What kind of poop is this?

[cmom]

That is the kind of electric wire we are putting up next week. I have a question for you. What do you do with the gate? Does it remain a vulnerable area?

I have concrete under my gates. I will look for the pictures of how I do my gates. I just got my computer back. It died so I had to reinstall everything and start over completely, now it's like a new computer but I have to look for the pictures in my backup files.

 

[cmom]

My fence charger put out the same voltage around 8000/10000 volts. Here are 3 pictures of a gate. You can't see the concrete under it because over time it's been covered with dirt. This was originally kind of temporary when this coop was put out where it is but I have never changed it like I planned. It works. I did change the wire across the bottom of the gate with a new piece of wire. I use poly rope wire. There is a black solid wire buried in the ground under the gate. I spliced in a wire that goes across the bottom of the gate. Most predators investigate first with their noses.

This is where the wire under ground comes up and is clamped to the wire next to the fence.

This is on the hinged side, of the gate. I had just replaced the wire attached along the bottom of the gate. This not perfect but I did it in a hurry at the time before it got too dark out and it works. I should dress it up better and make it neater.

If you are using steel or aluminum wire you may do it differently. Here is another gate. There is concrete under the dirt under the gates. You can see a little piece of the concrete that isn't covered with dirt on the other side of this gate.

 

[cmom]

Should I leave the brighter-than-day motion sensor light on, or will I just get a thank you note from the bear that says "thanks for the flashlight"?

You will probably not get a thank-you note, but they will be thankful. I had very bright motion lights up and the predators would set them off and think nothing of it. I also have several game cameras up in different spots.

 

[Shezadandy]

It could be bear scat but here I have also seen coyote scat that looks similar to it too.
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I'm pretty sure it's bear scat- there were three piles of about the same size on our gravel road. Today I found an even bigger single pile. I've seen a good bit of coyote scat- we had a good number of them prowling around our last property too. Tomorrow when I've got more time I'm planning to have a closer look around for tracks to be extra, extra sure. Either way, I definitely need to finish up my electric fencing. We've got our under-gate wiring ready to go- I didn't do concrete under mine, but I do encase the underground wire in PVC. Haven't found my game camera since we moved. If I can't find it in the next couple days I'll just order another one. It's definitely moving about using the gravel road- otherwise I'd be in 'ignorance is bliss' territory- forest with lots of undergrowth where we never would have noticed!

 

[Shezadandy]

I know this is off topic, but when you said 25 miles outside of Portland I got very nostalgic. My aunt and uncle had a farm in an area that far out of Portland called Bonny Slope. It was my favorite place in the whole world as a child. Are you familiar with it?

Yep, Bonny Slope is north and a bit east of us. We're about 25 miles straight south of there.

 

[ValerieJ]

Yep, Bonny Slope is north and a bit east of us. We're about 25 miles straight south of there.

You live in a beautiful area.

 

[Shezadandy]

That is the kind of electric wire we are putting up next week. I have a question for you. What do you do with the gate? Does it remain a vulnerable area?

We use good quality handles - it depends on what your setup is. You can set a t-post and get the "gate" t-post attachments that have a hole for the handle and a the electric fence wire. I had to improvise a little on this "gate" (it was roped off while I was building their new house at our previous house) because the store didn't have enough of what I needed and this was a temporary fix.