I considered electric fencing when planning my garden. My understanding is that it can be effective, but deer will jump a single electrified wire. It is often recommended to have two fence lines, so that the deer have a longer horizontal distance to jump. I chose to use 8-ft high plastic mesh fence which has excluded 100% of white-tail deer for the past 10 years. 3-ft metal rabbit fencing run along the base of the plastic fence excludes the majority of rabbits. If you are at all serious about gardening in deer country, the one-time cost of installing a fence is well worth it, IMO. No deer repellant can compare to physically excluding the beasts. The plastic mesh fence uses posts that sit in sleeves driven with a sledge hammer or staples directly to trees, so it works well in deep woods and uneven ground. Nick North Carolina, USDA Zone 7. On 6/24/2020 8:51 AM, Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > Having read so many times that there is a lot of damage caused by > browsing deer, I cannot remember anybody suggested electric fencing. Is > there a reason? Is it forbidden? > > > > Electric fencing is not obtrusive and relatively cheap to install. It > can be fitted with a timer to avoid accidental contact during the day time. > > > > It needs to be properly installed to be effective. Here in Europe it is > the only means to protect against wild boar. The lowest wire has to be 10cm > above ground which is snout level of the boar. They learn quickly and will > touch the wire only once...... > > > > Shouldn't the same work with deer? At a different position of the wires? > > > > Bye for now > > > > Uli > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…