Check out the last fence in this literature, the Penn State Electric deer fence. They are all over PA and the State Game Commission has a cost sharing program but that is for protecting crops, not food plots. Given that the cost for an average size fence to protect crops, material and labor, is $7,700 a fence for a couple of acre food plot would be substantially less. There is an occasional incursion, but the fences work well.

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[QUOTE=Oldtimr;4315207]Check out the last fence in this literature, the Penn State Electric deer fence. They are all over PA and the State Game Commission has a cost sharing program but that is for protecting crops, not food plots. Given that the cost for an average size fence to protect crops, material and labor, is $7,700 a fence for a couple of acre food plot would be substantially less. There is an occasional incursion, but the fences work well.

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the fence I spoke of, was actually installed by the PA Game Commission, back in the early 70's
I think it was a study farm at the time, as the farmers brother was a warden, and he got the fence for him??( could also have been one of them special benefits of knowing the right person too ??)
there was also PA Game Commission Deer feeders on the property(still remains of a few left, as there rusting away now)
were like 55 gallon drums modified, and had PA Game Commission ID tags riveted in them, and spray painted logo on the drums ??
which I always found to be counter productive to, trying to keep deer out but at same time feeding them, drawing them into the area?

BUT ??LOL

Those old welded wire fences went into history at the end of the 70s early 80s. Farmers who raised crops could get one of those old fences for nothing if they had their land open to public hunting and still can get the Penn State high tensile electric fencing on a cost sharing basis.

I cannot say if the place was ever open to the public, as as far as I know, they kept the place private, as they had too many issues with things being stolen, as the property bordered a popular trout stream so, always had folks walking down stream and well, sticky finger issue's
so, come hunting season, they never let anyone hunt that wasn't family or a close friend?
when I took over the place in late 90's the fence was still standing in about 90 %, minus a few spots where tree's fell on it, and or they dumped field rocks on it
but I was always amazed at how easy the deer there jumped over it
even crazier there could be a opening 20 yards away and they would still rather jump over it

I almost think that its genetic's in the herd there after 40+ yrs of jumping fences like they did, the deer there are world class jumpers now LOL

at first I was like MAN< this will be easy hunting, just set up near a opening, and they HAVE to use it, block the others up and easy pickings
HAHA< was I wrong, would sit in a my stands watching fence line, and just watch deer after deer jump the fence in random spots every evening?
and be scratching my head wondering why they liked to jump over using an opening, ever one's NO where near a tree stand or the likes
yrs of just doing it I guess, they didn;t view that fence at all as a problem?

Nope two fences about 4' apart and about 4 feet tall. The inside fence throws off their depth perception so they won't jump