Horses... fencing... and deer

[1234duck]

I am real sorry to hear about the deer problem your having & i do hope you get a hold on it. We have deer but not a problem like you have. I was just wondering if you have seen this deer fencing that i will post being used to fence my chickens & ducks. Its deer fencing we use to keep deer out of our crop/gardening. Its real tall(I'm no expert on this just thought i would ask. Good luck with getting them. When is hunting season? lol its hunting season for deer here in Cali. ~Julie~

 

[Cetawin]

I dunno I have a doe that comes every morning and hops the fence (no damamge to fencing) and she hangs out with my mare grazing and chasing each other until about 10 - 11 am and she lies under a tree and naps then they are back at it about 4pm

 

[Rusty Hills Farm]

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We have regular visitors, too. A family of 5--a buck, 2 does, and 2 babies. Our fences are not terribly high and there is a goodly amount of space between the strands. They pick their way through quite easily and I never have fences pulled down by them. My stallion paddocks are double fenced (a row of electric fencing, 10 feet of space, a row of electric fencing) and again, they walk right through them without getting zapped. Of course, it never occurred to me to try to fence them out entirely. I actually planned the spacing of the main fencing so they could step over the bottom wire and duck under the middle one (oh, and those 2 wires are not hot either).

Occasionally one of the babies gets left behind or something and I see it out with my stallion, who stands guard over it while it grazes and sleeps. Then the rest of the family shows up and off it scampers. I think he actually misses that baby when it goes!

Maybe your answer is to widen your spacing so they can walk through the fence instead of trying to jump it?

HTH

Rusty