solid posts keep the fence upright, the intermediate ones are just to keep the spacing. There has to be right proper tension on the wires with spings built in as well. If a deer "panic-jumps" into the fence, it simply salls over and uprights again when the animal is off. It's better suited to permanent istallation though due to the relatively high cost.

 

Just make sure to have at least 4000v on the fence at the furthest point from the energizer.

Edited June 15, 2011 by Daniël Bos
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[Paul Smith]

The problem with single strand top fences is when deer jump it they can get the back legs caught between the top strands and can not get out. This can lead to death or the loss of that limb.

 

Even large deer prefer to go through the fence instead of over. It's quite amusing watching large Sika stags go under the second strand with a large hat rack on their head!

[Luke Quenby]

The problem with single strand top fences is when deer jump it they can get the back legs caught between the top strands and can not get out. This can lead to death or the loss of that limb.

 

Seen that happen a couple of times, once survived, once didn't, not a nice thing at all.

 

In my experience of electric fencing and deer (fallow), they just bomb straight through it, especially if it's on a 'run' they are used to. Can be very high maintenance to as others have said with vegetation etc and breaks in the line, as well as checking daily for any tangled up deer