Originally Posted by
rogerstv
Must be one heck of a fence system to keep the deer out. Only extremely tall fencing would work in IL. I've never tried to fence deer out of a plot.
I've seen deer dig through snow to get to clover.
I agree or he has lower deer numbers and decent food else where
the one farm I managed had a 8 ft deer fence all around it, and deer used to jump it as if it wasn't there
but there was also a excessive amount of deer, property was surrounded by a private property that didn;'t allow hunting and numbers were off the chart, was nothing to see a 100 plus deer in the filed come evening time
I used to plant 17 acres of food plot there, and it was a challenge to keep things growing, they mowed stuff like unreal
come winter was even worse, I think the place drew deer from 20 miles away being the only farm in about 10 miles or so, in a largely wooded forest area?
thus why the deer fence was installed on the crop field there?
I'd need a electric fence burred 2 ft and 10 ft tall to keep things out 100% LOL