Kurt, The same applies here. I forgot and left the gate open one night, closed it the next morning when I left and locked a big Mule Deer buck inside. He got his rack hooked under a lower wire, ran like crazy and broke off 46 trees at the graft union. I had to chase him on a 4 wheeler and drive him out. Everyone around here fights the deer problem, but our 8 ft. fence is 100%. It is a super cheap investment.
On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Kurt W. Alstede <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Fellow Growers, > > > > We maintain over 10 linear miles of 8 foot high woven wire fence with two > additional strands of high tensile above to give us 9 feet total. It is > the best investment we have ever made in our farming operation. Perhaps > equally important to our irrigation. You will never fully appreciate how > much crop you are losing each year until you fully exclude the deer from > your fields and orchards. Naturally we still back up any intrusion by > providing the deer with lead pills. > > > > We tried all of the repellents, then had electric, but nothing works like > the woven wire fences. > > > > Best, > > > > Kurt > > > > *Kurt W. Alstede* > > General Manager, > > Alstede Farms, LLC > > P.O. Box 278 > > 1 Alstede Farms Lane, > > Chester, New Jersey 07930 > > United States of America > > > > Tel: 908-879-7189 > > Fax: 908-879-7815 > > www.alstedefarms.com > > > > [image: cid:[email protected]][image: Picture1] > > > > *From:* apple-crop [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Hugh Thomas > *Sent:* Saturday, June 18, 2016 10:49 AM > *To:* Apple-Crop discussion list > *Subject:* Re: [Apple-Crop] Deer Damage > > > > I tried everything I could find out here in Montana - the commericial > products, bars of soap, sprayed-on soap and somethings I forgot. I found > the solution with an eight-foot hi tensile wire fence around our property. > The MSU research station near us has an eight foot electric fence, and the > mule deer get on their sides and squirm under the lower wire. > > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:10 PM, Pat Curran <[email protected]> > wrote: > > A few years ago I experienced a significant amount of deer damage on new > plantings & requested a depravation permit from the Illinois DNR. They > suggested a product called Plant Skid, & said it had worked well in other > locations. I did so, and it definitely helped the situation. It also > works well on vegetable plots when sprayed around the perimeter. The > drawback is that it must be resprayed after rain washes it off. > > Having said that, I concur with others on this list. . . the best > deterrent is lead. > > > Pat Curran > Currans Orchard > 6385 Kilburn Avenue > Rockford, Illinois 61101 > 815-963-7848 > [email protected] > www.curransorchard.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >
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