ORIGINAL: GregH
Or they jump over it.
Your barrier is pretty useless if a deer will just jump over it..........unless that's part of your design and you are perhed at the jump point.
I guess that the point of this thread is that there are ways to place an obstacle on a deer trail in an effort to cause them to detour closer to your stand for whatever reason.
A wire fence was mentioned as one of those "obstacles".
Another way to alter deer movement is to ( if you have permission) tie the top wire to the next wire down on a fence, creating a low spot. Very simple and extremely effective.
Again........using a fence to steer a deer to your stand.......how is that different then a fence put up all around a property for the exact same purpose? They both do the same thing.........cause a deer to alter it's natural path and guide him to a waiting hunter.