need advice on keeping cows away
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 14
need advice on keeping cows away
ive tried barbwire,hog panels,and no fence at all.they jump or push through everything.i thought about trying an electric fence,but i dont know how deer will respond ? my kids hunted a texas wildlife area in kerr and they used electric fences. this was a high fenced 6000 acers.i'm concerned the deer had to get used to it.what would free-roaming deer do. thanks for any ideas. bob
#4
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 70
RE: need advice on keeping cows away
If you were close i would come over with my yellow lab he hates cows and chases them out of the fields i hunt all the time. My buddie has a farm and a neighbor's cows got out all the time after talking to the local law enforcement allot he finally was forced to fix his fence. But before that my dog was the key to send them back home. But what the other guys said would be your best bet.
#5
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Dark and Bloody Land
Posts: 40
RE: need advice on keeping cows away
ORIGINAL: bobby23
ive tried barbwire,hog panels,and no fence at all.they jump or push through everything.i thought about trying an electric fence,but i dont know how deer will respond ? my kids hunted a texas wildlife area in kerr and they used electric fences. this was a high fenced 6000 acers.i'm concerned the deer had to get used to it.what would free-roaming deer do. thanks for any ideas. bob
ive tried barbwire,hog panels,and no fence at all.they jump or push through everything.i thought about trying an electric fence,but i dont know how deer will respond ? my kids hunted a texas wildlife area in kerr and they used electric fences. this was a high fenced 6000 acers.i'm concerned the deer had to get used to it.what would free-roaming deer do. thanks for any ideas. bob
Electric fencing works good. Try using ratchets to get your barbed-wire at the proper tension. Wooden fencing is best but is very costly.
The reason the cows just pushed through is because you didnt have it drawn-up tight enough.
#6
RE: need advice on keeping cows away
Most farmers use electric!LOL Actually though, that is about all that will work, they like to lean on stuff, plus, if they want through, or sometimes just because it is there, they go through. I suggest a weed burner, run three lines of fence, to and bottom as a ground, and middle one hot. It really zaps the cows hard, that way they stay aay, but if the deer hit it going over or under, they won't get zapped. Just a suggestion, cause otherwise, you better build a cement wall.
#7
RE: need advice on keeping cows away
im gona tell it to you straight ... you can never keep the cows away.... You can always just put up a fence around an area and make a foood plot in the center and just hunt the heavy trails around it
#8
Join Date: Aug 2006
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RE: need advice on keeping cows away
I've lived in cattle country my whole life, and it's EXTREMELY rare to find a cow on the wrong side of a fence. Barbed wire works. Check your local laws, if your neighbor won't keep his animals off of your place they become your animals in a lot of places. Or better yet, offer to help him build a decent fence.
#10
RE: need advice on keeping cows away
Before I would purchase anything, I would try throwing out some corn theeveningbefore to attract and hold the cows far enough away. You might try a salt block with the cows as well. It may take a few times to get the cows used to being fed and to come to the corn. It would be alot cheaper and not near the work as putting up and taking down fence if it worked.